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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Trochisci de Santalis. 
Or Troches of Sanders. 
College.| Take of the three Sanders, of 
each one ounce, the seeds of Cucumbers, 
Gourds, Citruls, Purslain, Spodium, of each 
half an ounce, red Roses seven drams, juice 
of Barberries six drams, Bole-ammoniac 
half an ounce, Camphire one dram, with 
Purslain Water makes it into troches. 
Culpeper.| The virtues are the same 
with troches of Spodium, both of them 
harmless. 
Trochisci da Scilla ad Theriacam. © 
Or Troches of Squils, for Treacle. 
College.| Take a Squil gathered about 
the beginning of July, of a middle bigness, 
and the hard part to which the small roots 
stick, wrap it up in paste, and bake it in an 
oven, till the paste be dry, and the Squil 
tender, which you may know by piercing it 
with a wooden skewer, or a bodkin, then 
take it out and bruise it in a mortar, adding 
to every pound of the Squil, eight ounces of 
white Orobus, or red Cicers in powder, then 
make it into troches, of the weight of two 
drams a piece, (your hands being anointed 
with Oil of Roses) dry them on the top of 
the house, opening towards the South, in 
the shadow, often turning them till they be 
well dry, then keep them in a pewter or 
glass vessel. 
Troches of Spodium. 
College.| -Take of red Roses twelve 
drams, Spodium ten drams, Sorrel seed six 
drams, the seeds of Purslain and Coriander, 
steeped in Vinegar and dried, pulp of 
Sumach, of each two drams and an half, 
white Starch roasted, Balaustines, Barber- 
_ vies, of each two drams, Gum Arabic 
roasted one dram and an half, with juice of 
| unripe Grapes, make it into troches. 
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Trochisci de terra Lemnia. 
Or Troches of Earth of Lemnos. 
College.]| Take of Earth of Lemnos, 
Bole-ammoniac, Acacia, Hypocystis, Gum 
Arabic toasted, Dragon’s blood, white 
Starch, red Roses, Rose seeds, Lap. Hema- 
titis, red Coral, Amber, Balaustines, Spo- 
dium, Purslain seeds a little toasted, Oliba- 
num, Hart’s-horn burnt, Cypress Nuts, 
Saffron of each two drams, black Poppy 
seeds, Tragacanth, Pearls, of each one 
dram and an half, Opium prepared one 
dram, with juice of Plantain, make it into 
troches. 
Sief de Thure. 
Or Sief of Frankincense. 
College.| Take of Frankincense, Lap. 
Calaminaris, Pompholix, of each ten drams, 
Cyrus forty drams, Gum Arabic, Opium, of 
each six drams, with fair water make it into 
balls: dry them and keep them for use. 
Trochisci e Violis solutivi. 
Or Troches of Violets solutive. 
‘College.| Take of Violet flowers meanly 
dry, six drams, Turbith one ounce and an — 
half, juice of Liquorice,Scammony, Manna, 
of each two drams, with Syrup of Violets, 
make it into troches, 
Culpeper.| They are not worth talking 
of, much less worth cost, the cost and labour 
of making. 
Trochisci de Vipera ad Theriacum. 
Or Troches of Vipers, for Treacle. | 
College.| Take of the flesh of Vipers, 
the skin, entrails, head, fat, and tail being 
taken away, boiled in water with Dill, and 
a little salt, eight ounces, white bread twice — 
baked, grated and sifted, two ounces, make 
it into troches, your hands being anointed — 
with Opobalsamum, or Oil of Mutmegs by © 
expression, dry them upon a sieve turned © 
the bottom upwards in an open place, often — 
turning them till they are well dried, then — 
| put them in a glass or stone pot glazed, 
