Hiera Diacolocynthidos

College. ] Take of Colocynth is, Agarick, Germander, white Horehound, Stœchas, of each ten drams, Opopanax, Sagapen, Parsley seeds, round Birthwort roots, white Pepper of each five drams, Spikenard, Cinnamon, Myrrh, Indian leaf or Mace, Saffron, of each four drams, bruise the Gums in a mortar, sift the rest, and with three pounds of clarified honey, three ounces and five drams, make it into an electuary according to art. Culpeper. ] It helps the falling-sickne , madne , and the pain in the head called Kephalalgia, pains in the breast and stomach whether they come by sickne or bruises, pains in the loins or back-bone, hardne of womens breasts, putrefaction of meat in the stomach, and sour belchings. It is but used seldom and therefore hard to be gotten.