℞ Juniper-berries grossly bruised lbx. common Salt ℥x. Spirit of Salt made with Oil of Vitriol ℥v. Rain-water xxv gallons: put all into a copper Vesica or Body, and digest for ten days or more; then distil in an Alembick with its pewter Worm, either with a naked Fire, or Sand∣heat; which at first let be very gentle, but afterwards augment the Fire to a boiling heat, distilling off the one half; separate the Oil from the Water by a Separating∣vessel: the Water cohobate again upon the faeces, and distil again; so will you have more Oil, which separate as before; and again re∣peat this work the third time as before; always distilling till the one half of the Liquor is drawn off.
It warms, softens, discusses, opens, cleanses, and heals; is Cordial, Neurotick, and Nephri∣tick, purifying the mass of Blood, and preserving it from corruption. And outwardly it may be used in place of the true Balsam, in all foetid and ma∣lign Ulcers, and such as are difficult to cure, in Fractures, Contractures, Benummed mem∣bers, Palsies, and Convulsions.