Chap. 573. Englijh Herbs. 
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Philonium Pcrficum , and Romanian , may be given 
Irom a Scruple to a Dram : this Rhilonium Magi- 
fir ale s may be given from a Grain, to 3, 4, or 6, 
according to Age, and other Accidents. 
XXXVII. Lhilotiium Taracenje Galenic Galem 
Confeft eafing Pain. Take Extratt of Opium a 
Pound ; labile Pepper , Henbane Seeds , 4/ each 2 
Pounds *, Saffron half a Pound ; Euphorbium , Py- 
rethrum , Indian Spicknard of each in fine Ponder 
an ounce and half ; weight of all , 
ws. almofi 1 8 Pounds i mix , and jnake an Electuary 
according to Art. Ir has all the Virtues of the Pfo- 
lonium Per ficum Cf, Roman urn ^ aforegoing* and may 
be given from a Scruple to a Dram ; the Opium 
being a twenty fourth part of the Compofition. 
It is indeed a molt Excellent thing, to eafe al! 
manner of intolerable Pains in any part of the 
Body, chiefly of Stomach, Pleura, Spleen, Guts, 
Reins, Womb, Joints, Eke. It helps in Suffocati- 
ons, Fits , Stone , Gravel , Heat and Scalding of 
the Urine, Coughs, Colds, Eke. 
XXXVIII. The Oil by inf u (ion or Info/at ion, or 
Boiling. It is made either of the blowers •, or of the 
green Heads and Seed ; or of the Leaves and Stalks : 
But that made with the Green Heads is the moll 
efficacious. It cools Infiamations , repefeufles a 
Flux of Humors, it abates the Milk and Pains in 
Womens Brealts $ gives eafe in Rheumatifm, Gout 
and Sciatica j prevails againft Leprofy, Morphew 
and Scurf, and eafes the pain of the Head^being 
well anointed upon the grieved parts twice a 
Day. 
XXXIX. The Ointment of the green Poppy 
Heads and Seed. It has all the Virtues of the Oil 
in the laft Seflion, and may be applyed to Cancers 
which are breeding in Womens Breafts, or in any 
other parts; it qualifies the Humor, eafes the Pain, 
and if proper Internals be given, in the mean time, 
may be of extraordinary Service for that purpofe : 
what we fhould propofe to be taken inwardly in 
this cafe is our Laudanum Cathartic urn , the De- 
feription of which you have in Sell. LXII. follow- 
ing. 
XL. The Cataplafn. It is made of the green 
Heads and Seed , and for want of them of the 
green Leaves. Applyed to the Fore-head and 
Temples, it gives prefent eafe in the Megrim or 
Head-ach ; and is profitably applyed to the Crown 
of the Head, (being firft Shaved) in a Delirium 
Frenzy, or Madnefs. And it gives prefent eafe be- 
ing applyed to the Spleen or Region of the Womb, 
or to places pained with the Gout, Rheumatifm, ’ 
Eke. It cools Infiamations, and hinders the Flux 
of Humors to any part. 
XLI. Diftilled Water of white Poppies. It is 
cooling, and very profitable againft violent Burn- 
ing Fevers, to be drank ad libitum , being firft 
acuated with Spirit of Sulphur , and then a little 
dulcified with double Refined Sugar : It makes alfo 
a good Vehicle, for conveying other Preparations 
of . Poppies in', whether Diacodiates , Electua- 
ries , or Laudana. It is profitable alfo againft 
Deliriums and Frenzies, alfo Infiamations in any 
part of the Body , whether inward or outward. 
And gives Reft to weary Bodies, and pleafant 
Sleep. 
XLII. Difiilled Water of black Poppies. It is 
Drawn from either the Flowers, green Leaves, or 
green Heads and Seed. It has the V irtues and Ufes 
of the former: mixed with White Wine Vinegar, 
and the Forehead and Temples bathed there- 
with, it eafes the Megrim and Head-ach, and 
caufes Reft and Sleep; and is a peculiar thing to 
bath with for the curing of Ignis Sacer , or An- 
thonies Eire . 
