802 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



and two ounces of sugar, make a Syrup* boil them in four pounds of clear water 

 according to art. j till one be consumed, strain it, and add half 



CulpepcrJ] A spoonful taken by itself, | a pound of red Rose water, white sugar 

 or in any convenient liquor, is excellent for | four pounds, boil it into a Syrup according 

 any sharp corroding humours be they in to art. 



what part of the body soever, phthisicks, Culpeper.'] They are both fine cooling 

 bloody-flux, stone in the reins or bladder, j Syrups, allay the heat of choler, and pro- 

 or ulcers there : it is excellent good for j voke sleep, they cool the body, both head, 

 such as have taken purges that arc too j heart, liver, reins, and matrix, and there- 

 strong for their bodies, for by its slippery i fore are profitable for hot diseases in either, 

 nature it helps corrosions, and by its eooMyou may take an ounce of it at a time when 

 ing helps inflammations. jyour stomach is empty. 



Syrupus Myrtinus. Syrupus de Papavere Erratico, sive Ritbro. 



Or Syrup of Myrtles. /^ c c i? * r> 



n 77 -i rr i r T\T .1 r> Or Syrup of Erratic Poppies. 



College.} lake of Myrtle Berries two] r i no f fl f e 



, 1r o i i- i Loueff.\ Jake of the fresh flowers of 



ounces and an half, banders white and red, 5 j TD 



i r> i T> u i red Poppies two pounds, steep them in 



Sumach, Balaustines, .Barberry stones, red f ' , c 



-n c 11 if iv,r four pounds of warm spring water, the next 



Hoses, of each an ounce and a hair, Med- i i u *i * c 



ir , ., , . day strain it, and boil it into a Syrup with 



lars half a pound, bruise them in eight?-. J , 



f ' f j c , ;its equal weight m sugar. 



pounds of water to four, strain it, and add j l , i rpi, c i ,1 ui i 



f f^ i T, Culpeper. The Syrup cools the blood, 



mice of Quinces and sour Pomegranates, , , ^ ,. , , 



' ,. .., A , ,; helps surfeits, and may safe y be given in 



rf r>ooh CIY r>nnr-r> thfn \vith thrfp nnnnrls . . J J & 



of each six ounces, then with three pounds 

 of sugar, boil it into a Syrup. 



Culpeper^] The Syrup is of a very bind- 

 ing, yet comforting nature, it helps such as 

 spit blood, all fluxes of the belly, or corro- 

 sions of the internal parts, it strengthens the 



frenzies, fevers, and hot agues. 



Syrupus de Pilosella. 

 Or Syrup of Mousear. 

 College.'] Take of Mousear three hand- 

 fuls, the roots of Lady's- mantle an ounce 



retentive faculty, and stops immoderate i and an half, the roots of Comfrey the 

 flux of menses. A spoonful at a time is \ greater, Madder, white Dittany, Tormentil, 

 the dose. { Bistort, of each an ounce, the leaves of 



Syrupus Florum Nymphte simplex. \ Wintergreen, Horsetail, Ground Ivy, Plan- 

 Or Syrup of Water-Lily flowers, simple. ! tain, Adder's Tongue, Strawberries, St. 

 College.'] Take of the whitest of white \ John's Wort Avith the flowers, Golden Rod, 

 Water-Lily flowers, a pound, steep them in ; Agrimony, Bettony, Burnet, Avens, Cinque- 

 three pounds of warm water six or seven ! foil the greater, red Coleworts, Balaustines, 

 hours, let them boil a little, and strain them \ red Roses, of each a handful, boil them 

 out, put in the same weight of flowers again : gently in six pounds of Plantain Water to 

 the second and third time, when you have t three, then strain it strongly, and when it is 

 strained it the last time, add its weight of I settled, add Gum Tragacanth, the seeds of 

 sugar to it, and boil it to a Syrup. j Fleawort, Marsh-mallows and Quinces, 



Syrupus Florum Nymplue compositus. \ made into a Mussilage by themselves in 

 Syrup of Water-Lily flowers compound. | Strawberry and Bettony Water, of each 

 College^] Take of white Water-Lily three ounces, white sugar two pounds, boil 

 flowers half a pound, Violets two ounces, | it to the thickness of honey. 

 Lettice two handfuls, the seeds of Lettice, j Culpeper.'] It is drying and healing, and 

 Purslain, and Gourds, of each half an ounce, \ | therefore good for ruptures. 



