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Decoction of Ehfop

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Source: A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's Method of physick by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654 (1651), narrative-offset-290198.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Ehfop: it witha Liquotis ftick or addan ounce of itor mor tori Decoction. petri rssity, Syrup of Ehfop. Take of {pring water eight pints,in which i boyl halfan ounce of French-Barly, the ipace of halfan hour, then put inthe Roots of Smallage, Parfly, Fennel, Liquoris, of 42*Hi/e fil each tendrachms, letthefe a

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: Infufe them together torthe {pace of twenty four hours in four pints of warm * rain water, ‘then boy] it till half the water be confumed, {train the deco ¢tion and clarifie it,and with eight ounces of Honey, and fixteen ounces of Sugar, boylittoafyrup, adding toward the latterend of the Decoction, fix ounces of red Rofe water. * Spring wWaler is better. a ae “SYRVPS. ifference | be eaten iz between Bedeguar and Carduus-Mariz, | able in Coughs, hoarfnefle, and pleurefies, | inall inflamations whatfoever, | take a {poonfill of it once in three or four | hours, or if you pleafe to take itwitha Li- i | quoris ftick, | wild Mints, Penyroyal,Hyfop, Time,Gar- 57 A, It clenfeth the bieat and Lungues, and heips continual Coughs and Pleurefies You, may take it witha Liquotis ftick or addan ounce of itor mor tori Decoction. petri rssity, Syrup of Ehfop. Take of {pring water eight pints,in which i boyl halfan ounce of French-Barly, the ipace of halfan hour, then put inthe Roots of Smallage, Parfly, Fennel, Liquoris, of 42*Hi/e fil each tendrachms, letthefe a boil very gent. % *e roots ly abont a quarter of an hour, thenadd ju.J° 24% We jubes and Scbeftens of each thirty, Raifons rom ae MI of the Sun ftoned, an ounce & an half. ; dry jr Se ii Figsand Dates ofeachten; afterwards put fees Hi in the feeds of Mallows, Quinces, & Gum pHi seh Traganth, tyed upina linnen rag, of each oe eenadl three drachins; afterwards putin of Hyfop re Na meanly dryed ten drachms, Maiden-hair fixdrachms, boy! it to three pints, and ha- ving clarified the Decoétion, ‘with two i pound and an halfof Sugar boylit into a | fyrup, th Hi A, It mightily ftrengthensthe breaft and Pe } 7 Lungues, eaufeth long wind, cleer VvOyCe, is _ see a good remedy againft Coughs did alwayes the former. id Bis.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's Method of physick — A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's MethPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-290198.
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