3 2044 137 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/medicinabritanni1746shor Medicina Britannica : OR, A TREATISE ON SUCH PHYSICAL PLANTS, AS ARE Generally to be found in the Fields or Gardens in GREAT -BRIT AIN : CONTAINING A particular Account of their NATURE, VIRTUES, and USES. Together with The Obfervations of the moft learned Phyficians, as well ancient as modern, communicated to the late ingenious Mr. RAY, and the learned Dr. SIM. PAUL L ADAPTED More efpecially to the Occafions of thofe, whole .Condition or Situation of Life deprives them, in a great Meafure, of the Helps of the Learned. To which are added. Three INDEXES: The Firft containing the Englijh and Latin Names of the Plants treated of : The Second of the Diseases, and their Remedies : The Third to the Notes. By THO. §HORT, of Sheffield, M. D. Simplicia firpe 'vllijjhna , & qu I have , I. Omitted all foreign and imported Roots , Woods , Barks , Excrejcences , Gums , Refins ■, Balfams , Fruits , Leaves , Flowers , and Seeds ; and ' took in only fiuch as are now produced in our Gardens and Fields. 2. By omitting all our own P roduSlions whofie Phyfical XJfes we know not , the Kinds and Species of which are very numerous , and even fome whofie Virtues we lay little Strefs on. 3. By omitting the Defer iptions and Enumerations of the various Spe- cies whofie Virtues we forme a 2 rly knew and xii PREFACE. and ufed. 4. By omitting fuch as are the Stores of Granaries , Kit- chens, and Cellars ; as Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, Beans, Peafe, Cole- worts, Cabbages, Carrots, Parfnips, Vines, Spinages, Celeri, Shallots, &c. 5. By omitting the civil, me- chanical, focial, and delicious Ufes of thefe "Things treated of ; as Naviga- tion, Furniture, Utenfils, Buildings, Wines , &c. 6. By omitting their chymical Analyfes, Preparations, and Ufes. 7. By omitting their many officinal Preparations , and the various Gompofitions in which they are ufed. 8. By not feparating their inward and outward Virtues and Ufes, nor malting diflinEl Articles of their good and bad Qualities, nor infjling on the various Forms in which they are ufed. 9. By omitting the many prolix Wranglings and Difputes that have been raifed about their Virtues, Ufes, Preparations, and Properties, for fuch and fuch Difeafes , Forms, &c. 10. To confult the Benefit , and avoid PREFACE. xiii the Danger , I have omitted moft of the poifonous Tribe ; and, of the few taken in, only fo much of them as can- not well be wanted , and in that man- ner wherein they cannot readily do Harm. 1 1 . By negleBing the Qua- lities afftgned them by the Ancients , of hot , cold , dry , or moijl , in their feveral Degrees , and the various Mixtures of thofe Qualities : And alfe the Whims of Aflrological PraSli - tioners , of the f undry Herbs being under the Dominion of fuch and fuch Planets , and when they were to be ga- thered, prepared, and ufed , under their refpeBive, or oppofite Planets, or their ConjunBions , or Oppofetions. 12. By pafftng by the idle, ridiculous , fuperfiitious Ufes afcribed to them, xi gain ft Sorceries , Witchcrafts , Pof- fefttons, and other Fooleries , the Pro- duB of diftemper’d Brains, wrong Heads, and Druids, &c. 13. I have induftrioufy concealed fome of their moft deteftable and pernicious Ufes, as how to provoke Lafciviouf xiv PREFACE. nefs y Whoredom , and Uncleaneffes , -unlawful and unfeajonable ; as how by Violence to provoke the Menfes, caufe Abortion , dejlroy the Foetus, and whatever might tend to the bi- er eafe of Wickednefs. 14 . I have avoided lengthening the Difcourfe by an ufelefs and pompous Quotation of a Crowd of Authors , or ExtraEling a Multitude of tedious Receipts. 1 5. Mojl of the cold Applications men- tioned for the Gout , Eryfpelas, or arthritic Pains , &c. are left out , knowing how dangerous and fatal they may be : Yet it is a Prefumption , that our Conjlitutions are dwindled from thofe of our Forefathers , who ufed that Courfe with Safety and Succefs. 1 6. 7 have omitted a Rationale of the EffeSls and Manner of Operation of Simples. I once defigned that the Remedies which appear to me, or I had found mojl juccejsful in PraElice, fhould have been put in a different Letter ; but, as that had been Fore- flailing the Reader s Judgment, and Dfcouraging PREFACE. xv D if cour aging his further Progrefs in the reft) I omitted it. Of the few Plants ftill retained in our prefent Catalogues , a great Part of their formerly experienced and com- monly known Virtues are omitted ; becaufe it is objeBed , that our An- ceftors after ibed far more Virtues to them than they really had , or de- ferved ; but then let it be confedered \ i . "That various ConJUtutions and Ha- y bits of Body do neceffarily produce a V ariety and Difference of EffeEls in Medicines on our Bodies , as we fee from daily Experience ; the Bilious require one Sort , the Phlegmatic ano- ther , the Melancholic a third ; grafts, corpulent Bodies , and helhc, atrophic Habits , muft be differently treated , and often in the fame Difeafe. 2. ‘The fame Diforders, in different Perfons , arife from very different Caufes, and fo challenge different 'Treatment , though the Difeafes are the fame. 3. The fame Caufe often generates va- rious xvi PREFACE. thus Difeafes, as Inflammations of the Brain , Throat, Sides , Lungs , Mi- driff, Liver , Stomach , Kidnies , &c. 4. The fame Difeafes in fundry Ages of Life challenge different Treatment : What is adapted to Infancy is too weak for the Aged : Fox-glove, Groundfel, Hellebore, Spurge, pro- perly prepared , may be fafely given to the lafl , but fure none mill adventure them on the Stomachs of the firfl. >7 5- Things , that at one Time may be mofl advifeable and beneficial , may at another Titne be as hurtful and miff chievous in the fame Difeafe ; as in hyfleric Diforders , or where the Breafl is fluff'd with much tough Phlegm: In the firfl nervous and hyfleric Things are befl\ in the lafl Attenuants , in- ciding and flimulant Peel orals ; but what prudent Perfon would advife either to be given uncorreEled to W 0- men with Child f 6. Sundry Stages of the fame Diflemper require very different Courfes ; as, in the Beginning of a Pleurify , the Cough mufl be . treated PREFACE, xvii treated with Anodynes and Incraf- fants ; but, when they begin to Jpit Phlegm , Attenuants and Inciders Jhoul c( be tiffed , to prevent Suffocation ; for, if the Fever runs high, rthe Sickl,very affh?natic , and fpit1 profufely, if he takes Salt of Hart/hornfhe is quickly choak&d. 7. The fame Diffempsr , in different Bodies , muff be differently treated ; e. g. of two Perfons in a Fit of the Stone , one muff have Lubri- cants and Anodynes , to check the Irri- tation and prevent an Inflammation, the other flrong ffimulant Diuretics. Of three Patients affliEled with a vio- lent, conffant , tearing Cough , in one it is catarrhous , he fur ely requires In - craffants and Anodynes ; in another it is phlegmatic , he wants mild Eva- cuants and Attenuants ; in the third it is nervous , and needs nervous and anodyne Things mix'd. 8, Different Ways and Employments of Life, and Ufe of the Non-naturals , demand a V ariation in Pra&ice in the fame D f cafe ; he who has been accufiomed b to xviii PREFACE. to nothing , but Water and Milk , mujl have cooler Things, in a Fever , than he i who daily J wallows Claret and Punch. 9. The jatne Difeafes , at different Seafons of the Year , call for another Change ; for Spring Fevers and In- flammations, when the V effels are full , require larger Evacuations, and a more temperate Regimen, than in Harvefl, when the Heat of the late Seafon , jlronger Exercije and Labour , have exhaufled the Body more. 10. Different Conjlitutions of the Air mujl alfo be conjidered ; for in a long, moift, cloudy, rainy , blujlering Seafon, Who will pretend to cure -Intermittent s with the Bark and Salt Draughts , fo as the Fever ffall fiot return as often f And in a droughty Seafon, with ex- ec five Heat, no wife Mast will pre- tend to cure Inflammations by Bleed- ing-, but, during, and immediately after a great Frofl, or during the Reign of dry, cold North a?id Eafi Winds , fcarce any Man can fail of it. . n. Different Situations of Habita- tion PREFACE. tlx turn tnujl be regarded ; for the Inha - bitants of low, wet, fenny Countries often want Diaphoretics more than the Inhabitants of dry, rocky , parch'd Grounds. 12. In Acutes the "Ten- dencies of Nature toward a Crilis (hould always be confulted , but never oppofed ; e. gr. to attempt a Crifis by the Skin when Nature indicates it by the Bowels, or by the Bowels when it inclines to the Skin, would be unpar- donable and dangerous PraElice. 1 3. Differe?it Quantities of the fame Sim- ple produce different FffeEls. If Diu- retics are given in too large a Quan- tity, by putting the Blood in too great a Hurry, they prove Diaphoretics. Purgatives, given in too large a Dofe, by irritating too quickly, prove V 0- mits. 1 4. Different Forms alter the FffeEls of fame Simples \ for Elder- Bark, infufed or boiled, purges ; but, dried and powder'd, is only a little diuretic. Green Afarum Leaves , eaten raw, vomit violently , but their De- coElion , long boiled, is deobjlruent and b 2 diuretic . XX PREFACE. diuretic . 1 5 . Different Preparations of the fame Plant often produce f undry Effecls : A DecoElion of Elder-bark purges, but its Powder does not : A DecoElion of Afh-keys vomits, but the Salt of the Wood given with Diuretics is a powerful Sudorifc. No volatile Plants can bear Boiling ; nor Ajlrin- gents, or Bitters , Dif illation. 1 6. The fame Forms of a Plant s Prepas'ation -may differ in its Effects, as to the Time of its Preparation : Thus, Ala- rum, figbtly boiled, purges ; long boiled, it is diuretic : The snore it is beaten, the more diuretic , and lefs purgative ; the lefs it is beaten, the more purgative. 17. Plants may fometvnes have different Effects , ac- cording to the different Times they are got in ; all Herbs, gathered too young, abound more with an Acid than they do after. CarduusBenedidlus^^^ra/ in June, is vuhierary, but not fo after : Unripe Chefnuts purge, but the ripe do not . How many tender young Buds are eaten in the Springs which PREFACE. xxi which afterwards cannot be fo ufed f And are not almofi all Phyfical Roots taken up either in the Spring-Tfime , when they begin to f prout , or after their Leaves are fallen 9 And what are unripe Seeds good for 9 1 8. Dif- ferent Mixtures will produce Effe&s different from the Simples ufed fepa- rately ; thus Elder-bark with Syrup of Poppies is fudorific ; the fame is the lixivious Salt of Alb- wood given with Diuretics. 1 9. "The "Time of giving them may likewife make a Difference ; for white Hellebore, given in a fmall Dofet may be fafer on a full Stomach than on an empty. 20. Tfhe different Places of Growth of the fame Species of Plant make gome Difference in its Ef- feEls : Wild Arrach is drier than that in the Garden , which is cooler and inoifier : Sea Arrach vomits and purges more than either of the other. Englilh Tobacco is milder than thatofh.mtnca^ &c. 2i. Tfhe fever al Parts of the fame Plants very often have different EffeEls \ no Wonder then that we find XX ii PREFACE. f undry Virtues ascribed to it. Thus, e. gr. the Leaves of Agrimony are vulnerary and, deobjlruent , the Root aflringent, the Seed detergent and at- tractive. The Oil of Sweet Almonds Jo [tens and loofens ; the Gum of the Tree conglutinates. Arrach Leaves cool and moiflen ; the Seed vomits and ■purges unfafely. Green Afar urn Leaves , eaten , vomit violently ; the Root vomits mildly. A Deco Elion of Afh-keys vomits , but that of the Bark J fweats. Beech Leaves are cooling and binding ■ the Nuts are warm and moijl. Betony Leaves are excellent and ufeful ; the Root is quite loath- fome, caufes V omitings and Belchings. Barberry Berries cool and bind : but the Jnfufon of the yellow inner Bark purges. Bullace Bark, Leaves and Fruit , are afringent ; the Flowers J are purging. Unripe Chefnuts purge ; the Root and Bark afringe. Water Hemp Roots purge ; the Tops in fmall Dofes are alterant , but in vreat Dofes they XX 111 PREFACE. they vomit. Mug wort is an Altera- tive ; but its Apses vomit , purge , and fweat. Primrofe Flowers are anodyne , but the Root vomits. Yellow , fragrant , Primrofe Flowers are known to be cephalic ; but thofe , without Smell , we know not their Ufe. Elder-tree Flow- ers are cordial , emolliesst, and dffcu- tient ; the Wood binding and cooling ; the Seeds vomit ^ open , loofen, and purge ; the Berries provoke Urine and Sweat ; the Leaves purge \ the Bark vomits and purges • "The Skin of a ripe Apple is fragrant , the Pulp almofi inodorous. The like Obferva- tions I might make on the different Parts of many other Plants. 