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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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$<j[> 1^5 1(51 SPIRITS, and Compound Di Med Waters; Culpe- Efore I ‘ begin tligj'e, per. I thought good to premiie a few words: They are all hot in operation, and ther- fore not to be: mealed with by people of hot conftitutions when they are in health, for fear of Feavers and a- duftion of blood ; but for people of cold conftitutions, as Melancholy and flegmatick people. If they drink, of them moderately nosy,and then for recreation, due confideration be¬ ing had to the part of the body which is weaKeft, they may do them good : yet indifeafes of Melancholy, neither ftrong Waters nor Sack is to be drunk, for they make the humor thin, and then up to the head it flies, where it fills the brain with fooliih and fearful imaginations. z. Let all young people forbear them whilfl they are in health, for their blood is ufually hot enough without them. ^ J- Have regard to the fqafon of the yeer, fofhall you find them jnore beneficial in Summer than in Winter, becaufc in. SujRrr.er the body is al- waies coldeft within, and digeftiort weakeft, and that is the reafon why men and women' eat lefs in Rum¬ mer than in winter. Thus much for people in health, vyhich drink ftrong waters for recrea¬ tion. As for the MedicinnL fife of them, it flrall be fhewed at the latter end of every Receipt, only in general they are (due refpeft had to the humors affli&ing, and part of the body affli- fted) Medicinal for Difeafes of cold and flegm, chillinefs of the fpirits, &c. But that jny Country-men may not beimfta ken in this, Lfhall give them feme fymptoms of each cotn- ry!e\ion How a man may know when it exceStJs its duo limits. Signs °f C'holler abounding. Leannefs of body, coTfivenefs, hol¬ low .eyes,'anger without acaufe, a felty difpofitiou, yellownefs of the Skin, bitfemefs in the throat, pric¬ king pains iu the head, the pulfe fwifier and /Longer than ordinary, th.e urine higher colored, thinper and brighter, troublefom deeps, much dreamin g of fire, lightning,an¬ ger, and fightmg. ■Signs of Blood abounding. : The V eins are bigger (or rat leaft they feem fo)' and iuller than ordi¬ nary ; the skin is red, and as it were fwolfen, pricking pains in the fides, ttncl about the temples, fhortnefs of breath, head-ach, the pulfe great and Full, jLinne high colored and thick, dreams of blood, &c. Signs, of Melancholy abounding' Fearfulnefs without a cauferfearful and foclifh imaginations, the skin rough and fwarthy, leannefs, want of ileep, frightful dreams, fournefs in the throaty the pulf very weak, fb- Htarinefs, thin and clcer urine, oftop figldllg, &c. Signs of Flegm abounding. Sleepinefs, duf11efs,Oovynefs, Iiea- vinefs, cowardiinefs, forgytfulnefs, much fpitting, much fuperfluities at the nofe, little appetite to meat, and as bad digeftipn, the skin whiter, colder and fmoother than it wfi£ wpnt to be’j the pulfe How'and deep the urine thick and low ' colored 5 dreams of rain, floods, and water, &c. Thefe things thus premifed, I comp to the matter Tlip firft the Co-lfedg prefents you with, is Spiritus & Myna Mbfinthii minus Compofita. f’ag. 30. f<br, Spirit and Water of Worm¬ wood, the le/fer Com- pofition. Colledg.] Take of the Leaves of dricep Wormwood two pound. Mnnis feeds half apound. Steep them in fix gallons of final Wines twenty four hours5 then difill them in an Mlembicf, adding to every pound of the di filled water two ounces of the bejl Sugar. Let the two firfi pound yon draw out be called Spirit of Wormwood, thofie which follow, Wormwood water the lefi fier Compofition. Culpeper.] I like this diftinifHon of the Colledg very y/yl, becaufe what Js firft /filled out, is far ftron- gerthan the’feftj and^herefoie very fittin g to be keft by fit lelf. You may take which you pleafe, accorf ding as the temperature of yoijr bo- dy, cither ro heat or cold, and the feafon of the yeer requires. .It hath the fame Vertues wonn- wood hath, only fitter to be nfed by fuch whofe. bodies are chilled by age, and whofe natural heat abatetfu You mayfearch the Herbs for the vertues ; it heateth the ftomach, and helpeth digeftion. Vertues newly added. ..... It is good for fuch as arefubjeft to the Cachexia, Dropfie, Jaundice, and {welling of the,Legs, being al¬ layed wfih Cichory and Fennefwa-, ters (imply cfiftilled. Alfo mingled with Tanfie water it is good to pre^ vent the breeding of worms in the ftomach or guts. O 1 r. . ■ ; ; p. Colledg. J Miser the fame ’^man¬ ner (only omitting the Mnnis feeds) is dtf illed Spirit and Water of - . Mngelica both Herb and fio'it^ . Bawm. : * • r . Mints. Sage, cM. .... Flowers offlofimary. Clary. Clovc-gillifioivers, efifi Seeds of Caraway, &c. Jumper berries. \ Peels of Orrenget, Lemmons. ‘ Citrons, &c. Cinnamon. Nutmegs, Spiritus & Mqua Mbfnthii mctqli Compofita. 30. , Or, Spirit and Water of Worm¬ wood, the greater com- politidn.' Colledg.J Take of common ari£ Hyman Wormwood, of each a pound. - Sage'. Mints. Bawm, of each two handfuls, • Floats ofGalanga. Ginger. Calamus aromaticusl M/icampane,of each three drams, Liquor is an ounce. Byi’-fons of the Sun foned three ounces.- Seeds of Mnnis. fweet Fennel, of each three drams'. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmegs, of each two daams. A a cayiampni;$

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