Emplastrum Diachylon Anodynum, or an Ano∣dyne Diachylon Plaster.
Take the Anodyne Oyl prepared from the seven Flow∣ers four and twenty ounces, Litharge well cleansed twelve
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Take the Anodyne Oyl prepared from the seven Flow∣ers four and twenty ounces, Litharge well cleansed twelve
ounces, Mucilage of the seed of Henbane and Fleabane, of Quinces and Flax, the middle bark of the Teil tree, roots of Marsh-mallows extracted with water of Night∣shade four ounces. Let the Litharge be finely pow∣dered and prepared, and then put to the Anodyne Oyl, then let them boil over a gentle fire, always stirring them till they are well mixed. Remove them from the fire, and let it cool a little, the•• put in the Mucilages, and mix them all well together, and bring them all to a just consistence, &c.
Virtue and Use. It mollifies, allays pain, dissolves humors gathered in any part; it digests and ripens hard Inflammations and hot Tumors, and cures all things that are inflamed. Moreover it gives ease in the Gout, and is an excellent Medicine to bring down and abate a hot intemperature.