300 



THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



and causes it to make good blood, and good j the fruits the seeds, and the seeds the herbs, 



about a quarter of an hour ; at last, five 



blood cannot make bad flesh. I commend 

 this receipt to those whose bodies are sub- 

 ject to scabs and itch. If you please you 

 may take two ounces by itself every morn-' 



ng. 



Syrupus de 

 Or Syrup of 



tza. 



iquonce. 



College.'] Take of green Liquorice, 

 scraped and bruised, two ounces, white 



pounds of water being consumed, boil the 

 other three (being first strained and clari- 

 fied) into a Syrup with two pounds and a 

 half of sugar. 



Culpeper.~] It mightily strengthens the 

 breast and lungs, causes long wind, clears 

 the voice, is a good remedy against coughs. 

 Use it like the S} r rup of Liquorice. 



Maiden-hair an ounce, dryed Hyssop half? Syrupus Iv<e arthritictc, sive Chamtepityos. 

 an ounce, steep these in four pounds of hot 5 Or Syrup of Chamepitys. 



water, after twenty-four hours, boil it till ; College^} Take of Chamepilys, two hand- 

 half be consumed, strain it, and clarify it, j fuls, Sage, Rosemary, Poley Mountain, 

 and with Honey, Penids, and Sugar, of each \ Origanum, Calaminth, wild Mints, Penny- 

 eight ounces, make it into a Syrup, adding, \ royal, Hyssop, Thyme, Rue, garden and 

 before it be perfectly boiled, red Rose i wild, Bettony, Mother of Thyme, of each a 

 Water six ounces. s handful, the roots of Acorns, Birthwort long 



CulpeperJ] It cleanses the breast and | and round, Briony, Dittany, Gentian, 

 lungs, and helps continual coughs and [ Hog's Fennel, Valerian, of each half an 

 pleurisies. You may take it with a jounce, the roots of Smallage, Asparagus, 

 Liquorice stick, or add an ounce of it or ; Fennel, Parsley, Bruscus, of each an ounce, 

 more to the Pectoral Decoction. j iPellitory of Spain, an ounce and a half, 



Syrupus Granatorum cum Aceto ; vulgo^ \ Stoechas, the seeds of Annis, Ammi, Cara- 



Oxysaccharum simplex. \ way, Fennel, Lovage, Hartwort, of each 



Or Syrup of Pomegranates with Vinegar, i three drams, Raisins of the sun two ounces, 



College^] Take of white sugar a pound \ boil them in ten pounds of water to four, 

 and a half, juice of Pomegranates eight i to which add honey and sugar, of each two 

 ounces, white Wine Vinegar four ounces, pounds, make it into a Syrup to be per- 

 boil it gently into a Syrup. \ fumed with Sugar, Nutmegs, and Cubebs, 



CulpeperJ] Look the virtues of Pome- 3 of each three drams, 

 gra nates among the simples. Syrupus Jujubinus. 



Syrupus de Hyssopo. Or Syrup of Jujubes. 



Or Syrup of Hyssop. College.'] Take of Jujubes, Violets, five 



College.'] Take eight pounds of Spring 

 Water, half an ounce of Barley, boil it 

 about half an hour, then add the Roots of 

 Smallage, Parsley, Fennel, Liquorice, of, 

 each ten drams, Jujubes, Sebestens, of each 



drams, Maiden-hair, Liquorice, French 

 Barley, of each an ounce, the seeds of 

 Mallows five drams, the seeds of white 

 Poppies, Melons, Lettice, (seeds of Quinces 

 and Gum Tragacanth tied up in a rag) 



fifteen, Raisins of the sun stoned, an ounce? of each three drams, boil them in six 

 and a half, Figs, Dates, of each ten, the pounds of rain or spring water till half be 

 seeds of Mallows and Quinces, Gum Tra- consumed, strain it, and with two pounds 

 gacanth tied up in a rag, of each three; of sugar make it into a Syrup, 

 drams, Hyssop meanly dryed, ten drams, $ Culpeper.~\ It is a fine cooling Syrup, 

 Maiden-hair six drams, boil them together, j very available in coughs, hoarseness, and 

 yet so, that the roots may precede the fruits, j pleurisies, ulcers of the lungs and bladder, 



