HERB - Ointment, Balm, Salve Recipes??

[Elizabeth Zagula]

I have both those books and the English Housewife does not have a recipe
for any cosmetic cream.  It does have recipes for a few ointments & salves
for medicinal applications, one with turpentine that I could work with as
it does have both olive oil and unwrought wax.

The Elixirs of Nostradamus is quite interesting.  There is a recipe for "A
Lotion for Whitening the Face" which contains Venetian white lead as most
of Nostradamus' recipes for beauty contain along with mercury, mercuric
chloride.  Any suggestions for substitutions for the lead and mercury??

Elizabeth

There is a fine line between anal and efficient, I straddle it!

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> From: Jenne Heise <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
> To: herbalist at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: HERB - Ointment, Balm, Salve Recipes??
> Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:59 AM
> 
> 
> There are some in the 'Elixirs of Nostradamus' but I wouldn't recommend
> them for actual USE... they are a bit dangerous.
> 
> You might try Gervase Markham's _English Housewife_, which would probably
> be the source for the recipe that you are hunting for.
> 
> > I am trying to find documentable period recipes for ointments, balms,
> > salves, etc.  Anything would be helpful, especially cosmetic
applications
> > of the above.  I have lots of books, but no actual recipes.  Elinor
> > Fettiplace's Receipt Book mentions a cold cream "Lady Fettiplace's
Oyntment
> > of Roses", but no recipe to redact.  I have read about a famous 17th
> > century face cream produced by Gervase Markham, but again no recipe or
> > documentation.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated!!
> > 
> > 
> > Elizabeth
> > 
> > There is a fine line between anal and efficient, I straddle it!
> > 
> > 
> >
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> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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