THE QUEENS Cabinet Newly Opened: And the Art of Physic discovered; Wherein you shall find divers Rare Receipts; both of Physic and of Chirurgery: Very good and very profitable for all sorts of Men, Women, and Children. Together with several Medicines, for to prevent, and for to cure the most Pestilent Diseases that Raineth in any , and that with small Cost and Charges. By Mr. John Ponteus. London, Printed for Richard Burton, at the Horse shoe in Smithfield, 1662. THE Queen's CABINET newly opened. The first Remedy is against the rising of the Mother. TAke a quart of the strongest and the stalest bear you can get, and nine tops of Rosemary, and as much large Mace as will weigh down nine pence, and a hand full of inward bark of nightshad, boil all these together in a Copper skellet till it comes to a pint, then strain it, and drink three spoonfuls one after another, just as the fit gins to come upon you, and you shall find present remedy. For a burning, or scalding, or any green wound. Take Mutton suet, and sheep's dung, and the inward bark of Elder: boil them together, and then strain it, and then anoint the place grieved therewith, and it shall heal it without any scar. For any soar new or old. Take the inward bark of an Ash-tree, and then boil it well in a quart of spring water; then bathe any sore with it, three or four times every morning & evening, and then anoint it with fresh butter and flower of Brimstone, well mixed together, and you shall see a speedy cure. For all aches and lame members. Take Rye, and Rosemary, two handfuls, put them into salad oil and malmsie, of each one quart, let them boil half an hour together, then let the place grieved, be anointed therewith against the fire: being first chaffed with a cloth very well, and after 'nointing, wrap it up in a Lamb's skin, the wool side inward, do this to bedward, for the space of three weeks together, this cured a man that could neither stand nor go, probatum. For the Falling Sickness. Take the skull of a man or woman, wash it purely clean, then dry it in the Oven, after your bread be drawn, beat it to fine powder, then boil it in posset drink, then let the party drink thereof Morning and Evening, or as oft as need requireth, it is an approved remedy. For a Tetter or Ring-worm, Take half an ounce of white Copperis, desolved in a pint of spring water, then wash the Tetter therewith, and it will kill all Tetters and Ringworms. For the Rickets. Take a handful of the inward bark of Tammaras, and lay it in steep in a pint of Whitewine two or three days, and let the diseased Child drink now and then two spoonfuls of it at a time, and it will speedily cure it. For the Pain of the Back. Take Sage, Rosemary, Camomile of each of them a handful; then stamp them together, and fry them with the Oil of Swallows, and then anoint your back therewith warm. For sore eyes. Take Eyebright-water, and wash your eyes therewith morning and evening; it will both heal the eyes and strengthen the sight. For the Cramp. Take your forefinger and rub it between your toes when you go to bed, then smell to your finger, it will take away the Cramp, and cure the Palsy. For the Rheum in the Eyes. Take Marigold-water and wash your eyes therewith morning and evening; it cureth the diseases in the eyes, and it will take away the pain of the head. For a Quincy or swelling in the Throat. Take a needleful of white silk, and dip it in the blood of a Mouse, and let the party swallow it down, and it will speedily cure it. For the pain or noise in your Ears. First wash your ears with White-Wine, then take a good handful of Earthworms, and fry them with. Goosegrease, then strain it, and drop two drops into each ear when it is hot; and it will take away the pain and noise thereof. For the Itch. Take four ounces of unsalted Butter: take Brimstone, Cloves, Pepper, and Ginger, of each of them a pennyworth, then mix them together, and beat them to fine powder, and then anoint your joints against the fire, and in three times doing so it will cure you. For to remove a Disease from the stomach. Take a quarter of a pint of sack, and a pennyworth of fine Treacle, then mix them together, and drink it blood warm going to bed, and in twice taking of it will cure you. For a burning Fever. Take two handfuls of Redmints, boil them in a quart of spring water, till it comes to a pint; and then strain it; and put thereto four or five spoonfuls of white wine Vinegar, and as