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Source: The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653), paragraph-4056.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Culpeper._] It was invented (and a gallant invention it is) to mitigate violent pains, stop the fumes that trouble the brain in fevers, (but beware of Opiates in the beginning of fevers) to provoke sleep, take not above two grains of it at a time, going to bed; if that provoke not sleep, the next night you may make bold with three
- College._] Take of tincture of Opium made first with distilled Vinegar, then with spirit of Wine, Saffron extracted in spirit of Wine, of each an ounce, salt of Pearl and Coral, of each half an ounce, tincture of species Diambræ seven drams, Ambergris one dram: bring them into the form of Pills by the gentle heat of a bath
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Primary and supporting references
- The Complete Herbal — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4056.