374 THE COMPLETE HERBAL. 



Bays, Lapis Calaminaris, both sorts of \ or faces of liquid Styrax, Bdellium, of each 

 Birtlrwort, Myrrh, Frankincense, of each i one dram, Litharge half a dram, 

 two drarns, pure Turpentine an ounce. Let \ CulpeperJ] It is of a gentle emolient 

 the Oil, Wax, and Litharge be boiled toge- 1 nature, prevails against stoppings of the 

 ther till it stick not to your fingers, then the j stomach, coming of cold, hardness of the 

 mass being removed from the fire and cooled i spleen, coldness of the liver and matrix, 

 a little, and the Gums dissolved in white \ Emplastrum Gratia Dei. Nich. 

 Wine Vinegar, which evaporate away by \ Or the Grace of God. 



boiling, strain it strongly, then add the \ College.'] Take of Turpentine half a 

 powders, Turpentine, and Oil of Bays, that \ pound, Rozin one pound, white Wax four 

 it may be made into a plaster according to \ ounces, Mastich an ounce, fresh Betony, 

 art. \ Vervain, and Burnet, of each one handful. 



Culpeper.] It strengthens the nerves, { Let the herbs, being bruised, be sufficiently 

 draws out corruption, takes away pains and 5 boiled in white Wine, the liquor pressed 

 aches, and restores strength to members that ! out, in which let the Wax and Rozin be 

 have lost it : the last is most effectual. { boiled to the consumption of the liquor : 



Emplastrum Stomachicum Magistrate. \ bein g taken from the fire > let the Turpentine 



Or, A Stomach Plaster. i be mixed w / h jt ' } astl y_ the Mastich in 



~, -, rp , ,. -,.-. .ITT j ' powder, and so make of them a plaster 



College.] Take of Mints, Wormwood, ccordi ' to art 



Stoachas, Bay leaves, of each a dram, Mar- }>. n ," n j 



i, c i f i Culpeper.l It is excellent good in wounds 



loram, red Roses, yellow banders, of each * , J c ., ' , , . a 



J ^ , \\r i c\ an green ulcers, for it keeps back inflam- 



two drams, Calamus Aromaticus, Wood or .- i > j n 



TVT n , , ; mations, cleanses and loins wounds, fills up 



Aloes, Lavender flowers, Nutmegs, Cubebs, ; '. , fl , 



s~* i i -f-fc -\ir n i $ tllCcl o W1L11 iJv r>ll. 



Galanga, long; Pepper, Mace, ot each ai ^ , . , 7 /. D , 



B TV/T A - u *i rii Emplastrum de Janua, or of Betony. 



dram, Mastich three drams, Cloves two * N' h 1 



drams and an half, Oil of Mints an ounce ? ^ 7I -i rp i c Jj ' r -r 



j i 11- /-vi TAT /-k-i A College.] Take of the mice of Betony, 



and an half, Oil ot JNard an ounce, Oil ot \ , c r j , v 



o ., T> iir f i. c \ Plantain, and omallage, of each one pound, 



Spike a dram, Rozin Wax, of each fourj w pitch Uozin f T t[ ^^ 



ounces, Labdanum three ounces Styrax | hdf Qund ^ ^ ^ and Rozin in 



lialt an ounce : make it into a plaster. .-, r> n 



^ , -, T, ,, ,, . f the mices with a gentle fire, continually 



Culpeper.\ Both this and the other of , M1 ,,? i- 7 



^ ^ * _4. t ni , j, stirnno; them till the mice be consumed ; 



that name which you shall have by and by, { ,1 j > .> m i T>-- i 



.1.1. , i- T u J* ! then add the Turpentine and Pitch, con- 



streno-then the stomach exceeding-Iy, help In . i i + u 



,. *?. . . & ^ ' r ' tinually stirring; it till it be brought into the 



digestion and stay vomiting;. r i j- 



J : consistence of a plaster according to art. 



Emplastrum Ceroma, or, Ceroneum. Emplastrum Isis Epigoni. Galen. 



Nich. Alex. College.] Take of yellow Wax an hun- 



College.~\ Take of Pitch scraped from a ? dred drams, Turpentine two hundred drams, 

 Ship that hath been a long time at Sea, ! scales of Copper, Verdigris, round Birth- 

 yellow Wax, of each seven drams, Saga-| wort, Frankincense, Sal-ammoniac, Ammo- 

 penum six drams, Ammoniacum, Turpen- \ niacum, burnt brass of each eight drams, 

 tine, Colophonia, Saffron, of each four | burnt Alum six drams, Aloes, Myrrh, Gal- 

 drams, Aloes, Olibanum, Myrrh, of each | banum, of each an ounce and a half, old 

 three drams, Styrax Calamitis, Mastich, 5 Oil one pound, sharp Vinegar so much as 

 Opopanax, Galbanum, Alum, the seeds of [is sufficient. Let the metals be dissolved 

 Fenugreek, of each two drams, the settlings J in the sun with the Vinegar, then put iii 



