guts to excretion. Take sweet Almonds boiled in the water of Barly, wherein steel or non hath been quenched; ••eat them in a marble-mortar, and so with some of the same water, make them into an Almond-m••lk, whereto adding ʒi. of Diarh••den Abbatis, you may give it to the patient to drink.
This following medicine I learnt of Dr. Chappelain, the Kings chief Physician, who received it of his father, and held it as a great secret, and was wont to prescribe it with happy success, to his patients. It is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ℞. be•••• ••rmen. terrae sigil. l. pid. hamat. an. ʒi. picis n••valis, ʒ i ss. coral rub. marg. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 c••r••. c••vi ••st. & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in aq. p. a••t. an. ℈. succar. r. s. ℥ii. fiat pu. vis. Of this let the patient take a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 before meat, or with the y••lk of an egg.
Chris••••pher Anar•••• in his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, much commendeth dogs-dung, when as the dog hath for three dries before ••een fed only with bones.
Q••••ces rosted in members, or bo••led in a pot, the Conserve of Cornelian-cherries, Preserved Ber∣beries and Myrabolans, rosted nutmeg taken before meat, strengthen the stomach, and stay the lask; the patient must feed upon good meats, and these rather rosted then boiled. His drink shall be cali••••••ate-water of the decoct••on of sower Pomegranats beaten, or of the decoction of Quince Med∣lars, Cervices, Mulberries, Bramble-berries, and the like things, endued with a faculty to binde and wast the excrementitious humidities of the body: these waters shall be mixed with syrup of red Currants, jul p of Roses, and the like.
Let the region of the stomach and belly be annointed with oil of Mastich, Moschatelium, Myr∣tles, and Quince. Also cut of bread newly drawn forth of the oven, and steeped in vinegar and Rose-water, may be profitably applied; or else a cataplasm of red Roses, Sumach, Berber••es, Myrtles, the pulp o•• Quinces, Mastich, Bean-flower, and hony of Roses made up with Calideate-water.
Anodyne, abstergent, astringent, consolidating and nourishing Clysters shall be injected. These following retund the acrimony of humors, and asswage pain. ℞. fol. l••ctuc. hy••sc. ace••••s. p••riu••an. m. i. fter. viol••r. & nenuph. an. ℥ i ss. fi••t. clyster. Or else, ℞. r••s. rut. h••r••. muna. sem piant. an. p. i. fiat de c••ctio, in c••••atura ••ade ••••e: r••s. ℥ii. vite. ••v••r. ii. fiat clyster. Or, ℞. decoctionis c••pi, crur. vite••••••, & c••pit. v••rvicin. unà cum pelle, lb. ii. in qua ••••quantur fol. viol••r. m••••iv. mercur. planteg. an m i. h••ra, mund. ℥i. quatuor sem. frigid. major. ℥ss. in co••••turae lb ss. dissolv•• c••ss. reventer exir••ct. ℥i. ol. vici. ℥iv. vitell. r. over. ii. sacc. rub ℥i. fiat clyster. Or, ℞. far. chamam. me•• ••neth. in. p. ••. rad. lismal. ℥i. fiat decoctio in lacte; colatur•• ••••dde muc••g. sem. lin. faenugraexiract. in aquâ ma••v. ℥ii. saccar. rub. ℥••. olei cham. & aneth. an. ℥i ss. vitell••r. ••ver. ii. fiat clyster.
Such Clysters must be long kept, that they may more readily mitigate pain. When shaving of the guts appear in the stools, it is an argument that there is an ulcer in the guts; therefore then we must use detergent and consolidating glysters, as this which follows.
℞. herdei integr. p. ii. r••s. ru••. f••r. chamoem. plantag. ••pit, an. p. i. fiat decoctio, in colaturâ dissolve melits ra∣sat. & syr. de a. sinth. an ℥ ss. vite••. ••ver. ii. This following glyster consolidateth. ℞. succi plantag. cen∣tinea. & pertulac. an. ℥ii. ••. ••m••n. sarg. arac••n. ••myl. an. ʒi. se••i hi••cini dissoluti, ʒii. fiat c••yster. Also Cows-milk boiled with Plantain, and mixed with syrup of Roses, is an excellent medicine for the ulcerated guts.
This following glyster bindes. ℞. caud. equin. plantpolygon. an. m. i. fiat decoctio in lacte ustulato ad quart. iii. & in calaturâ adde boli armen. s••gil. sang. dracen. ʒii. aellumina quatuor. over. fiat clyster. Or. else, ℞. suc. plant. arn••gl••s. c••ntined. partulac. residentia f••cta depura crum quantumufficit pro clystere, addendo pul. boli armani, terrae sigil. sang. dracon. an ʒi. cl. myrrh. & rosat. an. ℥ii. fiat clyster.
If pure blood flow forth of the guts, I could wish you to use stronger astrictives. To which purpose I much commend a decoction of Pomegranat-pils, of Cypress-nuts, red Rose leaves, Su∣m••ch, Alum, and Vitriol made with Smiths water, and so made into glysters, without any oil. It will be good with the same decoction to foment the fundament, perinaeum, and the whole belly.
Astringent Clysters ought not to be used before that the noxious humors be drawn away, and purged by purging medicines, otherwise by the stoppage hereof, the body may chance to be op∣pressed.
If the patient be so weak, that he cannot take or swallow any thing by the mouth, nutritive gly¦sters may be given him. ℞ decoctionis capi pinguis, & crur. vitulini, coct. cum acetosa, bugloss••, beragi•• lactuca, pimpinellâ, ℥x. vel xii. in quibus dissolve vit••llos overum, nu. iii. saccarirosati, & aquae vitae, an. ℥i. butyri recen••is non sality, ʒii. fiat clyster.