much Honey, boil it till it comes to a syrup, take of Endive, suckary, of each two handfuls, boil it in a quart of spring water, till half be consumed, take two spoonfuls of this, and more of the syrup, in the morning fasting, and at any other time when you please, and the Fever shall leave you, and you will recover; probat. For an Ague. Take all the Urine the party maketh at one time, and put some flower into it, and knead it: and make thereof a Cake and bake it; and when it is baked, give it to the dog of the house, just as the fit gins to come upon you, do so two or three times, and the party will be well, and the dog sick. For the Gout. Take a handful of Mugwort stamped, and boiled in a pint of the best salad Oil, till the juice be consumed, then strain it, and it will make an Ointment that shall give speedy ease to the Gout, probat. For a sore or any green wound. Take the coals of a Burtch tree beaten to fine powder, and put it into an wound or sore, heals it not only perfectly, but speedily. For the spleen. Take the Rind of an Ash Tree, boiled in a quart of White Wine, then drink it six or seven mornings fasting together, will cure you. For a Stich. Take oil of Dil, oil of Capers, oil of Swallows, of each one ounce; then mix them together, and then anoint your side against the fire when the pain is upon you; and it will take away the pain thereof. For the Yellow Jaundice. Take a handful of the inward bark of a Barbary tree and Goose dung that feeds on grass, and wash the white of it, and put thereto a little Saffron; steep them in Ale, and let the Patient drink it in the morning fasting; and it is a present remedy. For the Scurvy. Chop small the knotted place of a Pine tree, and boil it well in a quart of Ale or Beer, that the steem may come out; and drink of it as often as you please: and it will cure the Scurvy. For the Black Jaundice. Take of Herb Ambrose, Bettony, Mugworth, of each a handful; three or four Dock roots, clean picked, washed and scraped, stamp all these in a Mortar till they be indifferent small: Then take Spicknard, Turmarick, and galangal, of each a handful; Stamp them in a Mortar likewise; then mix them together and put them into a clean cloth by themselves, and tie them fast with strings, and then hang them in two gallands of good Ale newly ready to be tunned up, and after three or four days, drink a good draught thereof every morning next your heart, & fast after it three hours, and do so the like when you go to bed; and you shall find present remedy, probat. For a Consumption. Take three Sheep's hearts, slit them and take out the strings and blood, and lay them in water to soak a night and a day, then wash them clean and put them into a Pipkin, lay in the bottom of the Pipkin stalks of Rosemary in the manner of a Gridiron, then lay the hearts on them, every heart being stuck with three Cloves, and half a quarter of Sugar being put into every heart; then stop up the pipkin very close with paste, and put it into an oven with household-bread; and when you think it is sufficiently stewed take out the pipkin again; then every morning and evening take a spoonful of this Syrup, and it will cure you. A most excellent Water for a Consumption. Take Rosewater, and Muscadine, of each three pints, of new Milk a pottle, of gross Pepper one ounce, of Cinnamon one ounce, of sliced bread a penny-loaf, the yolkes of three new laid Eggs, of Sugar one pound; distil all these as long as any water will come; take of this water with a little beaten Pepper a draught fasting, and you shall find it do you very much good. Probat. For the Cough of the Lungs. Take Coltsfoot, Bettony, Burnet and red Rose leaves, of each a handful; of Comfrey roots, scraped and sliced two handfuls; boil all these in a gallon of spring-water, till it comes to a pottle; then strain it, and set it over the fire again; then take a pound of double resined Sugar, and put into it, and let it boil over a soft fire about a quarter of an hour; then take it off, and put it into some glass, and stop it up close, and then drink six spoonfuls morning and evening, and at four in the afternoon; it is an approved Remedy. For to take away the redness of the face. Take the roots of white Lilies, and boil them in a quart of Spring-water, and wash your face in the said water, and it will take away the redness thereof. For Hearing. Take four drops of the juice of Bettony, and warm it in a sausar, then drop it