An alphabetical book of physicall secrets for all those diseases that are most predominant and dangerous (curable by art) in the body of man. Collected for the benefit, most especially of house-holders in the country, who are either farre remote, or else not able to entertaine a learned physician: as likewise for the help of such ladies and gentlewomen, who of charity labour to doe good. Whereunto is annexed a small treatise of the judgement of vrines. By Owen Wood.

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Feaver which commeth of Blood, the Cure.

FIrst open the Basilica veine, then the Median on the same side or Arme, if you let not blood, provoke the Nose to bleed: Then take Endive, Succory, Mayden-haire, Rosemary, flowers of Politriticum ana iij ʒ, Barley di. lb, of all the cold seeds ana ij ʒ Violets, the flower of Buglosse, Borage and Gillyflowers ana iij ʒ, make your Decocti∣on of iij lb, boyle it till it come to one: Dissolve therein Cassia extract j ʒ, oyle of water Lillies iij ʒ, make your Glyster: Then make a Ptisan of Barly viij ʒ, Lyco∣rice bruised ij ʒ, Borage, Bugloss, and the cold seeds, boyle and straine it, and adde ij ʒ of Vinegar, and drink it.

To purge ℞ Barley water di. lb, dissolve therein Cassia Fistula, Manna and Tama∣rinds ana di. ℥, Vinegar ij ℥, Sugar and Pe∣nedes qd sufficit; give this in the morning, and keepe a good Dyet.

Back weake to comfort.

TAke Knotgrasse strings, Strawberry strings, of Cats-taile, Cinquefoyle strings, wilde Tansey, Shepheards purse, Comfrey ana, boyle these with Knuckles of Veale and marrow of Beefes back, thicken with a little Ryce powdered, and a few Raysins of the Sun stoned, two large Mace blades, eighteene great Cloves, eat it fasting in the morning.

Back weake to restore.

TAke the Pith of the water boughes of an Ash i ʒ, the shells of new laid Eggs powdred i ʒ, Clary, new Balme, white Mints j M, stamp them and strain them, then take yolks of new laid eggs, beat and mixe them with the juyces, and fry it with But∣ter like a Tansie, with the powder, eat of this in the morning fasting, and neither eat nor drink one houre after. Or,

℞. Roses iij ʒ, red Sanders ij ʒ, yellow Sanders i ʒ di. fine Bole ij ʒ, burnt Ivory i ʒ, Camphire i ʒ, Wax i ℥, oyle of Rose buds ij ℥, melt the Oyle and Wax toge∣ther

with the rest, make a Plaister, lay it to the Back, but for want of this Plaister, take oyle of Roses, oyle of Violets, and water Lillies mixt together, and anoynt the back therewith; it cooleth.

Belly or Sides hardnesse, an Ʋnguent.

MIxe together Vng. Dialthaea iij ℥, A∣grippa, oyle of Camomile ana i ℥. make an Vnguent thereof, you may mixe some Aqua-vitae therewith.

Blood to staunch.

HOld Shepheards-purse in your hand, looke on it, or lay it on the wound, if it be a veine that bleedeth, boyle Rue in water, stamp it and lay it theron, then lap it up in Lambs wooll never washed, or take a great Spider, put it in a linnen cloath, prick it with a Pinne, and smell thereto.

Another excellent one.

℞. Sanguis Draconis, Bole Armoniack, Vermillion ana part. aequal. compound

them with the white of Egges, beat to the forme of a Plaister; this applied hath stayed the blood of a Womans breast cut off.

Blood spetting to staunch.

DRink as much powder of Mice dung as will lye on a groat, in a little uyce of Plantaine and Sugar, drink it first and last morning and evening till you bee well.

Blood-Pissing to stay.

BOyle Spearemints, Bettony, Rue, Bur∣sa pastoris, and Knot-grasse in Goats milk, or other milk, drink of it three dayes first and last.

Black and blew in the face by a blow.

TAke Paper foure double, wet it well in cold water, and lay it to the Bruise.

Blood bruised to avoid.

