What is "spagyric"

Spagyric \Spa*gyr"ic\, Spagyrical \Spa*gyr"ic*al\, a. [LL. sparygicus, fr. Gr. ? to draw, to separate + ? to assemble; cf. F. spagirique.] Chemical; alchemical. [Obs.]

Spagyric \Spa*gyr"ic\, n. A spagyrist. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.

a. Of or pertaining to alchemical methods of making herbal medicines, such as adding ash of a burned plant to an extract thereof. n. (context obsolete English) A spagyrist.

A spagyric is an herbal medicine produced by alchemical procedures. These procedures involve fermentation, distillation and the extraction of mineral components from the ash of the plant. These processes were in use in medieval alchemy generally for the separation and purification of metals from ores (see Calcination), and salts from brines and other aqueous solutions.