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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



powder to every pound of Diachylon sim- 

 ple. 



Diachylon Magnum. 



College.] Take of mu&silage of Raisins, 

 fat Figs, Mastich, Mallow-roots, Linseeds, 

 and Fenugreek-seeds, Bird-lime, the juice 

 of Orris and Squills, of each twelve drams 

 and an half, CEsypus or oil of Sheep's feet 

 an ounce and an half, Oil of Orris, Chamo- 

 mel, Dill, of each eight ounces, litharge of 

 Gold in fine powder one pound, Turpentine 

 three ounces, Per-Rozin, yellow Wax, of 

 each two ounces, boil the oil with the inus- 

 silages and juices to the consumption of the 

 humidity, strain the oil from the faces, and 

 by adding the Litharge boil it to its con- 

 sistence; then add the Rozin and Wax; 

 lastly, it being removed from the fire, add 

 the Turpentine, CEsypus and Birdlime, 

 make of them a plaister by melting them 

 according to art. 



Culpeper.~] It dissolves hardness and in- 

 flammations. 



Diachylon magnum cum Gwnmi. 



College.] Take of Bdellium, Sagapenum, 

 Amoniacum, of each two ounces, dissolved 

 in Wine, and added to the mass of Diachy- 

 lon magnum : first boil the gums being dis- 

 solved, to the thickness of Honey. 



Culpeper] This is the best to dissolve 

 hard swellings of all the three. 

 Diachylon composition, sive Emplaistrum e 



Mussilaginibus. 

 Or, A Plaister of Mussilages. 



College.] Take of mussilages of the 

 middle bark of Elm, Marsh-mallow roots, 

 Linseed, and Fenugreek seed, of each four 

 ounces and an half, oil of Chamomel, Lilies, 

 and Dill, of each an ounce and an half, 

 Ammoniacum, Galbanum, Sagapen, Opo- 

 panax, of each half an ounce, new Wax 

 twenty ounces, Turpentine two ounces, 

 Saffron two drams, dissolve the Gums in 

 Wine, ana make it into a plaister according 

 to art. 



Culpeper.~\ It ripens swellings, and 



I breaks them, and cleanses them when they 

 i are broken. It is of a most excellent ripen- 

 ! ing nature. 



Emplaistrum Diaphcenicon hot. 



Take of yellow Wax two 

 ? ounces, Per-Rozin, Pitch, of each four 

 i ounce's, Oil of Roses and Nard, of each one 

 j ounce, melt them together, and add pulp of 

 I Dates made in Wine four ounces, flesh of 

 | Quinces boiled in red Wine an ounce, then 

 i the powders following : take of Bread 

 twice baked, steeped in Wine and dried, 

 two ounces, Mastich an ounce, Frankin- 

 cense Wormwood, red Roses, Spikenard, 

 of each two drams and an half, Wood of 

 Aloes, Mace, Myrrh, washed Aloes, Acacia, 

 Troches of Gallia Moschata, and Earth of 

 Lemnos, Calamus Aromaticus, of each one 

 dram, Labdanum three ounces, mix them 

 and make them into a plaister according to 

 art. 



Culpeper.] It strengthens the stomach 

 and liver exceedingly, helps fluxes, apply 

 it to the places grieved. 



Diaphcenicon cold. 

 College.'] Take of Wax four ounces, Ship 



Pitch five ounces, Labdanum three ounces 



and an half, Turpentine an ounce and an 

 5 half, Oil of Roses one ounce, melt these, 

 I and add pulp of Dates almost ripe, boiled 

 I in austere Wine four ounces, flesh of 

 | Quinces in like manner boiled, Bread twice 

 | baked often steeped in red Wine and dried, 

 j of each an ounce, Styrax Calamitis, Acacia, 

 I unripe Grapes, Balaustines, yellow Sanders, 

 | troches of Terra Lemnia, Myrrh, Wood of 

 | Aloes, of each half an ounce, Mastich, red 

 1 Roses, of each an ounce and an half, austere 

 5 Wine as much as is sufficient to dissolve the 



juices, make it into a plaister according to 



art. 



Culpeper.] It strengthens the belly and 

 s liver, helps concoction in those parts, and 

 I distribution of humours, stays vomiting and 

 'fluxes. 



