Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ...

Tinctura Vitae.

Take simple Spirit of Wine six pound, of the best Rose∣water four pound, Orange peels, Citron peels, red Roses dryed, water-Mints, Balm, white Sanders, Cinamon, of each eight ounces; wood of Aloes, Mace, of each two drams; seeds of Angelica, Coriander, Anise and Fenil, of each a dram and a half; Spicknard, Galangal the less, Oriental Saffron, Cardamoms the less, Cloves, of each half a dram; Ambergriese and Alexandrian Musk, of each half a scruple. Let them stand in digestion for eight days, and then distil them in an Alembick.

Then take of this Spirit drawn off seven pound, Cas∣sia lignea two ounces, Confectio Alkermes half an ounce, Oriental Saffron a scruple. Let them digest until the liquor is perfectly tinctured, afterward let the tin∣ged Spirit be edulcorated with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy dissolved in its proper liquor, and reserved for use.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. By the pleasantness of its smell it refresheth the Heart and Spirits, it exhila∣rates, and prolongs life, and comforts the Stomach and Brain, it increaseth the heat of the Ventricle, confirms its strength, dissipates wind, and encou∣rageth digestion, it helps the Gripings of the Guts, and keeps them sound; yea it is very profitable in the cold distempers of the Thorax, Liver, and Spleen. The Dose is from one spoonful to two.