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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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$Virtues newly ad ded. This oyntment hath Jts name from a certain Excrement of Brafs produ¬ ced in the melting thereof, which is called in Gfeek Pompholix, and in Latin becaufe of its lightnefs nihil)as if you would fay a thing of nought or of no Subftance. This I formerly commended to be ufod in fore Eyes mixed with Oynt¬ ment of Tutty. It hath an excellent faculty in the Cure of ulcers, for it mitigates their Heat, dries up their moifture, tames their cancerous ma¬ lignity, aflwages their pain, fills their cavities with flelh and brings them to a fear, but it is principally good for ulcers of the Legs and Shinns. It is good to apply to ftop the violent Flux of the Haemorrhoids, and a- nointed upon the Reins of the Back itwil help the fimple Gonorrhaea, and aflwage the white Flux of Wo¬ men. Smeared upon the Temples and forehead it flops defluxions of Rheume into the teeth, and aflwages paine of the Head and tooth-ach, and enclines the reftlefs Patient to fleep. Unguentum Refrigerant Galeni. Latin. Or,Galen his cooling Oynt¬ ment. >reaft,pulfes,forehead,and temples of perfons in an he&ick Feaver,alfo up¬ on the back-bone. And in Head-ach arifing from an hot caufe, it is good anointed as aforefaid. In tooth-aefi and Coughs arifing from hot thin and fait Rhumes, it is good to anoint upon the fleams or futures of the head upon the Templesy and Jaws, and on the nape of the Neck,alflo in pains of the joynts arifing from an hot Hu¬ mor. Anointed upon the Kidneys it is good to flop the over great flux of of urine, and to hinder nodurnall Pollutions. Colledg.] Take of white Wax f ur oun¬ ces. Oyl of Rofts omphacine one found. Melt them in a double veffel, thtnfowr it out into another, by degrees putting in cold water} and often powring it out of one veffel into another> Jlirrtng it till it be white : la ft of all wajh it in Rife wa- Vnguentum e Succis >fferitivis. Lat. Or, Oyntment of the Juyces of certain opening Herbs. Colledg.] . Takf of the juyee ofSnul- Uge3 Endives M intsy Wormwood, Common Parfly, Valerian) of each three ounces Oyl of wormwood and Mints, of each half a found. Tellow wax three ounces. Mix them together over a fire, and make of them an Oyntment. Sometimes is ad¬ ded alfo the fouders of Calamus ^tro- maticus, Sficknardy of each one dram, a little Oyl of Caffars. Culpeper.] It opens floppages of the flomach and fpleen, eafleth the Rickets, the bread and Aides being a- nointed with it. Vtrtues newly added. This was invented to open obftru- r . r • ' _Ut-4 vt tphitt: lalt oTrtn ip*J0 I , T.< 0 i li„j *.«%.«**«*2X&£23£S£!& Vtnegar. 'Culpeper.'] It is a fine cooling thing, and exceeding good, yea, fu- perexcellent to cure inflamations ip Vyotfrids-6r Tumors. Vertues newly added. This is an excellent oyntment of Galon his Invention, being approved by long experience though it confifl: btit of two ingredients. And to o- ther intents and pUrpofles oyntments might be made, and,other Medica¬ ble its hs cffeifluhi of two or three in¬ gredients, as of threefleore, but that the Invention and Memory of Phyfi- tia'rrs out runs their Judgment, mu¬ ttering upon al occafions fo many fimples,that they know not which to choofe or leaver and fo to be Cure to hit the mark and -knock the naile on the Head they put in al according to the Method of cooks and women in their Kitchin competitions, into which a little of every thing that is thought goodjinuft needs be put. Belrdes the ufes flpecified, this me¬ dicament is good in al cafes where there is need of cooleing and moifte- ning. It is good to anoint upon the der,urinary Pipes,of the Pores of the Skin, and in what place or part foe- ver. Conlequently it is good artful¬ ly and feafonably applied againft all Infirmities proceeding from obftru- (flions, which are numerous. It is good to anoint upon the Region of die Liver and Spleen in Dropfies, Cachexies, Jaundies yellow and black, in the fcurvy. Green ficknefs. Melancholy, efpecially the Hypo¬ chondriacal fort; in Itch and Scabs, and al difeafes arifing from impurity of the blood. It is good to fmear u- pon the hard Bellies and fides of young Children that do not thrive nor grow, but pine away. Anointed upon the Kidneys and down the Reins, and upon the (bare it brings away urine, and fmeared upon the Tatmriskjix ounces. Leaves of Dwarfe Elders Marjoram) Savins Coftmary, or elfe Water-mins) Sagt) Baofl) P oley-mountain.) Calaminth, Mugwort) ElicamfxnO) Betony, BrankfrkJrftni) Goof greafe or Cleaver1, yfnemone or Windflowerjor for want of it. P ell i troy of the Wall, Burnet, Agrimony, Wormwood, Cowflifs, Garden Coftusy Elders) Orfhine the greater) PIoufleelgthe greater and Uffrfl Tarrow) Germanders1 Centaury the left, Plantane, Strawberries, ft Tetrahit [ a called alfo Syderites, and Iron-wort, becaufe of its ex¬ cellent to cure wounds. ] or for want of it Golden-rod. Cynkfolf, of each four ounces and an half. Roots of Marjh mallows, Seeds of cummin) M irrh) of each three ounces, Fcenugreek,an ounce and an half. Seeds of the great Nettles, of violets, Red or erratick, Poffies, commonly called corn-rofes) Garden Mints} Sorrel, Wild Mints, ; Maiden-hair? Qardutts benediElus, Woodbind, or FJoney-f*ckl(f, Valerian the greater, Sweet Qranebilly or Mofehata. Wood forrel, Harts-tongue. Ox-eye, Southernwood, Marrow of a Stage, Sty rax calamitis, of each half an ounce. Butter ten drams. Bears and PPens greafe. Maftich, Frankjncenfc, of each one ounce. Nard Oyl two ounces. W ax two found. Let the Herbs being green, be cut, and away uimc* aim r * * _ _ . . J r / • ; Belly from'the Navel downwards it Unfit fed m eight found of Oyl with wine ' _ _ J m + • MM *lnf> Ot ST lit n /I'M 1P+ tV\0Wl helps the Courfes. Unguentum Martiatum. Colledg.] Take of the leaves of Bay n d Tfofemary, of each eight oun¬ ces. Rite fv enounces. for [even dales j on the eight day let them be boyled almoft to the confumption of the wine; then being removed from the fire, let it be ftrained,and the Oyl put in¬ to the fan again, to which ( being a lit¬ tle warmed) add the Butter, Marrow. Fat, Nard oyl, and Wax: then the Sty- rax dijfolvcd in wine and mixed with a little Turf tntine : but let the. Maftich) Maftich$

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