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Syrup of Hedge-mustard juice

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Source: The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653), narrative-offset-1079016.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Hedge-mustard juice: _Culpeper._] It strengthens the heart and stomach, stays looseness and vomiting, relieves languishing nature: for looseness, take a spoonful of it before meat, for vomiting after meat, for both, as also for the rest, in the morning. _Syrupus de Erysimo._ Or Syrup of Hedge-mustard. _College._] Take of Hedge-mustard, fresh, six handfuls, the roots of Elecampane, Colt’s-foot, Liquorice, of each two ounces, Borrage, Succ

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: _Culpeper._] It strengthens the heart and stomach, stays looseness and vomiting, relieves languishing nature: for looseness, take a spoonful of it before meat, for vomiting after meat, for both, as also for the rest, in the morning. _Syrupus de Erysimo._ Or Syrup of Hedge-mustard. _College._] Take of Hedge-mustard, fresh, six handfuls, the roots of Elecampane, Colt’s-foot, Liquorice, of each two ounces, Borrage, Succory, Maiden-hair, of each a handful and a half, the cordial flowers, Rosemary and Bettony, of each half a handful, Annis seeds half an ounce, Raisins of the sun stoned, two ounces, let all of them, being prepared according to art, be boiled in a sufficient quantity of Barley Water and Hydromel, with six ounces of juice of Hedge-mustard to two pounds and a half, the which, with three pounds of sugar, boil it into a Syrup according to art.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The Complete Herbal — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1079016.
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