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COMMON DECOCTION. VA and coughs from-tickling defluxions; it repairs and heals 
Take of mallow leaves, comomile flowers, cack one ounce; | ward exulcerations and bloody difcharges, efpecially of 
water, two quarts. Beil till one quart of the liquor is wafted ; the kidneys, bladder, and uterus. In feminal 
then firain out the remaining decoction for ufe. old glBers in both fexes, there can be nothing better con. 
trived. The quantity of a nutmeg may be taken two or 
@ . %. This is emollient and carminative, therefore accounted inde th a ak Wh 
three times in a day, with a draught of the antihectic 
‘a good anodyne, and excellent againft gripes, nephritic 
‘pains, ftranguaries, and heat of urine; as alfo for cramps, = L 
Se {pafms. tis likewife ufed for lotions and CEPHALIC ELECTUARY. y tie 
yiters, : Take of wild valerian-root, mifletoe of the oak, cach one 
“4° Tue DIURETIC DECOCTIONSY s Hrup of fugar, a fufficient quantity. Mix them into 
~~ Take of she roots of parfley, or thofe of fennel, mnie ya detvipts : 
feeds of wild carrot, three drachms ; pellitory of the wall, | This is calculated for diforders of the head, and is in 
half an ounce; raifins of the funy two ounces; water, three | 8° efteem for epilepfies and inveterate head-achs. It is 
pints. Boil them together, till there remains a quart of liquor frequently prefcribed in apoplexies, vertigoes, and con- 
after firaining ; to which add of nitre, one drachm. vulfions from uterine obftructions. 
“This abfterges much lime and vifcid adhefions from the ELECTUARY acarnst THe PILES, Yi TT, 
ftomach and bowels; cleanfes the vifcera, particularly Take of lenitive two ounces ivum, | 
: eleétuary + fulpher © | 
the kidneys; keeps the juices cool and fluid; and greatly Pine Lio Make theresf on tlelluary. 
atthe eae. a pre ists 
eeu. by atin, <feeely seer ae The quantity of a nutmeg is to be taken of this every 
iy ing and night; it will keep the belly moderately lax, | 
VULNERARY DECOCTION and greatly eafe the piles. YE. : 
Take of the herb ground-ivy, leaves of plantain, each half LENITIVE ELECTUARY. jis q 
~ ‘@n.ounce; water, three pints. Boil them till there remains a ‘ake three ounces 0) polypody-roots, and three quarts © 4 
quart of liquor after firaining ; to which add, of white fugar, ft Boil till two nth are wafted; adding, towards iz " 
{eee e, end of the collion, two ounces of fena, and half an ounce of . 
This is cooling, abfterfive, and vulnerary; and pre- | coriander feeds. Strain out the liquor, add ta it four pounds 3a 
fcribed as an aftringent in diftempers of the lungs, chiefly | of white fugar, and boil to the confiftence of a thick /yrups 
*. for fuch confumptions as proceed from fharp thin humours, | with which mix a pound of the pulp of French prunes; half 
*weakheffes, and fpitting of blood. 4 a pound of the pulp of Caffia, and the fame quantity of tama~ 
ANTIDYSENTERIC ELECTUARY. ‘”G rinds. Make the whole into an eleéluary. 
fs: . This cools and very gently, and is convenient 
Take of the firengthening confettion, one ounce , bolfanbof agree nts tehekan te ade 
Lucatellus, (diffolved in the yolk of an egg,) half an ounce. j Re oh coftivenefs, than to be exhibited as a regular ca 
formed for correfponding with fuch purpofes. The con- 
féétion has its fhare in accomplifhing a cure, partly from woe 
- its aftringency, partly from its opiate quality, by render- | of vitriol, three drachms; fyrup of Jugar, a fufficient _ 
ing the velfels infenfible of the pungency of the morbific | tity. Make them into an eletluary. ae 
particles; while the virtues of the balfam agglutinate, heal, | J, robuit conftitutions this is prefcribed for ftubbo 
and ftop up the mouths of the veffels, and heath the acri- | agues; and alfo for fluxes and hemorrhages. ‘It pro- 
amonious humours which abrade the parts. ~ motes difcharges by urine, deftroys worms, brings then 
cee av MY) wos, sok tegen the Fares tt i tin Bei 
BALSAMIC ELECTUARY. Se aoe ot fo proper. The colcoibar here prevents 
; . Take of conferve of rofesy two ounces ; balfam of Lucatellus, the bark from going off by ftool, which it is fo mp i - | 
- (diffatved in the yolk of an egg,) one ounce. Mix, and make to do; and opium likewife will have the fame effect. / ee 
them into an elettuary. SLECTUAES Aan : > FLUXES. tA : 
Mix them together. rtic. It is alfo intended to cleanfe the liver and other ea: 
‘This is an excellent internal vulnerary in an obftinate | Ji Cera, ; 4 
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bloody-flux, to preveni-abortion, &c. very aptly phe is G ELECTUARY of BARK.Z “La 
Take ‘of Perusian bark, one ounce and a half; colcothar 
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This is a noble medicine, eafy to take, and ought to. be eel 7 
. =i es eae . Ounces § extrad ; 
repeated on the urgency of fuch coughs as give fufpicion Take of the frrengthening vols, 0 fufici quan | 
of tubercles, ulcerations, and decays of the lungs. It | of dogwood, one ounce; fyrup of oy. efficient 
tity. Make them intoan eltfuary. This 
diffolves tough phlegm in the bronchia, cures catarrhs 
