| Description Of Item | Ingredients listed in the recipe are: ‘nysing powder’ [sneezing powder?], nigella seeds, flowers of ‘masterd sede’ [mustard], [illegible], water, vinegar, salt.
It instructs to take either the powder, the seeds, the flowers, or the [illegible] but not all together. It also recommends to rub the soles of the feet and palms of the hands with a mix of warm water, vinegar, and salt.
Recipe is marginalia in library copy of Nicholas Culpeper, A Physical Directory (1650) – library reference S10.22.
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