Tractatus de simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus. = A treatise of the nature and qualities of such simples as are most frequently used in medicines,: both purging, and others. Methodically handled, for the benefit of those that understand not the Latine tongue. To which is added: many compound medicines for most diseases incident to mankinde: as also two alphabeticall tables, very necessary for the reader. Together with, the explanation of all hard words or termes of art, whereby the vulgar may the better understand it. / By Robert Pemel, practitioner in physick, at Cranebrooke in Kent. Licensed and enterd according to order.

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Title: Tractatus de simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus. = A treatise of the nature and qualities of such simples as are most frequently used in medicines,: both purging, and others. Methodically handled, for the benefit of those that understand not the Latine tongue. To which is added: many compound medicines for most diseases incident to mankinde: as also two alphabeticall tables, very necessary for the reader. Together with, the explanation of all hard words or termes of art, whereby the vulgar may the better understand it. / By Robert Pemel, practitioner in physick, at Cranebrooke in Kent. Licensed and enterd according to order.
Author: Pemell, Robert.
Publication: London :: Printed by M. Simmons, for Philemon Stephens, at the guilded Lyon in St Pauls Church-Yard,; 1652.
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The inward use.

The seeds are chiefly in use, the missilage, or infusion whereof being made with Rose-water, or Barley-water, and taken with sy∣rups of Violets, syrup of Roses, or Sugar, purgeth choler and thick flegme, and is usefull in hot burning Feavers, in great thirst, and helps to ••e••ifie the drynesse of the mouth and throat; it helpeth also the hoarsnesse of the voice, and diseases of the breast and lungs caused by heat, as the Pleurisie and such like. It helpeth all inflam∣mations of the head, and all hot paines of the joynts. The mucci∣lage of the seed made into an Electuary with Marmalade of Quin∣ces, with Popie-seed, and Sugar-pellets, or Sugar-Candy, and so taken, doth temper the heat and roughnesse of the throat, and tongue, and stayeth hot fluxions, or rheumes flowing downe. In hot burning Agues, it quencheth thirst, and abates heat, being ta∣ken with syrup of Violets, or Barley-water, and purgeth also cho∣ler gently.

The seeds torrified or dryed, and taken with Plantaine-water stay∣eth the flux of the belly, and helpeth the corrosions, or gripings of the belly that come by reason of hot, cholerick, sharp and malignant humours, or by the super-purgation, or over-working of any violent medicine, such as cammonie or the like. The seeds being kept on the tongue, easeth the cough, and helpeth the drynesse thereof pro∣ceeding from heat. It dothnso wonderfully coole that (saith Fer∣nelius) being cast into hot boyling water, it presently cooleth it. Fer∣nel. meth. med. lib. 6. cap. 1. fol. 143.