Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

xxvi. INTRODUCTION.
of rhubarb, half an ounce of cardamom seeds,
and a quarter of an ounce of saffron, with a
quart of spirit.
8. Elixir salutis, made of a pound of stoned
raisins, a pound of sena, an ounce and half of
carrawaj seeds, and half an ounce of cardamoms,
in a gallon of spirit.
9. Elixir of vitriol, made of six drams of cinnamon,
three drams of cardamoms, two drams
of long pepper, and the same of ginger ; and
a quart of spirit : to a pint of this tincture strained
clear off, is to be added four ounces of oil o~i
vitriol : this is an excellent stomachic. Lastly,
to these it may be well to add the famous frier's
balsam, which is made of three ounces of benjamin,
two ounces of strained storax, one ounce
of balsam of Tolu, half an ounce of aloe?, and
a quart of spirit of wine, such as is burnt under
lamps. This spirit may be made by putting
a gallon of molosses spirit
into the still, and drawing
off two quarts, and this will be useful for
spirit of wine and caraphire, winch is made
by dissolving an ounce of camphire in a quart of
the
spirit. Lastly, we are to add what is called
the asthmatic elixir, made with flower of benjamin
and opium, of each a dram, camphire two
scruples, oil of aniseed forty drops, liquorice
root half an ounce, honey one ounce, and a
quart of rpirit. This is a gentle opiate, and is
much belter in families than the strong laudanum.
As to the tinctures made with white wine
instead of spirit, a few are sufficient. Steel
wine is made of a quarter of a pound of filings
of iron, and half an ounce of mace, and the
same quantity of cinnamon, put into two quart*
of Rhenish. Hiera pjcra is made of half a pound