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mix. 17. A Volatil Acid Spirit. 18. A Oiftilled 
Oil. 19. A Saline TinUure of the Gum 2a. A 
Bafjarn of the Gum. 21. A Cerate of the Gum. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Powder of the Seed. This drunk in 
Wormwood Wine, from hall a dram to j. dram, is 
'good againft Poyfon, and die bitings of all Veno- 
mous Creatines,. 
XIV. The Juycc of tht Herb. It is good againft 
Pains and Ulcers of the/Bladder, and helps againft 
the Strangury, or difficulty in making Water : It 
expels Worms, is good againft the bitings of mad 
Dogs, or any other Venomous Creature. Dofc 
j. ounce. 
XV. The E [fence. It is Cephalick, PeUoral, 
Hyfterick and ' Vulnerary, curing moft Dil'eafes ot 
the Head, Breft, Lungs, and Womb, and is very 
contributory to the healing of Wounds, or any old 
Sore, or tunning Ulcer, helps Pains and Stitches in 
the iide, hardnefs in the Spleen, and fuffocations of 
the Mother, provokes the Courfes and expels the 
Birth. Dole to j. ounce in any proper Vehicle. 
XVI. The Syrup of the Juycc. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the Juycc and Ejfcnce, but not altogether 
fo powerful and effeftual, but fomething more plea- 
fant, and may be exhibited to j. ounce more or lefs 
in Wine, or Arfmart Water. 
XVII. T he Spirituous TinUure. It has all the 
Virtues of the EJfcncc , but is much more fit for 
cold Cpnftitutions, it ftrengthens the Brain, Nerves 
anc Seniitive Parts, warms a cold Stomach, and is 
good againft any cold Difeafes in thofe Parts. Dofe 
from j. dram to in. in Ale, Mead, or Wine. 
XVIII. The Saline TinUure. It has all the for- 
mer Virtues, but is more peculiar againft all Difeafes 
of the Womb, Reins, Ureters and Bladder, tor it 
diffolves all Tartarous Slime, Sand, Gravel and the 
like in thole Parts : brings down the Courfes in 
Women, and forces away both Birth and Afterbirth, 
and clears the Urinary Palfages of whatever ob- 
£lru£ls them. Dofe from j. dram to ij. in Wine or 
Parlley Water. 
XIX. The Oily TinUure. It is good againft the 
Colick, and Windinefs of the Bowels, and is faid 
to expel the dead Child : it heals Wgunds by the 
firft intention, efpecially thofe of the Nerves, and 
is good againft; the Toothach, (held awhile in the 
Mouth) old Sores, numnefs of the Limbs, Pallies, 
fjc. outwardly applyed, by anointing therewith,- 
and inwardly given, fiom vj. to xij. or xvj. drops in 
Ale, Beer, Mead, Wine, or fome proper Liquor. 
XX. The DecoUion of the Herb , in water or 
Wine, may be ufed as a Diet-Drink for the curing 
of Wounds, old Ulcers, running Sores and Fiftula’s, 
and to heal internal Ulcers in the Lungs: Dofe iv, 
v, or vj. ounces at a rime, two or three times a day ; 
it is faid gently to evacuate Choler. 
XXI. The I Vine. It is only an Infufion of the 
Herb in Wine, and is fomething more powerful, at 
leaft more proper than the DecoUion, for all the 
fame purpofes in cold Conftitutions or habits of 
Body, to eafe cold Difeafes of the Head and Nerves, 
and give eafe in the Cholick : Dofe ij. or iij. ounces 
or more, two or three rimes a day. 
XXII. The Oil. It is Vulnerary, and heals Wounds 
after an admirable manner: anointed it diffolves 
Oedema’s, or cold Tumors in any Part,Difcuffes hard 
fwellings in the Joynts, and gives eafe in the Gout, 
Spleen , and other Pains from a cold caufe, being 
anointed on the place. 
XXIII. The Balfam. This is mote excellent for 
curing of Wounds, and commonly performs the 
Work by the firft Intention ; it cleanfes and heals 
Ulcers-, and is a Angular thing for the curing of 
Fiftula’s, being injected fealding hot into the fame. 
