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The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one...

Diachylon compositum, sive Emplaistrum e Mussilaginibus. Or, A Plaister of Mussilages.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Culpeper, Nicholas
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College.] Take of mussilages of the middle bark of Elm, Marsh-mallow roots, Linseed, and Fenugreek seed, of each four ounces and an half, oil of Chamomel, Lilies, and Dill, of each an ounce and an half, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, Sagapen, Opopanax, of each half an ounce, new Wax twenty ounces, Turpentine two ounces, Saffron two drams, dissolve the Gums in Wine, and make it into a plaister according to art.
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Culpeper.] It ripens swellings, and breaks them, and cleanses them when they are broken. It is of a most excellent ripening nature.

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The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic., Project Gutenberg eBook #49513

Diachylon magnum cum Gummi. Emplaistrum Diaphœnicon hot.