The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.

Vipers-Grass: This is by many eaten with their Meat, having a kind of a tast and sweetness of a Parsnip. 'Tis applied with success a∣gainst the Biting of any ve∣nomous Creature, also in pe∣stilential Fevers, Giddiness, Melancholy, Palpitations of the Heart, Falling-sickness, Obstructions of the Bowels, and Diseases of the Womb; for the Jaundice and Dropsie, if taken at the beginning.

In case of any kind of Fe∣vers, Take of the Root of Scorzonera, and Angelica, of each six drams; of the Leaves of Wood-sorrel, with the Roots, two handfuls; rasp'd Ivory, and Harts-horn, of each half an ounce; Licorice two drams: boil these in a sufficient quantity of Water wherein Barly has been boiled, to the consumption of a pint and a half; and having strain∣ed the Liquor, add of the Composition of Scordium-water, and of the cold Scor∣dium-water of Saxony, of each three ounces, Syrup of Rasberries three ounces: mingle them well, and make an Apozem, of which take three or four ounces at plea∣sure, though the Fever be violent.