MEDICAL CANNABIS
A SHORT GRAPHICAL HISTORY
THE WEST - 1596


A RICH STORE-HOUSE

A rich store-house or treasury for the diseased Wherein, are many approued medicines for diuers and sundry diseases, which haue been long hidden, and not come to light before this time. Now set foorth for the great benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people that are not of abilitie to go to the physitions.
Publication Date: 1596 By (author) A.T. practitioner in physicke

Physicke Cov
Physicke P14
Physicke P17
Physicke P18
Cap. 70. A good Medicine for the Raines of a mans backe.
Take Aquauitae, & put therein, a litle Hempe-seede finely beate~, & let it soke in the Aqua-vitae 7 or 8 daies together, then straine it, & let y^ Patient drinke it, & it will help him. Yf you ca~not get Aqua-vitae, the~ take good white wine, or else stale Ale, any of these will serue.

Cap. 87. A very good Medicine for one that is hard bounde in the Belly.
Take a good quantitie of Hempe-seede, and seeth it in faire running Water, and when it is well sodden straine it thorough a fine cloth, and let the Patient drinke a good draught thereof when he goeth to bedde, and this will make him Laxatiue, For it hath beene proued.



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