THE COMPLE'IE HERBAL 



i with their treble weight in sugar make them 



TROCHES i * nto P ow ^ er an( l w ith a sufficient quantity 



of Mussilage of Gum Tragacanth, made 



Trochisci de Absinthio. jinto treacle water distilled, make it into 



Or Troches of Wormwood. j paste, of which make troches. 



College.'] Take of red Roses, Wormwood | Culpeper.~] This preserves the body from 

 leaves, Annis seeds, of each two drams, j ill airs, and epidemical diseases, as the pes v - 

 juice of Maudlin made thick, the roots of jtilence, small pox, c. and strengthens the 

 Asarabacca, Rhubarb, Spikenard, Smallage I heart exceedingly, eating now and then a 

 seeds, bitter Almonds, Mastich, Mace, of j little: you may safely keep any troches in 

 each one dram, juice of Succory so much | your pocket, for the drier you keep them, 

 as is sufficient to make it into troches ac- j the better they are. 

 cording to art. Trochisci Alhandal. 



Culpeper."] They strengthen the stomach \ College.'] Take of Coloquintida freed 

 exceedingly, open obstructions, or stopp- j from the seeds and cut small, and rubbed 

 ings of the belly and bowels : strengthen j with an ounce of oil of Roses, then beaten 

 digestion, open the passages of the liver, j into fine powder, ten ounces, Gum Arabic, 

 help the yellow jaundice, and consume \ Tragacanth, Bdellium, of each six drams. 

 watery superfluities of the body. They are 5 Steep the Gums three or four days in a suf- 

 somewhat bitter, and seldom taken alone ; j ficient quantity of Rose-water till they be 

 if your pallate affect bitter things, you may melted, then with the aforesaid pulp, and 



take a dram of them in the morning : They 

 cleanse the body of choler, but purge not, 

 or not to any purpose. 



Agaricus Trochiscatus. 



part of the said mussilage, let them be 

 dried in the shadow, then beaten again, 

 and with the rest of the mussilage, make ir 

 up again, dry them and keep them for use. 



Or Agarick Trochiscated. CnlpepcrJ] They are too violent for a 



College.'] Take of Agarick sifted and j vulgar use. 



powdered, three ounces, steep it in a suf-| Trochisci Aliptte Moschala. 



ficient quantity of white Wine, in which' College^] Take of Labdanum bruised 



two drains of ginger have been infused, and ( three ounces, Styrax Calamitis one ounce 



make it into troches. > and an half, Benjamin one ounce, Wood of 



Trochisci Albi. Rhasis. \ Aloes two drams, Ambergris one dram, 



Or white Troches. ' Camphire half a dram, Musk half a scruple, 



College.^ Take of Ceruss washed in ! with a sufficient, quantity of Rose-water, 

 Rosewater ten drams, Sarcocol three drams, J make it into troches according to art. 

 white Starch two drams, Gum Arabic and j Citlpeper.~\ It is singularly good for such 

 Tragacanth, of each one dram, Camphire | as are asthmatic, and can hardly fetch their 

 half a dram, cither with Rosewater, or I breath; as also for young children, whose 

 women's milk, or make it into troches ac-j throat is so narrow that they can hardly 

 cording to art. 1 swallow down their milk. 



Trochisci Alcxite.ru. Trochisci Alkekengi. 



College.'] Take of Zedoary roots, pow- j Or Troches of Winter-cherries, 



der of Crab's Claws, of eacli one dram, j College^] Take of Winter Cherries three 

 and an half, the outward Citron preserved | drams, Gum Arabic, Tragacanth, Oliba- 

 and dried, Angelica seeds, Pills, of each j mini, Drago-n's-blood, Pine-nuts, bitter 

 one dram, Bole-amoniac half a dram, 5 Almonds, white Styrax, juice of Liquorice, 



