362 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



each three ounces, Camphire one dram, 5 Tapsitalewtia. 



make it into an czitmenl according to art. College^ Take of ihe juice of Mullen, 



Culpeper.l It binds and restrains fluxes s Hog's grease, of each as much as you will, 



of humours. ; let the grease be cleansed and cut in pieces, 



Ungnentum e Solano. land beat it with the juice, pressed and 



Or, Ointment of Nightshade. | strained as you did the former ointment, 



College.-] Take of juice of Nightshade, \& kee P ? a convenient vessel nine or 

 Litharge washed, of each five ounces, ten da ? s > then beat it twice, once with fresh 

 Ceruss washed eight ounces, white Wax J ulce ' untl { ll e S re en, and the second time 

 seven ounces, Frankincense in powder ten i without juice beaten well, pouring off what 

 drams, oil of Roses often washed in water j ls discoloured, and keep it for use. 

 two pounds, make it into an ointment ac-' lapsimel. 



cording to art. 



College?] Take of the juice of Celan- 



Culpeper.-] It was invented to take away j d ' ne and Mullen, of each one part, clarified 

 inflammations from wounds, and to keep i Honey, two parts, boil them by degrees till 



j)eople from scratching of them when they l the J ulce b f C0 "l u 7 m ^ d ? addin g < the P 1 ^ 81 ' 

 are almost well 1 cmn prescribing) Vitriol, burnt Alum, burnt 



r\ r\- f m . ; Ink, and boil it again to an ointment ac- 



Or, Ointment of Tutty. ',- 



J i cording to art. 



College.] Take of Tutty prepared two j 



ounces, Lapis Calaminaris often burnt and ; > 



quenched in Plantain Water an ounce, \ 



make them, being finely powdered, into an j OINTMENTS MORE COMPOUND. 

 ointment, with a pound and an half of oint- j Unmientum Agrippa. 



ment of Roses College] Take of Briony roots two 



Culpeper] It is a cooling, drying omt-| ds " t f )e roots of wild Cucumbers one 

 ment, appropriated to the eyes, to dry up d? g illg , mlf a d> fresh E Hsh 



hot and salt humours that flow down thither, j Orris TOOtSj three ounces? the rools of Inafe 

 the eyelids being anointed with it. j Fern, dwarf Elder, water Caltrops, or Aaron, 



Valentia Scabioste. } () f each two ounces, bruise them all, being 



College.'] Take of the juice of green 

 Scabious, pressed out with a screw, and 

 strained through "a cloth, Hog's grease, of 

 each as much as you will, heat the Hog's 



fresh, and steep them six or seven days in 

 four pounds of old oil, the whitest, not rank, 

 then boil them and press them out, and in 

 the oil melt, fifteen ounces of white Wax, 



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grease in a stone mortar, not grind it, putt- land make it into an ointment according to 

 ing in the juice by degrees for the more j art. 



commodious mixture and tincture, after- j Cidpcper."] It purges exceedingly, and 

 wards set it in the sun in a convenient ves- 1 is good to anoint the bdlies of such as have 

 sel, so as the juice may ovenop the grease, < dropsies, and if there be any humour or 

 nine days being passed, pour off the dis- j flegm in any part of the body that yon 

 coloured juice, and beat it again as before, > know not how to remove (provided the part 

 putting in fresh juice, set it in the sun againt be not too tender) you may anoint it with 

 five days, which being elapsed, beat it -this; but yet be not too busy with it, for I 

 again, put in more juice, after fifteen days | tell you plainly it is not ve r y safe, 

 more, do so again, do so five times, after Vnguentitm Aniarwn. 



which, keep it in a glass, or glazed vessel. | Or, A bitter Ointment 