BOyle Nep bruised in Wine or Ale, drink it warme nine mornings together, it cureth.

Breast swolne to ripe, breake, and heale.

BOyle Hollyhocks, Mallowes, ana ij M. in water, then straine them thorow a cloath the water out, then scrape red Clay from the Wall six spoonfulls, and ten spoon∣fulls of wine vinegar with a little Hoggs grease, boyle them with the hearbs all to∣gether to a Poultis, apply it very warme, use it till you are well.

Breast sore to breake.

BOyle Fenegreeke seed, and Linseed powdred ana ij ʒ, Figgs small cut, ten house Snayles, Lilly roots bruised ana ij ʒ, boyle them all together in strong Ale to a Poultis, lay it on as hot as shee can suffer it; so use it till she be well.

Bruise to cure and helpe.

STamp Solomons seale greene, and apply it to the griefe; Parsley fryed with But∣ter soft and applyed doth the like. Egrimo∣ny stamped small, and rowled up in round balls, then lay it in some place till it be mouldy, then fry it with Hoggs grease or May Butter till it be a greene Salve, so use it on rotten Apples, with a spoonfull of Ryce boyled in Milk to a Poultis, doth the like.

Burning or Scalding, the Cure.

TAke Sallet oyle well beaten in faire water, therewith anoynt the griefe for three dayes, this taketh out the fire. Item, then take the inner bark of Elder, Harts-tongue, and House-leeke ana iiij ʒ, Sheepes trickles i M, Sheepe-sewet iiij ʒ, boyle them together to a good thicknesse, and put thereto Wax i ʒ, then straine it, and plaister-wise apply it to the griefe till it be whole without scarre.

Item, take the fat of Bacon in slyces, lay it in water two houres, then take it out, and

dry it with a cloath, and with a Needle and a twisted thred stitch it together with a Bay leafe, betweene every slice two Bay leaves, rost it at the fire, turning the throd in your hand, set under it a Platter with some faire water, therein to receive the dropping, let it not burne in the rosting, an∣noynt the griefe with the dripping.

Another for the same.

TAke oyle of Roses ij ʒ, Creame iiij ʒ, Honey i ʒ mixed, and make an oynt∣ment, therewith anoynt the griefe.

An Iniectivement or Lotion.

BOyle in white wine Centory, Knot∣grasse, wilde Tansie, Yarrow ana di. M. honey i ℥, Allom powdred ii ʒ, inject this.

Bruises, a Plaister.

TAke Virgine Wax viij ℥, Galbanum Colat, honey ana iiij ʒ, Sheeps Tallow viij ℥ shred small, and boyled in a little white wine or vinegar, adde thereto Fran∣kincense and Mastick ana iiij ʒ in powder,

let it boyle till all be melted plaister-wise, apply it on the griefe as hot as you can suffer it, till you be well.

Breasts to clense of Phlegme.

TAke white Wine, and water ana one pinte, Wine-vinegar tenne spoonfulls, English honey clarified with whites of Egs vi ℥, Fennell and Parsley roots, and Lyco∣rice all mundified, and then sliced ana ij ℥, Enula Campana powdred ij ʒ, Egrimony i ℥ di. Figs cut in pieces twelve, Annis and Cummin-seed, Hysope, Tyme, and Penyryal ana i ℥ di. boyle all these close covered suf∣ficiently, then straine it, drink thereof first and last till you be well.

Braine and Back to purge.

MAke a Dos of Pills of Bettony pow∣der, and English honey, take two Pills thereof as bigge as a small Nut when you goe to bed, this will manifest it selfe next morning in the Chamber-pot.

Braines, Nerves, Sinewes, or Griefes of the Head, the Cure.

BOyle in ten pounds of water, the flow∣ers of Staecados, the seeds of new Piony, and Fennell ana iiij ℥, Tyme, Calamint, Balme, Organie, or wilde Marjorum, Sage, Bettony, and Rosemary flowers ana i ℥ di. let all these boyle to the consumption of halfe, then straine it, and boyle the liquor againe with hony ana ij lb, to the height of a syrup, put thereinto Cynamon, Ginger, Calamus aromaticus bruised ana ij ʒ, bound up in a thin linnen cloath, take of this syrup two spoonfulls at once, first and last.

