294 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



six drams, Turbith half an ounce, Whey Decoctttm Trumaiicum. 



made with Goat's milk, or Heifer's milk four j College^] Take of Agrimony, Mugwort 



pounds, let them all boil to two pounds, wild Angelica, St. John's Wort, Mousear, 



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the Epithimum excepted, which boil but 

 a second or two, then take it from the fire, i 

 and add black Hellebore one dram andi 



of each two handfuls, Wormwood half a 

 handful, Southernwood, Bettony, Bugloss, 

 Comfrey the greater and lesser, roots and 



an half, Agerick half a drain, Sal, Gern. Jail, Avens, both sorts of Plantain, Sanicle, 

 one drain and an half, steep them ten hours, j Tormentil with the roots, the buds of Bar- 

 then press it strongly out. berries and Oak, of each a handful, all 



Culpeper.'] It purges melancholy, as \ these being gathered in May and June 



also choler, it resists madness, and all [and diligently dried, let them be cut and 



diseases coining of melancholy, and there- j put up in skins or papers against the time 



fore let melancholy people esteem it as a! of use, then take of the forenamed herbs 



jewel. ; three handfuls, boil them in four pounds of 



Dtcoctum Semite Gereonis. \ conduit water and two pounds of white 



Or a Decoction of Senna. 1 Wine gently till half be consumed, strain it, 



College.'] Take of Senna two ounces, | and a pound of Honey being added to it, 

 Pollipodium half an ounce, Ganger one > let it be scummed and kept for use. 

 dram, Raisins of the sun stoned two$ Culpeper.'] If sight of a medicine will 

 ounces, Sebestens, Prunes, of each twelve, \ do you good, this is as like to do it as any 

 the flowers of Borrage, Violets, Roses, and j I know. 

 Rosemary, of each two drams, boil them in \ 

 four pounds of water till half be consumed, i 



Culpeper.'] It is a common Decoction j 

 for any purge, by adding other simples or ; 

 compounds to it, according to the quality \ 

 of the humour you would have purged,! 

 yet, in itself, it chiefly purges melancholy. AT TFRING SYRUPS 



Decoctum Pectorale. . 

 Or a Pectoral Decoction. j Culpeper.~] READER, before we begin 



College. ~] Take of Raisins of the sun j with the particular Syrups, I think good to 

 stoned, an ounce, Sebestens, Jujubes, of i advertise thee of these few things, which 

 each fifteen, Dates six, Figs four, French jconcernthenature,making,anduseofSyrups 

 Barley one ounce, Liquorice half an ounce, Jin general. 1. A Sj'rup is a medicine of 

 Maiden-hair, Hyssop, Scabious, Colt's-foot, \ a liquid body, compounded of Decoction, 

 of each one handful, boil them in three Un fusion, or Juice, with Sugar or Honey, 

 pounds of water till two remain. * and brought by the heat of the fire, into 



Culpeper.'] The medicine is chiefly ap- 1 the thickness of Honey. 2. Because all 

 propriated to the lungs, and therefore { Honey is not of a thickness, understand 

 causes a clear voice, a long wind, resists i new Honey, which of all other is thinnest, 

 roughs, hoarseness, asthmas, &c. You j 3. The reason why Decoctions, Infusions, 

 may drink a quarter of a pint of it every i Juices, are thus used, is, Because thereby, 

 morning, without keeping to any diet, for \ First, They will keep the longer. Secondly, 

 it purges not. I They will taste the better. 4 In boiling 



I shall quote some Syrups fitting to be i Syrups have a great care of their just con- 

 rnixed with it, when I come to the Syrups. Isistence, for if you boil them too much 



