In all Diseases, strengthen the part of the Body afflicted.

The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.

Thus have you the way of making Conserves, the way of keeping of them is in Earthen pots.

Gather all Leaves in the hour of that Planet that governs them.

Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots.

Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where.

If you dry the chestnut, both the barks being taken away, beat them into powder and make the powder up into an electuary with honey, it is a first-rate remedy for cough and spitting of blood.