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with two pounds of white sugar, adding j provokes the menses, purges the stomach 



towards the end four ounces of Syrup of j and liver, and provokes urine. 



Roses. Syrupus Rosaceus solutivus cum Helleboro. 



Culpeper.] It cleanses choler and melon- \ Qr g of Roseg solutive with Hellebore, 

 choly very gently, and is therefore fit for , College] Take of the bark of all the 

 children, old people, and weak bodies, j Myrobalans,ofeach four ounces, bruise them 

 You may add an ounce of it to the Decoc- J grosslj5 and steep them twenty-four hours 

 tion of Epithimum or to the f j in twe , ye pounds of the i nfusion of Roses 



kenna. : before spoken, Senna, Epithimum, Polypo- 



Syrupus Rosaceus solutivus. , dium of the Qak> of each four ounceS) 



Or Syrup of Roses solutive. | C]oves an ouncCj Citron seec]Sj Liquorice, 



College.'] Take of Spring Water boiling j' of each four ounceSj the bark of b]ack 

 hot four pounds, Damask lose leaves j Hellebore roots six drams, let the fourth 

 fresh, as many as the water will contain; j t of [hc H u exhalej strain ^ 



let them remain twelve hours in infusion, j and wjth five pounds of sn and sixteen 

 close stopped; then press them out and put j drams of Rhubarb tied up in a ]inen ra 

 in fresh Rose leaves; do so nine tunes in the | make it inlo a s according to art . 

 same hquor, encreasing the quantity of the; Culpeper] The Syrup, rightly used, 

 Roses as the hquor encreases, which will be j melancholy, resists madness, 



almost by the third part every time : j ^^ 



Jake six parts of this liquor, and with tour J ^ . 



parts of white sugar, boil it to a Syrup \ Or Syrup of Roses solutive with Senna, 

 according to art College.] Take of Senna six ounces, 



Culpeper.] It loosens the belly, and j Caraway, and sweet Fennel see ds, of each 



gently brings out choler and flegm, but \ ^f. drams sprinkle them with white Wine, 



leaves a binding quality behind it. 1 and T lnfuse r them two days in three pounds 



Syrupm e succo Rosarum. \ ot the mfus ; on . u of Roses aforesaid, then 



Or Syrup of the Juice of Roses. i strain * and Wlth two P ounds of su S ar bo11 



College.'] It is prepared without steep- j Jt "J^ a % r up ; 



ing, only with the ]uice of Damask Roses 5 Culpeper.-] It purges the body of choler 

 pressed out, and clarified, and an equal j and me l lan 1 cl ?'-> r ' and e .xpe s the relics a 

 proportion of sugar added to it. 5 dlsease hath left bemnd ll - the d f e ! s from 



Culpcper.-] This is like the other. ! n e ounce to ^o, you may take it in a 



Syrupy* Rosaceus solutivus cum Agarico. \ Decoction of Senna, it leaves a bindm* 

 OP Syrup of Roses solutive with Agarick. [ q uallt J behind ll - 



College.'] Take of Agarick cut thin an \ Syrupus de Spina Cennna. 



ounce, Ginger two drams, Sal. Gem. one i Or Syrup of Purging Thorn, 



dram, Polipodium bruised two ounces,! College.] Take of the berries of Purging 

 sprinkle them with white Wine and steep | Thorn, gathered in September, as many as 

 them two days over warm ashes, in a pound I you will, bruise them in a stone mortar, and 

 and an half of the infusion of Damask j press out the juice, let the fourth part of it 

 Roses prescribed before, and with one 5 evaporate away in a bath, then to two 

 pound of sugar boil it into a Syrup accord- \ pounds of it add sixteen ounces of white 

 iug to art. | sugar, boil it into a Syrup, which perfume 



Culpeper. J It purges flegm from the j with Mastich, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Anni- 

 head, relieves the senses oppressed by it, seeds in fine powder, of each three drams. 



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