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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Emplastrum Cesarus. 
College.| Take of red Roses one ounce 
and an half, Bistort roots, Cypress Nuts, all 
the Sanders, Mints, Coriander seeds, of 
each three drams, Mastich half an ounce, 
Hypocistis, Acacia, Dragon’s blood, Earth 
of Lemnos, Bole-ammoniac, red Coral, of 
each two drams, Turpentine washed in 
Plantain water four ounces, Oil of Roses 
three ounces, white Wax twelve ounces, 
Per-Rozin ten ounces, Pitch six ounces, 
the juice of Plantain, Houseleek, and Or- 
pine, of each an ounce, the Wax, Rozin, 
and Pitch being melted together, add the 
Turpentine and Oil, then the Hypocistis 
and Acacia dissolved in the juices, at last 
the powders, and make it into a plaister 
according to art. 
Culpeper.| It is of a fine, cool, binding, 
strengthening nature, excellently good to 
repel hot rheums or vapours that ascend 
up to the head, the hair being shaved off, 
and it applied to the crown. 
Emplastrum Catagmaticum the first. 
College.| Take of juice of Marsh-mal- 
low roots six ounces, bark of Ashtree roots, 
and their leaves, the roots of Comfrey the 
greater and smaller with their leaves, of 
each two ounces, Myrtle Berries an ounce 
and an half, the leaves of Willow, the tops 
of St. John’s Wort, of each an handful and 
an half, having bruised them, boil them to- 
gether in red Wine, and Smith’s Water, of 
each two pound, till half be consumed, 
strain it, and add Oil of Myrtles, and Roses 
omphacine, of each one pound and an half, 
Goat’s suet eight ounces, boil it again to the 
consumption of the decoction, strain it 
again, and add Litharge of Gold and Silver, 
red Lead, of each four ounces, yellow Wax 
_ one pound, Colophonia half a pound, boil it 
_ to the consistence of a plaister, then add 
Turpentine two ounces, Myrrh, Frankin- 
_ eense, Mastich, of each half an ounce, Bole- 
ammoniac, Earth of Lemnos, of each one 
nce, stir them about well till they be 
boiled, and made into an emplaister accord- 
ing to art. 
Catagmaticum the second. ; 
College.| Take of the roots of Comfrey 
the greater, Marsh-mallows, Misselto of the 
Oak, of each two ounces, Plantain, Chame- 
pitys, St. John’s Wort, of each a handful, 
boil them in equal parts of black Wine, 
and Smith’s Water till half be consumed, 
strain it, and add mussilage of Quince seeds 
made in Tripe water, Oil of Mastich and 
Roses, of each four ounces, boil it to the 
consumption of the humidity, and having 
strained it, add Litharge of Gold four 
ounces, boil it to the consistence of an 
emplaister, then add yellow Wax four 
ounces, Turpentine three ounces, Colo- 
phonia six drams, Ship Pitch ten ounces, 
powders of Balaustines, Roses, Myrtles, 
Acacia, of each half an ounce, Mummy, 
Androsamum, Mastich, Amber, of each six 
drams, Bole-ammoniac fine flowers, Frank- 
incense, of each twelve drams, Dragon’s 
blood two ounces: make it into a plaister 
according to art. 
Culpeper.| Both this and the former are 
binding and drying, the former rules will 
instruct you in the use. 
Emplastrum Cephalicum 
Or, A Cephalic Plaister. 
College.] Take of Rozin two ounces, 
black Pitch one ounce, Labdanum, Turpen- 
tine, flower of Beans, and Orobus, Dove’s 
dung, of each half an ounce, Myrrh, Mas- 
tich, of each one dram and an half, Gum 
of Juniper, Nutmegs, of each two drams, 
dissolve the Myrrh and Labdanum in a hot 
mortar, and adding the rest, make it into a 
plaister according to art. If you will have 
it stronger, add the powders, Euphorbium, 
Pellitory of Spain, and black Pepper, of 
each two scruples. 
Culpeper.] It is proper to strengthen the 
brain, and repel such vapours as annoy it, 
and those powders being added, it dries up 
the superfluous moisture thereof, and eases _ 
