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^ndeed your best way is to beat them se- j sour belchings, and indigestion, gross 

 verally, and then mix them altogether, which j humours and cold afflictions of the stomach 

 neing done, makes you a gallant medicine | and liver. You may take, half a dram of the 

 for the infirmities specified in the title, a j powder at a time, or two of the electuary 

 dram of it taken in Muskadel and sweating j in the morning fasting, or an hour before 

 after it. j meat. It helps digestion exceedingly, 



Species Electuarii Dyacymini. Nicholaus. > expels wind, and heats a cold stomach. 

 College.] Take of Cummin seeds infused \ Species Electuarii Diamargariton Calidi. 

 a natural day in Vinegar, one ounce and \ Avicenna. 



one scruple, Cinnamon, Cloves, of each two ! College^] Take of Pearls and Pellitory of 

 drams and an half, Galanga, Savory, 5 the Wall, of each one dram, Ginger, 

 Calamirith, of each one dram and two j Mastich, of each half an ounce, Doronicum, 

 scruples, Ginger, black Pepper, of each two Zedoary, Smallage seeds, both sorts of 



drams and five grains, the seeds of Lovage, 

 and Ammi, (Bishop's-weed,) of each one 

 dram and eighteen grains, long Pepper one 

 dram, Spikenard, Nutmegs, Cardamoms, of 

 each two scruples and an half, beat them 

 and keep them diligently in powder for your 



use. 



Culpeper.] 



It heats the stomach and 



bowels, expels wind exceedingly, helps the 

 wind cholic, helps digestion hindered by 

 cold or wind, is an admirable remedy for 



wind in the bowels, and helps quartan 

 agues. The powder is very hot, half a dram I 

 is enough to take at one time, and too much 

 if the patient be feverish, you may take it 



Cardamoms, Nutmegs, Mace, of each two 

 drams, Been of both sorts, (if they cannot 

 be procured take the roots of Avens and 

 Tormentil) black and long Pepper of each 

 three drams, beat them into powder and 

 keep them for your use. 



Culpeper.] This (quoth Avicenna) is ap- 

 propriated to women, and in them to dis- 

 eases incident to their matrix ; but his rea- 

 sons I know not. It is cordial and heats 

 the stomach. 



Lithontribon Nicholaus, according to 

 Fernelius. 



College.'] Take of Spikenard, Ginger, 

 Cinnamon, 



black Pepper, Cardamoms, 



in white Wine. It is in my opinion a fine Cloves, Mace, of each half a dram, Costus, 

 com posed j>owder. ] Liquorice, Cypress,Tragacanth,Germander, 



Species Electuarii Diagalangce. Mes-ue. 

 College] Take of Galanga, wood of 

 Aloes, of each six drams, Cloves, Mace, , 



of each two scruples, the seeds of Bishop's- 

 weed, (Ammi,) Smallage, Sparagus, Bazil, 

 Nettles, Citrons, Saxifrage, Burnet, Cara- 



seeds of Lovage of each two drams, Ginger, \ way, Carrots, Fennel, Bruscus, Parsley of 

 long and white Pepper, Cinnamon, Calamus \ Macedonia, Burs, Seseli, (or Hartwort,) 

 Arbmaticus of each a dram and an half, j Asarabacca, of each one dram, Lapis 

 Calaminth, and Mints dried, Cardamoms j Spongiae, Lyncis, Cancri, Judaici, of each 

 the greater, Indian Spikenard, the seeds of j one dram and an half, Goat's blood pre- 

 Smallage, Annis, Fennel, Caraway, of each | pared an ounce and half, beat them all into 

 one dram, beat them into powder according \ powder according to art. 

 to art. Also it may be made into an elec- j Culpeper] It heats the stomach, and 

 tuary with white' sugar dissolved in Malaga j helps want of digestion coming through 

 wine, or twelve times the weight of it of j cold, it eases pains in the belly and loins, 

 clarified Honey. jthe Illiac passion, powerfully breaks the 



Culpeper.'] Mesue quotes it only as an elec- j stone in the reins and bladder, it speedily 

 ary, wind- he saith prevails against wind, ! helps the cholic, stranguary, and disurv 



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