Pulvus Thuraloes

College. ] Take of Frankincense one dram, Aloes half a dram, beat them into powder. Culpeper. ] And when you have occasion to use it, mix so much of it with the white of an egg, (beat the white of the egg well first) as will make it of the thickne of Honey, then dip the wool of a Hare in it, and apply it to the sore or part that bleeds, binding it on. **Pulvis Hermidactylorum compos it us. Or Powder of Hermodactils compound** College. ] Take of men’s bones burnt, Scammony, Hermodactils, Turbith, Sena, Sugar, of each equal parts, beat them into powder. **Pulvis Senæ compos it us major. Or Powder of Sena the greater composition** College. ] Take of the seeds of Annis, Carraway, Fennel, Cummin, Spikenard, Cinnamon, Galanga, of each half an ounce, Liquorice, Gromwell, of each an ounce, Sena, the weight of them all, beat it into powder. Culpeper. ] That this receipt is gallantly composed none can deny, and is an excellent purge for such whose bodies as are troubled with the wind cholic, or stoppage either of guts or kidneys, two drams taken in white Wine will work sufficiently with any ordinary body. Let weak men and children take le , keeping within doors, and warm. **Pulvis Senæ compos it us minor. Or Powder of Sena, the le er composition** College. ] Take of Sena two ounces, Cremor Tartar half an ounce, Mace two scruples and an half, Ginger, Cinnamon, of each a dram and an half, Salgem one dram, beat it into powder according to art. Culpeper. ] This powder purges melancholy, and cleanses the head.