Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper.

Of Ointments to restore the Hair.

Cleopatra's Ointment to ingender Hair.

WHen you have bruised the roots of tender Reeds, press forth the Juice and mix dried Flies with it into a pulstise, and when you have wrought it together and mixt it with Bears fat and oyl of Cedars, use it to anoint with; but to take away the smell of it, pour some wine to it.

Another of Cleopatra's.

Burn dried Flax seed together with the stubble of Flax, and being powder'd, lay it on with oyl of Turky-millet.

Another.

Lay upon the Hair burnt Bees mixt with Honey.

Another to make the hair grow again.

Take oyl of Juniper, oyl of Nuts, each one ounce, white honey, juice of Dock, each half an ounce, Smallage-seeds, Asarabacca pow∣der'd,

each two ounces, incorporate them and anoint the place.

Another.

Take the roughest foam of the Sea burnt, and powder'd and smoothed with oyl, lay it on the place, but especially let it be Lamp∣oyl.

Another.

The shells of Sea Hedge-hogs burnt, and wrought together with Bears-grease, lay up∣on the places, being first rubbed.

Another.

Take the roots of Reeds burnt, mix them with Bears-grease, and lay it on the place.

Another of Orestinus against an old Baldness.

Take of Mouseturd, Frankincense, each two ounces, dissolve them in the sharpest Vine∣ger, and anoint the place, first shaved.

Another of the same.

Take of Sea-Hedge-hogs burnt together with their shells, unripe Gauls, bitter Al∣monds burnt, each two ounces, Mouseturd one dram, powder them well and dissolve them in vineger, and lay them on.

Another.

Take the hairs of a Bear burnt, Maidenhair burnt, the roots of Reeds burnt, the leaves of Missletoe burnt, shreds of Hair-cloth burnt, each equal parts, mix it up with

Bears-grease and Rozen of Cedar-tree.

Another of Ortho the Sicilian.

Take of the ashes of the least Frogs burnt in an earthen pot, one part; Mouseturd, white Hellebore, the roots of Reeds burnt, white pepper, each alike parts, mix them with vine∣ger, and apply them to the place first rubb'd and shaved.

Another.

Take of the ashes of Goats hoofs burnt, the Juice of Thapsia, the foam of the Sea, Mouseturd, the scum of Niter, Myrrhe, white Pepper, Ginger, each alike parts, powder them well and mix them up with Goats gaul.

Another.

Take the Juice of the leaves of Sallow, the Juice of Myrtle leaves, each half an ounce, Labdanum one ounce, Oyl of Myrtles as much as will suffice to make it into an Un∣guent, mix them and use it.

Another.

Take of Bees burnt, Maidenhair burnt, Oyl of Roses, each a sufficient quantity, make an Unguent.

An Ointment to make hairs grow on those troubled with an Elephantiasis.

Take the ashes of a Moul, of Wasps, of Hens, each two drams, Oyl of Flower-de∣luce two ounces; Labdanum one ounce and

a half, a little Wax, and make a Liniment.

An Ointment to produce hair.

Take the rine of Reeds, scum of Niter, each half an ounce, mix them up with Tar, and use it, but you must daily scrape the place, and rub it with a Cloth; for so it will cause the hair very quickly.

Another.

Take of House-mice burnt one part; shreds of flaxen-cloth burnt one part, rine of Reeds one part, these being all dried, powder them, and mixing them with honey, reduce them to the consistence of it, and then adde mar∣row and fat melted, and put them in a brass Box, & rub the bald place till the hair comes.

Another.

Take of red Poppy, leaves of Myrtle, Mai∣denhair, Lavender, Cyperus, Smallage-seeds, Emblick, Myrobalanes, Cypress-nuts, each one dram, water three pints, boyl them all till two pints be wasted, strein it, and adde Oyl of Myrtles one pound, boyl them again till the water be consumed, and adde the rines of Pine-nuts, Labdanum, each one scru∣ple, mix them and make an Unguent.

Another.

Take the head or hide of an Earth-Hedge∣hog burnt, powder it and work it up with ho∣ney, and anoint the place.

Another.

Burn together a Sea-horse and a little Ni∣ter, mix them up with Goose-grease, and the place being prepared with Niter, anoint it.

Another.

Take of Sword-flag a sufficient quantity, burn the leaves in a pot, then mix it up with Rozen and Pine-ashes, scarifie the bald place and lay it on, and binde it.

Another of Soranus.

Take of Bears-grease, the ashes of Reed∣leaves burnt, the powder of Brass, each one part, Vineger, old Oyl, each a sufficient quantity, make an Unguent.

Another.

Take the ashes of Reed burnt, the hairs of a Bear, Maidenhair, Bears-grease, Tar, Goats hairs burnt, Rozen of Cedar, each alike parts, mix them together, and anoint the place rub∣bed before.

Another.

Take the leaves of Greek-reed burnt, half an ounce, Mouseturd two drams, Hedge-hogs burnt one dram, powder them, mix them with Vineger, lay it on.

