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.

Humours Sharp to Cor∣rect: Take the Roots of Marshmallows two ounces, Meadow-grass, Asparagus, Raisins of the Sun, Licorice, Red Chich-Pease, of each half an ounce; Tops of Marshmallows, Mallows, Pel∣litory of the Wall, Plantane, Burnet, Saxifrage, white and black Maidenhair, of each one handful; of the four lesser and greater Cold-seeds, of each three drams: wash and cleanse the Roots from their Dirt, Pitch, and Strings, and so cut them into slices, and having boiled the grass Roots first a quarter of an hour in eight pints of Water, put in∣to the Decoction the Roots of Marshmallows and Aspa∣ragus, let them boil well for half an hour with the rest: after that add Licorice sliced, and the Maidenhair cut, and when they begin to boil, put in the cold Seeds, and keep them down in the Decoction: then take the whole off the Fire, and strain them about a quarter of an hour after, and so clarifie the Liquor with the White of an Egg, and four pound of Sugar, and boil it on a moderate Fire to the Consistence of a Syrup.

This easeth Pains, corre∣cteth sharp Humours, and has its principal Use for the remedying the Disease of the Bladder, and Stone in the Kid∣neys. An ounce at a time may be taken in any conve∣nient Liquor.