Moreover , when the Stomach is beset with some Exotick ferment , so that it presently casts up whatsoever is taken into it , even though the cause of it proceeds from some remote parts ; Vomiting is often advis'd with good success : for by this means , the Vessels that contain the Gall being very much drain'd , the Choler is emptied from the Blood in a more plentiful manner , and its Feaverish distempers are taken away .

Again , forasmuch as the Superfluities or Stagnations of the Nervous humour are most easily Cur'd by this means of Evacuation ; the use of Emeticks contributes not a little toward a Cure in the Gout , Asthma , Epilepsy , Madness , and very many other Diseases which are accounted great , and most difficult to be conquered .

Secondly , As to things that permit this Remedy , it may be given where there is a strength of the Viscera , and a firm constitution of Body , and especially to those whose Neck and Breast are but short , so that there is a nearer passage from the Stomach to the Mouth : We are encourag'd also to give a Vomit to such as Vomit easily , and bear it well , and when the matter to be expell'd is lax , and comes away readily ; also when we find Nature in a calm , and as it were at leisure for such an undertaking .

Thirdly , The use of Emeticks seems to be prohibited , where there is a difficulty of Vomiting , or an unaptness to it found by former experience , where there is a tender and weakly Constitution , a tall and slender Stature , infirm Inwards , and especially if there be a Consumptive Disposition , with an Ulcer of the Lungs , or Spitting Blood ; also where there is a too great Cachexia , in which there is danger , lest the humours should be forc'd from the whole Body all on a sudden into the Ventricle : Moreover an unusual effervescence of the Blood , the fits of Feavers , and an expectation of a Crisis , do wholly exclude this sort of Medicine .

In the former Affect , those Remedies are indicated , which by their Styptick force cause the too much distended and tenuated Fibres to corrugate and contract themselves into a shorter space ; also such as by their most grateful refreshment enliven their languishing Spirits , and allure others more plenteously to them .

Take Mynsicht 's Elixir of Vitriol an Ounce , give from ten Grains to fifteen twice or thrice a day in a spoonful of the following distill'd Water , drinking seven or eight spoonfuls of the same after it .

Take Cypress Tops six handfuls , Clary Leaves four handfuls , the outward Coats of twelve Oranges , Cinnamon , Mace , of each an Ounce , the Roots of Cyperus and the lesser Galingal of each half an Ounce , being slic'd and bruis'd , let them be put into eight pounds of Brunswich Beer , and distill'd in an ordinary Still .

Take Tincture of the Balsam of Tolu , extracted with the Tincture of Salt of Tartar an Ounce : the Dose is twenty Grains with the same Vehicle : the Tincture of Wormwood prepar'd with the same Menstruum may also be try'd .

Take Powder of the Leaves of Wormwood and Myrtle dri'd in the Sun in the Summer time , of each two Drams , Cinnamon , Flowers of red Roses of each a Dram , Cubebs , Roots of the lesser Galingal of each half a Dram , red Coral prepar'd a Dram ; make of all a subtle Powder , then with six Ounces of double refin'd Sugar dissolv'd in Cinnamon-water , and boil'd up to a consistency , make it up in little Cakes , weighing half a Dram , let one or two of these be eaten often in a day , as the person pleases .

Take Conserve of red Roses vitriolated four Ounces , Myrobalans condited six Drams , Ginger condited in the Indies half an Ounce , Species of Hyacinth two Drams , the reddest Crocus Martis one Dram , Syrup of Corals what will suffice , make of all an Electuary , the Dose is a Dram twice a day , drinking after it a little draught of the distill'd water .

In the debility or resolution of the Ventricle , by reason of the Nerves being somewhere else abstructed , Paralytick Remedies joyn'd with Stomachicks must chiefly be insisted on .

Take Elixir Proprietatis Tartariz'd an Ounce , the Dose is a Scruple twice a day , with the water above prescrib'd . The Tinctures of Salt of Tartar , of Coral , of Antimony may be us'd after the same manner . In this case also the sweet spirit of Salt , tht spirit of Sal Armoniack , or its Flowers are of great effect : Moreover Vomits , Purges , and even Diaphoreticks are often successively administred , I have known this Distemter sometimes happily Cur'd by Bathing in our hot Baths at Bathe .