An Ointment for Baldness.

Take of Bulls fat sunned one pound, the froth that cleaveth to Canes, one ounce, the juice of Thapsia an ounce and a half, Myrrhe

one ounce, Maidenhair one pound, an Asses member, an Asses spleen, Labdanum, each one pound, steep the Labdanum in a little wine, and melt the fat with the steem of water, burn the Asses member and shave it, but burn the Spleen in a new pot with Mai∣denhair, and powder and searce what ought to be, then make them with new wine, and use it before bathing, the head being first comb'd.

An approved Ointment to cause a Beard.

Take of Oyl of sweet Almonds, Myrrhe, each an ounce, the rine of the roots of Reeds burnt, Maidenhair burnt, each two drams, heads of Flies burnt, Bees bruised in their emptiness, each half a dram, Labdanum two drams, Honey one ounce, powder them, and with a little Wax, make a Liniment.

Another for the same.

Take the ashes of a Mole dried in an oven, two ounces, the ashes of Bees, of Filberds burnt, each one dram and a half, Mouseturd two drams, Labdanum a dram and a half, the best Honey one ounce, Oyl of Nard, Wax, each a sufficient quantity; make a Liniment, but in the morning following you must wash your face with this Decoction: Take of Mai∣denhair, male Southernwood, Rosemary, Myrtle-leaves, the rine of Reed roots▪ Flow∣ers of Chamemel, red Roses, leaves of sowre

Dock, each one handful, Pockwood half a pound, make a Decoction and use it as hath been said.

Another.

Take of Fenigreek six pints, Flax-seed three pints, Labdanum eight ounces, the Juice of binding Bean-tree two ounces, of the Indian leaf two ounces, twenty Gauls, Aromatical Onyx two ounces, Syrian Cane two ounces and a half, Bdellium two ounces, Myrtle burnt twenty four ounces, Musk three oun∣ces, Florence Flower-de-luce two ounces, powder them severally, searce them and mix them.

Another to cause Hair.

Take the ashes of Grashoppers burnt, of Bees burnt, Oyl of Myrtles or fat, each a sufficient quantity, mix them and make an Unguent.

Of Ointments that hinder the growth of hair.

Take the Decoction of Spurge mixt with Vineger, unslaked Lime and Mallows.

Another.

Take the Gum of Ivy, Ants Eggs, yellow Arsnick, Colophony, each one ounce, Leeches burnt half an ounce, powder them and mix them with the blood of Frogs, and make an Ointment.

Another.

Take the blood of Bats, the Juice of Ivy,

the Juice of Radish, Goats Suet, each a suf∣ficient quantity, mix them and make an oint∣ment.

Another.

Take the fat of Frogs, of a Mole, a Bat, Gum of Ivy, each a sufficient quantity, make an Ointment.

Another.

Take of Opium, Henbane, each a suffici∣ent quantity, powder them, and with Vine∣ger bring them into the form of an Unguent, with which anoint the hairs daily.

Another.

Take a sufficient quantity of Castor, scum'd Honey enough to make it into an ointment.

Another.

Take a whole Hedge-hog, boyl it in oyl till the flesh be parted from the bones, strein it, and with the aforesaid oyl mix Ants Eggs, and anoint it.

Another.

Take of Hemlock-seed a sufficient quan∣tity, powder them, and with the blood of a Bat, bring them to the form of an Unguent.

Another.

Take the Gum of Ivy one ounce, yellow Arsnick, Colophony, Hemlock-seed, each half an ounce, Castor two drams, Opium one dram, Henbane one dram and a half; Juice of Hemlock, the blood of a Bat, each a suf∣ficient

quantity, make an Ointment to an∣noint the bare places.

Another.

Take of the blood of a Bat, of mans blood, new Cassia, each alike parts, Ants Eggs, Hen∣bane-seed, black Poppy-seed, each alike parts, pouder what is fit, and mix with the rest.

Another.

Take of Cimolian earth, Cerusse, each one part, Roche-alume half a part, juice of Hen∣bane a sufficient quantity, make an Unguent.

Another.

Take of white Tartar pouder'd, scum'd Ho∣ney, each a sufficient quantity, mix them and anoint.

Another.

Take the Gum of white Vine, Gum of Ivy, Bryony, pouder them and mix them with oyl into the form of an Unguent.

Another.

Take of Ants Eggs, the blood of Frogs, the rust of Iron, mix them up with spittle.

Another.

Take the Gaul of a Hedge-hog, the Gaul of a Co••morant, Sea-shells burnt and pouder'd, the blood of a Bat, each a sufficient quantity; make an Ointment.

Another.

Take the ashes of Swallows burnt, the milk of Spurge, each a sufficient quantity, make an Unguent.

Another.

Take of Gum-arabick, Tragacanth, burnt Brass, Verdigrease, Arsnick, Long-pepper, white, black Pepper, Blood-stone, Starch-corn, Dyers Madder, Scales of Brass burnt, each two drams, Dragons blood, Juice of binding Bean-tree, each a dram and a half, Frankincense, Spike, burnt Gauls, each one dram, Sarcocol, Ammoniacum, dissolved in Aquavitae, each half an ounce, pouder them and mix them with the Juice of Citrons or Lemmons, and make an Unguent.