into each ear when you go to bed, then stop them up with black wool, and it will recover your hearing. For to take away a Wen. Take unslacked Lime beaten to fine powder, then mixed with black Soap, then anoint the Wen therewith, and it will take it away. For the pain at the Heart or Stomach. Take four grains of Mastic at evening going to bed, and it will take away the pain thereof. For a Sinew strained. Take Nerve oil, Pompillion, and Oil of Exeter, of each two pennyworth, then mix them together, and warm it in a saucer, then anoint the joint therewith, and bind it up close, and it cureth. For the taking away Warts. Take Figtree-leaves and rub your Warts therewith, and bury the said leaves in the ground, and the Warts will consume away as the leaves do rot. For Convulsion fits. Take black Cherry-water, and the Syrup of Violets, of each two penny worth, then mix them together; and take three or four spoonfuls of it at a time, just as the fit gins to come upon you, and you shall find present remedy, probatum. For the Cough or stopping of the breath. Take the syrup of Hyssop, the syrup of Liquorish, the syrup of maiden hair, of each an ounce, and take thereof every morning a spoonful or two. For the Headache. Take a handful of Speremint, and shred it small, then grate some Nut-mege into it, with some Rose-water, and bind it close to your forehead, and it will take away the pain thereof. For the Worms in Children Take two ounces of Purslain-seed, and boil it in a pint of white Wine; then give it the Child fasting three mornings together, and it will kill the Worms. For a sore Throat. Take Collumbine and Cinquefoil, than stamp and boil them together, and strain them into Milk, and drink it very warm. For the pain in the Head. Take Aloes boiled well with the juice of Coleworts, and made into pills, a scruple being taken at a time at night going to bed, doth most gallantly ease the head, and take away the pain thereof. For the Toothache. Take two handfuls of Wood bettony, and then boil it in a pint of white Wine till half be consumed, then take a spoonful of it, and keep it in your mouth, do so two or three times together, and if there be any worms in them they die, and it shall keep the Teeth from all pain. For to draw a Thorn out of the Flesh. Take a handful of Bettony, bruise it in a Mortar, then mixed it with Black soap, and it will draw out any thing that is gotten deep into the flesh. For a Pleurisy. Take two ounces of Dialthea, and anoint the grieved place therewith; then take Cummin-seed beaten to fine powder, and strew it upon the anointed place, than heat a Colewort leaf very hot upon coals; and bind it to the place very fast, and you shall find a present cure. For to cure a Dropsy. Take the roots of Elder, and boil them in a gallon of spring water till it comes to a pottle, and drink it as common drink, and it will speedily cure you. For a Canker in the Mouth. Take the juice of Plantain leaves, Vinegar and water of Roses, and wash your mouth therewith. For spitting of Blood. Take Smallage and Mints, Rue and Betony, and boil them in good milk, and sup it warm. For a Pin and Web in the eye. Take the fine powder of Licorice blown through a quill into the eyes; it will take out the Pin or Web thereof. For a scald Head. Take two handfuls of Harrife and stamp it a little; then let it soak in a quart of spring water twenty four hours; then wash your head therewith, or any scabby place with it, and it will quickly heal it. For the Worms in Children. Take the Gall of an Ox, as much flower of Lupins as will thicken it, and make a plaster thereof, and lay it to the navel of the belly; it will kill the Worms. For to stop a Looseness. Make Pap of Bean-flower, and put thereto powder of Cinnamon, For to stay the bloody Flux. Take Pigeons dung stamped with white Wine Vinegar, and applied plasterwise to the navel of the belly stoppeth all Fluxes. Medicines for . For the Plague in the guts in Horses. TAke of Cullenbine roots and leaves, in all a good handful, as much Wormwood, and as much Rue; wash them well, and then bruise them in a mortar, and then boil them in a quart of Ale well; and then strain them, and add to the liquor half a pound of sweet butter; then, being but lukewarm, give it the Horse to drink; or Diapenthe in a pint of Muscadine. For the sleeping Evil. First keep him much waking, and twice in one week give him as much Soap in the nature of a pill as a Duck's egg, and