• : c ft"" U J roppies. it is made 
c^ofth. n^.arrf the green Heads and 
Seed, or of the whple Plant, as the Spirit of Corn 
Perris made. The Virtues is alfo to give eafe 
f h h e £° , lck > ^ . t0 all e™te pains in any part 
of the Body. It gives eafe in the Stone and Gra- 
vel s and is profitable' againft After-pains of Wo- 
men m Child-Bed, and with a great deal of plea- 
fure induces Sleep. But thefe things it does more 
powerfully if you make a TinSura of the flowers 
f ~ ui ■ >>»■ " 
"otkXfhMits.z 
XT oTTTVrZlffi;. 
■{’ h vf them f or '°f rie Exprejfei Juice 
.be whole Slam. 7 his is put info -a proper G/afs 
off y frZ r T? Waters °f° r ‘ fare drain 
■h/M ,n Mneo or a gentle Sand heat , till 
.he Magma ernes to the confifiency of Bony or of 
an Extrafl for making Pills , according Tit is L 
\ '^' ra ThlS Magma IS Meconium. If it | s of 
the confiftency of Hony, it is then fit to be made 
into an Ointment or fofc Emptqfier, which brine 
firTsTl 3 ] ° Ver th ? t0pof the (it beinl 
firft Shaded) cures frenzies and Madnefs it felf 
tho never fo extream : if applyed to the Sciatica 
or places pained with Gout or Rheumadfm 
" eafe u s Ihe W and Cures tli&i. That which is 
brought to the thicknefs of an Extraft 
prepared as Opium it (declared iff SBl. 4,5 and 47 
following,) before it can beufed inwardly and 
TheTl’f T T ey ' “ d 0ther Ea ton Countries - 
The Thebean Opium is accounted the beft of all’ 
and after that the Indian. Parkinfon fivs ' ,hl. u 
has gathered forne of it ftopi-the green Poppy Heads 
ftanding in the Garden , and but half grown tine 
here m England The feveral Heads are flit cut’ 
or Wounded with a Knife, in two or three nlaces 
° n- 1<5 u e J’ t0 - V fI ds the lower P ar[s of the Head 
which then yield a Milky bitter Juice, at firft com-’ 
mg forth, which is gathered gradually every Day 
with fome convenient nftrument ffi a proper Vefl 
fels this being dryed in the Sun, (bn? not at the 
f ‘ r f Jf 5 ° raes lhat Opium, which is brought to us 
and which we ule, aud hv its pnHnfi a * ■ ^ 
turns to the color we fee it of The Queftiol^nnw 
is, out of which Kind of Poppy, 
whether out of the Heads of th (black Polk l 
out of the Heads of the white Poppy >Gerli 
fays, that it flows from the Heads of the black 
Poppy , and this he Teems to have from Diofari- 
des ? tor Matrbto/ut in his Epitome, has thefe Words 
Opium autem , quod e Papaverum nigrorum Capiti- 
bus paratur , mag/s refrigerat inftnfTit firrJtn 
And . Mattbiolus in 1 his Comment , appears to b/of 
the fame opinion, for fpeaking of th e black Poppy 
he fays, Caterum ex incifis Papaverum Capitibul 
epos five Succus manat , qui 0 pi u „\ JElll 
addenfatur, ut fern docuit Dmfcondes. But Pak 
kmfon will have :uj be the Tears flowing ol 
from the white Poppy. The'Milfy J ulce (la § 
gathered from the Heads onlv of lit ^, 7- 
Poppy, „ uS Eafi Countries 
pt towards Ind v.fc.utb' true an/beftOpYul 
V w J lr llbe “ fed w Mediants. And our 
Learned W,U,s was of this opinion- for fneaW 
of Opium, and Diacodium , &c. he’ fays, P / Jhafl 
okofthh l S r P Ce t0d , Cfcribe ,lc w E' te Poppy 
tZhTfik hefea Z maJe , nor ,hc Exirailionof 
ihe Opiate Juice. Now byreafonof this diver/- 
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