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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
not a whit inferior to it; it strengthens the 
stomach being anointed with it, restores 
appetite and digestion. Before it was called 
a stomach ointment. 
Unguentum Neapolitanum. 
College.] Take of Hog’s grease washed 
in juice of Sage a pound, Quick-silver 
strained through leather, four ounces, oil of 
Bays, Chamomel, and Earthworms, of each 
two ounces, Spirit of Wine an ounce, Yellow 
Wax two ounces, Turpentine washed in 
juice of Elecampane three ounces, powder 
of Chamepitys and Sage, of each two 
drams, make them into an ointment accord- 
ing to art. 
Culpeper.| A learned art to spoil people: 
hundreds are bound to curse such oint- 
ments, and those that appoint them. 
Unguentum Nervinum 
College.] Take of Cowslips with the 
flowers, Sage, Chamepitys, Rosemary, Lav- 
ender, Bay with the berries, Chamomel, 
Rue, wood, of each a handful, Mints, Bet- 
ony, Pennyroyal, Parsley, Centaury the less, 
St. John’s Wort, of each a handful, oil of 
Sheep’s or Bullock’s feet, five pounds, oil 
of Spike half an ounce, Sheep’s or Bullock’s 
Suet, or the Marrow of either, two pounds: 
the herbs being bruised and boiled with the 
oil and suet, make it into an ointment ac- 
cording to art. 
Culpeper.| It is appropriated to the 
nerves, and helps their infirmities coming of 
cold, as also old bruises, make use of it in 
dead palsies, chilliness or coldness of par- 
ticular members, such as the arteries per- 
form not their office to as they ought; for 
wind anoint your belly with it; for want of 
digestion, your stomach; for the cholic, 
your belly; for whatever disease in any 
part of the body comes of cold, esteem this 
as a jewel. 
Unguentum Pectorale. 
_ Or, A Pectoral Ointment. 
Galtege Take of fresh Butter washed 
in Violet Water six ounces, oil of Sweet 
Almonds four ounces, oil of Chamomel 
and Violets, white Wax, of each three 
ounces, Hen’s and Duck’s grease, of each 
two ounces, Orris roots two drams, Saffron 
half a dram: The two last being finely 
powdered, the rest melted and often washed 
in Barley or Hyssop water, make an oint- 
ment of them according to art. 
Culpeper.| It strengthens the breast and 
stomach, eases the pains thereof, helps 
pleurises and consumptions of the lungs, 
the breast being anointed with it. 
Unguentum Resumptivum. 
College.| Take of Hog’s grease three 
ounces, the grease of Hen’s, Geese, and 
Ducks, of each two ounces, Oesipus half 
an ounce, oil of Violets, Chamomel, and 
Dill, fresh Butter a pound, white Wax six 
ounces, mussilage of Gum Tragacanth, 
Arabic, Quince seeds, Lin-seeds, Marsh- 
mallow roots, of each half an ounce. Let 
the mussilages be made in Rose water, and 
adding the rest, make it into an ointment 
according to art. 
Culpeper.| It mightily molifies without 
any manifest heat, and is therefore a fit 
ointment for such as have agues, asthmas, 
hectic fevers, or consumptions. It is a good 
ointment to ease pains coming by inflam- 
mations of wounds or aposthumes, espe- 
cially such as dryness accompanies, an in- 
firmity wounded people are many times 
troubled with. In inward aposthumes, as 
pleurises, one of them to anoint the ex- 
ternal region of the part, is very beneficial. 
Unguentum Splanchnicum. 
College.| Take of oil of Capers an 
ounce, oil of white Lillies, Chamomel, fresh 
Butter, juice of Briony and Sowbread, of 
each half an ounce, boil it to the consump- 
tion of the juice, add Ammoniacum dis- 
solved in Vinegar, two drams and an half, 
Hen’s grease, Oesypus, Marrow of a Calf’s 
Leg, of each half an ouncé, powder of the 
bark of the roots of Tamaris and Capers, 
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