3CO THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Unguentum Diapompholygos. \ Unguentum de mini? sive rulrum Camphora 



^ College] Take of Oil of Nightshade! Or, Ointment of red Lead, 



sixteen ounces, white Wax, washed, Ceruss, j CM -, Take of Qil f Roses Qne 

 oj each four drams, Lead burnt and washed, d J nc | an half re( , Lead , Qun 



Pomphohx prepared, of each two ounces, ; iu two ounce ' s , Ceruss one ounce and 

 pure frankmcense one ounce: bring ; them U bJ,TuttythS drams, Camphire two 

 rato the form of an ointment according to j dramSj Wax ^ neounce and ' an hal j; make it 



n j -] rr,,' i ,.. ; into an ointment according to art, in a pes- 



Culpeper.] Ihis much differing from the| tle and mortar made o f I lad. 

 former, you shall have that inserted at latter j C ulpeper.-\ This ointment is as drying as 

 e j y se which you j a ^^wudly read of one , and whhal 



TT \ cooling, therefore good for sores, and such 



Ungwtom Emtlatum.. j a are gabled ^ den uctions. 



Or, Ointment of Elecampane. I TT AT . ,. 



College.-] Take of Elecampane roots! Unguentum e Xicotiona, seu Peto. 



boiled in Vinegar, bruised and pulped, one! Or Ointment of Tobacco, 



pound, Turpentine washed in their decoc-j College.'} Take of Tobacco leaves bruised, 

 lion, new Wax, of each two ounces, old I two pounds, steep them a whole night in 

 Hog's grease salted ten ounces, old oil four! red Wine, in the morning boil it in fresh 

 ounces, common salt one ounce, add the Hog's grease, diligently washed, one pound, 

 Turpentine to the grease, wax, and oil, being! till the Wine be consumed, strain it, and 

 melted, as also the pulp and salt being i add half a pound of juice of Tobacco, 

 finely powdered, and so make it into ani Rozin four ounces, boil it to the cor.sump- 

 ointment according to art. : tion of the juice, adding towards the end, 



Unguentum Enulatum cum Mercurio. 1 round Birthwort roots in powder, two 

 Or, Ointment of Elecampane with Quick- j ounces, new Wax as much as is sufficient 

 silver, i to make it into an ointment according to 



College."] Is made of the former oint-jart. 



ment, by adding two ounces of Quick-silver, I Culpeper.'] Itwould takeawhole summer's 

 killed by continual stirring, not only withjday to write the particular virtues of this 

 spittle, or juice of Lemons, but with all thej ointment, and my poor Genius is too weak 

 Turpentine kept for that intent, and part of ] to give it the hundredth part of its due 

 the grease, in a stone mortar. \ praise: It cures tumours, imposthumes, 



Culpeper.] My opinion of this ointment, I wounds, ulcers, gun-shot, stinging with 

 is (briefly) this : It was invented for the i nettles, bees, wasps, hornets, venomous 

 itch, without quick-silver it will do no good, beasts, wounds made with poisoned arrows, 

 with quick-silver it may do harm. ; c. 



Unguentum Laurinum commune. Unguentum Nutnturn, seu Trifarmacum 



^ Or, Ointment of Bays common. College.] Take of Litharge of Gold 



College.] Take of Bay leaves bruised \ finely powdered, half a pound, Vinegar 



one pound, Bay berries bruised half a ! one pound, Oil of Roses two pounds, grind 



pound, Cabbage leaves four ounces, Neat's- j the Litharge in a mortar, pouring to it 



foot Oil five pounds, Bullock's suet two ; sometimes Oil, sometimes Vinegar, till by 



pounds, boil them together, and strain them, | continual stirring, the Vinegar do no more 



that so it may be made into an ointment! appear, and it come to a whitish ointment, 



according to art. ' Culpeper,] It is of a cooling, drying 