22. As a Corollary to the W hole , here we may fee the great Pams and exacl Obferva- tions of our Ancejlors on the Parts and Ufes of Plants , and how faith- fully they have tranfmitted them to us for our Ufe and Benefit • which may reprove our Ingratitude , in negleEling their D ij cover ies. Give me Leave to add ) xxiv PREFACE. add, that , after all that has been done , the Hi [lory of the Virtues of Plants is Jlill incompleat : Who dare fay , that all the V irtues of any Plants are yet dif covered, and that they have no more , or other , befides what we know V**- Of fame Thoufandy of British Plants, above lefs Tribes of Marine Plants , the little that we know of them bears no Pro- portion to what we know not : Time and Chance only , not Philofophy, can make further Difcoveries ; but Phi- lofophy, not Chance , muf direSl us to a more extenfve, beneficial, fife, and regular Ufe of them , when difiovered \ But, tho we are Strangers to many, and perhaps the befi Virtues of Platits, yet let us always be cautious, that our Credulity may not impofe upon usfi&i- tious, infiead of real Ufes. I would here advertife the Reader, that, in fiveral Places , for his Eafi, I have thrown a Heap of the mofi approved PREFACE, xxv approved Simples in the fame Cafes , as on Dropfy , Stone, &c. in the Notes. £ v~y~^v* * v * * * * i - • ■ Some may perhaps query , Why did the Deity crowd the Surface of cur Earth with fuch a Number of diffe- rent Sorts of Plants , many of whofe Virtues we are entire Strangers to, if they have any ; others we are uncer- tain of ; others the fatal Experience of many has proved to be certainly noxious ; and thofe that we are beff acquainted with, we cannot at all ‘Times infallibly depend upon their fa- lutiferous Effects ; and, by late Dif- coveries from improved Microfcopes, we have Reafon to fufpeEl that there are yet many Genuffes and Species of minuter V egetables Jlill undifcovered P Had it not been much better to have garnijhed the Earth with juft fo many Plants as had been neceffary for Food and Phyfeck for us, and the Creatures fubfervient to our Ufes each Phyfical c Plant xxvi PREFACE. Plant having been fuited to the. Cure of one particular Difeafe , and fo had 7to more Phyfical Herbs than we are liable to Dffecfes f Anfw. i. Phis founds Me a tacit TV if , that the Deity had been con- fined to our Rules and Meafures ; that ike fupretne Being , who is not accountable to his Creatures , had con- fulted them , that their fhallow Capa- city might have diElated to his infinite TVifdotn. But , 2, and more direcl- ly , Had that been the Cafe , there had been a D field of one of the mofl noble and entertaining Difplays of infinite Wifdom and Goodnefs ; Wifdom , in contriving , making, and fuiting , to different Soils and Climates , Juch a numerous Vi ariety of Plants , all adapted to endlefs , and, to us, tm known Ufes : Goodnefs , in providing and accommodating his whole Animal World with all Conveniencies and Ne- ceffaries for their refpeSlive Food and Phyfick j yea, for the Delight and, Jlntef'- PREFACE, xxvii Entertainment of our outward Senfes of Sight , Smell , and Tafle. 3. They afford a good Man a large Field of Meditation , even by viewing them , tho curforily ; but efpecially when he attentively and judicioufly confiders their Vi ariety , Growth , Kinds , Beauty, Ufes , Nutrition , circulating “Juices, &c. he will rationally conclude. How manifold are thy vegetable Works, 0 Lord f Yet in TV if do m hajl thou made them all : So that thine invifible Things, from the Creation of the World, are clearly feen, being under flood from the Vegetables that are made, even thine eternal Wifdom, Power, and Godhead. 4. Who dare pronounce any of them ufelefs , even to us f For , tho we know not their Ufes at prefent, yet they may be defignd for excellent Purpofes , in due Time to be dif covered. And, tho ’ they fhould indeed be ufelefs to us, yet are there not many yet un- known Tribes of Infect Animals to be f applied both with Food arid Phyfick f C 2 And xxviii PREFACE. And what is Ploy ft ck, or Poifon to us, may be their Food ; and what is their Poifon may be our Food. 5. May not this fuggeft a Defign to us, that , as he has created fuch Vi ariety of Kmds of little Animal Beings, and fuited all with proper Suftenance and Helps, as we fee alma ft every different Plant and Shrub has its own peculiar InfeB to feed and cure, which , being removed from their own to any other Paflure, cannot live : I fay, this Joints to us, as tho he intended to confine every living Creature to its own proper Food, without fafely incroaching on the Rights of another ; left, in 'Time, the Jlronger Races fhould monopolize all Nutrition to themf elves, to the Starv- ing and Extirpating of the leffer and weaker Tribes , and fo have made a great Chafm in the Animal Creation : Rian, and the Creatures immediately fubvervient to his Purpofes, pafturmg at great eft Eiberiy, far more V ege- tables being nutritive, falubrious, and ufeful. PREFACE, xnh ufeful , than hurtful or fatal to them , while ■probably it is otherwife with the inferior , lejfer , and more obfcure Animals. 6. Even of the human Species there is a great Vi ariety of \ flafles , Appetites , Ages , and Co?iflitu- tions , to be Served ; hence a Neceffty of many different V egetables to gratify and anfwer them. 7. Had there jufl been the fame Number of Phyfical Plants created, as Mankind is liable to different Diftempers , and each Plant fpecifically adapted to its own refpe&ive Difeafe ; then , r. All Me?i mufl have been of one Conflitution, Habit of Body, had the fame Food \ and Ufe of the Non-naturals, inha- bited the like Climate and Situation , and followed a like Manner of Bufl- nefs and Rules of Life. 2. Every different Difeafe mufl have arifen perpetually , in all, from one and the fame refpeclive Caufe, and been at- tended in all with alike Symptoms f and been always of near alike Du- ration ; xxx PREFACE. ration ; and thefe in all Nations t Kingdoms , and Countries., in all Sea- sons of the Tear , ConJIitutions of the Air , Conditions or Kinds of Food, by Land or Sea, in City and Country : There had been no Difference between Infants , Youth, Manhood, and old Age ; none between Fxercife and Reff Male and Female, Repletion and Inanition, &c. But fuppofe God had ( which is not impoffible with him) created only one, or a few Plants , to have fully anfwerd all the Ends both of Food and Phyfck to all Man- kind ; yet. What mujl have become of the refl of the Animal Creation , both for Nutrition and Medicine, if a fuffcient Supply had not been pro- J vided for them f They fhould either not have been created, or made to flarve, and be immediately extirpated ; efpe- cially Inf Els, and, to the naked Eye , invifible corporeal Beings. I may add. What Room had there been for human. PREFACE, xxxi hutnan 'Judgment , Invention , Rea- soning P Where had been one oj the greatejl Gratifications of our outward Senfes that we now enjoy P *Th e Reader is* dejired to cor reft the fol- lowing ERRATA. page i . Line laft but two, read outwardly. 6 — 32, r. Pedilavium . 12 — 19, r. Apricocks. 13 — ult. r. vomit and purge. 1 5 — 35, r. immoderately. 44 — 12, and P. 48. L. penult, r . Althaea* 59 — 3> this- 67 — 31, r. Cock’s-fqot Grafs. 72 — 4, r. Drops. 74 — 22> raw- 82 — 16, 17, and P. 86, L. 2. r. Althaea. 87 — 25, r. Infarctions, or Stuffings, 347 — 16, 17, r. two Ounces of its Juice. 154 — 32, r. in nervous. Csfc. 158 — 18, r. Sanicle. 194 — 31, r. over it. 198 — 23, r. Species. 207 — 12, r. Reddifh Leaves. 2 $6 — 31, r. wafting. 268 — penult, r. then add. 279 — 5, 25, /$r Puke r. Peuk. 304 — 27, r. Barm. 307, Col. 1. L. 17. r . Sea. — Col. 2. Line 17. r, Becabunga. Medicine Medicina Britannic a. i. ADDERS- TONGUE ( Ophioglojfum ) is a notable Vulnerary, either taken inwardly in Potions, or applied outwardly. The frelh Leaves heal Wounds and Ruptures, or the Juice given in Horfe-tail Water. But its Oil made in unripe Oil Olive, either by Infolation, or a double Decoction, ’till the Herbs are crifp •, then ftrain’d, and a little Turpentine put to it, Parkinfon fays is a very valu- able Ointment, not only for frelh Wounds, but old Ulcers. The Herb is good for Wounds of the Breaft, Bowels, habitual Vomitings and Bleedings by Mouth, Nofe, or Stool. The Juice or pow- der’d Leaf drank in Oak -bud, or Horfe-tail Water, checks Excefs of the Menfes, Lochia , or Whites. Its Infufion or Decoftion in Red Wine, either to walh or drop into the Eyes, helps theii Watering, and cures their Inflammations. 2. Agrimony ( Agrivnonia) is a noble Hepatic, Spje-* netic, and Vulnerary •, it’s therefore often not unde- fervedly ufed in Diforders of the Liver, Cachexy, Jaundice, and Dropfy. It’s alfo ufed in Catarrhs, Coughs, and obft ruffed Menfes : Outward it is put into Baths and Lotions. The Herb with ftrong Vinegar takes oft Warts * its Powder in Red Wine, & B Plantain ( 2) Plantain Water, or its own Decodtion, cures fuch as cannot hold their Water. A Poultife of it boil’d in Wine, or Vinegar, and laid to the Cods, certainly takes off* Inflammations of the Stones. The diftill’d Water is a good Gargle for Ulcers of the Mouth ; at is alfo good to drink againft the Stone. Dolceus fays its Decodtion in Water, drank, is a Specific in Madnefs ; in which Difeafe, the Ancients depended more on fome Dofes of White Hellebore judicioufly prepared. Two or three Ounces of Ground Ivy Juice drank every Day, or Sala* s Tindture or De- codtion of Hypericon in Rhenifh Wine, fmall Beer, or four Ounces of the Decodtion of Anagallis flore furfur eo drank thrice a Day, all which are reckon’d Specifics in this Diftemper. The Root of Agrimony dug up in May has a molt odoriferous Smell ; the Herb warms and dries, is of thin Subftance, opens, cleanfes and ftrengthens ; it’s a good Stomachic and Purifier of the Blood : Its Decodtion or Infufion is ufed in the Lues Venerea % Fomentations of it are ap- plied to eafe Night-Pains of the Joints. The Roots are good in a Scurvy, with a Laxnefs of the Vefiels, and Toughnefs of the Humours in all weak, lax Vifcera ; in the Lochia *, in Maids and Children’s Difeafes ; in bloody Urine ; Blood-fpitting, or Dy- fentery ; in Convulfions or Falling-Sicknefs. This Root may be ufed in Powder, Infufion, or Decoc- tion ; the laft is excellent in all inward Bruifes or Hurts, or Stoppage of Urine *, it cleanfes the Bread, and helps a Cough. The Seed heals old Sores, and* Ulcers of hard Cure •, draws extraneous Bodies out of the Flefh •, ftrengthens luxated or relaxed Mem- bers, and cures Ulcers of the Ears. I have often feen its Succefs, both as it is an aperient and vulne- rary Pedtoral.— — For a Falling down of the Anusy foment with a Decodtion of Plantain, then fumigate with Ginger-Root 2 laftly apply a Poultife of Agrimony Leaves ( 3 ) Leaves well beaten up with a little Red Wine and Vinegar, it feldom tails. For the Itching of the Anus, foment with a Deco&ion of Plantain and a little Alum. For the Rhagades , foment with a De- codtion of wild TeafeL Crufo. 3- Black Alder-Tree (Aims nigra) Leaves and Bark are cooling, drying, and binding. Frefh Leaves laid on Swellings difiolve them, and flay In- flammations •, the Leaves put under weary Travel- lers bare Feet refrefh them much •, the Leaves wee with Morning Dew laid in Rooms pefter’d with Fleas, they gather quickly into them, fo may they be thrown out, and the Room clear’d. 4* Almond-Tree ( Amygdalus ) Sweet Almonds nourifh and fatten much •, they lheathe fharp Hu- mours, increafe Seed, are good for thin and con- fumptive Perfons ; they are chiefly ufed in Emul- fions,and, if defign’d to cool and compofe the Body, a Dram or two of each of the cold Seeds is added for a Quart of Water or Decodlion, for Drink, not is any Harm obferved if the Bilious drink of it. The frefh drawn Oil is good in Hoarfnefs, or Rough- nefs in the Throat •, it is excellent for the Lungs and Breaft, and in Cholicks from hard Excrements, or fharp Humours, given either alone, from two to fix Ounces, or in frefh Broth ; it is beneficial in Pains in the Kidnies ; it eafes the Gripes, and is a fine fafe Remedy for Infants ; it foftens Hardnefs and Dry- nefs of the Joints, or of other Parts ; it is ufeful to hec- tical Perfons •, and injected in a Cly flier, it relieves Heat of the urine and Privy-parts ; eafes W omen’s Pains after Labour ; and, mixt with Oil of Tartar or Honey, takes off* Spots of the Face, whether they come from Cold or Heat. The Gum of the Tree is B 2 aggluti- (4) agglutinating, and goad in Bloody-Fluxes. The Meal, out of which the Oil is exprefs’d, exceeds all Soap for whitening and fmoothing the Hands and Face. Ufeful Lindtufies are made of the Oil with Pectoral Syrups, for Diforders in the Breafl ; or with Syrup of Althaea and Diacodium for Nephritic Pains ki lean Perfons. Bitter Almonds are hot and dry, attenuating, opening, cleanfing and diuretic, good in Obftructions of the Liver, Spleen, Sweetbread, and Womb; chew’d and rub’d on the Skin they take off Spots, and eafe the Head-ach ; eaten before a hard Drinking-bout they fometimes prevent Drunkennefs. They are fatal to feveral Creatures, as Cats, Poul- try, Foxes Cubs, &c. Their Oil is good to drop into the Ears. They provoke Urine and Menfesy foften the Belly, and with Starch and Mint ftop Spitting of Blood ; with Water they are good for the Pain of the Back, and Inflammations of the Lungs ; with Turpentine, Honey, and Milk they are good in Obftructions of the Liver, Cough, or Windy Cholick ; Dofe the Bignefs of a Hazle-Nut. 5- Althea, Marsh-Mallows, and Mallows, being both of the fame Nature, I fhall include them in one Article, only the former is much more effi- cacious than the latter. Althea Roots, Flowers, Seeds, and Leaves, foften, loofen, difcufs, eale Pain, ripen Swellings, blunt and corredl fait and fharp Humours. The Root is ufed in Diforders of the Kidnies and Bladder, in an Afthma, Pleurify, Pains in the Bowels, iSc. And that either inwardly in Decodtion, Syrup, Powder, Conferve, &c. or outwardly in Poultifes, Clyfters, Ointments, Fomen- tations, Baths, lAc. The Decoftion or Syrup of the Leaves, but efpecially the R.oots, is moft ufeful for the Stone in the Kidnies or Bladder, either drank, 2 or ( 5 ) or given in Clyfters, Baths, Ointment, or in any other Form prepared *, for, by its abundant flimy, fmooth Juice, it foftens, widens, relaxes, and makes the Paftages flippery. It is beneficial in Coughs, Short- nefs of Breath, Confumptions, and Inflammations in the Breaft. The Decodtion of the Roots, or Mucilage of the Seeds, is good in Erofions of the Bowels, Bloody-Flux, conftant griping Pains, from fharp Humours. Its Poultife or Ointment foftens, ripens, and eafes the Pain of hard Swellings. Its Conferve is proper in fharp Rheums, Hoarfnefs, and other Diforders of the Wind-pipe. Clyfters of the Decodtion are a Specific in a Dyfentery. A Liniment made of the Roots heals chop’d Nipples. A Mu- cilage of the Root, in Rofe- Water, is good to drink for the Strangury after Blifters. The Plant feems not wholly deftitute of Sharpnefs, for a Poultife of the Root, boil’d in Water, has been known to raife fome fmall, red, painful Puftles, which were healed by applying Frogfpawn ; but that might happen either from the Poultife lying on too long, or from the Sharpnefs of