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Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole.

Nicholas Culpeper

Date:: 1661

Credit: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Senna, of each tm ounces. *Sttinisfeeds tiVo dr apis. them in a glared Vtjfelin a. fuffi- T&ier&Pkra fimple.Page r i7#Latin tin quantity offering water, boyl them gcctrding to fi/trt; (irain it and with Pulp of faifyns of -the Sun half a pound. JVhitt Sugar., Manna, of each four ounces. $oyl it to the thickytefs of a Cydoniatt, until mew it four time* a year Culpeper.'} You had beft, firfcboyl the Roots in tlirce pints of water to a ouait, then put in the Senna, anti feeds, boyl it to a pint -ail'd an halt, then ftrain it and add the re it. The Manna will melt of it fell'as well as the Sugar,-*indeed you hadlsefc dif- folve the Marina by it felfinfome-of theDecoftion, and fo ftrain it be- caufe of its drofs., It gently .purgeth both choker and Melanchoilv, cletii- cth the Reins and bladder,and i hcre- forc is good for the Stone and Gravel ia the Kidney s, Venues newly added. * * - • Bcfides the Vertues receited by Culpeper^ it opens and frees the Lungs from Flegmatick Humors op- prefling the fame,and is good agninft a Gough proceeding from thin fait and ftfarp Humors. Ekfinarinm efacets i{ofaittiu.Pig& 117. Latin. Or, Eleduary of the Juyce ofRofes. polled®,] Ta\t of Sugar, Tht Juyce affijd Pyfes clarified, of each a pound and four ounces. The three fins of Sanders of each fix- dram. Spodiam three drams, Diacydonium twelve drams. 1 Camphire a fcruple. Let the Juyce be boyled with the Su¬ gar to its juft thkfnef, then add the rejl in Pouder and fo mafe it into an EleEludry according to sin. „ Culpeper.} It purgeth Cholier, and is goQcf in Tertian Agues and dif- eaies of thejoynts. It purgeth vio¬ lently, therefore let it be warily given. I omit the dofe, becaufeit not for a vulgar ufe. Venues newly added. It is good in the conclusion of Tertian and Quotidian Agues, to ; ofthi Golledg.] Tape of Cinnamon, ACylobalfimum, or wood of siloes, foots of ifarabacca, Spichyiard, Alajlkh, Saffron, of each fix drams. Iocs not wajhed twelve ounces and an half. Clarified Homy four pound and three 'ounces. ' Ally them into an Electuary according to ^T/s. ■sailfi you may Ityep the Specks by it fitf in your Jhops. Culpeper.} It is an excellent reme¬ dy for vicious Juyces which lie fur- i ng the Tunicle of the Stomach, and fuch idle Fancies' and Symptoms which the brain fuffers therby,where¬ by fome think they fee, others that rhey hear f range things, efpecially when they are in bed, “and between deeping and waking j befdes this, it very gently pugeth the belly, and helps fuch women as are not fuffici- eritly purged after theirTravel: your beft way (in vny opinion) to take it (for I fancy the Receipt very much,- and have had experience of what I have written of it) is to put only fo much Honey to it as wil make it into Pills, of which you may take a fcru¬ ple at night going to ped (if your body be not very weak) in the mor¬ ning drink a draught of hot broath or poflet drink. You need not fear to go about your bulinefs, for it will hardly work til next day in the after¬ noon, and then very gently. I have found the benefit of it, and from my own experience I commend it to my . Country men. Vertues newly added. Two or three drams being given in Wormwood Rhenilli Wine with half an ounce of Syrup ofArtennfia or Mugwort compound deferibed be¬ fore, will bring down the Purgations of Women, and help the Green-fick- nefs in maidens. purge away the Reliques ofthe Mor bifick Humor. The dofe is from two drams to four in ftrong bodies. Two drams or three with half an ounce of Eleftuary Lenitive or three drams of Catholfcon and fix drams of Syrup cf Vloltts may be fafely given. Hiera with^igaricly Pag. 117.Latin. Colledg) Take of (peeks Hiera Jim- pie without siloes, aigrkfiTrochifcated, of each half an ounce. siloes not wajhed one ounce. Clarified Homy fix ounces. Mix it, and make it into an Elefluary according to Art. 1 ^ _ Vertues newly added. It is more Purgative then the for¬ mer, and fitter for Flegmatick bodies and diieafcs. It wil perform al the ef¬ forts of the former in afi nailer dofe. It is good for puling Stomachs, fhort winded Lungs, and other difeafes of the ftomach and breft - ariiing from thick and Flegmatich Humors The dofe is a dram or a dram and half. Hiera Logadij. Page 117.Latin. 1 . „ Colledg.] Tape of Coloquintida, P olipodinm, of each two drams. Euphorbinm, Vo ley mountain, Seeds of Spurge, of each one dram and an half, and fix grains Wormwood, Alirrh, of each one dram and twelve grains. Centaury the lefs, grief. Gum immoniacum, Indian leaf or Mace, Sp'.cfinard, Squils prepared, Diacrydium of each one dram. ^Aloes, Time, ? Germander. Cafiia Lignea, Bdellium, * . j H orehound, of each nfi-fiwjU dxfj . fourteen grains. * * .. *' T Cinnamon, T Opopanax, Cafiorium, Bong Birthwon, T he three forts of Pepper, Sagapen, Saffron, Pas-fly of each two drams. H ells bore b lac fand white, ofeace Jiff grains. Clarified Honey a pound and an half. . , Mix them, and mafe of them an EleEl« uary according to art. , Let the Specks be kept dry in your Jhops. Culpeper.} Look but the vertues of Agrick and add them to the vertues ofthe former Receipt, fo is the bufi- nefs done without any further trouble. Culpeper.} It takes away by the roots daily evils coming of Melan- cholly, Falling-ficknefs, Vertigo, Convulfions, Megrim, Leprofie, and many other infirmities. Vertues newly added. This Medicament is with us little1 ufed, I fuppofe becaufe of its heat and ftrong Purgative faculty.,, It is commended againft the Falling-fick¬ nefs, Melancholly, old head-ach of the whol head or one fide thereofifor Swimmings _ and Difzynefs of the Head, Convulfions, Palfies and tremblings j alfo for Difeafes of the Liver, Spleen, and Joynts s for the Sciatica or Hip-Gout, and other old and rebellious Infirmities. It potent- 1 y moves the C ourfes. -r It Cures Poyfons arid Verienaous Bitings, arid £$

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