344 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



pains, stop the fumes that trouble the brain | seldom used, and therefore are hardly to be 

 in fevers, (but beware of Opiates in the be- \ had. 



ginning of fevers) to provoke sleep, take not 



above two grains of it at a time, going to 



ed ; if that provoke not sleep, the next 



Pills of Rhubarb. Mesue. 

 Colkgc.'] Take of choice Rhubarb three 

 drams, Citron Myrobalans, Trochisci Diarr- 



uight you may make bold with three. Have hodon, of each three drams and an half, 

 a care how you be too busy with such: juice of Liquorice, and juice of Wonn- 

 wedicines, lest you make a man sleep to j wood, Mastich, of each 'one dram, the seeds 

 doom's-day. jof Smallage and Fennel, of each half a 



Nepenthes Opiatum. 5 dram, Species Hiera Picra simp. Galeni, 



College.l Take of tincture of Opium j ten drams, with juice of Fennel not clarified, 

 made first with distilled Vinegar, then with | and Honc y so much as 1S sufficient, make it 

 spirit of Wine, Saffron extracted in spirit of j int ^, a mass ; 



Wine, of each an ounce, salt of Pearl and { Culpeper] It purges choler, opens pb- 

 Coral, of each half an ounce, tincture of ; ^ructions of the liver, helps the yellow 

 species Diambraa seven drams, Ambergris jaundice, and dropsies in the beginning, 

 one dram : bring them into the form of Pills j strengthens the stomach and lungs. 

 by the gentle heat of a bath. , P^^abica Nicholaus 



Cu&e/*r.] The operation is like the! College] Take of the best Aloes four 



former ounces, Bnony roots, Myrobalans, Citrons, 



' ., 7 . iChebs, Indian Bellerick, and Emblick, 



PdulvAssarreth. Avicenna. \ MM , Diagrydium, Asarabacca, Roses, 



College.] Take of Species Hiera Pi era; of each an Ounc6j Castorium three drams, 

 Galeni one ounce, Mastich, Citron Myro- j g affron one dram? with Syrup of Worm- 

 balans, of each halt an ounce. Aloes two { WOO(]< make itinto a mass accor ding to art. 

 ounces, the Syrup of Stoechas as much as j Culpeper.l It helps such women as are 

 is sufficient, make of them a mass accord- { not su fe c j en j t ] y purge d in their labour, helps 



I to bring away what a careless midwife hath 



Culpeper] It purges choler and fiegm, ; ]eft behin d, purges the head, helps head- 

 and strengthens the whole body exceed-'^ Inegrim , vertigo, and purges the 

 ingly, being very precious for such : whose; stomac h of vicious humours, 

 bodies are weakened by surfeits, or ill diet, j pM(e j r ^ r ^ ca? . Nicholaus. 



to take half a dram or a scruple at night | CWfc^e.] Tdke of Hermodactils, Turbith, 

 going to bed. JAgarick, of each half an ounce, Cassia 



Pills of Bdellium. Mesue.^ j Lignea, Indian Spikenard, Cloves, Xylobal- 



College.'] Take of Bdellium ten drams, samum, or Wood of Aloes, Carpobalsamum 

 Myrobalans, Bellericks, Emblicks, and ; or Cubebs, Mace, Galanga, Ginger, Mas- 

 Blacks, of each five drams, flakes of Iron,|tich, Assafoetida, the seeds of Annis, Fennel, 

 Leek seeds, of each three drams, Choncula> Saxifrage, Sparagus, Bruscus, Roses,Grom- 

 Verifris burnt, Coral burnt, Amber, of each; well, Sal. Gem. of each two drams, Scam- 

 a dram and an half, Pearls half an ounce, jmony one ounce, of the best Aloes, the 

 dissolve the Bdellium in juice of Leeks and : weight of them all, juice of Chaincpitys 

 with so much Syrup of juice of Leeks as is! made thick with sugar, so much as is suf- 

 ufficient, make it into a mass according to j ficient : or Syrup of the juice of the same, 

 art. jso much as is sjfficient to make it into a 



Culpeper.\ Both this and tiie former are | mass. 