the Perfon’s Juices, or from both. A Decodtion of the Root has eafed fome old People in a Strangury, and others in a Gonorrhoea. The Root is an Ingredient in moft cooling, foftening, Pain- eafing Ptifans for a violent Cough, with a wa- tery, thin, ftiarpifh Spittle, and in Gravel Pains with Heat, Sharpnefs of Urine, and Inflammation ; but let Nitre be added to the Decodtion. The Root is not to be ufed too long, left it thicken the Hu- mours too much. Quercetan , Lemery , and Charas have very much improved the Preparation from this Root, both in Syrup, Ointment, and Poultife. Bi'of- corides recommends this Root for Wounds, the King’s-Evil^ and Swellings on the Neck and behind the Ears •, in Inflammations of the Breaft, Excoria- tions of the AnuS), Cramps or Convulfions ; provided B 3 it ( 6 ) k be boil’d in Wine or Mead, bruife it and apply it •, and the Decodtion of it drank at the fame time : .Or boil’d, and with Hogs-lard, Goofe-greafe, and Turpentine, reduced to an Ointment, it cures In- flammations in the Womb, which are cleanfed by a Decodtion after the Birth •, its Decodlion in Vinegar, for a Gargle, cures the Tooth-ach. The Seed, mix’d with Vinegar, clears the Skin from Morphew, or other Difcolourings. — Mallows are poffefs’d of the fame Virtues, but in a lower Degree, and may be uled where the other is not to be got : A Decodlion of either, with Parfley and Fennel-roots, loofens the Belly, and brings Plenty of Milk into Nurfes Breaks. A Decodlion of common Mallow- Seed, in Wine or Milk, is fitter for hot Difeafes of the Break, than of Marjh-Mallows , if to drink for fome Time. An Ointment of the Leayes, with Camphire, is good for the Achores. The Leaves, bruifed and rub’d on any Part kung with Bees or Wafps, take off Pain, Rednefs, and Swelling. A Poultife of the bruifed Leaves, boil’d in Oil pf Rofes with Bean and Barley- Flour, is good againk hard Swellings and Inflam- mations, Impokhumes or Tumours of the Cods and other Parts, or of the Liver and Spleen, and eafes their Pain. Mallow-Juice , boil’d in old Oil and ap- ply’d, cures the Roughnefs of the Skin, Scurfs and dry Scabs of the Plead and ether Parts, and Falling off of the Hair ; and is good for Scalds and Burns y and for hot, red, and painful Swellings in any Part. A Decodlion of the Flowers, with a little Honey and Alum, makes a good Gargle for a fore Throat. A Decodtion of the Leaves is a fine Pe diluvium for Rheums and Waterings. Mallow-Tops , boil’d in Milk and drank, eale the Gripes in a Dyfentery, take off the Heat and Tenfion of the Belly, check the Blood, and fometimes cure the Difeafe. I have known fome Rnkics, in a Fit of the Stone, diffolve an Ounce of Alth &c. and ( 9 ) and vulnerary. It provokes the Menfes , expels Birth and After-birth ; it is good in Hyfterics, re- fills malignant and contagious Difeafes, Poifons, and Plague * if the Root is infufed in Vinegar, held to the Nofe, chew’d in the Mouth, kept under the Tongue, drank in Vinegar, or taken in Powder, orlnfufion. To cure the Plague, a Dram of the Pov/der, or half a Dram of it and a Dram of Venice Treacle is drank in fmall Wine, or Carduus Water, the Perfon mull fweat plentifully after, and let it be repeated every fix Hours. The candied Root, or young Stalks, are ufed as a Stomachic ; it prevents Infedlion, and heals cold Difeafes of the Bread *, Chewing it helps a difagreeable Breath *, it is good againft Acidities, and in Difeafes of the Head, and Womb therefrom. The Tops and Seeds infufed in Brandy, or Water drawn from them with Spirits, is Stomachic and Cordial, revives the Spirits, takes off Head-ach, Dulnefs, Drowfinefs, and Va- pours. The Root or Seed diffolves tough Phlegm, eafes Pains caufed by it, opens Obflrudions of the Liver and Spleen, and cures the Jaundice. It is ufed outwardly in Baths and Poultifes for the Uterus Pudenda , and in Wound Plaiflers and Ointments : Some ufe it inflead of Pepper, which feems a good Exchange. It is too hot for very lean Hectical and Confumptive Perfons ♦, half a Dram of the Pow- der caufes Sweat ; that Dofe repeated brings the Menfes. Juice of Lovage Leaves expels the retain’d After-Birth ; a Syrup may be made of it without boiling, to ufe in Winter. Half a Dram of pow- der’d Angelica Root or Seed warms a cold Stomach, promotes Digeftion, wafles fuperfluous Moifture and raw Humours, expels Wind, and eafes Pains and Gripes, except from harden’d Excrements : The bruifed green Root, made into a Tea, is good in Agues, and is faid to quench Third:. The diftill’d Water ( *o ) Water is a good Gargle in a Quinfey ; and drop’d into the Eyes cures Rednefs and Dimnefs ; and Spots and Freckles on the Face, by walking with it. Lovage Leaves, bruifed and fry’d in Hogs-lard, quickly ripen and break Boils. Angelica is a good Herb in Nephritic Pains, and a good female Plant ; it is proper in Surfeits ; increafes Milk in Nurfes, and Seed in Men. A learned and pious Divine highly prized the following Salve, and did much Service with it both to Poor and Rich, in flatulent, nephritic, hyfteric, and convulfive Cholicks, Gripes, Stomach Pains, Want of Appetite and Digeftion, Pains, Aches, and Swelling from Cold. Take Root of Angelica , Saxifrage , Avens , Elacampane , Lovage , Mafterwort , Burnet , Spignel ( Meum ) of each one Ounce •, Leaves of Hart' s-tongue, Maiden-hair , Baume , Rue, Wormwood , Co aft mar y, fweet Maudlin , Mary- gold , Plantain , Lavender , fpotted Lungwort , Ground-Ivy , Millefoil , Germander , Burnet , Golden- Rod , Saxifrage , /A//y Leaves , of each a Pugil ; Flowers of Camomile , Jeff amine. Lavender , Broom , Elder, Violets, Mary gold, of each half a Handful ; Seeds of Gromwell, Dill, Anife , Caraway, Cummin , ^74/ Carrots, Parjley, Grains of Paradife, of each one Ounce. Slice the Roots, cut the Herbs, bruife the Seeds, let all be mixt and well beaten in a Mor- tar *, put a third Part of the whole in what Quantity of the bell new Butter the Maker pleafes ; boil them flowly in a clofe-covered earthen Pot, till the Herbs are crifp ; then ftrain them out, and put in another third Part of the Ingredients, boil and ftrain^ as before ; then put in the laft third Part *, when that’s boil’d and (brained out, add one Ounce of Bees Wax to each Pound •, divide the warm Ointment in two Parts, the one for inward, the other for outward Ufe •, to the former may be added any proper Chymical Oils, and cover the Pot clofe with a clean Bladder tied down. ( II ) 2nd fet in a cool Place. Dofe from two Drams to an Ounce, in any warm Liquor, at going to Bed : To the latter may be added either warming Oils or Spirits, as there is Occafion. The great Number of Ingredients is fully compenfated by its furprifing Efficacy, and it need only be made once a Y ear. 3. Apples are grateful and ufeful to hot and bilious Stomachs, but not to the cold, moift and flatulent ; eaten raw, they move the Belly a little. A Poultife of roafted fwe.et Apples, with Powder of Frankin- cenfe, is good in a pricking Pain of the Side ; or a Poultife of the fame Apples boil’d in Plantain Water to a Pulp, then mixt with Milk and applied, takes frefli Marks of Gun-powder out of the Skin. Boil’d or roafted Apples eaten with Rofe- Water and Sugar, or with a little Butter, is a pleafant cooling Diet for feverifh People. An Infufion of fliced Apples with their Skins in boiling Water, a Cruft of Bread, fome Barley, and a little Mace, is a proper cooling Drink in Fevers. Roafted Apples, eaten with Frankmcenfe, are good in an Afthma ; Apples eaten raw, roafted or boil’d, are good in Inflammations of the Lungs, Breaft, and Sides, or in Confumptions. Their Sy- rup is a good Cordial in Faintings, Palpitations, and Melancholy. The Pulp of boil’d or rotten Apples in a Poultife is good for inflammed Eyes, either ap- plied alone, or with Women’s, Afles, Goats, or Cows Milk, or with Rqfe or Fennel Waters. The Pulp of five or fix roafted Apples beaten up with a Wine Quart of Water, to Lambs Wool, and the whole drank at Night in an Hour’s Space, cures in one Night fuch as make Urine by Drops, with racking Pain and Heat ; if it cure not the firft Time, repeat it the next Night, and it never yet fail’d, fays Gerard : I knew it try’d, and it fuc- ceeded ( 12 ) ereded exactly. Apples differ according to their Taffe •, the Sweet loofen the Belly, the Sour bind it, and provoke Urine •, the Rough ftrengthen both Stomach and Bowels.- Crabs are very rough, acid, and aftringent ; their Juice is ufed inftead of Vinegar ; it makes Fifh boil’d in it firmer and bet- ter tailed. Crab Juice and Barm laid to Inflamma- tions are ufeful, or the Juice drop’d into inflamed Eyes •, it is a proper Wafh for fcrophulous Ulcers, if they are wrap’d up after in Wool, moiften’d with Neatsfoot Oil •, they bind the Belly, and ftrengthen • the Stomach of longing Women. A Decodlion of the Leaves is a proper Gargle for the Mouth when dry, rough and furr’d in hot Fevers, nor is it amifs if they fwallow a little of it their Verjuice is good for Heat and Weaknefs of the Stomach, and for great Belchings and Vomitings. Cloths wet in the Juice and applied draw Fire out of Burns, &c. 9- Apricots ( Armeniaca ) they are better than Peaches ; they neither putrefy nor turn acid fo fcon on the Stomach, and are generally fweeter and more grateful to it •, but too great Freedom with them will occafion fhort Fevers. The exprefs’d Oil of the Kernels is good to anoint the inflamed Piles, and for the Swellings of Ulcers, Roughnefs and Chaps of the Tongue, Pains of the Ears, and Hoarfnefs. Mathiolus fays, that five Ounces of the Oil with one Ounce of Mufcadine Wine expels the Stone, and helps the Cholick. The Kernels infufed in Brandy make a fine Ratefee ; but bitter Almonds are often fubftituted. io. Archangel ( Lamium ) or Dead Nettle, a Con- lerve of the Flowers of the white, taken daily, is faid to ( *3 ) to be good for the Whites, and for Melancholy. The Herb, with the red Flower, bruifed and ap- plied, is faid to difcufs all Kinds of Swellings, and heals Inflammations, Bruifes, Wounds, and putrid Ulcers ; and fome will have it that a Conferve of the Flowers will flop exceffive Menfes. A Hand- ful of the Herb with white Flowers warmed between two hot Bricks, and laid to Tumours, opens them much in one Night, and, when opened, the follow- ing is to be ufed ; viz. fix Spoonfuls of unripe Sal- lad Oil, an Ounce of May Butter* put them in black Wool moiftenedjin Neatsfoot Oil, apply it; and let the Sick every Morning and Afternoon drink Broom-flower Water. This Herb is reckon’d one of the Specifics in the King’s Evil. II. 12. Arache ( Atriplex ) (flanking) is cooling and moiflening, it is eaten boil’d as Cole ; it is famous for opening the Belly ; hence fome number it with the five opening Emollients, tho’ it is moflly ufed in Clyfters, and Epithems ; its Seed powerfully purges and vomits, but neither fafely nor eafily. Diofcorides gave its Seed with Mead in the J aundice. It is an Antidote to the Mifchiefs from the Ufe of Cantharides ; its Juice applied to Tumours diflblves them ; applied to the Gout with Vinegar and Nitre it eafes the Pain, but it is not advifeable. — Sea Ar - rache from its being more fait purges more, and is very toublefome to the Belly ; but eaten in fat Broth, it is good in a Dropfy ; and prevents too great Cor- pulency, and preferves from Putrefadlion. The Smell of the former is good for Women in Hyfterics. The Herb or Juice kills Worms in the Sores of Horfes, Cattle, or Sheep. The Juice is ufeful in a Suffocation of the Womb, and for Inflammations. The Seeds vomits and purges feverdy, and with cruel ( J cruel Gripes. The TVild Arache is as cold, but drier than the Garden Arache j it is ufed outwardly for Inflammations. 13- Asarum or Asarabacca Roots eaten raw caufe violent Vomiting, but boil’d in Water they open Obftrudlions, are diuretic, and the Remedy of flow Fevers, efpecially from obftinate Obftrudtions in the Hypochondres. The Roots work more mildly than the Leaves, whofe Powder taken too freely has proved fatal to the Strong. The Dofe of the Root in Subftance is, from half a Dram to a Dram 5 in Infufion from one to three Drams ; it brings up thick Phlegm, and Bile by Vomit. The powder’d Leaves are a good Sternutatory in an Apoplexy or Lethargy, as is the frefli powder’d Root of Mafter- wort , laid about the Grinders in the Mouth ; or the Infiilion of dried Sage for common Drink ; or Muf- tard Seed Poflfet Drink after due Evacuations. Afa- rum Leaves are given in Infufion or Decodfion from four Ounces to nine. The Herb is a wonderful Diuretic, and Emenagogue, the fmaller it is beat- en, more diuretic and lefs purgative it is ; it has excellent Effedts in a Dropfy, Jaundice, Tertian, and Quartan Fevers, and is good in Arthritic and Sciatic Pains, its Decodtion in Wine or Water, be- ing fweetened and drank. The more it is boil’d, the lefs it purges. 14- Asparagus is one of the opening Roots, it is diuretic, waftes the Stone and brings it away ; it warms and dries a little, it difcufles ; it removes thick and tough Matter from the Liver, Spleen, and Kidnies *, for which Purpofes the Root is ufed in Decodtion, as it is in Gargles for the Tooth-ach, and to ( *5 ) to fatten the Gums ; the Seed anfwers the fame In- tentions, but is feldomer ufed. Diofcorides fays it is good in the King’s-Evil, and works powerfully by Urine *, but all Diuretics long or much ufed endan- ger the Ulceration of the Bladder ; for which Dr. Bowie mix’d Vulneraries with them. Hoffman thinks it increafes Seed, and ftimulates phlegmatic Perfons, but has a contrary Effect on the bilious. Parkinfon prefers young Buds of wild Afparagus to thofe of the Garden and Phyttck *, it is alfo good againft Diffi- culty of making Water, or Making it by Drops ; and to eafe nephritic Pains, and expel Sand and Gravel ; for the Jaundice *, and taken in Wine it expels the Poifon of the Phalangium and Serpents ; or, boil’d in Vinegar and applied, it braces up re- laxed Arteries, and helps the Sciatica. A Decoc- tion of the Roots in Wine, drank, helps a Frenzy, Falling-Sicknefs, and Pain of the Uterus ; boil’d in Water it clears a dim mifty Sight, and held in the Mouth eafes the Tooth- ach ; it cures Pains of the Breaft, Stomach, and Bowels, and, drank every Morning feveral Days together, it excites Venereal Defire. A Dram of its Seeds, — and Cummin Seeds given in four Ounces of Wine helps bloody Urine ; fome rejedt its Ufe in a Dropfy. The Back and Belly bath’d with a Deco&ion of the Root or Seed in Wine, or fitting in it as in a Bath, has been found a good Remedy againft the Pains of the Kidneys and and Bladder, Uterus , Cholick, or other Pains in the lower Parts of the Body ; and for Stiffnefs and Numbnefs of the Sinews or Cramps, Sciatica and Convulfions. The Herb provokes the Menfes , is ftomachic, nouriffies much and exhilarates ; it mutt: not be eaten too immediately, efpecially by the Bi- lious, left it fharpen the Humours. There have been Difputes whether it diflolves and expels, or gene- rates the Stone 3 the laft feems meer Theory. The boil’d ( 16 ) boil’d Tops eaten, or their Decoftion drank, loofen the Belly. 