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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Pompholix prepared, pure Frankincense, 

 of each an ounce, let them be brought into 

 the form of an ointment according to art. 



Culpeper.] It cools and binds, drys, and 

 stays fluxes, either of blood or humours in 

 wounds, and fills hollow ulcers with flesh. 

 Unguentum Refrigerans. Galenus. 

 It is also called a Cerecloath. 



College.] Take of white Wax fou.- 

 ounces, Oil of Roses omphacine one pound, 

 melt it in a double vessel, then pour it out 

 into another, by degrees putting in cold 

 water, and often pouring it out of one vessel 

 into another, stirring it till it be white, last 

 of all wash it in Rose water, adding a little 

 Rose Water, and Rose Vinegar. 



Culpeper.] It is a fine cooling thing, to 

 cure inflammations in wounds or tumours. 



Ungiiejitum e Succis Aperitivis primum. 

 Fcesius. 



College.] Take of the juice of Smallage, 

 Endive, Mints, Wormwood, common 

 Parsley, Valerian, of each three ounces, oil 

 of Wormwood and Mints, of each half a 

 pound, yellow Wax three ounces, mix them 

 together over the fire, and make of them an 

 ointment. 



Culpeper.] It opens stoppages of the 

 stomach and spleen, eases the rickets, the 

 breast and sides being anointed with it. 



An Ointment for the Worms. Fcesius. 



College.] Take of oil of Rue, Savin, 

 Mints, Wormwood, and bitter Almonds, 

 of each an ounce and an half, juice of the 

 flowers or leaves of Peaches, and Worm- 

 wood, of each half an ounce, powder of 

 Rue, Mints, Gentian, Centaury the less, 

 Tormentil, of each one dram, the seeds of 

 Coleworts, the pulp of Colocynthis, of each 

 two drams, Aloes Hepatic, three drams, the 

 meal of Lupines half an ounce, Myrrh 

 washed in grass water a dram arid an half, 

 Bull's Galls an ounce and an half, with 

 juice of Lemons, so much as is sufficient, 

 and an ounce and an half of Wax, make it 

 into an ointment according to art. 



Culpeper^] The belly being anointed 

 with it kills the worms. 



CERECLOATHS 



Ceratum de Galbano. 

 Or, Cerecloath of Galbanum. 

 College.] Take of Galbanum prepared, 

 an ounce and an half, Assafoetida half an 

 ounce, Bdellium a dram, Myrrh two drams, 

 Wax two ounces, Carrot seeds a scruple, 

 Featherfew, Mugwort, of each half a dram, 

 dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and make it 

 a cerecloath according to art. 



Culpeper.] Being applied to the belly 

 of a woman after labour, it cleanses her of 

 any relicts accidently left behind, helps 

 the fits of the mother, and other accidents 

 incident to women in that case. 

 Ceratum Oesypatum. 



\ College^] Take of Oesypus ten ounces, 

 | Oil of Chamomel, and Orris, of each half 

 i a pound, yellow Wax two pounds, Rozin a 

 ! pound, Mastich, Ammoniacum, Turpentine, 

 *of each an ounce, Spikenard two drams 

 5 and an half, Saffron a dram and an half, 

 { Styrax Calamitis half an ounce, make them 

 \ into a cerecloath according to art. 



Culpeper^] It molifies and digests hard 

 swellings of the liver, spleen, womb, nerves, 

 joints, and other parts of the body, and is a 

 great easer of pain. 



Ceratum Santalinum. 



College^ Take of red Sanders, ten 

 drams, white and yellow Sanders, of each 

 , six drams, red Roses twelve drams, Bole- 

 ! ammoniac seven drams, Spodium four 

 I drams, Camphire two drams, white Wax 

 I washed thirty drams, Oil of Roses ompha- 

 ! cine six ounces : make it into a cerecloath 

 \ according to art. 



Culpeper^] It wonderfully helps hot in- 

 firmities of the stomach, liver, and other 

 \ parts, being but applied to them. 