AS Nature often Purges it self according to three Degrees , so there are three Degrees of Purging by Medicine .

The first is soft and easie , gently expelling any loose matter contain'd in the Ventricle and the Intestines .

The second reaches not only that , but Purges likewise other humours from the Bilous and Pancreatick Passages , and from the Mouths of the Vessels .

The third performs all this , and that in a more full manner , and going yet farther , strongly Purges from the Blood , and consequently from the Nervous Juice and other parts , an Excrementitious matter which is brought by the Arteries into the Intestines .

As for what concerns the choice to be us'd in Purging Medicines , though we do not approve of those cry'd up Classes of Medicines appropriated to this or that Juice or Humour ; yet we do not think that all Purges are indifferently to be us'd in all cases , but that there is need of a strong Judgment , and a wary circumspection in a Physician , that according to the strength of his Patients , their temperament , the state and ability of the Viscera , their bearing , custome , and fancy , and so according to the nature , of the Disease , its time and quality , he prescribe a Purge more gentle or strong ; and that of hot things , or temperate , gentle or more smart , and in a solid substance or a liquid , or something of some other certain kind and form , as he shall see good .

A Purge therefore being not convenient at all times , nor in every state of Body ; to proceed as we ought , we must take a fit season , and use a certain preparation , and both these have regard to the first passages , and to the Mass of Blood .

As to the first , if at any time the Stomach be loaded with a Mass of viscous Phlegm , or troubled with the boiling of Turgid Choler , a Purge most commonly either becomes of no effect or does hurt , unless those contents are first of all cleans'd forth by a Vomit , or unless their oppression and effervescency be corrected by digestives .

As to what regards the Blood , a Purge is often unseasonable , sometimes also inconvenient , and in neither of these cases Preparatives commonly so call'd , but only Alteratives are proper , for the business is not to dispose those imaginary humours for evacution , but the Blood it self ought to be reduc'd from its troubled and confused state to a calm condition , or from its debility and fall'n Crasis to its vigour and ev'n temperament . Whilst the Blood Feaverishly boiling is disturb'd in its mixture , Purging is always found hurtful ; and so whilst its Mass being become languid and weak , does not arise to its due fermentation , that sort of Evacuation is no less forbidden . Moreover , when the Blood is too bilous or watry , or too much inclin'd to Coagulations or Fusions , Purges for the most part do not take away those its defaults or depravations , but most commonly encrease them : Wherefore in those cases altering Remedies are rather Indicated which may destroy the undue Separations and Combinations of the Salts , Sulphur and Serum , and take away other their enormities . Of these Digestives and Alteratives which supply the place of common Preparatives , we shall speak particularly hereafter .

The chiefest Compositions of Purging Medicines being Potions , Powders , Bolus's , Electuaries , Morsels or Tablets , and Physick-Ales or Wines , we shall here set down certain of the more Select Forms of each of them , and those of a threefold kind , according as the operation of the Medicine ought to be gentle , mean , or strong ; to which in the fourth place we shall add Prescripts of easily prepar'd Purges for poor People .

1. Gentle Potions . Take Rhubarb slic'd three Drams , yellow Saunders half a Dram , Salt of Tartar a Scruple , make a cold Infusion all Night in Cichory water and White-wine , of each two Ounces and a half , to three Ounces of Cleer straining , add Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb half an Ounce , Cinnamon water two Drams , make a Potion .

2. Mean Potions . Take of the best Senna three Drams , Rhubarb , Troches of Agarick of each a Dram and a half , yellow Saunders two Scruples , Salt of Tartar half a Dram , Coriander-seeds a Dram ; let them have a close Infusion all Night in Spring-water and White-wine made warm , of each three Ounces ; to four Ounces of it strain'd , add of the Purging Syrup of Apples an Ounce , Aqua Mirabilis two Drams , make a Potion : Or , Take the decoction of Senna Gerionis four Ounces , Syrrup of Roses Solutive an Ounce , Cream of Tartar half a Dram , Cinnamon water two Drams , make a Potion .

