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 ...

Extractum Diasenae, or an Extract of Sena.

Take of elect Sena four ounces, Ialap, Polypody, of each two ounces; Agarick, black Hellebore prepared, elect Rhubarb, of each an ounce; Fenil seeds half an ounce, Cinamon, Squinanth, of each two drams; Ginger, Zedoary, of each a dram. After they are bruised, in∣fuse them in a sufficient quantity of warm water, then shift the water and pour on new, until all the virtue be draw forth; which being done, evaporate the humidity till it comes to the thickness of Honey,

and then add Oyl of Aniseeds and Cloves, of each a scruple: which being well incorporated, the work is ended.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is a most profitable Purge in all Constitutions, especially Melancholy, &c. Dose from one dram to four scruples.