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licked up. 2. It is in respect of body, 
something thicker than a Syrup, and not so 
thick as an electuary. 3. Its use was 
against the roughness of the windpipe, dis- 
eases, and inflammations of the lungs, dif- 
ficulty of breathing, colds, coughs, &c. 
4, Its manner of reception is with a Liquo- 
tice stick, bruised at the end, to take up 
some and retain it in the mouth, till it melt 
of its own accord. 
Lohoch de Farfara. 
Or Lohoch of Coltsfoot. 
College.] Take of Colts-foot roots 
cleansed eight ounces, Marsh-mallow roots 
four ounces cleansed, boil them in a suffi- 
cient quantity of water, and press the pulp 
out through a sieve, dissolve this again in 
the Decoction, and let it boil once or twice, 
then take it from the fire, and add two 
pounds of white sugar, Honey of Raisins 
fourteen ounces, juice of Liquorice two 
drams and an half, stir them stoutly with a 
wooden pestle, mean season sprinkle in 
Saffron and Cloves, of each a scruple, Cin- 
Namon and Mace, of each two scruples, 
make them into a Lohoch according to art. 
Culpeper.| It was invented forthe cough. 
Lohoch de Papavere. 
Or Lohoch of Poppies. 
College.]| Take white Poppy seeds 
twenty four drams,sweet Almonds blanched 
in Rose Water, Pine-nuts cleansed, Gum 
Arabick and Tragacanth,of each ten drams, 
juice of Liquorice an ounce, Starch three 
drams, the seeds of Lettuce, Purslain, 
inces, of each half an ounce, Saffron a 
dram, Penids four ounces, Syrup of Meco- 
nium three pounds, make it into a Lohoch 
according to art. 
Culpeper.] It helps salt, sharp and thin 
distillations upon the lungs, it allays the 
fury of such sharp humours, which occasion 
both roughness of the throat, want of sleep, 
and fevers; it is excellent for such as are 
troubled with pleurises to take now and 
_ then a little of it. 
Lohoch e Passulis. 
Or Lohoch of Raisins. 
College.| Take of male Peony roots, 
Liquorice, of each half an ounce, Hyssop, 
Bawm, Hart’s-tongue, or Cetrach, of each 
half a handful, boil them in Spring Water, 
and press them strongly, and by adding a 
pound of Raisins bruised, boil it again, 
pressing it through a linen cloth, then with 
a pound of white sugar, make it into a 
Lohoch according to art. 
Culpeper.| It is very good against 
coughs, consumptions of the lungs, and 
other vices of the breast, and is usually 
given to children for such diseases, as also 
for convulsions, and falling-sickness. 
Lohoch e Pino. 
Or Lohoch of Pine-nuts. 
College.| Take of Pine-nuts, fifteen 
drams, sweet Almonds, Hazel Nuts gently 
roasted, Gum Arabick and Tragacanth, 
powder and juice of Liquorice, white 
Starch, Maiden-hair, Orris roots, of each 
two drams, the pulp of Dates seventeen 
drams, bitter Almonds one dram and an 
half, Honey of Raisins, white Sugar-candy, 
fresh Butter, of each two ounces, Honey 
one pound and an half, dissolve the Gums 
in so much Decoction of Maiden-hair as is 
sufficient ; let the rest be mixed over a gentle | 
fire, and stirred, that so it may be made into 
a Lohoch. 
Culpeper.] The medicine is excellent for 
continual coughs, and difficulty of breath- 
ing, it succours such as are asthmatic, for 
it cuts and atenuates tough humours in the 
breast. 
Lohoch de Portulaca. 
Or Lohoch of Purslain. aoe 
College.| Take of the strained Juice of 
Purslain two pounds, Troches of Terra 
Lemnia two drams, Troches of Amber, 
Gum, Arabic, Dragon’s-blood of each one 
dram, Lapis Hematitis, the wool of a. 
beveled ve each two. 
