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Culpeper.| It prevails against poison, 
and the bitings of venomous beasts, and 
helps such whose meat putrifies in their 
stomach, stays vomiting of blood, helps 
old coughs, and cold diseases in the liver, 
spleen, bladder, and matrix. The dose is 
half a dram. 
Electuarium scoriaferri. Rhasis. 
College.] Take of the flakes of Iron in- 
fused in Vinegar seven days and dried, 
three drams, Indian Spikenard, Schenanth, 
Cypress, Ginger, Pepper, Bishop’s weed, 
Frankincense, of each half an ounce, Myro- 
balans, Indian Bellericks, and Emblicks, 
Honey boiled with the decoction of Em- 
blicks, sixteen ounces, mix them together, 
and make of them an electuary. 
Culpeper.] The medicine heats the 
gently, purges melancholy, eases pains in 
the stomach and spleen, and strengthens 
digestion. People that are strong may take 
half an ounce in the morning fasting, and 
weak people three drams. It is a good rem- 
edy for pains and hardness of the spleen. 
Confectio Humain. Mesue. 
College.] Take of Eyebright two ounces, 
Fennel seeds five drams, Cloves, Cinnamon, 
Cubebs, long Pepper, Mace, of each one 
dram, beat them all into powder, and with 
clarified Honey one pound, in which boil 
Juice of Fennel one ounce, juice of Celan- 
dine and Rue, of each half an ounce, and 
with the powders make it up into an elec- 
tuary, 
Culpeper.] It is chiefly appropriated to 
the brain and heart, quickens the senses, 
especially the sight, and resists the pesti- 
lence. You may take half a dram if your 
body be hot, a dram if cold, in the morning 
fasting. 
Diaireos Solomonis. Nich. 
College.] Take of Orris roots one ounce, 
Pennyroyal, Hyssop, Liquorice, of each six 
, Tragacanth, white Starch, bitter 
Almonds, Pine-nuts, Cinnamon, Ginger, 
| P epper, of each three drams, fat Figs, the 
aes 
pulp of Raisins of the Sun, and Dates, of 
each three drams and an half, Styrax, 
Calamitis two drams and an half, Sugar 
dissolved in Hyssop water, and clarified 
Honey, of each twice the weight of all the 
rest, make them into an electuary accord- 
ing to art. 
Culpeper.] The electuary is chiefly ap- 
propriated to the lungs, and helps cold in- 
firmities of them, as asthmaes, coughs, dif- 
ficulty of breathing, &c. You may take it 
with a Liquorice stick, or on the point of 
a knife, a little of it at a time, and often. 
Diasaiyrion. Nich. 
College.] Take of the roots of Satyrion 
fresh and sound, garden Parsnips, Eringo, 
Pine-nuts, Indian Nuts, or if Indian Nuts, 
be wanting, take the double quantity of 
Pine-nuts, Fistic-nuts, of each one ounce 
and an half, Cloves, Ginger, the seeds of 
Annis, Rocket, Ash Keys, of each five 
drams, Cinnamon, the tails and loins of 
Scincus, the seeds of Bulbus Nettles, of 
each two drams and an half, Musk seven 
grains, of the best sugar dissolved in Mal- 
aga Wine, three pounds, make it into an 
electuary according to art. 
Culpeper.| It helps weakness of the 
reins and bladder, and such as make water 
with difficulty, it provokes lust exceedingly, 
and speedily helps such as are impotent in 
the acts of Venus. You may take two drams 
or more at a time. 
Matthiolus’s great antidote against Poison 
and Pestilence. 
College.] Take of Rhubarb, Rhapontic, 
Valerian roots, the roots of Acorus, or 
Calamus Aromaticus, Cypress, Cinquefoyl, 
Tormentil, round Birthwort, male Peony, 
Elecampane, Costus, Illirick, Orris, white 
Chamelion, or Avens, of each three drams, 
the Roots of Galanga, Masterwort, white 
Dictamni, Angelica, Yarrow, Fillipendula — 
or Dropwort, Zedoary, Ginger, of each 
two drams, Rosemary, Gentian, Devil’s-bit, _ 
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