Another.

Take of Henbane, Dragons blood, Gum∣arabick, white Frankincense, each six drams, Night-shade water a sufficient quantity, pou∣der them and mix them to the form of an Unguent.

Another.

Take of burnt Dates two drams, Spike one dram and a half, pouder and mix them with Honey, and the turd of a Mole, to the form of an Unguent.

Another.

Take the rust of Iron, Sea-shells burnt, each a sufficient quantity, mix them with fasting spittle.

An Ointment to make the Hair shed, and grow no more.

Take of yellow Arsnick, Ants Eggs, Gum∣arabick,

each half an ounce, Gum of Ivy two ounces; with the blood of a Bat, or Juice of Henbane, make an Unguent, apply it, the hairs being first cut.

Of Ointments that take away the hair.

Take of gold coloured Arsnick, seven or ten scruples, unslaked Lime the same quan∣tity, Starch-corn two ounces, Selinusian earth an ounce, powder them and fine searse them; when you would use it, take a sufficient quantity and shake it together with water, then lay it on, and see that it burn not.

Another.

Take two parts of unslaked Lime, yellow Arsnick, one part, put them into a leaden morter, and powder them with water or the juice of Ptisan poured to them, and when they are black, command them to be laid on hot, especially in a Bath.

Another.

Take of Sandarach one dram, unslaked Lime, eighteen ounces, pounder them and boyl them carefully with water, and when they begin to boyl, take it off and use it.

Another.

Take of Starch-corn, unslaked Lime, yel∣low Arsnick, each one ounce, pouder, searse them and lay them by, and use them as hath been said.

Another that presently takes away the hair by the roots.

Take of unslaked Lime, Cimolian earth, a burnt Pummy-stone, each eighteen ounces, yellow Arsnick three ounces, pouder them and lay them by; when you have occasion to use them, dilute them with water, and so use it.

Another to take away the Hair, and thin the Skin.

Take the juice of the leaves of wilde Cow∣cumber, milk of Almonds, unslaked Lime, yellow Arsnick, Galbanum steept in Wine, and streined, each a sufficient quantity; when they are boyled, adde to them Oyl of Roses, Mastick, each a sufficient quantity; Frankin∣cense, the Gumm of Juniper-tree, Roses, Cloves, Cummin, Nutmeg, Cynamon, each a little, mix them and make an Unguent.

Another of the same.

Take of the ashes of Mast-tree, two parts, yellow Arsnick one part, boyl them in Ri∣ver water.

Another.

Take of black Soap one pound, Tartar, one ounce and a half, yellow Arsnick six oun∣ces, juice of Cyperus fifteen drams, unslaked Lime half an ounce, capital Lees one ounce, put the Lime in the Lees, strein it, and mix it with the rest.

Another.

Take Gum of Ivy two ounces, yellow Ars∣nick, Ants Eggs, Gum-arabick, each three drams, pouder them and mix them with strong Vineger.

Another.

Take of yellow Arsnick three ounces, un∣slaked Lime one dram, strong Lye a suffici∣ent quantity, boyl them till the feathers come off, a quill dipt in it.

Another to take hair off the face.

Take of Colophony two ounces, Mastick, Ammoniacum cleansed, each one ounce, dis∣solve them in a clean earthen vessel, and stre••n it upon cold water, take it and work it together, and dissolve a little of it over the fire, and apply it warm, letting it lye on for two hours, and then take it away.

Another to take away the hair.

Take of the powder of an Owl one ounce, Cummin, the blood of a Bat, each three oun∣ces, Musk one scruple, make a Liniment: we must have a special care that the part to which the Ointment must be applied, be first washed with the Lye made of Vine ashes, and if an itching be left in the part after applica∣tion of the Medicine, anoint it with Rhases, white Ointment, or with the Decoction of Henbane-seeds, or of Colewort-seeds.

Another.

Take the blood of a Tortoise, of Frogs, of a Bat, Ants Eggs, red Ar••nick, Gum of Ivy, each a sufficient quantity, mix them with Vineger, and anoint it discreetly, that it do not excoriate.

Another of the same.

Take of yellow Arsnick, Juice of Hen∣bane, each alike parts, mix them and anoint the part.

An Ointment to take away hairs from any part of the Body.

Take three whites of Eggs bruised, unsla∣ked Lime eight ounces, yellow Arsnick one ounce, a sufficient quantity of Lye, make an Unguent, with which besmearing a feather, a∣noint the hairy parts, but when they have been anointed a quarter of an hour, wash off the Unguent with warm water.

Another.

Take of Ants Eggs, Juice of Henbane, Hemlock, seeds of Fleawort, the blood of a Bat, of a Tortoise, each a sufficient quantity, mix them and anoint the place: others run over the place with a plate of Gold red hot, so that no Doun any more appear.