℞ Of the best Antimony in pou∣der q.v. to which affuse Aqua Re∣gia: let them stand for some time in digestion, till a Calx shall appear white in the bottom; afterwards abstract the Aqua Regia by distil∣lation, or else decant it; or other∣wise praecipitate, by the affusion of Water: wash the Calx with warm Water, till the Aqua Regia can be no more perceived, either by taste or smell: dry the Pouder, and reverbe∣rate it in a Crucible for six hours, and make a red Pouder.
It is Emetick, and cures Quar∣tan-agues; it powerfully allevi∣ates Gouty defluxions, and the Paroxysms thereof; it heals Wounds, Fistula's, and inveterate Ulcers: it is good against all Ob∣structions, tho' inveterate, of Li∣ver, Spleen, Mesentery, and other Bowels; it purifies the Blood, provokes the Terms, and prevails against the Green-sickness in Vir∣gins, the Dropsy, Hypochondriack Melancholy, French Disease, and malign Fevers: it purges with much pleasantness, both upwards and downwards; and that not so much by its own nature and vir∣tue, as from the latency and sta∣gnation of the Cholerick Humor about the Stomach; but in some