Ointment of white lillyes colwort

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Historical use wording: a Defective Memorie Gidieness in ye Head or any other Distemper in the Brain

Source: A Book of Simples by Henry William Lewer (1908), narrative-offset-178603.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• white lillyes colwort: white lillyes colwort leaves wild balme of each one dram being pounded put them into a pot with 2 ounces of Sallet oyle fresh butter as much as all the rest 3 spoonfulls of the spirit of Sack 3 times rectified water of rue of sage of Sallendine of each 2 spoonfulls temper these well together and set it in embers to keep it warme 8 hours then

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: _An Excellent Powder to Cure a Defective Memorie Gidieness in ye Head or any other Distemper in the Brain._ Take 3 ounces of seana leaves zedoane commine parsley and dill seeds of each one ounce ginger half an ounce cloves nutmegs gallingall pimpernell roots sage rue vallerian Annyseeds of each a quarter of an ounce pound all these small then mix them very well together with 4 ounces of white sugar candie finely beaten of this you must take mornings and evenings a dram at a time drying your herb well before you make it this is ye Lady Wroughtons with the following ointment. _An Ointment for the Giddiness in the Head or any other Distemper in Ye Brain or Deffect in the Memorie._ Take white lillyes colwort leaves wild balme of each one dram being pounded put them into a pot with 2 ounces of Sallet oyle fresh butter as much as all the rest 3 spoonfulls of the spirit of Sack 3 times rectified water of rue of sage of Sallendine of each 2 spoonfulls temper these well together and set it in embers to keep it warme 8 hours then strain it through a cloth, then boyle your liquor till it be as thick as honey on a mild fire then take it off the fire and put it in a wide mouth’d glass and Sun it till it come to the colour of copper so keeping it for use when you have occasion to use it anoint the hinder part of the head your poule and temple especially warming it when you use it and keep the head warme some time after this is best made when the Sun is hottest.

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