15- Asphodel Roots are cleanfing, cutting, open- ing, good to provoke Urine and Menjes , refill Poi- fon, cleanfe Ulcers, and refolve. 1 6. Ar smart ( Verfiearia ) is plain orfpotted; the firfl is mild, cooling or drying, the laft is hot and dry i it kills all W orms, both on Man and Beall, and cleanfes putrefied Sores, if the Juice be drop’d into them, or otherwife applied *, it confumes all cold Swellings, and diffolves coagulated Blood, from Falls or Bruifes. A Piece of the Root, or fome of the Seed, put into an aching Tooth eafes the Pain. The bruifed Leaves laid to a Joint that has a Fellon takes it off. The Juice drop’d into the Ears kills Worms or Fleas there prefently. The Leaves llrowed in a Room kill or expel all the Fleas in it* The Herb or Juice, rubb’d on a Horfe or Beall’s Sores, drive away Flies, and all Vermin, even in the hottell Summer. A Handful of the Herb, put under a tired Horfe’s Saddle, makes him go frelh and vigorous. The mild Ar [mar t heals green • Wounds', is good againll beginning Impollhumes and Inflammations *, its Water diftill’d from the Herb is excellent in the Stone. I7- Artichoke ( Cinara ) excites both Sexes' to Ve- nery. A Decoction of the Leaves in White Wine Poflet is an -extraordinary Medicine for the Jaun- dice. The Roots are opening, cleanfing, and diure- tic the candied Stalks are faid to be good in fluf- fing of the Lungs. 1 8. Arum-wake, ( *7 ) i8. Arum {Wake Robin or Cuckow Pint) is good in continued Quotidians •, the Lees or Dregs of the Root, inftead of a Digeftive, far exceeds all others. The Root of the fpotted Sort, whether dry or green, taken in Powder to half a Dram, is a good Re- medy againft Plague or Poifon. T h agus fays, he knows not a more healthful Herb, than its green Leaves laid to a Bile or Bubo. The boil’d Root taken with Honey cures Difeafes of the Bread from thick Phlegm, for it powerfully expectorates thick tough Matter, therefore good in an Afthma ; it promotes the Difcharge of Urine, and is faid to cure Ruptures. The dried Root is a noble Remedy for the Scurvy, and in Difeafes of the Liver and Uterus from a cold Caufe. A Poultife of frelh Leaves beaten up with Cow Dung is good in the Gout. A Water diftill’d from the Root makes a fine beautifying Wafh, takes off Spots, and makes the Face fhine ; but the Juice of the Root dried in the Sun, and beaten into Meal like a Cerufe, is far better. Ray fays, that the Root, mixt with Powder of Brim- ftone, is a fovereign Remedy in Confumptions, and was a Secret communicated by a dying Gentleman. The Powder taken in Wine, or other proper Li- quor, or the Juice or Powder of the Berries, or their Decodtion in Wine, provoke obftrudted Urine or Menfes.) purge Women after Child-bearing, and ex- pel the After-Birth. Taken in Sheeps Milk, it heals inward Ulcers of the Bowels. In all which Cafes the diftill’d Water is no contemptible Remedy, a Spoonful whereof taken at a Time cures the Itch, and an Ounce or two of it taken daily cures Rup- tures. The Leaves either green or dried, or their Juice, cleanfe all Sorts of rotten and filthy Ulcers, and the Polypus of the Nofe, and heal them. A C Decodtion ( i8 ) Decodlion of the Root in Water drop’d into the Eyes clears them from Films, Clouds, or Mills, that weaken the Sight, and hinders their Watering or Rednefs. The Root made into a Poultife, and ap- plied with Bean-flour to an inflamed Throat or Jaws, relieves them. The Juice of the Berries boil’d in Role Oil, or the Powder mixt with Oil, and drop’d into the Ear, eafes its Pain. A Decodlion of Leaves and Roots in Wine and Oil cures the Piles, and Fal- ling down of the Anus , or even Sitting over the Fumes of them does it. The bruifed Root diflill’d in Milk affords a fine Face Wafh. A Dram of the powder’d Root, given often with Cinnamon and Sugar, cures Palenefs, Cachexy, Scurvy, and Ob- llrudlions of the Vifcera. i 9- Ash-Tree ( Fraxinus ) Bark and Wood, dry and attenuate, they foften the Hardnefs of the Spleen, and reduce its morbid Bulk. Some with Succefs have fubflituted this to the Jefuits Bark in Intermit- tents. The Juice of the Leaves and tender Sprouts, taken daily in a fmall Quantity, is ferviceable in Dropfles. The Salt of the Wood mixt with Diu- retics is a Sudorific, and fo is the Decodlion of the Bark. The Seed (called its Keys) warms and dries much, is ufeful in the Stone, Obflrudtions of the Liver, and Pleurifies. The Powder of the fully ripe dried Keys is a moll efficacious Remedy, not only for the Stone, but Jaundice and Dropfy,; Dofe a Dram in Wine. The Bark or Leaves boil’d in Vinegar and Water, and laid to the Stomach, flay Vomiting •, or boil’d in Wine and drank cure the Liver and Spleen. A few of the Leaves, taken every Morning in Wine for fome Time, both cure and prevent Corpulency. * 20. Avens * The Bark boil’d in Spring Water is. good in the Gout, be ing Diuretic and Sudorific. Its lixivial Salt, taken in white Wine, ( *9 ) 20. Av e n s (Carivphyllata) the Roots boil’d in Wine* and drank warm, eafe Pains of the Stomach and Inteftines from Cold or Wind ; they are chiefly ufed to dry up Catarrhs, and difTolve coagulated Blood, f The Root infufed in Wine, or Ale, gives them a moft delicious and pleafant Flavour, is cordial and benefi- cial in ObftrudHons of the Liver, and Diforders of the Stomach, from cold and grofs Humours ; it is Wine, moves Sweat/ drives out the Mealies, is good in a Dropfy * ■given in a {mail Dole, it is Diuretic ; in a large, it is Sudorific ; it incides and attenuates much. An Infufion of Columbine Root in Wine, or mixt with Scurvy-Grafs and Water- Creffes, is ex- cellent in a Dropfy of the Belly, called Afcites : And fo is the Decoftion of Silver- weed, orwildTanfy, or of Broom in Wine* and a Glafs-full taken every Morning falling. In a general Dropfy over the whole Habit, AJb-tree Seed taken in Rheni/b Wine, is an excellent Remedy ; the like is an Infufion of Worm- wood in Ale or Wine drank, or a Lixivium of its Alhes drank fmall, or a Decodtion of Garlick in Milk, and one or two of its Cloves fwallowed before : Forefius commends the Juice of Gar- lick drank ; nor are the Leaves of the Birch ufed inwardly or outwardly contemptible. A Decodtion of the Root of white Briony in Wine or Water, drank, cures a Dropfy. A Syrup of its Root ufed is a Specific. A Decodtion of Dwarf Elder Roots in Wine, drank falling every Morning for thirty Days, is good ; or its inner Bark infufed in Wine drank. An Infufion of Ground-Ivy and Wormwood in Table Beer has cured very Hydropic Legs, and the ftrain’d-out Herb may be laid warm to the Parts. Frefh Juice of the green Roots of Flower-de-luce, from half an Ounce to two Ounces, drank in Wine or Small Beer warm, is excel- lent, but works very roughly. White Horehound is a great ^Specific. Syrup of Pellitory of the Wall often ufed is extoll’d. Elder Wine of the Juice of the Berries, or the Juice with Rhenr/b Wine is good. The frequent Ufe of Swallow-wort, boil’d in Ale or Wine, is good. F For a Catarrh take Roots of Avem^ and Chips of Saflaftas, of each two Ounces, Rofemary half an Ounce, infufe them very warm eight Hours in good Wine j ftrain out ; Dofe a Wine Glafs-full Morning, Afternoon, and Night : Or two Ounces of the Decodtion of unripe Quinces, fweeten’d with Sugar, every Night “going to Bed , C 2 fomewhas ( 20 ) fomewhat aftringcnt ; its Infufion in Ale ftrengthens the Joints and Bowels. The Roots boil’d in Poflet- Drink, and given two Hours before the Fit, cure Tertians ; boil’d in white Wine, it brings down ob- ftrudled Menfes. The Extra# has the above Vir- tues, and is ufed in Rheumatifms ; it is a Specific in Pains of the Head, from grofs Blood or much Phlegm. 21. Baldmonv, Bawdwort, Spignel (Meum) is a glo- rious Plant to cold, phlegmatic, and cachedtic Con- ftitutions, a Kind of Treacle or Panacaea, from its much contained exalted Oil, and volatile or efiential Salt •, it therefore affedts the Heads of the Choleric or Sanguine, if taken in too long, or too large Dofes. The Root expels Wind, and difcufies Fla- tulency or Belchings ; it powerfully provokes Urine and Menfes , is excellent in Hyfterics, Green-Sick- nefs, Cartarrhs, Gripes, and facilitates Venery much *, it juftly (lands at the Head of Antihyfterics, Stomachics, Emenagogues, Carminative Warmers, and is far from being the lowed of reputed Pedtorals. The Powder given with Loaf Sugar, and a Glafs of its Infufion in white Wine or Beer, or Water taken Evening and Morning fome Days, modly brings down the Menfes and Lochia , facilitates the Expul- fion of Birth and After-Birth, and eafes a flatulent Cholic, after many more pompous and promiflory Things have fail’d. In Diforders of the Stomach from Phlegm, raw, crude Humours, Wind and Relaxations, Pains, Want of Appetite and Diges- tion, ’ Belchings, Rudlations, Naufea’s, Cholic, Gripes, Retention of Urine, a clofe Decoc- tion, or Infufion of this Root, far exceeds all the Mint Tribe ; it is a powerful Opener of Obdrudliona from Cold, as Cachexy, &V. The Roots fhould ( 11 ) be gathered when the Leaves begin to put forth in the Spring. The Seed is rather (Longer, and an- fwers the fame IJfe as the Root. The Leaf is ufed outwardly in Baths, Poultifes, and Fomentations. I knew, forty Years ago, an old Pra&itioner of good Charadter and Succefs, who told me he raifed and maintained his Reputation from his great Ufe'and Succefs with this Herb : What a Shame is it that it is now difufed ? 22. Baum ( Melijfa ) is a great Cordial, fit for Melan- cholics, it drives away Sorrow, caufes chearful Dreams, and fharpens the Senfes. The Arabians ad- mired it much in Faintings, Swoonings, Palpita- tions, Sadnefs, Grief, Lownefs of Spirits, Cares and Troubles on the Mind, and exceifive Beating of the Pulfe ; nor do they edeem it ufelefs in a Palfey, and cold Difeafes of the Brain, if boil’d in Wine and drank, (but it, confiding of thin, fubtil Parts, will not bear Boiling,) fome extol it for Rouzihg and Strengthening the Memory, and Sharpening the Judgment ; it is good in Hyderics, and promotes Menfes and Lochia ; it is put into Baths and Poultifes for the Womb. Not only its Infufion, but Wearing it under the Soles of the Feet, hadens the Menfes , and comforts the Joints and Sinews ; its Fomenta- tion is good for the Stinging of Bees and Wafps ; a Conferve of it, Borrage Flowers, and Confe&ion of Khermes, is very good in Melancholy. A Hand- ful of cut j Baum, and half a Dram of powder’d Pearl, infufed in four Ounces of Spirit of Wine, and taken two Spoonfuls at a Time, was the Secret of a Family at Montpelier for Madnefs, laid Rive- rins. Parkinfon gives a Receipt for a fine Spirit didill’d from it •, and Boyle teaches to make an EL fence from it to make old People young, but both C 3 their ( 22 ) their Proceffes are too tedious to infer t here. Hoff - man praifes it much for the above Ufes. Tournefort fhews how to make it very diuretic. It makes a delicious Tea, only it is too cheap and" common, to "be regarded. * Bay-Tree, ( Laurus ) Galen will have its Leaves to be hot and dry, but its Fruit more lb. The Bark is more bitter and a little aftringent. A Steam of the warm Decodtion of its Leaves, fitten over, is sood in Difeafes of the Womb and Bladder *. the O green Leaves bruifed and applied are good for the Stings of Wafps, Bees, and venomous Infedfs. The young Leaves, beaten up with Flour, are pro- per in Inflammations of the Eyes ; or with Rue for Inflammations of the Tefticles , or with Oil of Rofes or Orrice, for thofe of the Head. It was much commended formerly for Difeafes of the Breaft, but of late it has been rather intended for thofe of the Stomach, Liver, Spleen, and Bladder, being thought to warm the Stomach, promote Decodtion of raw Humours, excite languifhing Appetites, and cure Naufeating ; to provoke Urine and Menjes , and expel the After-Birth. A few Berries fwallowed be- fore Sleep is faid to promote ,an eafy Delivery. Their Juice in Wine, drop’d into the Ears, cures their Pain and Dulnefs of Hearing. The Leaves * For a Palpitation of the Heart, Baum and Barrage Leaves beaten up with a little Rofe Water and Vinegar, and laid to the Region of the Heart ; or green Baum alone fprinkled with Vine- gar and applied. Or drink every Night two* Ounces of Juice of Buglofs with a little Sugar ; or the Powder or Decodion of Mother-wort, with a Piece of Sugar ; or Powder of Harts-tongue Leaves with Sugar. Children have often Straitnefs at the Breaft or Heart, which is relieved by the exprefs’d Juice of roafted Onions, with Capon Greale in a Li/iiment, rubb’d on the Breaft and Sides, bruifed f *3 ) bruifed and fmell’d to., prevent peftilential Infedion. Bauhinus gives various Medicines from the Fruit and Leaves for watery Eyes, Burns, Scalds, Deafnefs, Cholic, Relaxation of the Uvula, hard Labour, Head-ach, Megrim, £s?r. Several Oils are prepared from it, which warm, foften, expel Wind, are good in Flatulencies, all Difeafes of the Nerves, Pains of the Ears, and Rheums. But, in Diforders of the Kidnies from Cold, to anoint with it is a moft fafe, quick, and excellent Remedy. It is alfo good in a Palfey, Cramp, and all cold Difeafes •, Inflam- mations, Cholics, with, or without a Rupture, where all Symptoms portended only Danger, a Clyfter, with a large Quantity of the Berries and Cummin Seeds, boil’d with Emollients, I have feen do Wonders. Nor are they bad in a Diet' drink to cold, phlegmatic, flabby Bodies, that have a Pain, Weaknefs, or Windinefs in their Stomachs. Their Oil cures Concuflions, and diflolves coagulated Blood, and cures Scabs. Venomous Beads are faid not to come near the Smell of the Ointment. 