- Recipes
Grief
Causes:
Mental anguish that comes from the loss of something is grief.
Recipe:
Grief is best cast out by "that noble and famous confection Alkermes, made by the Arabians, containing the grains of scarlet oak" (18). Note: You will probably notice that this is also the recommended cure for vain imaginations, sighing and sorrow without cause. This preparation has multipurposes because it is known to purge melancholy humors, which cause those various ailments.