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.

Megrim: Take a large handful of ground Ivy, com∣monly call'd Alehoof, wash it clean, and dry it well by swinging in a Cloath, shread and bruise it a little in a Mor∣tar, boil it in a quart of strong Ale to the consumption of a pint, and drink it hot in the Morning fasting. This cures Pains and Inflammati∣ons, Defluxions in the Eyes, and is good against the Jaun∣dice and Coughs of the Lungs, Consumption, Stone, and Gra∣vel Obstruction of the Liver and Spleen; and, according to the Learned and Judicious Sir Kenelem Digby, being ap∣plied to a Fellon like a Cata∣plasm, it cures it by ripening and kindly breaking it, being admirable likewise for old Sores that want cleansing, if a little Honey and Coppe∣ras be mixed among the Juice.