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A Cordial Drink to cool and contemperate the blood, being a China broth, if the Patient please to be at the cost.

* 1.1 TAke the roots of China, cut into small slices ℥. 3. infuse them 12 hours at the least in five quarts of fair water, adding of Bur∣rage and Buglosse, of each half a handful, of Cloves in number three, with a like weight of Cynamon, and Mace, boyl these gently, till one third part be consumed: and, if you please, adde one spoonfull of Rosewater, and some little Sugar to make it grateful in taste, and also three spoonfuls of juyce of Lemons, and in want of juyce of Le∣mons, so much good Wine Vineger; you may give the Patient at one time, to a quarter of a pinte, and he may take of this decoction four* 1.2 sundry times in a day safely at the least, and oftnet if he like it.

Also remembring that the sick have some other Cordial prepared for him, if need be, to provoke him to sweat the second or third time, and some odoriferous thing in his hand, or near at hand by him, often to smell unto, such as are elsewhere set down, or some other of the like nature.

And in want of China roots, take the double part of Sarsaparilla, and in want of that, a large crust of the best bread of Wheat, for the poorer sort; this also is good to contemperate the blood after sweating: and further, it is of ancient Writers esteemed, as a very good Cordial me∣dicine, to give the party the quantity of a drach. or ʒ. i. s. of the finest Bolus Armen. in a cup of white Wine, with half a spoonful of Rose∣water, and a little Sugar if you please; and in want thereof, give it in posset drink.

Moreover, if you see occasion, and can have them in your posset drinks, or distilled water, that you use as vehicles or liquors, in which you give your medicines, you may put the quantity of one or two ounces of syrup of Citrons, or of Lemons, or of Sorrel, or Wood∣sorrel, or of sour Pomegranates: also it is very good in every sweat∣provoking Cordial drink, that you adde oyl of Vitriol, three or four drops to a dose, but no more for offending; yea, in all Julips, a few drops thereof are both cordial and warrantable; and in want thereof, in a cooling Julip may be added Sal Prunellae, so that the quantity ex∣ceed not ʒ. ij. per haustum unum.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Rec••i•• of it.
• * 1.2

  The Dose.