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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Pompholix prepared, pure Frankincense, 
of each an ounce, let them be brought into 
the form of an ointment according to art. 
Culpeper.| It cools and binds, drys, and 
stays fluxes, either of blood or humours in 
wounds, and fills hollow ulcers with flesh. 
Unguentum Refrigerans. Galenus. 
It is also called a Cerecloath. 
College.] Take of white Wax four 
ounces, Oil of Roses omphacine one pound, 
melt it in a double vessel, then pour it out 
into another, by degrees putting in cold 
water, and often pouring it out of one 
vessel into another stirring it till it be 
white, last of all wash it in Rose water, add- 
ing a little Rose Water, and Rose Vinegar. 
Culpeper.| It is a fine cooling thing, to 
cure inflammations in wounds or tumours. 
Unguentum e Succis A peritivis primum. 
Feesius. 
College.] Take of the juice of Smallage, 
Endive, Mints, Wormwood, common Pars- 
ley, Valerian, of each three ounces, oil of 
Wormwood and Mints, of each half a 
pound, yellow Wax three ounces, mix them 
together over the fire, and make of them an 
ointment. 
Culpeper.| It opens stoppages of the 
stomach and spleen, eases the rickets, the 
breast and sides being anointed with it. 
An Ointment for the Worms. Feesius. 
College.| Take of oil of Rue, Savin, 
Mints, Wormwood, and bitter Almonds, of 
each an ounce and an half, juice of the 
flowers or leaves of Peaches, and Worm- 
_ wood, of each half an ounce, powder of 
Rue, Mints, Gentian, Centaury the less, 
-Tormentil, of each one dram, the seeds of 
_ Coleworts, the pulp of Colocynthis, of each 
two drams, Aloes Hepatic, three drams, the 
meal of Lupines half an ounce, Myrrh 
. washed i in grass water a dram and an half, 
Bull’s Galls an ounce and an half, with 
ice of Lemons, so much as is snfficient, 
r an ones and an half of Wax, make it 
Culpeper.| The belly being anointed 
with it kills the worms. 
CERECLOATHS. 
Ceratum de Galbano. 
Or, Cerecloath of Galbanum. 
College.| Take of Galbanum prepared, 
an ounce and an half, Assafcetida half an 
ounce, Bdellium a dram, Myrrh two drams, 
Wax two ounces, Carrot seeds a scruple, 
Featherfew, Mugwort, of each half a dram, 
dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and make it 
a cerecloath according to art. 
Culpeper.] Being applied to the belly 
of a woman after labour, it cleanses her of 
any relicts accidently left behind, helps the 
fits of the mother, and other accidents in- 
cident to women in that case. 
Ceratum Oesypatum. 
College.| Take of Oesypus ten ounces, 
Oil of Chamomel, and Orris, of each half 
a pound, yellow Wax two pounds, Rozin a 
pound, Mastich, Ammoniacum, Turpentine, 
of each an ounce, Spikenard two drams 
and an half, Saffron a dram and an half, 
Styrax Calamitis half an ounce, make them 
into a cerecloath according to art. 
- Culpeper.| It molifies and digests hard 
swellings of the liver, spleen, womb, nerves, 
joints, and other parts of the body, and is a 
great easer of pain. 
Ceratum Santalinum. 
College.] Take of red Sanders, ten 
drams, white and yellow Sanders, of each 
six drams, red Roses twelve drams, Bole- 
ammoniac seven drams, Spodium four 
drams, Camphire two drams, white Wax — 
washed thirty drams, Oil of Roses ompha- 
cine six ounces: make it into a cerecloath © 
according to art. x 
Culpeper.| It wonderfully helps’ hot in- — 
| firmities of the stomach, liver, and pies: ~ 
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