366 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Pompholix prepared, pure Frankincense,! CulpeperJ] The belly being anointed 

 of each an ounce, let them be brought into \ with it kills the worms, 

 the form of an ointment according to art. 



Culpeper.~\ It cools and binds, drys, and j 

 stays fluxes, either of blood or humours in: 



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wounds, and nils hollow ulcers with flesh. 



Unguentum Refrigerans. Galenus. Ceratum de Galbano. 



It is also called a Cerecloath. Or, Cerecloath of Galbanum. 



College.) Take of white Wax fou/j College.-] Take of Galbanum prepared, 

 ounces, Oil of Roses omphacine one pound, \ an ounce and an halfj Assafcetida half an 

 melt it in a double vessel, then pour it out ounce, Bdellium a dram, Myrrh two drams, 

 into another, by degrees putting in cold j Wax two ounces , Carrot seeds a scruple, 

 water, and often pouring it out of one vessel | Featherfew, Mugwort, of each half a dram, 

 into another, stirring it till it be white, last dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and make it 

 of all wash it in Rose water, adding a little [ a cere cloath according to art. 

 Rose Water and Rose Vinegar. Culpeper.'] Being applied to the belly 



Culpeper.] It is a fine cooling thing, to 

 cure inflammations in wounds or tumours. 

 Unguentum e Siiccis Aperitivis prinnim. 



of a woman after labour, it cleanses her of 

 any relicts accidently left behind, helps 

 the fits of the mother, and other accidents 



loesius. | incident to women in that case. 



College.-] Take of the juice of Smallage, j ^^ Q 



Endive, Mints, Wormwood, common ; _ _ m . .. f J n: 

 Parsley, Valerian, of each three ounces, oil ! ^.p W Tak f f .^P U ? ! en oun f ? 

 of Wormwood and Mints, of each half a! ' 1 of Chamomel and Orris, of each half 

 pound, yellow Wax three ounces, mix them j a pound yellow Wax two pounds, Rozin a 

 together over the fire, and make of them an pound Mastich, Ammoniacum lurpenlme, 

 ointment 1^ eac ^ an ounce > Spikenard two drarns 



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Cupper] It opens stoppages of the| and a " hf } lf ' .^Jl a dram and ? n ^ ah ' 

 stomach and spleen, eases the rickets, the Styrax Calamit.s half an ounce, make them 

 breast and sides being anointed with it. lnl a cerecloath according to art. 



An Ointment for the Worms. Foesius. Culpeper^ It mohfies and d.gests hard 



College.-] Take of oil of Rue, Savin, swellings of the liver, spleen, womb, nerve, 

 Mints, Wormwood, and bitter Almonds, iJ lnts > ^nd other parts of the body, and is a 

 of each an ounce and an half, juice of the|S reat easer of P ain - 

 flowers or leaves of Peaches, and Worm- ] Ceratum Santalmum. 



wood, of each half an ounce, powder of | College^] Take of red Sanders, ten 

 Rue, Mints, Gentian, Centaury the less, [drams, white and yellow Sanders, of each 

 Tormentil, of each one dram, the seeds oh six drams, red Roses twelve drams, Bole- 

 Coleworts, the pulp of Colocynthis, of each | ammoniac seven drains, Spodium four 

 twodrams, Aloes Hepatic, three drams, the -drams, Camphire two drains, white Wax 

 meal of Lupines half an ounce, Myrrh S washed thirty drams, Oil of Roses ompba- 

 washed in grass water a dram and an half, | cine six ounces: make it into a cerecloath 

 Bull's Galls an ounce and an half, with i according to art. 



iuice of Lemons, so much as is sufficient, j! Culpeper] It wonderfully helps hot in- 

 and an ounce and an half of Wax, make it j firmities of the stomach, liver, and other 

 nto an ointment according to art. ! parts, being but applied to them. 



