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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Oleum de Capparibus. 
Or, Oil of Capers. 
College.| Take of the bark of Caper 
roots an ounce, bark of Tamarisk, the leaves 
of the same, the seeds of Agnus Castus, 
Cetrach, or Spleenwort, Cypress roots, of 
each two drams, Rue one dram, oil of ripe 
Olives one pound, white Wine Vinegar, and 
white Wine, of each two ounces, cut them 
and steep them, and boil them (two days 
being elapsed) gently in a bath, then the 
Wine and Vinegar being consumed, strain 
it, and keep it. 
Culpeper.|\ The oil is opening, and heat- 
ing, absolutely appropriated to the spleen, 
hardness and pains thereof, and diseases 
coming of stoppings there, as hypocondriac 
melancholy, the rickets, &c. 
_ Oil of Castoreum compound. 
College.| Take of Castoreum, Styrax 
Calamitis, Galbanum, Euphorbium, Opo- 
panax, Cassia Lignea, Saffron, Carpobal- 
samum or Cubebs, Spikenard, Costus, of 
each two drams, Cypress, Squinanth, Pep- 
per long and black, Savin, Pellitory of 
Spain, of each two drams and an half, ripe 
Oil four pounds, Spanish Wine two pounds, 
the five first excepted, let the rest be pre- 
pared as they ought to be, and gently boiled 
in the Oil and Wine, until the Wine be con- 
sumed, mean time the Galbanum, Opo- 
panax, and Euphorbium beaten in fine pow- 
der, being dissolved in part of the Wine, 
and strained, let them be exquisitely mixed 
with it (while the oil is warm) by often 
stirring; the boiling being finished, put in 
the Styrax and Castoreum. 
Culpeper.| The virtues are the same with 
the simple. 
Oleum Castinum. 
College.| Take of the roots of bitter 
_Castus two ounces, Cassia Lignea one 
_ ounce, the tops of Marjoram eight ounces, 
_ being bruised, steep them two days in 
twelve ounces of sweet white Wine; then 
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white Wine, boil it in Balneo Marie till the 
Wine be consumed. 
Culpeper.| It heats, opens obstructions, 
strengthens the nerves, and all nervous 
parts, as muscles, tendons, ligaments, the 
ventricle; besides these, it strengthens the 
liver, it keeps the hairs from turning grey, 
and gives a good colour to the body. I pray 
you take notice that this and the following 
oils, (till I give you warning to the con- 
trary) are not made to eat. : 
Oleum Crocinum. 
Or, Oil of Saffron. 
College.| Take of Saffron, Calamus Aro- 
maticus, of each one ounce, Myrrh, half an 
ounce, Cardamoms nine drams, steep them 
six days, (the Cardamoms excepted, which 
are not to be put in till the last day,) in nine 
ounces of Vinegar, the day after put in a 
pound and an half of washed oil, boil it 
gently according to art, till the Vinegar, be 
consumed, then strain it. 
Culpeper.] It helps pains in the nerves, 
and strengthens them, mollifies their hard- 
ness, helps pains in the matrix, and causes 
a good colour. 
Oil of Euphorbium. 
College.| Take of Stavesacre, Sopewort, 
of each half an ounce, Pellitory of Spain — 
six drams, dried Mountain Calamint one 
ounce and an half, Castus two drams, Cas- 
toreum five drams, being bruised, let them 
be three days steeped in three pounds and © 
an half of Wine, boil them with a pound 
and an half of Oil of Wall-flowers, adding ~ 
half an ounce of Euphorbium, before the 
Wine be quite consumed, and so boil it ac- 
cording to art. 
Culpeper.| It hath the same virtue, only 
something more effectual than the simple. 
Oleum Eacestrense. 
Or, Oil of Exeter. 
College.] Take of the leaves of Worm- | 
wood, Centaury the less, Eupatorium, Fen-_ 
nel, Hyssop, Bays, Marjoram, Bawm, Nep, - 
| Peer Savin, Sage, Thyme, of 
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