Breath stinking, the Cure.

BOyle in a pottle of white Wine, the tops of Rosemary i M, Anniseed bruised i ʒ, Wormwood three sprigs, Sassafras, O∣renge pills bruised, Cloves and Cynamon bruised ana i ʒ, Cummin-seed bruised i ℥, let all these boyle to the consumption of one pinte, drink thereof morning and evening a good draught warme in the morning, colde at night.

In day time use to bite of a Nutmeg, and swallow some, also Mastick chewed some∣time is good.

Breath stinking, Lozenges to cure.

TAke the juyce of Lycorice mundified ij ℥, boyle it in Hysop water to a good hight, then work it up in your hands with some oyle of Anniseed, and some Gum Ara∣bick, with three graines of Musk incorpo∣rate altogether; make Lozenges thereof, dis∣solve one at once in your mouth.

Bones broken and Set, a Plaister to ease Paine.

TAke the fresh dung of a Sheepe two parts, Barly meale one part, so much of the white of Eggs beaten well, com∣pound a Plaister, put therein a little Bole∣armoniack, lay it about the bone, remove it not in ten dayes.

Blood to staunch at Nose, or in a wound.

TAke the greatest Toad you can find, and hang it up alive, and so let him hang

all Summer, till he be as dry as a Stockfish, so keepe him, let the party bleeding smell to him, being wrap'd up in a thinne linnen cloath, it stauncheth the blood.

To skale a mortified black Bone.

TAke honey of Roses, dip Spledgets therein, lay them hot on the bone un∣till it doth loosen, dresse it every night for three nights, if it then loosen not by the sides in feeling, then apply this Oynt∣ment.

Take pure Hogs grease di. lb, Argentum Vivum ij ℥ well mortified, and well brayed together, warme the Vnguent in a Sawcer, with a feather anoynt the bone evening and morning, and lay thereon Lint, and rowle it up just, let him keepe his bed, and take no cold, and shortly the Bone will rise, then heale it up as need requireth.

Brulse or Bruises to Cure.

POure out the white of an Egg, then fill the Egg up with Parmacitty, rost it soft, then sup it up, and fast three houres af∣ter, use it till you be well.

Bloody-Flux, Scowring, or Gonoria.

TAke the seed of white Poppy, Mal∣lowes, Quinces, and Pursleyne all pow∣dred, take also Mirtell, Gum Arabick, Gum Dragant, Pine kernells, Sugar, Lycorice, Pe∣nedes, Psiloum musilage, of Almonds ana iiij ℥, of fine Bole sanguis Draconis, red Ro∣ses, Spodij, Myrrhe ana i ʒ, mix them with Hydromell, and make it in Trochis; they wil last kept in a box in a warme dry place seaven yeares, the Dosse is i ʒ given in milk.

Burning or Scalding an approved at Medicine.

TAke the inner Bark of Elder, the leaves of Alexander, and the leaves of Daysies, boyle them in Hogs grease, then strain them well, and anoynt the Griefe with a feather, and cover it with a red Colwort lease, and it will be whole on warrantice.

Back Paines, the Cure.

THe Paracelsian Plaister laid thereon warme, cureth.

Broath given in Consumption or Weakenesse.

TAke China iiij ʒ thinne slyced, Mayden∣haire, Parsley, Fennell, Smallage roots ana i ℥, Zarsa parilla iiij ℥, infuse them foure and twenty houres in three quarts of wa∣ter, then boyle them till one quart be con∣sumed, then put in your Pullet or Chicken being first boyled one walme, and scum it, then let it boyle all to peeces being scafoned with Lettyce, Violets, Succory, Strawber∣ries, and such like, then straine it, and drink of this comfortable Broth at all times when you please.

Bruise to Cure; also good for the Stone.

TAke the eyes of Crabs, powder them, infuse them in Wine vinegar warme, some Parmacitty melt therein, take of this every morning fasting till you be well.