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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
of the skin, as Leprosies, Cancers, Warts, 
Corns, Itch, Tetters, Ringworms, Scabs, 
&c. and it is the better to be liked, because 
of its gentleness. It helps surfeits exceed- 
ingly, cleanses, cools, and strengthens the 
liver, and causes it to make good blood, and 
good blood cannot make bad flesh. I com- 
mend this receipt to those whose bodies are 
subject to scabs and itch. If you please 
you may take two ounces by itself every 
morning. 
Syrupus de Glycyrrhiza. 
Or Syrup of Liquorice. 
College.| Take of green Linask 
scraped and bruised, two ounces, white 
Maiden-hair an ounce, dryed Hyssop half 
an ounce, steep these in four pounds of hot 
water, after twenty-four hours, boil it till 
half be consumed, strain it, and clarify it, 
and with Honey, Penids, and Sugar, of each 
eight ounces, make it into a Syrup, adding, 
before it be perfectly boiled, red Rose 
Water six ounces. 
Culpeper.] It cleanses the breast and 
lungs, and helps continual coughs and 
pleurisies. You may take it with a 
Liquorice stick, or add an ounce of it or 
more to the Pectoral Decoction. 
Syrupus Granatorum cum Aceto; vulgo, 
Oxysaccharum simplez. 
Or Syrup of Pomegranates with Vinegar. 
College.| Take of white sugar a pound 
and a half, juice of Pomegranates eight 
ounces, white Wine Vinegar four ounces, 
boil it gently into a Syrup. 
Culpeper.] Look the virtues of Pome- 
granates among the simples. 
Syrupus de Hyssopo. 
Or Syrup of Hyssop. 
College.| Take eight pounds of Spring 
Water, half an ounce of Barley, boil it 
about half an hour, then add the Roots of 
_ Smallage, Parsley, Fennel, Liquorice, of 
each ten drams, Jujubes, Sebestens, of each 
and a half, Figs, Dates, of each ten, the 
seeds of Mallows and Quinces, Gum Tra- 
gacanth tied up in a rag, of each three 
drams, Hyssop meanly dryed, ten drams, 
Maiden-hair six drams, boil them together, 
yet so, that the roots may precede the fruits, 
the fruits the seeds, and the seeds the herbs, 
about a quarter of an hour; at last, five 
pounds of water being consumed, boil the 
other three (being first strained and clari- 
fied) into a Syrup with two pounds and a 
half of sugar. 
Culpeper.| It mightily strengthens the 
breast and lungs, causes long wind, clears 
the voice, is a good remedy against coughs. 
Use it like the Syrup of Liquorice. 
Syrupus Ive arthritice, sive Chamepityos. 
Or Syrup of Chamepitys. 
College.| Take of Chamepitys, two hand- 
fuls, Sage, Rosemary, Poley Mountain, 
Origanum, Calaminth, wild Mints, Penny- 
royal, Hyssop, Thyme, Rue, garden and 
wild, Bettony, Mother of Thyme, of each a 
handful, the roots of Acorns, Birthwort 
long and round, Briony, Dittany, Gentian, 
Hog’s Fennel, Valerian, of each half an 
ounce, the roots of Smallage, Asparagus, 
Fennel, Parsley, Bruscus, of each an ounce, 
Pellitory of Spain, an ounce and a half, 
Steechas, the seeds of Annis, Ammi, Cara- 
way, Fennel, Lovage, Hartwort, of each 
three drams, Raisins of the sun two ounces, 
boil them in ten pounds of water to four, 
to which add honey and sugar, of each two 
pounds, make it into a Syrup to be per- 
fumed with Sugar, Nutmegs, and Cubebs, 
of each three drams. 
Syrupus Jujubinus. 
Or Syrup of Jujubes. 
College.| Take of Jujubes, Violets, five 
drams, Maiden-hair, Liquorice, French 
Barley, of each an ounce, the seeds of 
Mallows five drams, the seeds of white 
Poppies, Melons, Lettice, (seeds of Quinces 
and Gum Tragacanth tied up in a rag) of 
each three drams, boil them in six pounds 
of rain or spring water till half be con- 