24- Beech -Tree ( Fagus ) Leaves are cooling and binding, if applied to difcufs hot Swellings. The Nuts, being warm and moift, are good Nourifhment to feveral Creatures. The Water found in the PIol- low of the Trees, ufed in a Lotion, cures Scurf, Scab, and Tetters. •25- Bar b e r r y-T ree, {Berber is) the Berries cool, bind, excite an Appetite, and {Lengthen the Sto- mach ; beaten up with Sugar, they are helpful, in Cafes that require Cooling and Binding, as in Fe- vers, Fluxes, &c. Their Wine is fharper than that of Pomegranates, it is good in hot Fluxes of C 4 tne ( 24 ) the Belly, Coeliaca and Vomiting ; they quench Third: in Fevers, and revive a languishing Appe- tite. The Juice of the Berry, or Deco&ion of the Bark, and Juice of the Leaves, bruifed with Vine- gar, is good in all hot Pains of the Teeth from Bile, or fharp Serums, or laid to the Forehead in a hot Pain of the Head. The yellow inner Bark wrapp’d in a Linnen CJoth, and infufed three Hours in white Wine, and drank, is faid to purge Bile powerfully. Sim. Pauli tells us, how to make a fine Tartar of them. The yellow inner Bark of both Roots and Branches, as before infufed, in Ale or white Wine, is a noble Remedy for the Jaundice. Or this Barberry Bark and Chick-weed, of each alike, boil in middling Wort, to the Confidence of a Syrup, mix in it Sugar Candy and Saffron •, drink of it twice a Day ; or take Wormwood, Betony, Celandine, Dandelion, Barberry Bark, Roots of Garden Rhubarb, of each a Handful ; Senna Leaf twelve Drams, bruifed Hog-Lice an Ounce and a half, Saffron four Scruples ; infufe all in four Pints of white Wine, or fmall Beer, for four Days, drain and drink hereof every Morning fix Ounces : Or more generally take Tops of Fir, Broom, Elder and Buckbean, of each fix Handfuls, Juniper Berries four Ounces, Bark of Dwarf Elder, Barberry, and Tamarifk, of each half a Pound ; Roots of Smallage, Liquorice, Monk’s Rhubarb, Marfh-Mallows, Fen- nel, Afparagus, and Parfiey, of each fix Ounces ; pick and dice the bed of the Herbs, and throw out the Pith of the Roots, and outer Bark of the Barks, and boil them in a fufficient Quantity of Water, to prefs out four or five Pounds, which drain through a Flannel, and evaporate to the Confidence of an Extract, and add to it an equal Quantity of Honey; then lift in fine Powder of the bed T urkey Rhubarb, Turmerick, Earth Worms prepared, of each two Ounces 5 ( 25 ) Ounces, Saffron, Hog-Lice prepared, and Seeds of * Dwarf Elder, of each one Ounce •, then put to all and mix Caftile Soap, Alb. Sterc. Anferin. of each three Ounces, Balfam Capivi one Ounce, make an Eledluary. Dofe from half a Dram to two Drams, in any Obflrudlions, or Foulnefs of the Vijcera . 2 6. Be tony ( Betonica ) is biting and bitter, it dif- cufies, attenuates, opens, and cleanfes ; it is a chief Cephalic, Hepatic, Splenetic, Thoracic, Uterine, Vulnerary, and Diuretic ; it is much ufed inwardly and outwardly, efpecially in Difeafes of the Head, fays Schroder. Wood Betony Tea, with dried Leaves of Wood Sage, and Ground-Pine, fweeten’d and drank warm, is a wonderful Remedy in the Gout, Head-ach, and Diforders of the Nerves ; if a llridl Ule of the Non-naturals be obferved at the fame Time, and proper Evacuations ufed at due Intervals : Nor is a Tea of dried Leaves and Flowers of Betony, and wild Angelica, ufelefs in the firft Cafe. I have known obftinate Head-achs, that for many Months had refilled all other moll probable Means, cured by daily Breakfalling, for a Month or fix Weeks, on a Decodlion of Wood Betony in new Milk, and llrain’d, The dried Leaf, fmoaked with Tobacco, has been ferviceable in fome Difeafes of the Head. The Roots are very different from all the other Parts ; they have a bad Talle, are often- five to the Stomach, caufe Loathing, Vomiting, and Belching. Antonius Mufa , Phyfician to the Emperor Auguftus , wrote a whole Book on this one Herb. Pliny is in downright Raptures with it. Diofcorides fays it is good in innumerable Dillempers, for it cures thofe who either loath, or cannot digeft their ( 26 ) their Food, weak Stomachs, four Belchings, either in Conferve, Infufion, Decodtion, Powder, or Electuary i it is ufeful in the Jaundice, Epilcpfy, Palfey, Convulfions, Gout, and Droply •, it is good in Coughs and Colds, Wheezing and Shortnefs ot Breath, and fharp Rheums on the Lungs ; its De- codtion in Mead is good in putrid Agues, from Dif- orders of the Stomach *, it draws out Blood and Humours which fall on the Eye and hinder the Sight ; its Decodtion kills Worms, opens Obftruc- tions of the Liver and Spleen, is beneficial in Stitches, and other Pains of the Sides or Back, Gripes in the Bowels or windy Cholic ; it brings down the Men- fes , Gravel, Stone, and Birth, and is very good in Hyfteries *, boil’d in Wine for a Gargle, it eafes the Tooth-ach ; it is ufeful againft the Venom of Ser- pents, or mad Dogs, ufed inwardly and outwardly ^ it either prevents or quickly removes Drunkennefs. The Powder with Honey and a little Vinegar flrangely refrefhes the Weary ; it ftops Bleedings by the Mouth, Nofe, or Urine j bruifed and applied to green Wounds, it quickly heals them, or cut Veins or Sinews ; it draws Splinters, Thorns, or other Bodies out of the Flefh ; it, with a little Salt, cures Sores and Ulcers, even the Fiftulous. T ournefort fays, the Herb is too full of Sulphur, mixt with a little volaitle oily Salt and Earth. A Tea qf its Leaves is not only advifable in the Gout, but in the Sciatica, Head-ach, Jaundice, and Palfey. Palmcirius' s Powder for the Bite of a mad Dog : Take Leaves of Rue, Vervain, Smallage, Plantain, Polypody, common WTormwood, Baum, Mint, Mugwort, Betony, Hypericon, Leffer Centaury, all gather’d in June , of each equal Parts ; dry in the Shade, powder and mix all, and, if the Patient has not been bitten on the Head, nor the Wound waflied with Water, give two or three Drams in Wine, ( 27 ) Wine, and apply bruifed Parfley to the Wound *, he fays it is infallible. * 27- Bill-Berries, Ble a- Berries, or Whortle- berries, {Vaccinia) are cooling and binding, good for a hot Stomach, quench Third, abate the Ardour of Fevers, flop Vomiting, cure a bilious Loofenefs* and are good in the Cholera Morbus * but their Juice, made into a Rob with Sugar or Honey, is better than the Berries, for they are cold, crude, * This Herb, Ground-Pine, wild Sage, and Burdock Root make a good Tea in Arthritic Pains : And a Decodtion of Mug- wort in Oil Olive, till almoft dry, then flrain’d, and the pain'd Parts anointed with it : Ora Poultife of Garlick and Houfe- leek, pounded and applied ; or the conftant Ufe of Mugwort, or wild Succory in Broth * ora Fomentation of Willow Leaves and Bark in Wine ; or a Poultife of frefh Briony Root, twice or thrice applied ; or a thick Poultife of frefh Comfry Roots ; or a ftrong Ointment of Dwarf Elder Leaves ; or a Fomentation of Henbane. In the Head-ach Betony Tea is alfo good, or the young Buds of Hemlock worn under the Feet, and renewed once a Day ; or the exprefs’d Juice of Primrofe Leaves and Flowers drank in new Milk ; or a Bag of frefh Vervain pounded, and hung about the Neck : If the Pain is from an Abfcefs, let Be- tony be boil’d in Wine, and laid on the Head at going to Bed ; if from a hot Caufe, let Spunges dip'd in a warm Infufion of an Ounce of Henbane Seed, in five Ounces of Vinegar, be tied on the Head ; but opening firfl the frontal Veins, and then one in the Arm is furer. If from Drunkennefs, the greater Lettuce Leaves fteep’d in Water, and applied to the aching Head ; if from Flatulence, Turneps roafted under the Afhes, and laid as hot as can be endured behind the Ears, and repeat them as they cool, till the Pain ceafe ; if from the Womb, take three Parts of Millet toafted or untoafted, common Salt parch’d before the Fire one Part, mix and fprinkle with red Rofe or Betony Water, and in a Bag tied warm to the Forehead, and Root of the Nofe. For a Weaknefs of the Head, wafh it often with a Decottion of Betony. For a Lethargy or Carus, Savoury infufed in Vinegar, and laid to the Head, and its Decodtion in Wine, drank ; or Muftard Seed beaten up with Vinegar, and applied to the Hip-Bones ; or Infufion of Water-Crefles often and ( 28 ) and apt to offend a weak Stomach, and difturb the Belly. I have often known poor People cured of bilious Loofeneffes by them. The black Berries are better than the Red, tho’ the laft are more binding. 28. Birch -T ree ( Betula ) the Juice of its Leaves, or their diftill’d Water, or the Juice or Sap drawn from a Bore of the Tree in the Spring, all thefe, be- ing Diuretic, are good for the Stone, if drunk fome Time *, and they 2re a good Gargle for fore Mouths. A Lee, made of the Alhes of the Tree, is faid to anfwer the fame Ends ; no Preparations of this Tree fliould be ufed by Perfons difpofed to a Diabetes. 29. Bi sho ps-Weed ( Ammi ) is warming and dry- ing, of thin Parts, and a bitter fharp Tafte ; it di- gefts Humours, provokes Urine and Menfes , ex- pels Wind, and taken in Wine eafes the Gripes, is good againfl: Biting of Serpents, and Mifchiefs arifing from the inward Ufe of Cantharides •, mixt with Honey, it takes away blue and black Marks of the Skin •, being drank, it takes off too high a Colour of the Face ; its Fume with Rofin cleanfes the Womb. 30. Bjstort-Root ( Biftorta ) is very binding and ufed with Succefs where that is required, as for In- continence of Urine, exceffive Menfes , bleeding Wounds, bilious Vomiting, Spitting of Blood, Bloody -Flux, and other Fluxes of the Belly ; Rheum from the Teeth, Gums, Tonfils, and Jaws, if boil’d in Wine ; or half a Dram of the Powder given in Conferve of Rofes *, taken in the White of an Egg with powder’d Amber, it prevents Milcar- riage. The Powder is Sudorific, and prevents peftilential ( 29 ) peftilentlal Infection. This is near the fame as Tor- mentil. The Powder given is good in Ruptures, and diflolves coagulated Blood in any Part of the Body, from Falls, Blows, &V. and eafes their Pain. The Leaves kill Worms in Children *, it thickens the Blood and Juices much, and checks their rapid Motion. 31- Blue-Bottle (Cy anus') the Flowers and diftill’d Water are good in Inflammations of the Eyes. The Juice drop’d into foul Ulcers cleanfes them ; it is a vulnerary Plant, its Juice is good againft Bruifes and Concuflions, tho* a Vein be broke, and Blood be fpit *, it heals Cuts and green Wounds. Some ufe it for Jaundice and Retention of Urine *, its In- fufton or Decodtion in white Wine, drank Morning and Afternoon, is a famous Diuretic ; fo is Plantain Juice drank alone, or with Lemon Juice, or a Dram of Burdock Seed, in four Drams of white Wine, or. powder’d Columbine Seeds in Rhenifh ; or the diftill’d Water of Holly-Tree Buds, or Pow- der of Southernwood Seed in Wine. 32- Borr age {Borr ago) and Bugloss Flowers ( Bugloffum ) are both eminent Cordials ; the diftill’d Water and Conferve of Buglofs Flowers are faid to flrengthen the Heart, and are good againft Fail- ings and Melancholy •, they caufe Chearfulnefs, and purify the Blood. The Water is a Repellent in In- flammations of the Eyes, and in all Fevers, if ufed inwardly, and fo is the Conferve ; and, diflolved in white Wine, it brings down the Menfes. Buglofs moiftens, cools, and raifes the Spirits •, it removes a Catarrh> and Defluxions from the Lungs, and the Juice is good in obftinate Coughs •, it is cooling and cordial in Tea, Ptifan, or Broth. A Syrup and Conferve ( 30 ) Conferve may be made and kept of the Flowers, for both are good againft Poifon, putrid, malignant, peftilential Fevers, and Melancholy ; they open Ob- ftrudtions, cleanfe the Blood, are ferviceable in a Jaundice, temper Heat and Sharpnefs, are good in all aduft Humours, and Difeafes of the Skin there- from *, both Conferves are good for feeble, weak, and confumptive Perfons. 33- Box-Tree {Bums) a Walk of its Decodtion in Lee makes the Hair grow furprifingly. An In- fufion of its tender Leaves in white Wine, ftrain’d and given to drink, quickly cures a flatulent Cho- lic. The diftilPd Narcotic Oil of the Wood is much commended in the Falling- Sicknefs, Tooth- ach, and rotten Teeth. Its Saw-dufl is faid to be drying and aftringent, therefore its Decodlion is faid to cure a Flux ; its Deco&ion in Wine is a good Gargle for cold Defluxions of the Teeth. 34- Bramble-Bush (Rubus) all its Parts are Medi- cinal, Buds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, and Roots, have all a binding Quality ; but the unripe Berries are moft fo, the ripe are far milder ; they are good in all Fluxes of the Belly, Uterus , Nofe, or by the Mouth. The Leaves boil’d, {brain’ d, and a little Allum or Honey put to the Liquor, make a very good Gargle for Rawnefs, Heat, Parching, and fmall Ulcers in the Mouth, or Throat, or privy Parts, or the Thrufh ; fome efteem them Antifccr- butic. The Juice of the Fruit, with Sugar, makes a good Wine. Their Syrup is an excellent Medi- cine in a Dyfuria. The Berries moderately eaten are not only fafe, but pleafant, and wholefome to lax and choleric Bodies efjpecially, and to Perfons liable to ( 31 ) ro Loofenefies, Excefs of the Menfes , &c. A De- ception of the Leaves, for a Steam and Fomentation, cures the Piles, and hard Knobs in the Anus. A Decoction of the Flowers, being diuretic, is good in the Stone. 