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i College.'] So is Oil of Been, 



T T q {megs, and Oil of Mace dra\vn. 



Oleum Caryinum. 



College.'] Is prepared of Walnut Kernels, 



in like manner, save only that in the making 



SIMPLE OILS BY EXPRESSION. of this sometimes is required dried, old, and 



I rank Nuts. 



Oil of Sweet Almonds. Oleum Chrysomelinum, 



College] Take of Sweet Almonds not! College.] Is prepared in the same manner 

 corrupted, as many as you will, cast the j of Apricots, so is also Oils of the Kernels of 

 shells away, and blanch them, beat them in j Cherry stones, Peaches, Pine-nuts, Fistic 

 a stone mortar, beat them in a double vessel, \ Nuts, Prunes, the seeds of Oranges, Hemp, 

 and press out the oil without heat. j Bastard Saffron, Citrons, Cucumbers, 



Culpeper] It helps roughness and sore- j Gourds, Citruls, Dwarf Elder, Henbane, 

 ness of the throat and stomach, helps j Lettuce, Flax, Melons, Poppy, Parsley, 

 pleurisies, encreases seed, eases coughs and | Radishes, Rape, Ricinum, Sesani, Mus- 

 hectic fevers, by injection it helps such | tard seed, and Grape stones, 

 whose water scalds them ; ulcers in the \ Culpeper'] Because most of these Oils 

 bladder, reins, and matrix. You may -are out of use, I took not the pains to quote 

 cither take half an ounce of it by itself, or ; the virtues of them; if any wish to make 

 mix it with half an ounce of Syrup of Violets, \ them, let them look to the simples, and there 

 and so take a spoonful at a time, still shak- j they have them ; if the simples be not to be 



ing them together when you take them : 



found in this book, there are other plentiful 



only take notice of this, if you take it in- \ medicines conducing to the cure of all usual 

 wardly, let it be new draAvn, for it will be 1 diseases ; which are- 

 sour in three or four days. Oil of Bays. 



Oil of bitter Almonds. College] Take of Bay-berries, fresh and 



College] It is made like Oil of sweet] ripe, so many as you please, bruise them 

 Almonds, but that you need not blanch j sufficiently, then boil them in a sufficient 

 them, nor have such a care of heat in press- 1 quantity of water till the Oil swim at top, 

 ing out the oil. -which separate from the water, and keep 



Culpeper] It opens stoppings, helps such {for your use. 



as are deaf, being dropped into their ears, j Culpeper] It helps the cholic, and is a 

 it helps the hardness of the nerves, and takes I sovereign remedy for any diseases in any 

 away spots in the face. It is seldom or | part of the body coming either of wind or 

 never taken inwardly. jcold. 



Oil of Hazel Nuts. College] Common Oil of Olives, is 



College.] It is made of the Kernels, { pressed out of ripe olives, not out of the 

 cleansed, bruised, and beat, and pressed like \ stones. Oil of Olives omphacine, is pressed 

 Oil of sweet Almonds. ! out of unripe olives. 



Culpeper] You must put them in a! Oil of Yolks of Eggs. 



vessel (viz. a glass, or some such thing) and i College] Boil the yolks till they be hard, 

 stop them close that the water come not to land bruise them with your hand or wilh a 

 them when you put them into the bath. \ pestle and mortar ; beat them in an earthen 

 The oil is good for cold afflictions of the i vessel glazed until they begin to froth, 

 nerves, the gout in the joints, &c. \ stirring them diligently that they burn not, 



