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XII. T be Decollion in Water or Wine. It has 
all the former Virtues, and may be given Morning 
and Night a quarter of a Pint at a time, in any 
proper Vehicle. It is faid to be peculiarly good 
againft the Yellow Jaundice. 
XIII. Wormwood Beer. It is $tomatick, com- 
forts and warms a cold Stomach , takes away 
loathing of Meat, and caufes a good Appetite 
and Digeftion ^ it alters a Cold habit of Body by 
long taking it, and purifies the Blood. 
XIV. An Infufion in Wine , or Wormwood Wine. 
Take Choice Fthenifh Wine a Gallon -, dried Worm- 
wood Leaves and Tops of Flowers , a good handful: 
mix them , and flop them up clofe for a Month or 
more , Jhaking the Veffel once or twice a Day • and 
all the while it is ufed , let it remain upon the 
Herb or Faeces. It is taken at any time mixt with 
choice Canary ^ it warms a Cold Stomach, caufes 
a good Appetite and Digeftion, expels Wind, kills 
Worms, and being Drank alone without mixture, 
Cures the Green-Sicknefs , being taken in the 
Morning Falling ;j and frequently ufed, it pre- 
vents the Cachexia and Dropfy. 
XV. The Pouder of the Herb and Heads of 
F lowers. It heats, cleanfes, drys, and ftrengthens 
the Vifcera : It has all the Virtues of the Elfence, 
and kills Worms in Children, being taken from 
10 Grains to a Dram, (according to Age and 0- 
ther Accidents) mixt with Honey, or Pulp of an 
Apple, or lome fuch like, and wafht down with 
a Glafs of Canary, Morning and Evening •, it is 
good againft Surfeiting and Drunkennefs, and the 
Putridity of the Stomach, and helps againft a (link- 
ing Breath. 
XVI. The EJfential Salt. It has all the Virtues 
of the Liquid Juice, Elfence, Decoclion, Wine and 
Pouder, and that in an exalted meafure. It may 
be given againft all thofe Difeafes, as alfo the 
Green-Sicknefs in Virgins * from a Scruple to a 
Dram, every Morning Falling, and at Bed time, in a 
Glafs of White Port or Lisbon Wines, or in Canary, 
with a Continuando , till the Patient grows well. 
XVII. Camer anus' s mixture. Take the Tops or 
Flowers of Wormwood , flowers of Rofemary , and 
flowers of Black Thorn , or Sloe-Bufh , of each 4 
Ounces -, Saffron 2 Ounces Rhenifh Wine 4 or % 
Quarts, mix them , and in a Veffel clofe covered , 
fimmer them over the Fire for an hour or more , 
then Strain out and keep it for ufe. It is com- 
mended for the Cure of the Yellow Jaundice, a 
Email draught of it being taken in the Morning 
falling, (the Body being prepared beforehand by 
Purging :) and fo taken, it brings down alfo the 
Terms in Women ^ and if a little Wine Vinegar 
be added to it, it is faid to help thofe who are 
Poifoned or almoft Strangled, by eating Poifonous 
Mulhroomsj and being taken mixed with Wine, 
it is good againft thePoifon of the black Chame- 
leon Root, Hemlock, Shrew - Moufe, and Draco 
Marint/s, which is called a Quaviver. 
XVIII. The Simple Syrup. Take Clarified Juice 
of Wormwood, Clarified Sugar, or the double Refi- 
ned, of each 4 Pounds -, mix, and in the heat of a 
Bath make a Syrup. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, Effene*, and Deco&ion, and may be given 
from one Spoonful to two, in a Glafs of Wine : 
If Nitre be diffolved in it, it is then good againft 
the Quinfey, and Inflammations of the Throat and 
Almonds, to Gargle with it. Dropt into the Eyes, 
it is good againft the dimnefs of Sight, Clouds, 
Spots Films, &c. And dropt into the Ears, it 
eafes their Pain, and heals running Sores therein. 