35- Brancursine or Bears-Breech ( Acanthus ) Is a great Softener, often ufed in emollient and Pain- eafing Clyfters, and Poultifes, to Burns, and Luxa- tions. The Roots boil’d and drank are diuretic, and flop Fluxes ; they are good for confumptive Perfons, and fuch as fpit Blood, or have got Falls, Blows, or Bruifes *, they are much the fame as Comfry Roots. 36. Brook-Lime, or Water-Pimpernel ( Beca - ■bunga) has near the fame Virtues as Water-Creffes, but weaker, it warms and moiftens moderately ; it is chiefly ufed in Diet-drinks and Juices for the Scurvy •, it powerfully expels Stones of the Reins and Bladder, and brings dov/n the Menfes and dead Child ; it is ufed outwardly to Inflammations and St. Anthony' s Fire Ruilics daily experience its Ex- cellency, in expeditioufly healing green Wounds, if a little Salt and Cobweb are added to it, and laid on like a Poultife between two very thin Cloths ; but its , chief Excellency and fpecific Virtue lies in its won- derfully eafing Pains of the blind Piles, and other Excrefcences of the Anus \ in a Poultife boil’d in Water or Ale, and applied, it cures frightful Ulcers of the Legs, if laid on Evening and Morning daily, in Scorbutic Bodies. 37* Broom (Genifia) is good in Difeafes of the Li- ver and Kidnies, expels watery Humours by Vomit, Stool, ( 3^ ) Stool, and Urine •, it is good in Obftru&ions of the above Vifcera , and in Dropfies, Catarrhs, and arthri- tic Diforders. The Twigs, Tops, and Leaves, boil’d in Wine and Water, or their Juice is good in Obitrudlions of the Reins and Bladder, purging both by Stool and Urine : A Dram of the Seed does the fame. Dr. Hulfe fays, that the powder’d Flowers, with Honey of Rofes, in an Eledtuary, cure Scrophula’s. Ray fays, the powder’d Seeds, taken in Hydromel, do Wonders in a fwell’d Spleen, Dropfy, and Jaundice. The Salt of Broom Afhes in white Wine, drank, is extoll’d in a Dropfy, if the Lymphatics are not broken, but it is not fafe af- ter the Waters are extravafated. In Want of Broom, Heath, Juniper, Bean-ftalk, or Vine Allies are as good, and Ferns, to old, dropfical, afthmatical, and fcorbutic People. Take Tops of Wormwood, Camomile, Sage, Broom, and Scurvy-grafs, of each a Handful *, Roots of Garlick, Elacampane, Horfe-Radilh, of each two Ounces *, Juniper Ber- ries, an Ounce and a half •, prepare and infufe all in white Wine, or Table Beer, for a Diet-drink, to be drank thrice a Day.— Broom- rape, ( Orobanche ) fome call it Lungwort , and ufe it as a Medicine for the Lungs ; but the powder’d Herb is a prefent Remedy for the Pain of the Cholic. The Herb candied, or the Syrup, is a fovereign Remedy againft Splenetic and Hypochondriac Paflions •, ufed out- wardly Jt foftens hard fchirrous Tumours. 38. Buck-Thorn (Spina cervina) the Berries in a Syrup purge watery Humours, and thin Phlegm violently, taken from half an Ounce to three Ounces in a Dropfy, Leucophlegmatia, &c. or their Powder taken from half a Dram to a Dram and a half i for this Purpofe, fome ftrong Ruftics fwallow ( 33 ) (wallow 15 or 20 of the Berries. The befl Syrup is made of the purified Juice, with Honey, Sugar, Cinnamon, and Anife, which may be ufed fafely and fuccefsfiilly in the above Dofe. If the Stomach is weak, it may be taken with Cinnamon Water, and of the Syrup, each an Ounce •, Jalap Powder* 20 or 30 Grains * mix and give fome where the Con- llitution will bear it; take Gamboge Powder 12 Grains, Oil of Juniper two Drops, Mithridate enough to make a Pill for a Dofe ; it works roughly, but is like to be ferviceable. 39- Bur dock ( Bardana ) the Root is chiefly ufed; they are, from good Authority, vouch’d to be good in Stone, or Gravel of Kidnies and Bladder, and in Gout and Arthritic Pains. For eft us has fhewn their furprifmg EfFedts, the powder’d Seed being taken to a Dram or two in white Wine, or in Chervil, Parfley, or Arfmart Waters, and drank daily, Apuleius fays, it is a Specific againfl the Bite of ve- nomous Bealls ; its compound Water is extoll’d againfl the Plague, as being a powerful Sudorific ; it was in great Efteem for venereal Diforders, before many excellent Mercurial Preparations were known and ufed, and is now found to relieve thofe Pains when raging much : This Herb is not only Diuretic and Sudorific, but Hyfleric, Pedloral, and Vulne- rary. The famous Hollier ufed its Root and Flowers in Pleurifies with Succefs ; he made the Sick fwallow the Sperm of a Dozen new laid Eggs, in a Glafs of Burdock Water, and then drink large Glafs-fulls of this Water after. The Decodtion of the Root purifies the Blood ; it is juflly preferr’d to Scorzonera , in malignant Fevers and the Small Pox. A Conferve of the Root is faid to expel Urine and Sand ; fome ad- vife taking the Root in Spitting of Blood, and D purulent ( 34 ) purulent Matter. The Seed, either In white Wine or Emulfion, is good in the Stone, nephritic Pains, and Cholic. The Leaves cleanfe Ulcers, and a Pcultife of them roafled under the Embers, and ap- plied, eafes the Gout ; fome boil them in Milk, and lay on. The Water, Juice, Deco£lion, and Extract are all good in the above Cafes ; a Tea of it, and wild Angelica Root, drank daily with a little powder’d Gumguaiac, is a good Preventative of the Gout. The Leaves not only cleanfe Wounds, and obflinate tedious Ulcers, but are good in loofe Joints. In Gout or Gravel, the powder’d Seed fhould be daily drank for 40 Days. A Decodtion of the Root has cured feveral Quartans. The Leaves applied to fhrinking Sinews help them 1 much •, their Juice taken with Honey provokes I Urine, and eafes the Pain of the Bladder; the Leaves, bruifed with the White of an Egg, take out Fire or Burns, eafe them quickly, and heal them up ; a Fomentation of their Decodtiori flays the Corrofion of fretting Sores or Canker ; they fhould be anointed after, with an Ointment of the Juice, Lard, Nitre, and Vinegar, boil’d up and flrain’d. A Conferve of the Roots is good in Confumptions* Fluxes, and Stone. The leffer Burdock Seeds di- gefl ; the Roots or Seeds bruifed, and often laid on hard Kernels in the Flefh, diflolve them ; the unripe Seeds bruifed, and fleep’d in warm Water or Wine, and the Hair moiflen’d therewith (having been firft rubb’d with a little Nitre) makes it yellow. I have often feen three or four Ounces of great Burdock Seed boil’d in Water, and flrain’d (it would be better in Wine) and half of the Liquor given to drink, the other half injedled in a Clyfler, has ref- cued from the Jaws of Death in flatulent pituituous Cholics, when the fmall Inteflines were flip’d into rhe Cods, and could not be put back, and the wretche d - ( 35 ) wretched Sufferers in the utmoft Extremity *, tho5 t have often known it ufed fo in the Cholic, yet never without Succefs : But its Decodtion is fo in- tolerably faltifh and bitter, thqt only ftrong Sto- machs can retain it ; it purges Phlegm and Flatu- lency out of the Bowels roughly, but fafely, and effe&ually ; it .kills and expels Worms, with their Eggs and Neffs : People often fuhjeft to Boils fhould drink a daily Tea of this Root, and Rofe- mary Tops, it will cure them. The green Leaves, worn daily under the Soles of the Feet, are reported >to cure an Anafarca. 40. Bullace-Tree ( Prunus Sylveftris Major ) the Fruit is cooling and aftringent, it is not eaten till it is either boil’d, parch'd before the Fire, or has got Froft ; preferred with Honey* it is good for a Loofenefs, or Bloody-Flux, their Wine and Decoc- tion are for the fame Ufe. The Flowers infufed all Night in ftrong Wine and diftilTd, the Water is a fingular Experiment for a Pain of the Side. Vintners cannot be .without this Fruit, for reftoring their Wines. An Infufion, or Syrup of the Flowers, is purging ; Leaves* Fruit, and Bark, are all cooling, drying, and aftringent ; hence their Ufe in He- morrhages, Loofeneffes, &V. The Gum of the Tree diffolved in Vinegar cures a Herpes. The richer Germans make a Wine of the Fruit. 41. Burnet ( Pimpinella ) is either Cordial or Alexi- pharmac ^ hence infufed green in Wine^ it gives it a fine Aromatic Flavour and Tafte ; it chears the Heart, and refills the Plague, and contagious Dif- eafes : Or it is binding and ufeful in exceffive Fluxes of the Menfes , Blojdy-Flux, and Difcharges of JD 2 Biood j ( 36 ) Blood ; and in drying and healing up Wounds and Ulcers. The Root or Herb powder’d, with Sugar of Rofes, is good in Bleedings of theNofe, Spitting of Blood, andConfumptionsof the Lungs. The Pow- der fprinkled on Ulcers hinders their Spreading. Its Conferve is excellent in bloody Urine : Some commend it as an Antidote to Madnefs, from the Bite of a Mad Dog. The Herb is faid to thin, warm, dry, cleanfe, and open Obftru&ions of the Liver, Kidnies, Lungs, and Uterus ; it is good in the Gravel, Strangury, Cholic, Cough, Afthma, Dif- ficulty of Breathing, beginning Inflammation of the Lungs, Crudities or Weaknefs of the Stomach ; it is an Antidote to the too liberal Ufe of Quickfilver ; outwardly it cleanfes off Spots of the Face, increafes Milk, opens Buboes, or cancerous Tumours, cleanfes and heals new and old Wounds. The Root fry’d in frefh Butter, ufed in a Poultife, draws Balls out of any Wounds. Its Powder ftrew’d on Cancers is good, and fo is Powder of Spurge Lawrel fteep’d in Vinegar, dried, powder’d, and ftrew’d on them, or Roots, Juice, and Leaves of Moonwort 42. Butch- * For an Excefs of the Menfes , a DecoSion of Ladies Mantle drank often is good, or a Bag of Pimpernel, with Purple Flowers hung to the Pit of the Breaft, or two Handfuls of it held in the Hands till it is warm, flops all Difcharges of Blood. Biftort ufed any how is good, as its Powder with Conferve of Rofes. The Juice or Decottion of Shepherd’s Purfe drank,, and a Poultife of the bruifed Herb laid to the Sharebone, the inner red Rind of Chefnuts powder’d, and Powder of Ivory, of each two Drams, mix for two Dofes, give in rough Wine, powder of the red Root of Dwarf Elder (not the Bark) given from half a Dram to two Scruples in Wine. A Deco&ion of red A'changel drank, or a Tea, or Conferve of it. A Deco&ion of Yarrow drank thrice a Day. Root or Seed of W’ater Lillies boil’d in red Wine, and drank, are wonderful : Or a Decoftion of Burnet in Wine or Water, drank thrice a Day : Or Juice of Plantain drar^c, and injected into the fagina, or 4. or 5 Spoon* 2 fuls applied. ( 37 ) 42. Butcher’s-Broom, or Knee -Holly Root, ( Rufcus , five Brufcus) is very ufeful in Stuffings and Obftruftions of the Vifcera , efpecially the Liver, Spleen, and urinary Paffiages. Hence it is good in the Jaundice, Dropfy, and Strangury ; the fecond whereof, of a deplorable Sort, has been cured in a Month, by daily drinking a Decobtion of this alone, or with Flower-de-luce, and Fennel Roots in Wine or Water ; it is thought as powerful as Comfry in healing broken Bones, or as Solomon’ s Seal. Tho* a Deco&ion of the Root has had fuch furprifmg Effe&s in Dropfies in a few Weeks, yet pro- per Purges were, and always fhould be given with it, as of Jalap Root and Ginger, or Jalap and Sy- rup of Buckthorn, twice a Week. Powder of the Root fills of Juice of Plantain and Nettles mix’d, drank often, or five or fix Ounces of Juice of Nettles fweeten’d, and drank every fixth Hour ; or Wheat Flour, with Plantain Juice made into a Pafle, and laid to the Groins : Or a Poultife of Nettles warm’d in a Frying-Pan, and laid hot to the Sharebone. For the Whites, or Fluor albus , every Morning drink fix Ounces of a Decodtion of Ladies Mantle, and, if needful, injedt fome of it in- to the Vagina . Powder or Emulfion of the Seeds of Ladies- Thiftle, drank, is a Specific, or ufed in a Decodtion of Dwarf Elder. Powder of Dropwort Root, a Dram drank in Wine often, or in a Decodtion of wild Carrot Seed. Leaves or Flowers of Clary, taken any how, or the Water of the Leaves diflill’d wRh Wine, or an Ointment of its Leaves made with frefh Butter, rubb’d on from the Navel to the Sharebone and a little of it put into the Vagina , and eat often the Leaves fry’d with Eggs. White Archangel Leaves drank in Tea are much commended. This is very efficacious ; Take Juice of Yar- row a Pound, belt Sugar a Pound and half, make a Syrup, clarify it with the White of an Egg, Dofe from one to two Ounces falling, and an Ounce at Bed- time. Rofemary Tea drank often in a Day. A Fumigation of Sage Leaves burnt, and the Smoke received into the Vagina . — For a Pain of the Womb, Roots of Water-Lillies boil’d in Oil of Rofes is excel- lent, or a Dram and half of Nettle Seed given in Wine. D 3 For ( 38 ) Root and of Dropwort, and Figwort, of each a Scruple, infufed in a Pint of white Wine, and drank daily, is good in fcrophulous Tumours. A Con- ferve of its Berries is commended in a Gonoyrhcea , taken from two Drams to half an Ounce, for fome Days *, or Rofe Water four Ounces, Juice of Le- mons one Ounce, White of an Egg, mix and drink every fourth Day. 43- Butterbur ( Petrfites ) is bitter, but not hot, the Roots bark’d and fteep’d in Vinegar, till it is impregnated with their Virtue, then drank with Juice of Rue and Treacle, are good in peftilentiaj Fevers : It comes alfo recommended in Hyfte ricks, a Cough, Afthma,and Worms *, it expels Urine and the Menfes. The Roots are Sudorific and Alexiphar- mac, good in Fevers, malignant, peftilential, and contagious Difeafes ♦, they are Cordial, prevent Fainting, and Shortnefs of Breath *, they are applied in Poultifes to j Buboes, and Plague Sores. For a Flatulency of the Womb, a Decoction of Calamint, drank in the Fit, is very powerful j Centaury Tops infufed or boil’d in Spanijb Wine and drank ; Powder of dried Herb Robert in Wine, a Dram is good ; Root of Maflerwort infufed, or boil’d in Wine, difcufles it : Or a Fumigation of Nutmeg thrown on live Coals, and taken into the Uterus , is good, if the Difeafe is from Cold taken at the Uterus after Child-birth. — For an Hae- morrhage there, a Decottion of Oak Leaves drank flops it. — - For an Inflammation, a Fomentation of two Parts Melilot, Agrimony, and Camomile, of each one Part boil’d, ftrain’d and ufed, is excellent. For a Relaxation, or Falling-down of the Womb or Vagina , Oak Bark two Ounces, boil in Water, from four Pints to a Quart ; toward the End add Bark and Flowers of Pomegranates, red