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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Bays, Lapis Calaminaris, both sorts of 
Birthwort, Myrrh, Frankincense, of each 
two drams, pure Turpentine an ounce. Let 
the Oil, Wax, and Litharge be boiled to- 
gether till it stick not to your fingers, then 
the mass being removed from the fire and 
cooled a little, and the Gums dissolved in 
white Wine Vinegar, which evaporate away 
by boiling, strain it strongly, then add the 
powders, Turpentine, and Oil of Bays, that 
it may be made into a plaster according to 
art. 
Culpeper.| It strengthens the nerves, 
draws out corruption, takes away pains and 
aches, and restores strength to members 
that have lost it: the last is most effectual. 
Emplastrum Stomachicum Magistrale. 
Or, A Stomach Plaster. 
College.| Take of Mints, Wormwood, 
Steechas, Bay leaves, of each a dram, Mar- 
joram, red Roses, yellow Sanders, of each 
two drams, Calamus Aromaticus, Wood of 
Aloes, Lavender flowers, Nutmegs, Cubebs, 
Galanga, long Pepper, Mace, of each a 
dram, Mastich three drams, Cloves two 
drams and an half, Oil of Mints an ounce 
and an half, Oil of Nard an ounce, Oil of 
Spike a dram, Rozin, Wax, of each four 
ounces, Labdanum three ounces, Styrax 
_half an ounce: make it into a plaster. 
Culpeper.| Both this and the other of 
that name which you shall have by and by, 
strengthen the stomach exceedingly, help 
digestion and stay vomiting. 
Emplastrum Ceroma, or, Ceroneum. 
Nich. Alex. 
_College.| Take of Pitch scraped from a 
Ship that hath been a long time at Sea, 
_ yellow Wax, of each seven drams, Saga- 
_ penum six drams, Ammoniacum, Turpen- 
_ tine, Colophonia, Saffron, of each four 
 drams, Aloes, Olibanum, Myrrh, of each 
three drams, Styrax Calamitis, Mastich, 
panax, Galbanum, Alum, the seeds of 
each two drams, the 
or faces of liquid Styrax, Bdellium, of each | 
one dram, Litharge half a dram. 
Culpeper.| It is of a gentle emolient — 
nature, prevails against stoppings of the | 
stomach coming of cold, hardness of the 
spleen, coldness of the liver and matrix. 
Emplastrum Gratia Dei. Nich. 
Or, the Grace of God. 
College.] Take of Turpentine half a 
pound, Rozin one pound, white Wax four — 
ounces, Mastich an ounce, fresh Betony, | 
Vervain, and Burnet, of each one handful. 
Let the herbs, being bruised, be sufficiently 
boiled in white Wine, the liquor pressed | 
out, in which let the Wax and Rozin be | 
boiled to the consumption of the liquor: 
being taken from the fire, let the Turpen- — 
tine be mixed with it; lastly, the Mastich in © 
powder, and so make of them a plaster ac- — 
cording to art. 
Culpeper.]| It is excellent good in © 
wounds and green ulcers, for it keeps back | 
inflammations, cleanses and joins wounds, — 
fills up ulcers with flesh. 
Emplastrum de Janua, or of Betony. 
Nicholaus. 
College.| Take of the juice of Betony, 
Plantain, and Smallage, of each one pound, 
Wax, Pitch, Rozin, Turpentine, of each — 
half a pound, boil the Wax and Rozin in © 
the juices with a gentle fire, continually 
stirring them till the juice be consumed; 
then add the Turpentine and Pitch, con- | 
tinually stirring it till it be brought into the © 
consistence of a plaster according to art. 
Emplastrum Isis Epigoni. Galen. 
College.| Take of yellow Wax an, hun- © 
dred drams, Turpentine two hundred © 
drams, scales of Copper, Verdigris, round — 
Birthwort, Frankincense, Sal-amoniac, Am- — 
moniacum, burnt brass of each eight drams, 
| burnt Alum six drams, Aloes, Myrrh, Gal- — 
banum, of each an ounce and an half, old — 
pp Olloese ponte, sharp Vinegar so much as 
| is sufficient. Let the metals be dissolved — 