It gives eafe alfo in the Goijit, and in all Aches and 
Pains Horn a cold caufe : And covers naked Bones 
with Flefti. 
XXIV. The Ointment. It foftens the hardnefs of 
the Spleen, and is of good ufe in diffolving or dil- 
cuffing hard fwellings of the Kings F.vil. 
.XXV. The Cataplafm. It is Difcuffive, Refolu- 
tive and Anodyn ; and an excellent thing to be apply- 
ed to Kings evil fwellings, or any hard Tumor in 
any part of the Body: The Green Leaves beaten into 
a Cataplafm with Honey, and apply ed, cures Wounds 
and Ulcers, incarnates, and covers naked Bones with 
Flefti. 
XXVI. The Cerot or Employer. It is Difcuffive, 
Refolutive and Anodyn: and applyed to any weak 
Part or Joynt, it fo ftrengthens it, as to hinder an 
afflux of Humors to that Place : it is alfo good a- 
gainlt Spalms and Cramps, and numnefs of the 
Limbs; helps the pain, fwellings, and hardnefs of 
the Spleen and Hypochonders, being fpread upon 
Leather or new Cloth and applyed. 
The Virtues of the Gum Opopanax, 
XXVII. The f ramed or purified Gum. It is a 
Gummy Juyce flowing from the Root of Panax. 
Herculeum , being cut ot wounded ; which is after- 
wards infpiffated or brought to a thicknels, and is 
then called in the Greek, 'kmitafi, ApopanaX ; and 
in Latin , Opopanax: it is a fine fragrant Gum of a 
reddilh, or reddilh yellow color outwardly, but in- 
wardly of a whitilh yellow : it comes out of the 
Plant white, and in round loofe drops, and is white 
within, but being glutinous it flicks together in 
Lumps, and by degtees it becomes thick, and of a 
Gold color on the out fide, but being diffolved is al- 
. molt like Milk. It difeuffes Wind, purges Flegra 
which is thick and tough,, even from the remote 
parts of the Body, as from the Head, Brain, Nerves, 
Joynts, Reins and Womb : it diflolves Tartaroud 
mucilage in the Breft, Lungs and Mifentery, digelts, 
and foftens Tumors, and is a good riling againft: an 
old Cough, (harpneis of Humors, fhortneis of Breath, 
difficulty in breathing, and other obftructions of the 
Vifccra. It is depurated by diffolving it in Vinegar, 
(training and infpiffating. It may be given from half 
a dram to a dram or more, correfted with Ginger, 
and Nutmeg. Diffolved in Vinegar and drunk an 
hour befor the Fit of an Ague, it is faid to cure 
it. 
XXVIII. The Pills of Opopanax. Take Opopa- 
nax ( made f oft with Syrupus Catharticus prepared 
as in our Pharmacopeia Chirurgica ) ij. ounces : Scam- 
tttony fine Poudcr iv. ounces : Cretnor Tartan , a 
fufficient quantity : Oil of Lemons ij. drams : mix 
and make a mafs of Pills. Dofe from xvi. grains, to 
xxx. grains or half a dram. They purge all Humors, 
and from all parts of the Body, without making 
fick, or griping ; diffolve and expel tartarous and 
ftarp humors out of the Bowels , which are the 
original Caufes of the Gout, Stone, hardnefs of the 
Spleen, Hypochondriack Melancholy, and fits of the 
Mother ; "and have moft of the Virtues of the Gum 
at Sell. 27. aforegoing: They are an excellent Medi- 
cine, not enough to be valued, and may be taken 
twice or thrice Week, life. 
XXIX. The Volatil Acid Spirit. It is made of 
the Gum by Diftilling it in a Glafs Retort either in 
Sand, or Balneo Marie , as we . have taught in Our 
Seplafum , lib. 9. cap. 40. feU. 8. It admirably 
opens the obftruftions of the Lungs, Liver, Spleen, 
Bowels, Reins, Ureters and Womb ; brings down 
die Courfes, caufes Urine, and prevails againft V a- 
