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 Specificum Colicum, or a Specifick Extract for the Colick.

Take of the yellow rind of Oranges six ounces, specie•• of Diacymini, Iuniper-berries, of each three ounces; roots of Elicampane, Pimpernel, Cloves, Zedoary, of each an ounce and a half; seeds of Chervil, Bay-berries dryed, Mother of Time, Marjoram, juyce of Liquorish, of each an ounce; Cardamoms the less, Oriental Saffron, of each six drams. Mix them, and with Spirit of Wine draw a Tincture, which afterward in Balneo abstract to the thickness of Honey, and add of Nitre vitriolated thra drams, Harts-horn Hermetically calcined, Swines and Hares Cockal-bones calcined, of each two drams; white Amber prepared, Magistery of Corals, the Carp-stone, of each a dram and a half; Diaphoretick Mineral, Iovial Bezoar, the Bezoar stone, Lac Sulphuris, of each a dram; Spirit of Salt rectified half a dram. Mix them all together, and make of it a Mass like an Ex∣tract, to which add of our Carminative Oyl two drams, the Oyls of Angelica, Cloves, white Amber, Mastich, Mace, Cinamon, Citrons, of each a scruple. All being well incorporated, make an Extract and reserve it for use.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. This is a Specifick in the Colick, and is properly applied to the Colick and Iliack Passion rising from a cold, moist and flatuous

Cause, and (the Excrements of the Guts being eva∣cuated) it is a Secret in allaying the vehement and mos•• grievous pains of the Intestines; for it dissolves and attenuates the thick and viscous humors, and dissipates wind. It helps the distension and windi∣ness of the Hypochonders and Stomach, and wonder∣fully relieves the coldness of the Stomach, and the weakness of the Bowels. It is also profitable for old Folks, and those who have the Quartan Age, &c. It repairs Concoction, and effectually expels the Tar∣tar that is dissolved and loosned in the Guts. The Dose is from a scruple to half a dram, in our Water against the Colick, or in any other appropriate.