XIX. The Compound Syrup. Take dryed Worm- 
wood, a pound -, Red Rofes, 4 Ounces -, Indian 
Spicknard, an Ounce Old White Port or Lisbon 
1 Wine, Juice of Quinces , of each 5 Pints : filer p 
them a whole Day in a clofe Earthen Veffel, then 
I Boil very gently , and Strain out without pr effing $ 
and Wit b 4 Pounds of double refin'd Sugar, make 
it into a Syrup in the heat of a Bath. It is good 
for a cold and flegmatick Stomach, eafes its Pain, 
and ftrengthens it, as alfo the Liver and Conco,- 
flive Faculty j caufes a good Appetite, expels 
Wind, provokes Urine, and prevails againft the 
Yellow Jaundice. Dofe from one to two Spoon- 
fuls Morning and Night, in a Glafs of generous 
Wine. 
XX. Oleum Abfinthiacum -, Infolated Oil of 
Wormwood. Take flowers or Tops of Wormwood, 
4 Ounces • choice Oil Olive, 3 Pounds : mix, and 
fet them in a hot Sun in a Glafs clofe fiopt a whole 
Week, Jhaking them every Day then boil in a Bath-, 
prefs out t he Oil, and put in frefh Wormwood cu before , 
which boil and prefs out : then a fecond and third, 
time, adding 4 Ounces more of fircfi. ) Wormwood, put to 
it alfo 4 Ounces of Juice of Wormwood-, which boil 
again in a Bath, till the humidity of the Juice is 
evaporated, then prefs out and keep it for ufe. It 
heats and ftrengthens the Stomach, being Anoint- 
ed thereon, Anointed on the Stomach and Belly, 
it kills Worms, the Pouder being given alfo at the 
fame time : Anointed on the Back- bone, it abates the 
lhaking Fits of Agues, if done the whole length there- 
of, for half an hour before the coming of the Fit : 
Anointed on Stomach, Sides and Belly, it ftrength- 
ens all the Bowels, chiefly Liver and Spleen ^ and 
is good againft Cachexies and Dropfies, and Dif- 
eafes arifing from Coldnefs and Weaknefs of thofe 
Parts : it caules alfo Appetite, helps Digeftion, 
and dilfipates Wind, for which reafon it is good 
againft the Colick. 
XXL The Cataplafm. It is made of the green 
Herb, by beating it in a wooden Mortar with a 
wooden Peffle, adding a little Ox Gall to it. Ap- 
plying it to the Stomach, it kills Worms in thofe 
parts, and ftrengthens them, giving eafe alfo to 
pains of the Liver and Spleen. 
XXH. Troches of Wormwood Compound. Ik Worm- 
wood Leaves and flowers in fine Pouder, Red Rofes 
in Pouder, Anife -Seeds in Pouder, of each 2 Ounces : 
Roots of Afarabdcca, Rhubarb , Spicknard, Smallagc - 
Seed, Mace, Maffick, each in fine Pouder, one Ounce : 
Almonds bitter, InfpiJJate Juice of Maudlin, of 
each an Ounce alfo : Juice of Succory , enough to 
make all into a Mafs for Troches. It is a very 
bitter Medicament, and fcarcely ever taken alone, 
but with fome proper Vehicle. They llrengthen 
the Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Mefentery, and other 
Bowels, kill Worms in the Body, opens Obftru- 
flions of the Vifera , and are profitable againft the 
Yellow Jaundice. Dofe a Dram Morning and 
Night, in Syrup of Citron Peels. 
XXIII. The Simple DiffilledWater. It heats 
and comforts the Stomach, is good againft Loath 
ing, Hops Vomiting, expels Wind, helps Digeftion' 
and caufes a good Appetite ; and is faid to give, 
eafe in the Tooth-ach. It has all the Virtues of 
the Juice and Elfence, but much weaker : Dropt 
into the Eyes, it clears the Eye-fight ^ and bathed 
upon the Temples, it eafes the Head-ach. 
XXIV. The Simple Spirit. It is made from the 
fermented juice, by Diffilling it in a Copper A- 
lembick Tinnd within, with its Worm or Refrige- 
ratory. Or, Take Leaves andTops of dryed Worm- 
wood, 4 Pounds -, fmall Wines, 6 Gallons, digeff 
24 hours, then Dffil in an Alembick as before -, 
adding to every Pint of the Diffilled Water, two 
Ounces of double refined Sugar : The firll quart 
you may call Simple Spirit of Wormwood j what 
follows after , fave for Wormwood Water. Thefe 
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