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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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$dries appropriated to the Difeafe# vou would give it for ; it refills. pQY- ibn, and helps fuch as are bitten by reiicnidus beafts : it caufeth Ipecdy j delivery to women in Travel, and cafteth out the after-birth; it helps the fits ot the mother,Lethargies and convulsions: being mixed with white wine, and dropped into the ears it helps deafnefs if flopping be the caufe of it. The dofc to be given inwardly is between one dram, and half a dram, according to the Jtrength and age of the Patient. Venues newly added. Ic powerfully ftrengthen* the Brain and Nerves, and is therefore good for all Dileafes fpringirig from debi¬ lity thereof. It helps the cold diflemper of the Te- ilicles and Womb, and incites and Hiiablesboth men and women (but men efpecially ) to The great work of the Generation of Man-kind. It is a good remedy ^for blockifhnefe, duln efs of wit,and forgetfulnefs, ari- Img from cold caufes. A final quan- tity wel allaied with other Ingredi¬ ents, is good m malignant Feavers. tv? *i!: r’(. tbtm> 1vhh wbicb m!x °fthe j •/ t&ck cherries, dlfiflU ina ‘jJ JL JuyceofBrooktme j it be dry . * 1 JVaur-creJjcs , of each one pound anil an half. Of the befl white Wine eight pound. Twelve whnl Lemmons pill sand. all, f.rjh Jiriony roots four pound. l\g>ots of wild l\*diJIjes two pound. Capt. Winters Cinnamon half a pound. Nutmeg* four ounces. Steep ‘them all together, and then dijlil them. fdqua. petafitidU contpofi-.a. 32. Or, * - compound water of Buttor- burs. Vermes newly added. It is evident by .the Ingredients, that this water was invented (and that with good judgment) for the Scurvy, a Difeafe Natural to the more Northern parts of our World. Alfo it moves Urin powerfully. It is good for perfons troubled with ftoppage of the water from gravel, and confequently fubjeft to the ftone ; their bodies having been firfl purged and prepared bydlie advice of a skilful Phyfitian. It is good for peifous cac hectical, hydropical, and , for women that have flegmatick and ; impure -wombs. Mr. Culpeper had j not on his con-1 idcrin? cap when he Collcdg. J.] . 1* fe of the fre/h roots \ 11/ Butter-bur bnrifid one pound and an. I half. I{oo;S of jAngc/tea., Maflerwort, of each halj a | pound. Siecp them in ter.p:ni% of f rom- ..Ale. j then dtf.il them till the ihar.-r of | pad his ccnfurc upon -this excellent Or <aj:C gives a t is drawn out. nony that the fire Culpeper.] This Water is very effectual heing mixed v.idi other convenient cordials, for fitch as have pcltilcnri.il Feavers : alfo a fipoonfiil taken in the mornh'ic, nw prove a good preservativein pcihlcntiai times It helps the fits of the id>. tiie'-, and Inch as are (bort winded, and being taked intvatxlly, .'dues up /he .moisture of fuch fores as are lik'd to be Cured. / ertnc.t newly ddiecl. .. It i> good for tremblings of the Heart, and for fuch as are over- prone to Vcncrv,. and more.willing and ready to make others than to pi el e tv e theinfelves (forget ring that charity ought to begin at home! be¬ ing allaied with vulgar Rate and Fen¬ nel waters. Afpiui fidphani conipoftta. 33. Or compound water of Rhadifhcs, t . .. Colkdg.l Take of the leaves of Voil)fiirt( of Scurvy-frail-, of each fix ft:-'..-! ■ Si-Jug ' ru.ifi.d them, f.e'fi the Culpeper.] If the Authority qf Erafius, or dayly Experience will ferve the turn, then was this Receipt chiefly compiled againft the convul¬ sion fts 5 but the derivation of the word notes ic to be prevalent again A the Falling-fickncfs alfo, for in Greek hgnifies Falling-ficknefl - and -indeed Erafius and Experience pleads for this alfo. It is true, the compofition of Erafius differs from this, and fo doth another recited by Johannes Lar.gius. „ Well then, having now learned the Vermes of the water, a word or twooftheufe will notbe amifs.. E~ rafius was of Opinion that both thefe Difeafes were caufed by the Moon, (and fo am I of that opinion allb, for I know fome at, this tiling that are conflantly troubled with tlf? Fallingfickncls only at the new and full Moon. I could give reafons for this Judgment of Erafius, but larh unwilling to be tedious.) Thee, faith he, If the Difeafe come daylyj let a fpoohful of it be taken mor¬ ning and evening: if weekly, then Jet it be taken only at the new and full Moon, and at her Qua/riiei to tne Sun : if it begin to weaf’away, theti only twice a,month, viz. at the new and full Moon will lu.f7<<-r-t It profits alio in time of the fit, by rubbing their temples, noflrils, and jaws with it. Vertues newly added. , This was invented againft the Fai- Colledg.] Tafle of the flower* of\ ing-fickjiefs andConvuTfionfits, jfc J.illics of the valley one pound. | ftrengthcils the Brain, Nerves, and .. f u-nfie them m four gallons of Span: fh | Womb. It is good for tremblings. Wine fo long till the following flowers j dimnefs of fight, bad memory, and! may be had feejb. ’ ’ ’ '* ‘n Tafic of theforenamed flowers half’a pound. - . Peony flowers jour ounces. Steep titan together fourteen dales, then diflilthem in Balneo Maria; till they be dry. . . In the difilled Liquor infufc again- Male Penny roots gathered in due . time two ounces 'and an half, white Dittany, • Long Bird wort, of each half an ounce. . Leaves of Mlfieto oftheOalg, flue, of each mo handfuls. Peony feeds husked ten drams, tine feeds three drams and a half. Caftormni two fcrnples. Cubebs, ■Mace, of each two drams. Cinnamon an ounce and an half. Squills prepared three drams, fipfemary flowers fix pugils. M rabian Stccchas, Lavender, of each four pugils. Elmers of Be tony. Clove-gill (flowers, \ _ Cotv flips, of each eight pugils. Then adding fear pound of the jiiyei rater. At qua Pjonlt csmpoflta. 3^. compound water ci Peon)’ blockilhnefs ariung from a cold and moifl diftemper of the Brain, Nerves^ or Heart, and the over-lopfnefs and foftnefs ofthofe Organs. It is good for fuch as are fuppofed to be be- yvicht, allaied with Rue, Fennel, and Dill waters. It cleers the fight of aged perfons, being tempered with Waters of Fennel and Eyebright. Mtqua Beyoartica. 34. Or, A Bezo« artick Water, that is, a water, having the foveraign faculties,and imitating the operations of Be- 2 oar ftone. Colledg-3 Take of the leaves vs>f SuUendine,roots and all, three handfuls and an half. Bpie mo handfuls. Scordmmfjur handfuls. '• Dittany of Creat, Caroms, of each one handful and 4 half. kpots ofZeioary, ATngelicd, ofeac!) three drAl}ifi Citron pills,, ^ . •Emmst pills, ofj& h fix dnmfi $$V0$$

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