The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1652
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    ncraslong, then boyl them as you did the former, it you think your Oyntmenc be not ftrong enough you may do it the third and fourth time j yet this I tcU you, the fuller of Juyce your Herbs are, the fooner will your Oyntmcnt be ftrong, the laft time you boyl it, boyl it fo long till your Herbs be crifp and the Juyce confumed, then ftrain it, preffing it hard in a Prefs, and to every pound of Oyntment, ad two ounces of Tur^ntine,and as much Wax, becaufe Greafeis offenfivc to Wounds as well as Oyl, 2 Oyntments are vulgarly known to be kept in Potsj and will laft above a ycer,above two yeer. Chap. 11. Of Tlaijlen. I ' i ’^Hq Greeks rriadc their Plaifters of di- ][_ verfe Simples and put Mettals in moft of them if not in all, for havinglreduced their Mettals into Pouder they mixed them with that fatty fubftance, whereof the reft of the PLiifter confifted. whilft it was yet hot, con¬ tinually ftirring it up and down left it fhould fink to the bottom, fo they continually ftirred it till it was ftiff, then they made it up in rolls, which when they need for ufe they could melt by the fire again. 2. The Arabians made up theirs with Meals, Oyl, and Fat, which needed not fo long boyling. 3 The Greeks Emplaftcrs confifted of thefe Ingredients, Mettals, Stones, diverfe forts of Earths, Feces,juyees, Liquoris, Seeds, Roots, Hcrbs,Excrements of Creatures,Wax,Rozin, Gums. Chap. 12. Of Tultiffes, I T^Ultiftes are thofe kind of things' which JL the Latins call and our learned Fellows that if they can read Englifli thats all, call them Cataplafms, bccaufe ’tis a crabbed word few underftand J it is indeed a very fine kind of Medicine to ripen Sores, 2 They are made of Herbs and Roots fitted to the Difeafe and Member afflifted, being chopped final and boyled in Water almoft to a Jelly, then by adding a little Barley Meal or Meal of Lupines, and a little. Oyl ot rough Sheep Suet, which I bold to be better, fpread upon a cloath and applied to the grieved place. j Their ufe is to cafe pains, to break Sores, to cool laflamations, to diifolvc hardnefs, to cafe the Spleen, to concoft Humors, to difti- pate Swellings. 4 I btfcich take this Caution along with you, Ufe rto'Poltifles (if you can help itj that arc of a heating Nature, before you have fir ft clenfed thc^Body, becaufe they are fubjc(ft to draw the Humors to them from eve¬ ry part of the Body. . Chap, , Of TrocJ?es, 1 '' I ^Hc Latins call them TlacentuU, or X little Cakes (and you might have feen what the Greeks. call them too, had not the laft Edition of my Lmdon Difpcnfato’iy^ been fo helliihly printed, that’s all the Com¬ monwealth gets by one Stationer’s printing a- nothers Coppies, To plague the Coun¬ try with falfe Prints, and dilgrace the Au¬ thor) the Greeks Tfa;)^i'oTo/, Kt/jtA/cr*o/, I and dpria-jcoi they are ufually little round flat Cakes, or you may make them fquate if you will. 2 Their firft invention was, that Ponders being fo kept might refill: the intromiffion of Air and fo endure pure the longer. 3 Befides, they are the eafier carried in the Pockets of fuch as travel; many a man (for example) is forced to travel whofc Stomach is too cold, or atleaft not fo hot as ic ihould be, which is moft proper, for the Stomach is ne¬ ver cold till a man be dead j in fuch a cafe ’tis better to carry Troches of Wonnwood or of Galanga, in a Paper in his Pocket and more convenient behalf than to lug a Gally-pot a- long with him. 4 They are thus made, At night when you go to bed, take two drams of fine G'am Tra- gacanth, put it into a Gally*pot, and p«i: fialf a quarter of a pint of any dtftilled W^eir fi^ ting the purpofc you would nvtke yo.ur Ti'O- ches for, to it, cover it, and the next mor¬ ning you lhall find it in fuch a Jelly as Phyfi- tians call Muflilage, with this you may (with a little pains taking) make any Pouder into Part, and that Paft into little Cakes called Troches. * 5. Having made them, dry them well in rhe fhadow and keep them in a Pot for your ufe. Chap. 14. Of fills. r I T'Hcy are called Tilula becaufe they re- ^ femble little Balls, the Greeks call them Catapotin. 2*It is the Opinion of Modern Phyfitians that this way of making up Medicines was in¬ vented only to deceive the Pallat, that fo by fwallowing them down whol, the bittecneis of the Medicine mighrnot be perceived or at ■ Icaft 9