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Syrup of Comfry

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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-297135.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Comfry: I amcur’bfor being folarge, therefore ingeneral, you (if you try it) thall find ic an admirable remedy againft palfies, or tremblings of the Limbs, Conyulfions, Cramps, Falling-ficknefle,and allother in- firmites ofthe brainarifing from cold,moi fture, or melancholly ; andthe Compofiti- onis husbanded with fuch difcretion, and moderation, that without all queftion, ir was diftilled from the brain of CNefwe. ‘An ounce

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: I amcur’bfor being folarge, therefore ingeneral, you (if you try it) thall find ic an admirable remedy againft palfies, or tremblings of the Limbs, Conyulfions, Cramps, Falling-ficknefle,and allother in- firmites ofthe brainarifing from cold,moi fture, or melancholly ; andthe Compofiti- onis husbanded with fuch difcretion, and moderation, that without all queftion, ir was diftilled from the brain of CNefwe. ‘An ounce may be taken in the morning, Syrup of Comfry, Fernel, Take of the roots and branches, both of * ¢.0° pp. the greater & lefler™ Comfty ofeachthtee f,45/,, éf | handfuls; red Rofes, Betony, Plantane,Bur-*, , aiy net, Knot-grafle, Scabious, Coltsfoot, of ,;7,, you eachtwo handfuls; Iet the juyce be prefled 7, pat to fromthem all, being frefh and green, and, nonplus | well beaten, boylit awayto three pound, about {Cumming it well; and withtwo pound and 57,3, anhalf of fugar, boylit intoa-fyrup, las Cage A, Thisfyrupis excellent for all inward ofitions- wounds and and bruifes, excoriatjons yo-"{, Elfe you mitings, {pittings, or pilings of blood, it p77 7; unites broken bones, helps ruptures, and goodpresf ftops the terms in women’? you cannot er > log of intaking of it.

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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-297135.
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