314 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



pound, mix them together, that so you may I Lohoch Scilliticum. 



make a Lohoch of them. Or Lohoch of Squils. 



Culpeper.] The medicine is so binding \ College^ Take three drams of a Squil 



that it is better let alone than taken, unless * baked in paste, Orris Roots two drams, 



in inward bruises when men spit blood, then j Hyssop, Bore-hound, of each one dram. 



you may safely take a little of it. ! Saffron, Myrrh, of each half a dram, Honey 



Lohoch e Pulmone Vulpis. | two ounces and an half, bruise the Squil, 



/-v T T. L f T< T ? after it is baked, in a stone mortar, and after 



Or Lohoch of Fox Lungs. k hath boijed & wa]m Qrtwo ^ ^ H 



College.} Take of Fox Lungs rightly j put in the rest of the thi in powder? 

 prepared, juice of Liquorice, Maiden-hair, I diligently stirring it, and make it into a 

 Annis-seeds, sweet Fennel seeds, of each 5 Lohoch according; to art. 

 equal parts, Sugar dissolved in Cclt's-foot, j Eclegma of Squils. Mesue. 



and Scabious Water, and boiled into a j College:] Take of the juice of Squils 

 Syrup, three tirnes their weight; the rest| and Honey, both of them clarified, of earh 

 being m fine powder, let them be put to it two pounds? boil them together according 

 and strongly stirred together, that it may be? to art to the consistence of Honey, 

 made into a Lohoch according to art. Culpeper.] For the virtues of it see Vine- 



Culpeper] It cleanses and unites ulcers gar of Squils, and Oximel of Squils, only 

 m the lungs and breast, and is a present | this is more mi | d> and not so harsh to the 

 remedy in phthisicks. | throat, because it hath no Vinegar in it, and 



Lohoch sanum et Expert urn. 



therefore is far more fitting for Asthmaes, 



Or a sound and well experienced Lohoch. and such as are troubled with difficulty of 

 College^ Take of dried Hyssop and! breathing, it cuts and carries away humours 



Calaminth, of each half an ounce, Jujubes, : from the breast, be they thick or thin, and 



Sebestens, the stones being taken out, fifteen | wonderfully helps indigestion of victuals, 



Raisins of the Sun stoned, fat Figs, Dates, j and eases pains in the breast, and for this, 



of each two ounces, Linseed, Fenugreek 1 1 quote the authority of Galen. 



seed, of each five drams, Maiden-hair one ' Lohoch of Coleworts. Gordonius. 



handful, Annis-seeds, sweet Fennel seeds, \ College.] Take one pound of the juice 



Orris Roots cut, Liquorice, Cinnamon, of ; of Coleworts, clarified Saffron three drams, 



each an ounce, boil them according to art [clarified Honey, and Sugar, of each half a 



in four pounds of clear water till half be " pound, make of them a Lohoch according 



consumed, and with two pounds of Penids 



boil it into a Syrup, afterwards cut and 



bruise very small Pine-nuts five drams, sweet 



Almonds blanched, Liquorice, Gum Tra- 



gacanth and Arabick, white Starch of each 



three drams, let these be put into the Syrup 



when it is off the fire, and stir it about 



swiftly with a wooden pestle till it look white. 

 Culpeper.] It succors the breast, lungs, 



throat, oppressed by cold, it .restores the 



to art. 



Culpeper.] It helps hoarseness, and loss 

 of voice, eases surfeitsand head-ache coming 

 of drunkenness, and opens obstructions of 

 the liver and spleen, and therefore is good 

 for that disease in children called the rickets 



PRESERVED ROOTS, STALKS. 

 BARKS, FLOWERS, FRUITS. 



voice lost by reason or' co'd, ard attenuates 



thick and gross humours in the breast and j College.] Take of Eringo Roots as many 



lungs. \ as you will, cleanse them without and within. 



