This Oil is made by melting or dripping, putting the Tartar (calcined to whiteness) into a Cellar, or other moist place, till it resolves it self into an Oil, which is afterwards to be filtrated. It is also made by dissolving Salt of Tartar in Water, and then filtring that Water.
It powerfully resolves, attenu∣ates and opens, and admirably brings forth both Urine and Stone, provokes the Terms, ab∣sorbs and overturns the Acid in Man's Body, and loosens the Bow∣els. It is a most excellent Reme∣dy against Ring-worms, Ulcers, Scald-heads, Scabs, Warts, &c. especially if it be mixt with Flowers of Sulphur, and a pro∣portional quantity of Cinnabar. It causes Sweat, for which reason it is of use in malign Fevers, the Plague, Diseases of the Womb and Reins, Melancholy, &c. It pu∣rifies the Mass of Blood, and pre∣serves it from corruption, opens internal Obstructions, and pre∣vails