A friend to the sick, or, The honest Englishman's preservation shewing the causes, symptoms, and cures of the most occult and dangerous diseases which affect the body of man : with a particular discourse of the dropsie, scurvy, and yellow jaundice, and the most absolute way of cure : whereunto is added a true relation of some of the most remarkable cures affected by the author's most famous cathartique and diueretique pills.

In the dry Distemper of the Liver,

The Patient ought to make use of moist Medicines; therefore if the Body be costive, take at night going to Bed one ounce of the Lenitive Electuary, or of Cassia newly drawn; with either of which mix two or three drops of the Chymical Oyl of VVormwood, for that will strengthen the Liver.

You may take the powder of a VVolfs Li∣ver well prepared, one dram; the distilled VVater of Strawberries four ounces, Syrup of Violets half an ounce; being mixed to∣gether drink it all at once in the morning, re∣peating the same as need require.

The Livers of young Rooks washed in White-wine, and after dried, and made into fine powder, as aforesaid, is very profitable in such cases.

Or take half a dram every morning of Dia∣margaritum frigidum, or Diatragacanti frigidi, or Pulvis Haly, as afore-directed, for I will assure you it is also very profitable.