Take the best Senna , Cassia Fistula , Tamarinds , of each half an Ounce , Coriander-seeds two Drams , boil all in ten Ounces of Spring-water , till a third part be consum'd , strain it , and Clarifie it with the White of an Egg , add to it the Syrup of Apples an Ounce , make a Potion .

3. Strong Potions . Take of the decoction of Sena Gerionis ( with the addition of the strings of black Hellebore and Agarick , of each a Dram and a half ) six Ounces , Syrup of Roses Solutive , or of the flowers of Peaches an Ounce , Aqua Mirabilis two Drams : Or ,

Take of the best Sena half an Ounce , strings of black Hellebore , Turbith , of each two Drams , yellow Saunders a Dram , Coriander-seeds a Dram and a half , Salt of Tartar half a Dram ; let it infuse close all Night in eight Ounces of White-wine made warm , to five Ounces of the Cleer straining , add of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses three Drams , Syrup of Buck-thorn six Drams , Cinnamon water two Drams , make a Potion .

Potions of easie preparation for the Poor . Take of Flaxweed a handful , sweet Fennel-seeds two Drams , boil them in a sufficient quantity of Spring-water till it comes to six Ounces , add to it of White-wine two Ounces , make a Potion . After the same manner you may make a Purging Potion of the Flowers of Damask Roses ; also of Peach Leaves , and so of the Roots of Eupatorium Avicennae .

PILLS . First of a gentle Operation . Take of Stomach Pills with Gums , from a Scruple to half a Dram , Tartar vitriolated two Grains , Balsam of Peru what will suffice , make thereof three or four Pills . After the same manner may be made Pills of the mass of Pilul . Ruffi , of Pilul . Mastichin : of Pilul . de Succino , and of our extract Solutive , the description of which you may find in our Tract of the Scurvy .

2. Mean Pills . Take of Stomach Pills with Gumms half a Dram , Rosin of Julap from four Grains to ten , Tartar vitriolated six Grains , Ammoniacum dissolv'd , as much as will suffice , make four Pills . After the same manner may be made Pills of the mass of Pilulae de Succino , Tartari Quercitani : Also instead of Rosin of Jluap , you may put Scammony Sulphurated , from six Grains to twelve , or Rosin of Scammony from eight Grains to fourteen . Or , Take Stomach Pills with Gumms a Scruple , Rosin of Julap from six Grains to twelve , Balsam of Peru as much as will suffice , make four Pills .

3. Strong Pills . Take Pilulae Rudii half a Dram , Rosin of Julap from eight Grains to twelve , Balsam of Peru what will suffice , make four Pills to be taken cum Regimine . After the like manner Pills may be made of the mass of Pilulae Cochiae , de Sagapeno . Take of Pilulae ex duobus from a Scruple to half a Dram , Calamelanos a Scruple , make four Pills to be taken Cum Regimine .

4. Pills easily prepar'd , and cheaper . Take Powder of the best Jalap two Drams , Diagridium a Dram , Cloves , Ginger , of each a Scruple , Ammoniacum dissolv'd , as much as will suffice , make a mass , the Dose is half a Dram.

Take of Pilulae Cochiae , from half a Dram to two Scruples , let four Pills be made .

POWDERS . First , such as are gentle . Take of Rhubarb Powdred half a Dram , Salt of Wormwood half a Scruple , Cloves two Grains , make a Powder , give it in a spoonful of small Cinnamon-water , or in a little Broath .

Take of the greater Compound Powder of Sena , from half a Dram to a Dram , in a little draught of Posset-drink .

Take Powder of the Leaves of Sena a Scruple , Calamelanos seventeen Grains , yellow Saunders half a Scruple , make a Powder , give it in a spoonful of Panada .

2. Mean Powders . Take Powder of Diasena a Dram , Cream of Tartar a Scruple , make a Powder , give it in a little draught of Broath .

