Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper.

Nicholas Culpeper

Date:: 1814

Credit: Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$abortion, it consolidates wounds, and helps all diseases coming of cold and moisture. Einplastrum Hystericum. College.~\ Take of Bistort roots one pound. Wood of Aloes, yellow Sanders, Nutmegs, Barberry Kernels, Rose seeds, of each one ounce, Cinnamon, Cloves, Squinanth, Chamomel flowers, of each half an ounce, Frankincense, Mastich, Alipta Moschata, Gallia Moschata, Sty rax Cala- mitis, of each one dram, Mosch half a dram, yellow Wax one pound and an half. Tur- pentine half a pound, Moschaeleum four ounces, Labdanum four pounds. Ship Pitch three pounds: let the Labdanum and Tur- pentine be added to the Pitch and Wax, being melted, then the Styrax, lastly the rest in powder, and sifted, that they may be made into a plaster according to art. CulpeperThe plaster being applied to the navel, is a means to withstand the fits of the mother in such Avomen as are subject to them, by retaining the womb in its place. Emplastrum de Mastich. Or, A Plaster of Mastich. College^ Take of Mastich three ounces. Bole-ammoniac washed in black Wine, an ounce and an half, red Roses six drams. Ivory, Myrtle Berries, red Coral, of each half an ounce. Turpentine, Colophonia, Tachamahacca, Labdanum, of each tAVo ounces, yelloAv Wax half a pound. Oil of Myrtles four ounces : make it into a plaster according to art. Cuipeptri] It is a binding plaster, strengthens the stomach being applied to it, and helps such as loath their victuals, or cannot digest it, or retain it till it be digested. Emplastrum de Meliloto Simplex. Or, A Plaster of Melilot simple. College.~\ Take of Rozin eight pounds, yelloAv Wax four pounds. Sheep's Suet tAvo pounds: these being melted, add green Melilot cut small, five pounds : make it into a plaster according to art. Emplastrum de Meliloto compositum. Or, A Plaster of Melilot compound. College.'] Take of Melilot floAvers six drams, Chamomel floAA'^ers, the seeds of Fenugreek, Bay berries husked, Marsh- malloAV roots, the tops of WormAvood and Marjoram, of each three drams, the seeds of Smallage, Ammi, Cardamoms, the roots of Orris, Cypress, Spikenard, Cassia Lignea, of each one dram and an half, Bdellium five drams : beat them all into fine pOAvder, the pulp of tAvelve Figs, and incorporate them with a pound and an half of Melilot plaster simple. Turpentine an ounce and an half, Ammoniacum dissolved in Hemlock Vinegar, three ounces, Styrax five drams, oil of Marjoram, and Nard, of each half an ounce, or a sufficient quantity, make it into a plaster Avith a hot mortar and pestle, Avithout boiling. Culpeper.] It mollifies the hardness of the stomach, liver, spleen, boAvels, and other parts of the body : it Avonderfully assuages pain, and eases hypochondriac melancholy, and the rickets. Emplastrum de minio compositum. Or, A Plaster of red Lead compound. College.] Take of Oil of Roses ompha- cine tAvenly ounces, oil of Mastich tAvo ounces, Suet of a Sheep and a Calf, of each half a pound. Litharge of Gold and Silver, red Lead, of each two ounces, a taster full of Wine: boil them by a gentle fire con- tinually stirring it till it groAv black, let the fire be hottest towards the latter end, then add Turpentine half a pound, Mastich two ounces, Gum Elemi one ounce, white Wax as much as is sufficient: boil them a little, and make them into a plaster according to art. Culpeper.] It potently cures Avounds, old malignant ulcers, and is very drying. Ernplasti'um de minio Simplicius. Or, A Plaster of red Lead simple. College.] Take of red Lead nine ounces. Oil of red Roses one pound and an half, Avhite Wine Vinegar six ounces, boil it$