Cache-Control: public, max-age=1024000 Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: An Expression of Piony

An Expression of Piony.

Take Male Piony Roots, (fresh taken up and bruised) 4 ounces; Mistletoe cut small, 1 ounce; Canary Wine 1 pint, give them a hot and close infusion for 2 hours, then having wrung out the Liquor, add to it compound Piony Water, and compound Syrup of the same, each 2 ounces; Tincture of Castor 2 drams; Oil of Nutmegs 2 drops, mix.

It clarifies and invigorates the Brain and Nerves, and it is of use in Convuslive Maladies, Essential Headach, Megrim, Vertigo, Palsey, and Hysterick Affections.

Give 3 ounces every Night and Morning.

Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710