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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
magma, Saffron, of each three drams, Pome- 
granate flowers half an ounce, Wine and 
Honey, of each so much as is sufficient to 
make it up into troches according to art. 
Culpeper.| Their use is the same with 
the former. 
Crocomagma of Damocrates. Galen. 
College.| Take of Saffron an hundred 
drams, red Roses, Myrrh, of each fifty 
drams, white Starch, Gum, of each thirty 
drams, Wine, so much as is sufficient to 
make it into troches. 
Culpeper.| It is very expulsive, heats 
and strengthens the heart and stomach. 
Trochisci Ramich. Mesue. 
College.| Take of the juice of Sorrel 
sixteen ounces, red Rose Leaves, an ounce, 
Myrtle Berries two ounces, boil them a lit- 
tle together, and strain them, add to the 
decoction, Galls well beaten, three ounces, 
boil them again a little, then put in these 
following things,in fine powder: take of red 
Roses an ounce, yellow Sanders, ten drams, 
Gum Arabic an ounce and an half, Sumach, 
Spodium, of each an ounce, Myrtle berries 
four ounces, Wood of Aloes, Cloves, Mace, 
Nutmegs, of each half an ounce, sour 
Grapes seven drams, mix them all together, 
and let them dry upon a stone, and grind 
them again into powder, and make them into 
small troches with one dram of Camphire, 
and so much Rose Water as is sufficient, 
and perfume them with fifteen grains of 
Musk. 
Culpeper.]| They strengthen the stom- 
ach, heart, and liver, as also the bowels, they 
help the cholic, and fluxes of blood, as also 
bleeding at the nose if you snuff up the 
powder of them, disburden the body of salt, 
fretting, choleric humours. You may carry 
_ them about you, and take them at your 
_ pleasure. 
— Troches of Roses. Mesue. 
a College.] Take of red Roses half an 
ounce, Wood of Aloes two drams, Mastich, 
Cinnamon, Indian Spikenard, Cassia Lig- 
nea, Schenanth, of each one dram, old 
Wine, and decoction of the five opening 
roots, so much as is sufficient to make it into 
troches according to art. 
Culpeper.] They help pains in the stom- 
ach, and indigestion, the illiac passion, hec- 
tic fevers, and dropsies, in the beginning, 
and cause a good colour. 
Galen. 
College.| Take of Bole-ammoniac, red 
Coral, of each an ounce, Balaustines, Terra 
Lemnia, white Starch, of each half an 
ounce, Hypocistis, the seeds of Henbane, 
Opium, of each two drams, juice of Plan- 
tain so much as is sufficient to make them 
into troches according to art. 
Culpeper.| These also stop blood, help 
the bloody flux, stop the menses, and are 
a great help to such whose stomachs loath 
their victuals. I fancy them not. 
Trochisci Diacorallion. 
Trochisci Diaspermaton. Galen. 
College.] Take of the seeds of Smallage, 
and Bishop’s weed, of each an ounce, Annis 
and Fennel seeds, of each half an ounce, 
Opium, Cassia Lignea, of each two drams, 
with rain water, make it into troches accord- 
ing to art. 
Culpeper.| These also bind, ease pain, 
help the pleurisy. 
Hemoptoici Pastilli. Galen. 
College.] Take of white Starch, Balaus- 
tines, Earth of Samos, juice of Hypocystis, 
Gum, Saffron, Opium, of each two drams, 
with juice of Plantain, make them into 
troches according to art. 
Culpeper.| The operation of this is like 
the former. 
Troches of Agarick. 
College.] Take of choice Agarick three — 
ounces, Sal. Gem. six drams, Ginger two 
drams, with Oxymel simplex, so much as 
is sufficient, make it into troches according — 
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