The idea of practical physick in twelve books ... / written in Latin by John Johnston ... ; and Englished by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ... and W.R.

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Title: The idea of practical physick in twelve books ... / written in Latin by John Johnston ... ; and Englished by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ... and W.R.
Author: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by Peter Cole ...,; 1657.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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Point, 1. Of heating Nephriticks, or kid∣ny remedies.

Nephritick Medicaments are either heat∣ing or cooling, both are internal or exter∣nal.

I. Internal heaters are,

I. Of Simples; Roots of restharrow, Saxifrage, Filipendula, Pimpinel, Lycoris; Marsh-mallow, Polypo∣dy, Lovage. Leaves of maiden haire, Wal∣rue, Fluellen, Chervil, Nettle, ground-ivy, Pellitory of the wal, Feverfew, Restharow.

Flowers; of Broome, Spike, Elder, Betony, the yellow of violets, St. Johns-wort flowers. Seeds, the four greater and lesser hot seeds, persly, gromwel, Saxifrage, Cherry-stone-kernels, Peach-stone-kernels, Oake of Jeru∣••••lem, Beanes. Fruits, Juniper berries, Ivy-berries, winter-cherries, bitter Almonds, Sweet-briar berries, Corants. Spices, Cas∣sia lignea, Spica, Indica, Safron. Woods, Lignum Sanctum, Nephriticum, Tamarisk. Gums, Terpentine, Myrrh, Mastich, Oliba∣num. Minerals, Lapis judaicus, Lapis Ne∣phriticus. From animals, the stones of Perches, Crabs-eyes, Earth-wormes, Eggs∣shels, Jawes of a Pike.
II. Of compounds, spirit of salt, Terpentine, Elder berries, Straw∣berries, Cherties, Vitriol, Feverfew. Distil∣led Waters, of Rest-harrow, saxifrage, Per∣sley, Hedera terrestris, Alkekengy, Matri∣caria, Elder flowers. Oyls of Orenges, Ju∣niper, peach-kernels, cherries, bitter almonds. Tinctures, Elixir proprietatis, of Ambar. Ex∣tracts, of veronica, Ground-ivy, Lycorice. Syrups, of Maiden hair of Fernelius, Byzan∣rinus so called, of dialthea, Oxymel. Con∣serves, of Hedera terristris, veronica, Sweet briar-berry. Spices and pounders, Lithon∣tripticon, Tartarus Vitriolatus, Restharrow-Salt, salt of Beane ham, chervil, Nettles.

II. External are,

I. Of simples, such as were before aleadged.
II. Of compounds, Oiles, of scorpions, white lillyes. Ointments, Martiatum, Agrippae, Aregon, dialthea. Em∣plasters, diachylon simple, Oxycroceum, Me∣lilote.