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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
two sorts, male and female, the fruit of the 
male Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry is here to 
be used. The fruit of male Cornel, binds 
exceedingly, and therefore good in fluxes, 
and the immoderate flowing of the menses. 
Rob Cydoniorum. 
Or Rob of Quinces. 
College.] Take of the clarified juice of 
Quinces, boil it till two parts be consumed 
and with its equal weight in sugar boil it 
into a Rob. 
Miva vel Gelatina Eorundem. 
Or Jelly of Quinces. 
College.| Take of the juice of Quinces 
clarified twelve pounds, boil it half away, 
and add to the remainder, old white Wine 
five pounds, consume the third part over a 
gentle fire, taking away the scum (all you 
ought) let the rest settle, and strain it, and 
with three pounds of sugar boil it accord- 
ing to art. 
Culpeper.| Both are good for weak and 
indisposed stomachs. 
College.| Rob of sour Plums is made as 
Rob of Quinces, the use of sugar is indif- 
ferent in them both. 
Rob of English Currants is made in the 
same manner, let the juice be clarified. 
Culpeper.] The virtues are the same with 
Rob of Barberries. 
Rob Baccarum Sambuci 
Or Rob of Elder Berries. 
College.] Take of the juice of Elder 
Berries, and make it thick with the help of 
- a gentle fire, either by itself, or a quarter of 
its weight in sugar being added. 
Culpeper.| Both Rob of Elder Berries, 
and Dwarf-Elder, are excellent for such 
whose bodies are inclining to dropsies, 
neither let them neglect nor despise it. 
They may take the quantity of a nutmeg 
each morning, it will gently purge the wat- 
_ €ollege.| In the same manner is made 
Rob of Dwarf-Elder, Junipers, and Paul’s 
Betony, only in the last, the sugar and juice 
must be equal in weight. 
Succus Glycyrrhize Hattca:. 
Or Juice of Liquorice simple. 
College.| Infuse Liquorice Roots cleansed 
and gently bruised, three days in Spring 
Water, so much that it may over-top the 
roots the breadth of three fingers, then boil 
it a little, and press it hard out, and boil the 
liquor with a gentle fire to its due thickness. 
Culpeper.| It is vulgarly known to be 
good against coughs, colds, &c. and a 
strengthener of the lungs. © 
Succus Glycyrrhize compositus. 
Or Juice of Liquorice compound. 
College.| Take of the water of tender 
Oak leaves, of Scabious, of each four 
pounds, English Liquorice scraped and 
bruised two pounds, boil them by degrees 
till they be soft, then press out the liquor 
strongly in a press, to which add three 
pounds of juice of Hyssop, and dry it away 
in the sun in a broad earthen vessel. 
Culpeper.| The virtues are the same with 
the former. 
Succus Pronorum Sylvestrum. 
Or Juice of Sloes, called Acacia. 
College.| Take of Sloes hardly ripe, 
press out the juice, and make it thick in a 
bath. 
Culpeper.| It stops fluxes, and procures 
appetite. 
College.| So are the Juices of Worm- 
wood, Maudlin, and Fumitory made thick, 
to wit, the herbs bruised while they be 
tender, and the juice pressed out and after 
it be clarified, boil over the fire to its just 
thickness. 
LOHOCH, OR ECLEGMATA 
Culpeper.] Because this word also is un- 
derstood but by few, we will first explain 
what it is. 1. The word Lohoch is an Ara- 
bick word, called in Greek Eclegma, in 
| Latin Linetus, and signifies a thing to be 
