374 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Bays, Lapis Calaminaris, both sorts of \ or faces of liquid Styrax, Bdellium, of each 

 Birthwort, Myrrh, Frankincense, of each \ one dram, Litharge half a dram. 

 two drams, pure Turpentine an ounce. Let i Culpeper.~] It is of a gentle emolient 

 the Oil, Wax, and Litharge be boiled toge- ! nature, prevails against stoppings of the 

 ther till it stick not to your fingers, then the ; stomach, coming of cold, hardness of the 

 mass being removed from the fire and cooled i spleen, coldness of the liver and matrix. 

 a little, and the Gums dissolved in white j Emplastrum Gratia Dei. Nich. 

 Wine Vinegar, which evaporate away by \ Or the Grace of God. 



boiling, strain it strongly, then add the 5 College.'] Take of Turpentine half a 

 powders, Turpentine, and Oil of Bays, that j pound, Rozin one pound, white Wax four 

 it may be made into a plaster according to \ ounces, Mastich an ounce, fresh Betony, 

 art. Vervain, and Burnet, of each one handful. 



CulpeperJ] It strengthens the nerves, ! Let the herbs, being bruised, be sufficiently 

 draws out corruption, takes away pains and j boiled in white Wine, the liquor pressed 

 aches, and restores strength to members that ! out, in which let the Wax and Rozin be 

 have lost it : the last is most effectual. | boiled to the consumption of the liquor : 



Emplastrum Stomachicum Magistrals. \ bein g taken from the fire > Iet the Turpentine 



Or, A Stomach Plaster. I be ixed w . ith ]t ' \ asi \ * e Mastl f f in 



-, m i /. T r - ur i * powder, and so make of them a plaster 



College.] Take of Mints, Wormwood, i ccordi ' to art 



Stadias, Bay leaves of each a dram Mar- Cul ^ It ' is excellent d in woundg 

 joram, red Roses, yellow Sanders of each ; &nd M ^ for ifc k | back inflam _ 

 two drams, Calamus Aromaticus, Wood of j mat g ^^ and join / wounds> fills 

 Aloes, Lavenderflowers, Nutmegs, Cubebs, | ulcerg wkh flegh 



Galanga long Pepper Mace of each a j E i astrum ' de Janua , or of Beton 

 dram, Mastich three drams, Cloves two ; Nicholaus 



drams and an half Oil of Mints an ounce j Cott e ^ Take of the j uice of Bet ony, 

 and an half, Oil of Nard an ounce, Oil of plantai ^ a J nd Sma llage, of each one pound, 

 Spike a dram, Rozin Wax, of each four| w pitch Rozin f T entine> o f each 

 ounces, Labdanum three ounces, Styrax j half a nd boil ^ Wa ^ &nd Rozin in 

 half an ounce : make it into a plaster. | ^ .F^ ^ ft ]e fif continuall 



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Culpeper.-] Both this and the other of | ^ them ^ ^ juice be consumed 



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that name which you shall have by and by, , then ^ ^ T t J ine and p itch con . 

 strengthen the stomach exceedingly, help j ^ & ^. u gj k be fe ht Jnto th(J 

 digestion and stay vomiting. ; consistence of a plaster according to art. 



Emplaslrum Ceroma, or, Ceroneum. Emplastrum Isis Epigoni. Galen. 



Nich. Alex. College.'] Take of yellow Wax an hun- 



College.~] Take of Pitch scraped from a ; drcd drams, Turpentine two hundred drams, 

 Ship that hath been a long time at Sea, j scales of Copper, Verdigris, round Birth- 

 yellow Wax, of each seven drams, Saga- j wort, Frankincense, Sal-ammoniac, Ammo- 

 penum six drams, Ammoniacum, Turpen- niacum, burnt brass of each eight drams, 

 tine, Colophonia, Saffron, of each four jburnt Alum six drams, Aloes, Myrrh, Gal- 

 drams, Aloes, Olibanum, Myrrh, of eachibanum, of each an ounce and a half, old 

 three drams, Styrax Calamitis, Mastich, | Oil one pound, sharp Vinegar so much as 

 Opopanax, Galbanum, Alum, the seeds of (is sufficient. Let the metals be dissolved 

 Fenugreek, of each two drams, the settlings j in the sun with the Vinegar, then put iu 