Take Rosin of Jalap ten Grains , Calamelanos a Scruple , Cloves six Grains , make a Powder , and take it after the same manner .

Take Species of Diaturbith with Rhubarb , from half a Dram to a Dram , Cream of Tartar from a Scruple to half a Dram.

3. Strong Powders . Take Turbith , Hermodacts of each three Drams , Diagridium a Dram , Ginger a Scruple , make a Powder , the Dose is from half a Dram to a Dram.

Take Pulvis Cornachini a Dram ; after the same manner may be given the Compound Powder of Hermodacts ; also the Hydrotick Powder of Riverius .

4. Cheap Powders and easie to be got . Take Powder of the Roots of the best Jalap a Dram , Ginger a Scruple , give it in a little draught of White-wine ; so you may give Powder of the Roots of Mechoachan , also of the Leaves of Sena in any Liquor .

BOLUS's and ELECTUARIES . First , such as work gently . Take of the Lenitive Electuary half an Ounce , Cream of Tartar half a Dram , Syrup of Roses what suffices , make a Bolus . Take fresh Cassia half an Ounce , Powder of Rhubarb half a Dram , Cream of Tartar a Scruple , Syrup of Roses as much as suffices , make a Bolus .

2. Mean . Take of the Lenitive Electuary half an Ounce , Cream of Tartar half a Dram , Rosin of Julap six Grains , Syrup of Roses what suffices , make a Bolus .

Take of the Electuary Diaphaenicon half an Ounce , of the Compound Powder of Hermodacts half a Dram , Syrup of Elder what suffices , make a Bolus .

3. Strong Workers . Take of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses half an Ounce , Rosin of Julap ten Grains , Cream of Tartar half a Dram , Syrup of Elder what suffices , make a Bolus .

Electuaries are Compounded of the same things made up in a greater quantity , by adding Conserves of Damask Roses , or of the Flowers of Peaches ; the Dose is the quantity of a Chesnut to be taken betimes every Morning , or twice or thrice a Week .

4. Bolus's and Electuaries easily prepar'd . Take Powder of the Roots of Julap an Ounce , of Mechoachan half an Ounce , of Ginger two Drams , of Cloves a Dram , Cream of Tartar three Drams , Salt of Wormwood a Dram , Sugar two Ounces , Syrup of Roses Solutive what suffices , make an Electuary , the Dose is the quantity of a Wallnut .

Confectio Solutiva , & Passulae Laxantes , the Diapranum of Sylvius in the 30. Page of his Practice of Physick .

5. Morsells or Tablets of a mean operation . Take Powder of Mechoacan , Gummous Turbith of each half an Ounce , Scammony sulphurated two Drams , Rosin of Jalap a Dram , yellow Saunders a Dram , Cream of Tartar two Drams , Conserve of Violets an Ounce , Sugar dissolv'd in Rose-water , and boil'd up to a fit consistency a Pound . Make Tablets according to Art , each weighing a Dram , the Dose is one or two . The Purging Tablets of Sylvius , Page the 28. of his Practice of Physick .

6. Physical or Purging Wines and Ales of a mean operation . Take Leaves of Sena an Ounce and a half , Turbith , Mechoacan of each six Drams , strings of black Hellebore three Drams , Cubebs , Galingal Roots , choice Cinnamon of each two Drams : Put all in a large Glass , with four Pounds of Rhenish-wine , adding to it Salt of Tartar a Dram and a half , let it stand cold and close cover'd for six days , add to it Sugar-Candy three Ounces , strain it through Hippocrates Sleeve , the Dose is three or four Ounces .

Take Leaves of Sena three Ounces , Roots of Polypody of the Oak , and of sharp Pointed Dock prepar'd , of each two Ounces , Turbith , Mechoacan , of each an Ounce and a half , Epithymum , yellow Saunders of each an Ounce , Coriander-seeds an Ounce and a half ; let them be slic'd and bruis'd , and put in a Bag according to Art , for four Gallons of Ale . the Dose is from twelve Ounces to a Pound , either every Morning , or twice or thrice a Week .