Rofcs, of each two Handfuls ; when ftrain’-d, add half a Pint of red Wine ; ufe for a Fomenta- tion two Hours before Riflng, and after going to Bed. — For a Suffocation of the Womb, a Decottion of Feverfew in Vinegar, pfed for a Fumigation to the Nofe. Crufo. Bryqnv ( 39 ) 44- Bryony (White) {Bryonia alba) purges Phlegm and watery Humours ftrongly, from its vifcous Parts, flicking to the Coats of the Bowels •, the Root opens Obftrudlions of the Liver, Spleen, and Uterus ; expels the Menfes , brings off Water in a Dropfy, both upwards and downwards ; brings away Birth and After-Birth *, repels Hyflerics, heals the Aflhma, and is ufeful in the Gout. Platerus took up the Root, juft as it began to fprout in the Spring, peel’d off its Bark, fliced it, hung it on Threads and dried it, either in the Sun or Shade, then infufed it in Wine, and dried it again ; the fame he repeated,, a fecond and third Time ; being thus prepared, it purged without any Trouble : Or he powder’d the prepared Root, and with a little Ma- luatic Wine, wherein Ginger had been (lightly in- fufed, he made it into Troches, which, dried and powder’d, he ufed in Infufion, which made it a;; mild as Agaric ; the Bignefs of a Nutmeg of its Conferve taken twice a Day, for a long Time, of- ten conquers either Epilepfy, or Hyflerics •, or a Bit of the Root put into the Cup, out of which the Sick drinks. Formerly fome boil’d and eat its firft tender Buds, but it is too rough, except for very ftrong Bodies. The inward and outward Ufe of the Root is moft efficacious in a Dropfy ♦, a Poultife of it beaten up with Linfeed Oil, and laid warm to the Hip, and often renew’d, does Wonders in a Sciatica*, nor is it lefs efficacious in diffolving and drawing out clotted Blood from Bruifes, Falls, and Blows. Slices of the freffi Root, laid hot to the pained Side in a Pleurify, eafes it. Take half a Pound of a large Root, flice it and fry it, till it is much did folved ; drain, and add Turpentine of the Fir-Tree, half a Pound, Bees Wax four Ounces, make ap D 4 Ointment, ( 4° ) Ointment, fpread it on Linnen, apply it to fcrophu- lous Swellings, and it either refolves, or ripens, breaks and heals them : Zacutus fwears it never once failed. Dolceus fays, in the Spring Time, lay open the Ground round the Root, cut off the upper Part, hollow what remains in the Earth, cover it with the Part cut off, and ftrow the Earth over all; next Morn- ing the hollowed Part will be full of Juice, a Spoon- ful* of which drank purges gently downwards, re- moves Obflrudtions of the Liver, Spleen, Sweet- bread, and other Parts of the lower Belly, and if drank every Morning, from one to three Spoonfuls, it does, and has cured abundance of Dropfies. The Root, bruifed and applied, draws Splinters out of the Flefh. The Leaves, Fruit, and Roots cleanfe old filthy Sores, Fretting, running Cankers, Gan- grenes and Tetters. The Root clears the Skin from all Spots and Difcolouring •, but, for all its good Qualities, its inward Ufe requires great Caution, and fhould be very well prepared *, it, being fo powerful a Purge, is fit to draw Humours from the remoteft Parts of the Body, therefore in a Palfey, Cramp, Vertigo, Convulsions, and to expel Sand and Gravel from the Kidnies, and purge the Uterus , it may be of fpecial Service. The powder’d Root, made into an Ele&uary with Honey, clears the Breaft from thick Phlegm, and is good in obftinate Coughs and Shortnefs of Breath. The Berries often rubb’d on cure Tetters, therefore called Tetter- Berries. The Root applied with a little Wine breaks Boils, and helps Whitloes or Whitfiows. A Poul- tife of the Root with St ere. Caprill. or Bubulin . and Vinegar is good for a Schirius, if ufed fometimes, and often renew’d but Vinegar and Nitre harden it to a Cartilage or Bone : A Poultiie of the Root, Frogs, and foft Soap beaten up into a Poultife, and applied to any ftrumatous Tumour, promifes fair to difeufs ( 4i ) difcufs it, efpecially on the Joints, where a Suppu- ration may be dangerous. 45- Bryony (Black) ( Bryonia Nigra ) cuts and thins tough Phlegm, in Diford ers of the Breaft. Hoffman fays, that Dr. Lifter often tried both Roots and Extradt in very large Dofes, but never could obferve they had any fenfible Operation any Way. A Poul- tife of the powder’d Root, with Vinegar and Cow- dung, eafes the Pain of the Gout •, a Poultife of it, bruifed, quickly cures Concufiions : This Root feems to have the like EfFedts with that of the White, but much weaker. The bruifed Root ap- plied is good for Aches of the Arms, Shoulders, Hips, and in white Swellings. 46. Camomile ( Chamamelum ) digefts, loofens, fof- tens, eafes Pain, provokes the Menfes and Urine ; its Decodtion in Wine is of fpecial Ufe in the flatu- lent Cholic, Cramp, and Convulfions. Mathiolus fays, it is wonderful how powerfully its Ample dif- till’d Water difcufies in a Pleurify ; outwardly it is of the greateft Benefit in eafing Pains, in foftening and ripening Fomentations, Poultifes and Clyfters : In the laft Form it eafes Pain of the Bowels furpriz- ingly, from whatever Caufe ; and, in Baths for the Stone, Camomile Flowers is the chief Ingredient. Its Oil foftens and difcufies hard Tumours, eafes their Pains, and takes off Wearinefs. Two Hand- fuls of the Flowers infufed in a Quart of Rhenijh Wine, on hot Afhes for two Hours, then {train’d, and as many frefh Flowers put in a fecond and third Time, and {train’d \ two or three Spoonfuls of this Infufion drank in warm Wine feveral Times, and at ( 42 ) at the fame time bathe in a Decodbion of the Flowers, is a moft fovereign Remedy for the Stone, beyond all Simples •, it is furprifing how fait this Infufion is. A double Infufion of Camomile in Brandy, drain’d out, and rubb’d on every Night, the whole Length of the Vertebra of the Back, is very ferviceable to weak Children which cannot walk. Two or three Spoonfuls of the Juice with a few Drops of Spirit of Vitriol, given in Broth juft before the Fit, often prevent it, and cure the Fever. The Ancients commend Camomile againft bilious and hypochon- driac Fevers, and the Egyptians ufed it againft all Fevers. A Decodtion of Linking Camomile (Co tula Feetida ) either for Bathing, Fomentation, or Smell, is as good as Caftor inHyfterics ; ufed as a Plaifter or Poultife, it foon cures Wounds. Some have with Succefs ufed a Decodtion of this Herb for Scro- phula’s ; others have cured a By fury with it. If the Breads are hard with coagulated Milk, let them be wafti’d twice a Day with this Decoction, and Jay on after it a Poultife of Elecampane Leaves, Horehound, and Linfeed, with Lard; it is alfo good inCramps. The Smell of the Herb is moftoffenfive and deftrudtive to Bees ; boil’d in Milk either it, or Mallow Leaves, are good for the Gripes attend- ing a Bloqdy-Flux ; its Decodtion put in a Swine’s Bladder, and laid to the Breaft, or Side, in a Pleu- rify eafes Pain greatly ; an Ointment of the Herb, with Hyftop and Butter, eafes a Pain of the Breaft much from violent Coughing : A Drop or two of its Chymical Oil on Sugar is a fure Diaphoretic, gives Eafe in the Cholic, or Stone, expels Wind, &c. but in many Cafes the fimplc Herb, or Flower, is preferable : A Bath of the boil’d Herb takes of all Fatigues, is friendly to the Nerves and Mufcles, eafes moft outward or inward Pains, allays Inflam- mations, mollifies and difeuffes Tumours ; it com- i municates ( 43 ) iminicates Warmth to the Parts, digefts and diflolves what is neceflfary, and gently provokes Urine. An In- fufion, or Decodtion of the Flowers, is either a Vo- mit or Sweat, as they are uied in Strength or Quan- tity, and expel old Achs or Pains ; it brings the Menfes. A Syrup, made of the Flowers in white Wine, is good in a Jaundice and Dropfy. The Oil of the Flowers, by Infufion, is ufed with great Succefs for hard Swellings, Pains, Cramps, Achs, Drynefs, or Shrinking of Sinews, &c. In Clyflers it expels Wind, cafes cholical and nephritic Pains, * or thofe from Excoriations of the Bowels ; Anoint- ing with it in Stitches, and Pains of the Sides, very often gives Relief. This Herb was fo great 3 Fa- vourite with the Egyptians, that Galen fays, their Sophies dedicated it to the Sun *, and indeed, amongft * For the Cholic an Infufion or Deco&ion of Camomile, drank, is of excellent Service ; a Decottion of the prickly Leaves of Holly-Tree, in Poflet-drink, is of fingular Ufe ; rpafted or fry’d Oats, laid to the Belly in a Bag, are good, and fo is half a Dram, or two Scruples of Orange-Peel, with a little Sugar, given in fome proper Liquor to drink ; or a Draught of Infufion df Caraway Seeds in Spanijh Wine j Or a Scruple of the Root of Sweet Flag powder’d, and given in fome proper Liquor to drink ; or a Poultife of Chervil fry’d in Butter, and laid to the Belly ; or powder’d Cummin-feeds, given from half a Dram to a Dram, in fome fit Liquor ; or half a Dram of the powder’d Sponge of the Wild or Dog. Rofe-tree in Wine ; or the Deco&ion, Juice, or diftill’d Water of Heath in Flower ; or powder’d Gentian, from half a Dram to a Dram, in fome fit Liquor ; or a Decodlion of Elecampane Roots in Wine ; or a Dram and a half of powder’d Acorns in Wine, if the Belly is not coliive ; or from half a Dram to a Dram of the yellowilh Skin of Walnut Kernels in Wine, or fome Carminative Water ; or the Powder of Cinquefoil Leaves, from one Dram to two, in Wine ; or a Bag of warm Wheat Bran, fprinkled with warm Vinegar, laid to the Belly ; or a Deco&ion of Coltsfoot in Wine ; or a Deco&ion of Speedwell drank and given in Clyf- ters ; or a Deco&ion of an Ounce of Nettlefeed in a Quart qf ^ Wine to a Pint and a half, ftrain’d ; Dofe three Ounces thrice a Day. 0«/a. ( 44 ) all Herbs none exceed it for extenfive, inward, and outward Services, in a numerous Variety of Cafes. Elder feems to put in for the next Competitor ; in a Cardialgia, a Decoction of it drank warm in the Fit cures ; or three Ounces of the fined Juice of Dill ; or a Dram of powder’d Acorns, in two Ounces of fined Wormwood Juice. Some make a great Se- cret of the following Ointment, and put as great a Value on it, for flatulent Stomachs, Indigeftion, Gripes, Gravel, or any cold or windy Diforder. Take Roots of Spignel, Elecampane , Saxifrage , Parjley , Wild Valerian , Nettles , Angelica , Altha , of each three Ounces •, Leaves of Pennyroyal , Rue, 'Thyme, Sage , Mint , Wormwood , Ground-ivy , Hartf tongue , Maidenhair , of each a Handful *, Camomile Flowers , two Handfuls •, Broom Flowers , a Hand- ful ; Seeds of Anife, Nettles , Fennel , Wild Carrots , Juniper Berries , of each half an Ounce *, prepare all to be made into an Ointment with frefh Butter, as the Cholic-falve under Angelica was made ; to every half Pound of it when {train’d the laft time, add Oil of Anife, and Amber, of each a Dram, and mix well; Dofefroma Dram to half an Ounce in- wardly, drank in fome proper warm Liquor in Bed, and anoint outwardly with it at Bed-time if needful. I have known it ufed, but never knew it ufelefs, far lefs hurtful. Such as ufe Theriacas cannot blame the Multiplicity of Ingredients in it. * * For the after Pains in Childbed Women, aDecodlion of Ca- momile Leaves or Flowers in Wine, drank, is excellent, if the Pains are from a cold Caufe ; or a few Drops of Elixir Proprie- ty is may be put to it ; bruifed Ground-Ivy laid warm to the lower Part of the Belly. A Decodtion of Calamint drank, if from Wind ; A Decodtion of Chervil, if from Retention of grumous Blood. Powder of Nutmeg caft on live Coals and the Smoke receiv’d by a Funnel into the Womb ; or half a Dram of Pow- der of Zedoary in warm Wine ; or the Powder fprinkled on Bread and Butter and eaten. Crufo. But all thefe are incompa- rably Ihort of Liquid Laudanum given cautioufly. 47. Cam- ( 45 ) \ 47’ Campions {Lychnis) Rofe Campion with a red, as it were blazing, fhining Flower, and Tingle white Campion, their Juice fnuffed up the Nofe provokes Sneezing •, from a Scruple to a Dram of their Seed taken in Wine is good againft the Bite of Scorpions. Two Drams of the powder’d Seed of the laft, drank, purges bilious Humours. The Herb boil’d in Pof* fet is excellent in Children’s Convulfions. 