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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
in fevers, (but beware of Opiates in the be- 
ginning of fevers) to provoke sleep, take 
not above two grains of it at a time, going 
to bed; if that provoke not sleep, the next 
night you may make bold with three. Have 
a care how you be too busy with such 
medicines, lest you make a man sleep to 
doom’s-day. 
Nepenthes Opiatum. 
College.| Take of tincture of Opium 
made first with distilled Vinegar, then with 
spirit of Wine,Saffron extracted in spirit of 
Wine, of each an ounce, salt of Pearl and 
Coral, of each half an ounce, tincture of 
species Diambre seven drams, Ambergris 
one dram: bring them into the form of Pills 
by the gentle heat of a bath. 
Culpeper.| The operation is like the 
former. 
Pilule Assaireth. Avicenna. 
College.| Take of Species Hiera Picra 
Galeni one ounce, Mastich, Citron Myro- 
balans, of each half an ounce, Aloes two 
ounces, the Syrup of Stcechas as much as 
is sufficient, make of them a mass accord- 
ing to art. 
Culpeper.| It purges choler and flegm, 
and strengthens the whole body exceed- 
ingly, being very precious for such whose 
bodies are weakened by surfeits, or ill diet, 
to take half a dram or a scruple at night 
going to bed. 
Pills of Bdellium. Mesue. 
College.| Take of Bdellium ten drams, 
Myrobalans, Bellericks, Emblicks, and 
Blacks, of each five drams, flakes of Iron, 
Leek seeds, of each three drams, Choncula 
Veneris burnt, Coral burnt, Amber, of each 
a dram and an half, Pearls half an ounce, 
_ dissolve the Bdellium in juice of Leeks and 
with so much Syrup of juice of Leeks as is 
sufficient, make it into a mass according to 
es 
_ Culpeper.] Both this and the former are 
seldom used, and therefore are hardly to be 
Pills of Rhubarb. Mesue. 
College.| Take of choice Rhubarb three 
drams, Citron Myrobalans, Trochisci Di- 
arrhodon, of each three drams and an half, 
juice of Liquorice, and juice of Worm- 
wood, Mastich, of each one dram, the seeds 
of Smallage and Fennel, of each half a 
dram, Species Hiera Picra simp. Galeni, 
‘ten drams, with juice of Fennel not clari- 
fied, and Honey so much as is sufficient, 
make it into a mass, 
Culpeper.| It purges choler, opens ob- 
structions of the liver, helps the yellow 
jaundice, and dropsies in the beginning, 
strengthens the stomach and lungs. 
Pilule Arabica. Nicholaus. 
College.| Take of the best Aloes four 
ounces, Briony roots, Myrobalans, Citrons, 
Chebs, Indian Bellerick, and Emblick, 
Mastich, Diagrydium, Asarabacca, Roses, 
of each an ounce, Castorium three drams, 
Saffron one dram, with Syrup of Worm- 
wood, make it into a mass according to art. 
Culpeper.] It helps such women as are 
not sufficiently purged in their labour, helps 
to bring away what a careless midwife hath — 
left behind, purges the head, helps head- 
ache, megrim, vertigo, and purges the 
stomach of vicious humours. 
Pilule Arthritice. Nicholaus. 
College.] Take of Hermodactils, Tur- 
bith, Agarick, of each half an ounce, Cassia 
Lignea, Indian Spikenard, Cloves, Xylobal- 
samum, or Wood of Aloes, Carpobalsamum — 
or Cubebs, Mace, Galanga, Ginger, Mas- © 
tich, Assafcetida, the seeds of Annis, Fen- — 
nel, Saxifrage, Sparagus, Bruscus, Roses, 
Gromwell, Sal. Gem. of each two drams, — 
Scammony one ounce, of the best Aloes, the — 
weight of them all, juice of Chamepitys © 
made thick with sugar, so much as is suf- 
ficient: or Syrup of the juice of the same, — 
so much as is sufficient to make it into a 
mass. 
| Culpeper.] It helps the gout, and other 
