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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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$The Berries of Mirt/es, Bone in a Stags Hem* Ivory, i Contra-yerva, Cinnamon, of each one dram. Both forts of Coral, of each half a dram. Pearls three drams. Camphire fix grains, Make them into Pouder according to ft* Obferve that the four greater cold feeds, and the Foppy.feeds, are not to be ad¬ ded before the Fouder be required by the Vhyftianfor ufe. Vo fo by the ether Fouders in the comp option of which theft Fowlers are ujed. Culpeper.) As for the vertues of it. Authors hold it to be reftorative in Confumptions, to help fuch as are in He&ick Fearers, to re do re ftrength loft, to help Coughs, Afthmaes, and Confumptions oi the Lungs, and reftore fuch as have labored long under Languifhing or Pining dif¬ eafes. JDiambrtf.Vagc 91. Latin. Raw fil\tofled. White ^Cmber, Red Coral prepared, Gallia Mofchata, Baril, of each two-, drams and an half. Ginger, Cubebs, : Fong Fepper, of each a dram and an half. Nutmegs, ‘ Indian Leaf or Cinnamon, Cloves, of each one d^am. Alnshytwofcrnplcs. SMakp them into ponder according to y4rt. Colledg.) Take of Cinnamon, Angelica Roots, Cloves, M act. Nutmegs, Indian leaf, Galanga, ofeach three drams. Indian (fiefnard, , Cardamoms, greater and kffer, of each one dram. Ginger a dram and an half Wood of siloes, Yellow Sanders, Long Fepper, of each two drams, -/tmber-vreece a dram and an half. Muskjhalf a dram. Mak? them all into Fonder according to yin. Culpeper.'] It wonderfully helps cold afflictions of the Brain, that come without a feaver,melancholly and its attendants, viz. Sadnels without a caufe. Vertigo or dizinefs in the head, Falling-ficknefs, Palfies, re- folution of the Nerves, Convulfions, Heart qualms, afflictions of the Lungs, and difficulty of breathing. The^Dofe of the Pouder is half a dram, or two fcmples, or lefs ; ac¬ cording to the age or ftrength of him or her that takes it. Mefue appoints it to be made into an EleCtuary with clarified Honey, and of the EleCtua¬ ry, two drams is the Dofe : The time of taking it is, in the mornig fa- Tliey that think the ufe of thefe Me dicines is too brief, (it’s fo only for cheapnefs of the Book) let them read thefe Books of mine, of the laft Edi¬ tion, vi%. Rjverius, Riolanus, John¬ son, Veflingus, Sennertus, and Thy fief for the Poor• Galanga. Cinnamon, Ginger, Zedoary, Ma>i, Wood of siloes. Cardamoms the left. Seeds of Dill. : ynnis, of each four fcruplts. them into Fonder according to yCrt. Culpeper.] It {Lengthens the heart and helps the pafflons thereofiit cau- feth a joyful and cheerful mind, and {Lengthens fuch as have been weak¬ ened by long ficknefs : it ftrengthens cold ftomachs, and helps digeftion notably. The Dofc is half a diram ; you may make it into an1 EleCtuary with Honey, and take two drams 6f that at a time. yertucs newly added.' < It is effeftual againft all cold dif¬ eafes of^he Brain, Nerv.es and Sto¬ mach, as tremblings of the Hands, Palfies, Apoplexies', Indigeftion of meat. Alio it helps a baa memory arifingfrom coldnefs and moiftureof the Brain and Nerves. Culpeper.] Mefne appropriates this to the Head, and faith, It heats and ftrengthens theBrain, caufeth Mirth, helps concoCtion, cherifheth theAni- mal, Vital, and Natural Spirits; it ftrengthens the heart and ftomach, and refills all cold Difeafes, and is therefore fpecial good for Women and old men. Your beftway is to snake it into an EleCluary, by mixing it with three times its weight of cla¬ rified Honey, and take the quantity of a Nutmeg of it every morning. Viamofchu Dtilce. Page 91. Latin. Colledg.) Take of Saffron, Galanga, Zedoary, Wood of ytloes, Mace, of each two drams. v : Fear/s, Viamofchu yfmarum. Page 9a. Latin. Colledg.) It is prepared by adding to the fornamed Worm-wood. Dried Rofes of each three drams, ylloes half an ounce. Cinnamon two drams and an half Cafiorium, Lev age, of each one dram. Mrfke them into Fouder. Culpeper.] Befides the Vertues of the former, it purgeth the ftomach of ViapenUhn. Page 93. Latin. Colledg.) Ta\e ofVenidies two oun¬ ces. Fine-Nuts, Sweet yllmonds blanched, White Poppy feeds, of each three drams and a fcruple. Cinnamon, Cloves, K Ginger, . (tvhich three being omitted, it is Diapc- nidion without flecks) Juyce of Liquoris, GumTragacanth, and ^Irabick, White Starch, The four greater cold feeds husked, of each a dram and an half. Camphire feven grains. Make them into Fonder• putrified Humors. Species Vianthus. Page 93. Latin. Or, Pouder of Rofemary Flowers Compound. Culpeper.] It helps the Difeafes of the breaft. Coughs, Golds, hoarf- nefs,andConfumptions of theLungs, as alfo fuch as fpit matter. You may mix it with any .PeCloral Syrup, and take it with a Liquoris ftick, if you fancy the Pouder beft; but if the EleCluary, you may take a dram of it up on’a knifes point at anytime when the Cough comes. Colledg. Take of Rofemary flowers\ an ounce. Blowers of Red Rpfes, Violets, Liquoris, of each fix drams* Cloves, Indian Spkkpard. Nutmegs, Viarrhodon ybbatis. Page 93. Latin. Colledg.) Take of Sanders white and red, of each two drams and an half GumTragacanth, and yt rabickf$

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