For a Dropsy | ||||
Take of Horse Reddish* Roots sliced thin, and Sweet-Fennel Seeds, | ||||
Bruis’d, of each Two Ounces, Smallage* and Fennel Roots Sliced | ||||
of each an Ounce, of the Topps of Thyme, Winter Savery, Sweemarjorum | ||||
Water-Cresses and Nettles, of each a Handfull, Bruise the Herbs, and Boil | ||||
them in three Pints of Sack* and Three of Water for the Consumption of | ||||
half, let it stand close cover’d for 3. Hours, then strain it and | ||||
Drink a Draught of it twice a day, Sweetened with Syrup of | ||||
Fennell, fasting two Hours after it | ||||
2Oz Horse Reddish Roots, Sliced thin | ||||
2Oz Sweet Fennel Seeds Bruised | ||||
1.Oz Smallage } | ||||
1.Oz of Fennel Roots } | ||||
Thyme the Topps } | ||||
Winter Savery } of each | ||||
Sweet marjoram } A Handfull | ||||
Water Cresses } | ||||
Nettles } | ||||
For the Gripes* | ||||
Take a Glass of Sack warm’d, and Disolve in it as much | ||||
Venice Treakle or Diascordium* as a Hazel-Nut & drink it off | ||||
going to Bed; cover it warm | ||||
Stay a Loosness | ||||
Take a very Good Nutmeg and Prick it full of Holes, and toast it | ||||
on the Point of a Knife; then Boil it in Milk till much be | ||||
consumed, then eat the milk with the nutmeg Powder’d in it, | ||||
in a Few times it will Stop |
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Transcribed by JMCN and CTW