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them afterwards, for if you put the Sperma- 
ceti and the rest all together and go to beat 
them in that fashion, you may as soon beat 
the mortar into powder, as the simples. 
Indeed your best way is to beat them se- 
verally, and then mix them altogether, 
which being done, makes you a gallant 
medicine for the infirmities specified in the 
title, a dram of it taken in Muskadel and 
sweating after it. 
Species Electuarit Dyacymini. Nicholaus. 
College.| Take of Cummin seeds infused 
a natural day in Vinegar, one ounce and 
one scruple, Cinnamon, Cloves, of each two 
drams and an half, Galanga, Savory, 
Calaminth, of each one dram and two 
scruples, Ginger, black Pepper, of each two 
drams and five grains, the seeds of Lovage, 
and Ammi, (Bishop’s-weed,) of each one 
dram and eighteen grains, long Pepper one 
dram, Spikenard, Nutmegs, Cardamoms, of 
each two scruples and an half, beat them 
and keep them diligently in powder for 
your use. 
Culpeper.| It heats the stomach and 
bowels, expels wind exceedingly, helps the 
wind cholic, helps digestion hindered by 
cold or wind, is an admirable remedy for 
wind in the bowels, and helps quartan 
agues. The powder is very hot, half a dram 
is enough to take at one time, and too much 
if the patient be feverish, you may take it 
in white Wine. It is in my opinion a fine 
composed powder. 
Species Electuarii Diagalange. Mesue. 
College.| Take of Galanga, wood of 
Aloes, of each six drams, Cloves, Mace, 
seeds of Lovage of each two drams, Ginger, 
long and white Pepper, Cinnamon, Cala- 
mus Aromaticus of each a dram and an half, 
Calaminth, and Mints dried, Cardamoms 
the greater, Indian Spikenard, the seeds of 
Smallage, Annis, Fennel, Caraway, of each 
_ one dram, beat them into powder according } the: 
“to art. Also it may be made me an elec- af On pe; 
dram, Lapis Spongie, Lyncis, Canc 
wine, or twelve times the weight of it of 
clarified Honey. 
Culpeper.] Mesue quotes it only as an 
electuary, which he saith prevails against 
wind, sour belchings, and indigestion, gross 
humours and cold afflictions of the stomach 
and liver. You may take half a dram of the 
powder at a time, or two of the electuary 
in the morning fasting, or an hour before — 
meat. It helps digestion exceedingly, ex- 
pels wind, and heats a cold stomach. 
Species Electuarii Diamargariton Calidi. 
Avicenna. 
College.] Take of Pearls and Pellitory of 
the Wall, of each one dram, Ginger, Mas- 
tich, of each half an ounce, Doronicum, 
Zedoary, Smallage seeds, both sorts of 
Cardamoms, Nutmegs, Mace, of each two 
drams, Been of both sorts, (if they cannot 
be procured take the roots of Avens and 
Tormentil) black and long Pepper of each 
three drams, beat them into powder and 
keep them for your use. 
Culpeper.] This (quoth Avicenna) is ap- 
propriated to women, and in them to dis- 
eases incident to their matrix; but his rea- 
sons I know not. It is cordial and heats 
the stomach. 
Lithontribon Nicholaus, according to 
Fernelius. 
College.| Take of Spikenard, Ginger, 
Cinnamon, black Pepper, Cardamoms, _ 
Cloves, Mace, of each half a dram, Costus, — 
Liquorice, Cypress, Tragacanth, German-— 
der, of each two scruples, the seeds of 
Bishop’s-weed, (Ammi,) Smallage, Spara- 
gus, Bazil, Nettles, Citrons, Saxifrage, — 
Burnet, Caraway, Carrots, Fennel, Brus- — 
cus, Parsley of Macedonia, Burs, Seseli, 
(or Hartwort,) Asarabacca, of each one 
Judaici, of each one dram and 
Goat’s blood prepared oo 
