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℞. Sweet Almonds blanch'd, 6 couple; Seeds of Cotton-tree, Plantain, Meadow-Rue, white Poppies, Quinces, Sumach, of each a Dram and a half; beat them in a Mortar, pouring in by degrees a quart of the Decoction of Barley, Roots of Plantain, and great Comfrey; then strain and add Syrup of dry Roses, and Barberries of each 2 Oun∣ces, and you have an Emulsion to be taken in four doses.
This is us'd in spitting of Blood, in Dysenteries, Hemorrhagies, Gonorrhoea's, Whites, or where-ever Astriction is pro∣per; which it causes probably in corre∣cting the sharpness of the blood by its a∣queous mucilage, and checking its brisk Circulation by mixture of its sluggish, spi∣ritless parts.