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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
these infuse six hours in warm Decoction of 
Mallows, white Poppy seeds, and Winter 
Cherries, then press out the Mussilage to 
an ounce and an half, with which, and three 
ounces of the aforesaid Decoction, and two 
ounces of sugar, make a Syrup according to 
art, ; 
Culpeper.] A spoonful taken by itself, 
or in any convenient liquor, is excellent for 
any sharp corroding humours be they in 
what part of the body soever, phthisicks, 
bloody-flux, stone in the reins or bladder, 
or ulcers there: it is excellent good for such 
as have taken purges that are too strong 
for their bodies, for by its slippery nature 
it helps corrosions, and by its cooling helps 
inflammations. 
Syrupus Myrtinus. 
Or Syrup of Myrtles. 
College.| Take of Myrtle Berries two 
ounces and an half, Sanders white and red, 
Sumach, Balaustines, Barberry stones, red 
Roses, of each an ounce and a half, Med- 
lars half a pound, bruise them in eight 
pounds of water to four, strain it, and add 
juice of Quinces and sour Pomegranates, 
of each six ounces, then with three pounds 
of sugar, boil it into a Syrup. 
Culpeper.| The Syrup is of a very bind- 
ing, yet comforting nature, it helps such as 
spit blood, all fluxes of the belly, or corro- 
sions of the internal parts, it strengthens 
the retentive faculty, and stops immoderate 
flux of menses. A spoonful at a time is the 
lose. 
Syrupus Florum Nymphe simplez. 
Or Syrup of Water-Lily flowers, simple. 
College.| Take of the whitest of white 
-Water-Lily flowers, a pound, steep them in 
three pounds of warm water six or seven 
hours, let them boil a little, and strain them 
out, put in the same weight of flowers again 
the second and third time, when you have 
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Syrupus Florum Nymphe compesitus. 
Syrup of Water-Lily flowers compound. 
College.| Take of white Water-Lily 
flowers half a pound, Violets two ounces, 
Lettice two handfuls, the seeds of Lettice, 
Purslain, and Gourds, of each half an ounce, 
boil them in four pounds of clear water till 
one be consumed, strain it, and add half a 
pound of red Rose water, white sugar four 
pounds, boil it into a Syrup according to art. 
Culpeper.] They are both fine cooling 
Syrups, allay the heat of choler, and pro- 
voke sleep, they cool the body, both head, 
heart, liver, reins, and matrix, and there- 
fore are profitable for hot diseases in either, 
you may take an ounce of it at a time when 
your stomach is empty. 
Syrupus de Papavere Erratico, sive Rubro. 
Or Syrup of Erratic Poppies. 
College.| Take of the fresh flowers of 
red Poppies two pounds, steep them in four 
pounds of warm spring water, the next day 
strain it, and boil it into a Syrup with its 
equal weight in sugar. 
Culpeper.] The Syrup cools the blood, 
helps surfeits, and may safely be given in 
frenzies, fevers, and hot agues. 
Syrupus de Pilosella. 
Or Syrup of Mousear. 
College.| Take of Mousear three hand- 
fuls, the roots of Lady’s-mantle an ounce 
and an half, the roots of Comfrey the 
greater, Madder, white Dittany, Tormentil, 
Bistort, of each an ounce, the leaves of 
Wintergreen, Horsetail, Ground Ivy, Plan- 
tain, Adder’s Tongue, Strawberries, St. 
John’s Wort with the flowers, Golden Rod, 
Agrimony, Bettony, Burnet, Avens, Cinque- 
foil the greater, red Coleworts, Balaustines, 
red Roses, of each a handful, boil them 
gently in six pounds of Plantain Water to 
three, then strain it strongly, and when it is 
settled, add Gum Tragacanth, the seeds of 
Fleawort, Marsh-mallows and Quinces, 
-made into a Mussilage by themselves in 
| Strawberry and Bettony Water, of each 