then after give him a little new milk and honey, which is a present cure. For the Scratches. Take a pint of Train oil, and white bread beaten to powder, then mix them together, and anoint the Horse's legs there with, and chafe it in well, it will bring their legs to be small, and dry up the humours. For to make a Horse staile or piss. Give him some Castle-soap sliced thin in a pint of white Wine, and he will presently piss. For the Glanders. Take of Auris figmentum two drachms, of Tussilaginis made into powder as much, then mix them together with Turpentine till they be like paste; make thereof little cakes; and dry them before the fire, then take a chafing-dish of coals, and laying one or two of the cakes thereon, over them with a tunnel, and then the smoke rising, put the tunnel in the Horse's nostrils, and let the smoke go up into his head, which done, ride the Horse till he sweat; do thus every morning before he be watered, till the running of his nostrils cease, and the kernels under his chaps wear away. For the foundering of his body. First give him wholesome strong meat, 〈◊〉 bread of clean beans, and warm drink; and for two or three mornings together give him a quart of Ale brewed with Pepper and Cinnamon, and one ounce of London Treacle, and it will cure him. For Bots and Worms of all sorts. Take Savory leaves chopped, and mix them with Honey and butter, and make two or three balls thereof, and make the Horse swallow them down, and it will cure him. Of the pain of the Kidneys or the Stone. Take a handful of Maidenhair, and ste●p it all night in a quart of strong Ale, and give it the Horse to drink every morning till he be well, this will break any stone whatsoever in a Horse. For the gravelling of a horse in the foot. Cut the hoof till you can find the sore, then take one ounce of Virgin's wax, one quarter of an ounce of , as much Dear Suet, half an ounce of Boar's Grease, one head of Semgreen, bruise all these in a Mortar, and set it over the fire till it be melted, then apply it to the horse foot, spare not to travail him, for it shall heal him. For the Farcy or by some called the Fartion in a horse. The farcy cometh of the great abundance of blood, therefore you must let him blood on both sides of the Neck, a hand breadth from the head, then take a gallon of fair water, and put thereto a handful of salt, three handfuls of Mallows, two handfuls of Rew, one pound of hempseed, bruise all in a mortar, then seethe them till the husk be wafted, and give it him to drink, then to the outward sore apply one once of the oil of Terpentine, one ounce of the oil of Petre chafe it well in, and it cureth. For a Canker in the Mouth. Take the inward Bark of an Elder Tree, Sage and Woodbine leaves, chop them small, and boil them in White wine vinegar, and put therein a good quantity of Alum and Honey, then take a linen Cloth and tie it upon a stick, and wash his Mouth, Tongue, and Root, with the water, twice or thrice a day, and it will be whole speedily. For windgalls. The cure is to prick them, and to let out the Jelly, and then dry up the sore with a plaster of pitch. To draw out a Stub or a Thorn. Take a handful of Bettony, bruise it in a mortar with black soap, and lay it to the sore, and it will draw out the Splint, Iron, thorn or Stub. For the Murrain in Cows, Oxen, or such Cattle. Those that are infected, first cut off the tip of the Ear, then take the leaves of Bares-foot dried and beaten to powder, as much as will lie on a shilling, and a quart of milk, brew it together, and so drench therewith bloodwarm. To prevent the Murrain. Run a Bodkin through the double skin that hangeth at the breast of the beast, put therein a root of bares-foot, and let it abide. Take of old ●…ine a quart, and mix it with a handful of Hens-dung dissolved therein, and let your beast drink it. For Pissing of Blood. Take two handfuls of Shepherd's purse, and boil it in a quart of Redwine, and then strain it, and put into it a little Cinnamon, and so give it the beast to drink lukewarm, and it will speedily cure it. For to cure any swelling in a Beast whatsoever. If your beast have any outward swelling bath it with salle● oil and vinegar exceeding hot, and it will assuage it, but if the swelling be inward, then boil round Aristolochia in his water: These Receipts have been perused and approved of by divers people in the City of London, and are Printed for the good and benefit of the Kingdom. FINIS.