48. Cockle ( Nigellafirum ) Some aferibe the Vir- tues of Nard to it, and extol it for curing Tetters, Ringworms, Scabs or Sores of the Skin, and for healing up of Wounds and Fiftula’s, as well as its furprifing EfTe&s of flopping Blood even by holding in the Hand or under the Tongue, for which Sen - nertus and Sim. Pauli defervedly extol it out of Mea- fure for flaying all Hemorrhages. * The laft fays * that * Haemorrhages or Bleedings to flop. Ladies Mantle ufed in- wardly or outwardly. A Handful of Male Pimpernel held in the Hand till it is warm, then chang’d for frefh. Tut fan ufed internally or externally. Biflort Powder fprinkled on Wounds does it. Lint Doffels dipp’d in Juice of Shepherds Purfe, put up the Nofe, Hops its Bleeding ; or its Juice mixt with Vinegar or Verjuice, and the White of an Egg, and applied to the Fore- head. Powder of dried Comfry Root, beaten with Water till it turn to a flimyPafle, and applied to the bleeding Part. Pow- der of Puff Balls fprinkled on the Part and gently tied up, re- peat it if needful ; or apply the Wool or Down on Quinces to it ; or ufe Juice of Horfe-tail, as that of Shepherds Purfe above. Strawberry Root held in the Mouth flops Bleeding at the Nofe. Bloody Cranes Bill, ufed any Way is very powerful. Powder of dried Cranes Bill, itrewed on a Wound, Hops Blood and cures it quickly. Powder of St John's Wort Seed, from half a Dram to a Dram drank in a Deco&ion of the Herb. Bruifed Root of common Water Flag applied in a Poultife flops Blood. A Bay Berry held in the Side of th* Mouth, oppofite to the bleeding Noilrii, ( 46 ) that he was fo fuccefsful in flopping Bleedings that attended an Epidemic Fever i n Denmark, in 165-2, that he was taken for a Witch or Conjurer. The bleeding Patient is only to hold a Piece of the Root under Noftril, flays it. Beaten Darnel Root fprinkled with flrong Vi- negar and applied to the Forehead in a Poultife or Coronal Su- ture. An Infufion, or Deco&ion of Yarrow Drink ; or put to the Place frefh Cinquefoil Root held in the Hand ’till it is warm ; Burnet is of great Service ; a Fomentation or Poultife of Plan- tain, with a little Vinegar or Crab-juice laid to the Temples, and Forehead, flops Bleeding at the Nofe. As does from two to five Ounces of the Juice, drank daily in a Morning, cure all Bleedings ; or, for Bleeding at the Nofe, hold Solomon s Seal, and Knot-Grafs in the Hands till they are warm, or longer if needful ; or their Decodtion drank, and a Poultife of them ap- plied outwardly cold ; or Poplar Buds gathered in May and thrown by ’till they mould, which Mould flops Blood pow- erfully. Purflane, flowly chew’d and eaten, wonderfully cures. Bleeding of the Palate, Gums, or Throat, in Scorbutic Habits ; bruis’d Primrofe Leaves are good ; or a Decodtion of Bramble- berry Leaves, drank, cures inward Bleedings ; or Burnet Leaves held in the Hands Two or three Grains of the black Excre- fcenceon the Top of Wheat Stalks, eaten, flops all Fluxes of Blood. A Dram of Spikenard Powder taken in Broth or Plantain Water, is a Specific. Powder of Limetree Berries fnuffed up the Nofe. A Decodtion of TormentilRoot, drank thrice a Day. Net- tles or their Juice put up the Nofe flays its Bleeding ; or bruis’d and laid to the Palms of the Hands and Soles of the Feet ; or the Root, held in the Mouth, flays Bleeding at the Nofe ; or the powder’d Seed put into Wounds ; or their Juice drank cures Bleedings. Strawberry Roots held in the Mouth flops bleeding at the Nofe ; or powder’d Oak Mofs put up the Nofe ; or the Mofs of a dead Man’s Scull held in the Hand or hung about the Neck ; or a dried Toad hung about the Neck ; or Powder of dried, or calcined Water Frogs, taken from one to two Scruples in Drink, two or three times. For Spitting of Blood, Sil- ver-weed is good, and Juice of the whole Daify, given from one to two Ounces, inftantly after a Difcharge ; or take leffer Daify, flinging Nettles, Plantain, of each three Handfuls ; bruife all in a Mortar, pour an Ounce of Purflane Water on them, ex- prefs the Juice and Drink of it thrice a Day. Powder of Biflort Root, in Conferve of Rofes, is good. Dwarf Ciflus ufed any how is a Specific in all Bleedings. Bruifed Germander infufed in fcabiou? ( 47 ) under his Tongue fome Time. Its Deco&ion drank Hops the Menfes , and expels Urine, Sand, Gra- vel, &c. 49. B A R- fcabious Water and red Wine, {train off the Liquor and drink warm ; boil Quinces diced till they are fo'ft, pour off the Li- quor, and exprefs the Juice out of the Quinces; Dofe of this lad juice, from one to three Spoonfuls three or four times a Day after Bleeding ; half a Dram of powder’d Dog-rofe, or wild Briar Sponge twice a Day. A Deco&ion of Horfe-tail drank daily. The Juice, Syrup, Deco&ion, or Conferve of Ground-ivy is wonderful ; or take Juices of Ground-ivy, Agrimony, Houfleek, Plahtain, and Purflane, all clarified (by which they are /polled) of each a Pound ; Sugar of Rofes, double Weight of the Whole, or Loaf-Sugar and Powder of Rofes, make a Syrup ; Dofe two Ounces every Morning in Milk-water, and at Night in four Ounces of Poppy Water ; or an Electuary of Henbane Seed and Conferve of Violets ; Dofe the Bignefs of a Nutmeg every Night ; or Powder of Yarrow gathered in the Spring, from half a Dram to a Dram twice a Day ; or a Dram of white Poppy Seed in half an Ounce of Sugar of Rofes, taken every Morning ; or a Syrup of twelve Ounces of Juice of Plantain, with eight Ounces of Sugar, ufe daily ; or Juice of Plantain given alone from half an Ounce to an Ounce ; or take the Juice of twelve Handfuls of long Plantain or Ribwort, pour the Juice on fix Ounces of frefti Comfry Root, beat all in a Marble Mortar, and with Su- gar make an Ele&uary ; it is a noble Medicine. A Decoction of bruifed Purflane in Wine is good. Syrup of Purflane Juice pre- pared as that of Plantain is good ; or the Deco&ion fweetened with the Syrup is excellent ; or Pulp of frefh Comfry Root and Sugar of each a Pound, boil (lowly to the Confidence of Marma- lade, and to each Pound add half an Ounce of powder’d Nutmeg, it is wonderful ; orTormentil and Yarrow Roots of each three Ounces. Burnet two or three Handfuls, boil in Water to a half drain , add to each Pound of Conferve of Rofes an Ounce, and mix ; Dofe fix or eight Ounces twice a Day ; or two Ounces of Periwinkle Juice in red Wine; or a Dram of powder’d Teafels drank twice a Day in Broth ; or its own Deco&ion ; or a Con- ferve of dinging Nettle-tops with the Seeds is good ; or the crude Juice or Syrup are powerful ; or five Ounces of the Juice taken twice a Day fweetened ; or a Dec option of the whole Herb. — . For Vomiting of Blocd, if in the Fit, Shepherds Purfe is held in the Hand, and out of the Fir, worn in the Shoes, it is good ; or take Roots of Comfry fix Ounces, Plantain twelve Handfuls, ( +8 ) 49- Barren Campion (Sefamoides Salamanticum) with a Mofs Flower, or Earth Star, is wonderfully efleemed for the Bite of a Mad Dog if three clean wafh’d intire Plants of it be given to a Horfe the firft Morning, five the fecond, and feven the third, it furely prevents all Danger, and cures not only Horfes, but Men and other Creatures. The whole Herb may be made up into Balls with Butter and taken. 50. Campion or Soap- wort (< Saponaria ) the beat all in a Marble Mortar, exprefs the Juice, and with Sugar make a Syrup without clarifying it ; Dofe one or two Spoon- fuls often in a Day ; or they may be made into an Eledtuary as above ; or take Rye-bread three Handfuls, common Salt a Handful, and ftrong Vinegar enough to make a Plaifter to lay on the Breaft and Stomach ; or Juice of Nettles acidulated with Spirit of Vitriol} or an Eledtuary of Peruvian Bark with Syrup of Poppies after Letting Blood ; or Lucatellus' s Balfam: Nettle Juice, drank three or four times a Day, wonderfully diflblves coagulated Blood on the Stomach. For making bloody Urine, a Decodtion of Agrimony in Water or Wine, drank, is a Specific. A Decodtion of bruifed Shepherds Purfe in Wine or Water is good. A Decodtion of Calamint cures it ; as does a Decodtion of Ground Pine ; or a Decodtion of Comfry Flow- ers in red Wine, ftrain’d and drank; or a Decodtion of Horfe- tail, or Yarrow, drank thrice a Day ; or four Ounces of the Juice of Plantain drank Morning and Evening ; or a Syrup of its Juice made with Sugar ; or a Decodtion of pounded Knot-grafs ; or the Juice, Syrup, or Decodtion of Purflane ; or a Decodtion of Bramble- bu(h Sprouts drank Morning and Evening ; or four Ounces of the depurated Juice of Nettles, drank with an Ounce of Syrup of the Juice of Plantain, Mulberries, and Rafpberries, of each alike four Ounces ; Syrup of Coral five Ounces ; Marma- lade of Quinces, Rob of red Goofeberries, of each fix Ounces, mix and ufe twice a Day ; or Cows Milk on Mint, with a little Jelly of Quinces and Syrup of Cinnamon, drank twice a Day ; or a Water diftilFd from Afiringent Herbs and Milk, drank with Syrup of Altha and Comfry. ForExcefsof th e Lochia, Powder of Dropfyort two Scruples, repeated as needful. Root ( 49 ) Root is hot and drying, attenuates and opens pow- erfully, and is Sudorific ; it is ufed for an Aflhma, to caufe the Menfes, help Dileafes of the Uterus , and for a Gonorrhoea . Outwardly it provokes Sneezing and difcuffes Swellirigs, in the Groins and Arms chiefly. It’s alfo very cleanfing, and by prefling yields a ni- trous Juice, which cleanfes the Scab, and all Difeafes and Deformities of the Skin. A Dram of its Pow- der, taken before the Fit, cures the Falling Sicknefs3 if taken once a Month, for three New Moons. Its Decodtion cures Tetters, Ringworms, takes Stains out of Cloths, and cleanfes and fcours Woollen like Soap. It’s good in the Jaundice, Hypo, and Madnefs. A Decodlion of the Herb flops inward and outward Bleedings, if drank and applied. It fends out obflrudled Urine, Sand, &c. 5** CarduIjs Benedic t u 5, holy or blefled Thiflle. Tho* this is a good Herb, yet Authors feem a little too lavifli in its Praifes, but I fhall not follow them ; for Hoffman comprifes all in few Words, viz. That its Decodlion in Wine drank, in the Abfence of the Fit, is good in Intermittents ; its Powder is lefs available, and its diftill’d Water leafl of all. It’s commended in Pituitous Diforders of the Head, as Megrim, Vertigo, Epilepfy, Deaf- iiefs, Diflillations on the Breaft, in a Dropfy, Quar- tans, and all long Fevers which arife from Ob- ftrudlions. It is alfo faid to be good in Cholics, Nephritics, and Sciatica, partly by difcufling, and partly by determining the Humours to the Urinary Paflfages. But its chief Praife is for the Plague, ufed inwardly to provoke Sweat either for Prevention or Cure ; outwardly for breaking Buboes or other Im~ pofthumes. If gathered in the -Beginning of -June* it is an excellent Vulnerary for green Wounds, but E anfwers ( 50 ) anfwers not that Intent any other time. The De- coction of the dried Herb in Poflfet Drink, drank in fmall Dofes, provokes Sweat*, in a large Dofe it vomits. The Germans efteem its Wine an Uni- verfal Remedy. Both its Water and Powder bear a very great Charadler with Sim . Pauli , and Andreas de Villa Nova , not only for healing putrid and ob- Ilinate Ulcers, but curing the Cancer itfelf, whereof they produce Inftances. It is certainly a good Sto- matic and Antifcorbutic. 52. Carline Thirties (Carlina) Helmont fays, its Root, Juice, or Extradl drive away Sleep both healthy and morbid *, this Thiftle is Sudorific and Alexipharmac, prevents Contagion, and cures pefti- kntial Fevers *, it is Diuretic, brings down th tMen- fes , kills Worms in the Belly, and is good in Dropfy and Hypo. The dried Root boil’d in Broth helps Defluxions of Rheum on the Eyes, Teeth, Nofe, or Lungs ; but Boiling lofes its Volatile Parts. It is good for Nerves and Womb* drank in Wine it is an Antidote agaiuft Plague or Poifon. The black Carline made into an Ointment with Vinegar, Flour of Brimftone, and Lard, cures Itch, Tetters, and all Deformities of the Face and Skin ; it helps foul Sores and (linking Ul- cers : A Gargle of it is commended in the Tooth- ach *, but, being a great Poifon and never ufed in- wardly, I rtiould not put its Decodtion in the Mouth. 54- Sow Thistle ( Sonchus ) green and tender, is eaten as Cole, fays GaUn> efpecially its Root ; a Deception ( 51 ) Deco&ion of the Stalks makes Nurfes flow witli Milk ; it helps Children’s Colour, drank in Wine it is good for Afthmatics, and fuch as have the Strangury.-, the Juice drop’d into the Earseafes their Pains. Its Virtues are near the fame with Lettuce. The bruifed Herb laid on Warts foon takes them a- way. The Juice prevents Curdling of Milk in the Breafts ; three Spoonfuls of it drank in white Wine^ with a little Oil, caufes eafy and fpeedy Delivery in Child-birth, and that the Woman may walkprefently after. The bruifed Herb or Juice helps Inflamma- tions of the Eyes, Puftules, Wheals, Blifters, or o- ther Eruptions on the Skin, or fecret Parts ; is good for the Piles. The Water was ufed to wafli the Face. * . ' 55- ' ; Celandine the greater ( Chelidonium Majus) a Handful of the Root boiled in Rofe Vinegar, ftrain’d and Venice Treacle put to it, and a Glafs of it drank in Bed and Sweat after, both prevents and cures the Plague. Warts often rubb’d with the Juice of the Leaves, on the Decreafe of the Moon, are effedtually removed. The Juice of Ma- rigold Flowers does the fame. . The diftill’d Wa- ter of this Herb drop’d into the Eyes clears them, curing both their red Spots and thofe of the Face. The Bignefsof a Pinhead of the Extract of theHerb., put into the Eye in the Morning in Bed, not only takes off its outward Specks, but is mdft effectual in beginning Suffufions three or four Ounces of the Water with two Scruples or a Dram of the Root is a fuccefsful Experiment in a Dyfeotery. The Wa- ter, drank feveral Days together, cures the Jaundice, and King’s Evil. The powder’d Herb cleanfes and heals Wounds and Ulcers. Its Juice rubb’d on ef- fectually cures a Herpes miliar is and hnpcligines, Ga- renekrs will have it to be a Specific in Englijh Coil- ( 51 ) fumptions, but Sim. Pauli fully ihews his Midake, tor it is not a pulmonary Confumption that is meant there, but the Scurvy, in which it is as great a Spe- cific, as in all Obdructions of the Liver, and out- wardly for a Scab, fcald Head, 56. Centry, or Centaur y the LelTer {Cen- t annum Minus) as it is intolerably bitter, was formerly a Specific for Agues, and is dill ufed as a Subditute to the Bark, efpeciaily where it fails of Cure-, as it’s not to be depended on in long rainy Seafons. The Antients will have this Herb to be gently purgative, but, however that is, we know it opens Obdrudtions of the Liver and Spleen, and is mildly aftringent, cleanfing, and vulnerary ; carries off bilious and phlegmatic Humours, and difcharges Serofities by the Skin hence it is good in Fevers, Jaundice, Supprefiion of the Menfes , Gout, Scurry, Worms, and a Specific againd the Bite of a Mad Dog. It’s Decoftion in Clyfters is of wonderful Service in a Sciatica. A Decodlion of the Herb and Flowers cures Difcolouring of the Skin. A Lee of it cleanfes and whitens Women’s Hair. Sim. Pauli fays, that the mod excellent Remedy againfi: Scurf, Dandriflf, and Scab of the Head, is to walh it often with the . Decoction of this Plerb in Water wherein Peas were boil’d, very tender ; it at the fame time kills and dedroys all Vermin in the Head. A ftrong Decoc- tion ot it in white Wine, drank every Morning, cures a Jaundice. The powder’d Leaves are good in a Dropfy. The green Leaves quickly cure frelh Wounds, and cleanfe and cure old Ulcers. 57* Caraway Seeds ( Carum ) are Stomachic, Diu~ retie, expel Wind, promote Digedion, provoke Urine, Urine, ftrengthen the Brain, and caufe much Milk *, hence their Ufe in the Cholic, Vertigo , to Nurfes, &c. The Root, when tender, is reckon’d as good as the Seed to eat *, it ispleafanter and more delicate than Parfnip \ it affords much diftill’d Oil, and much more Acid than that of Anife. This Oil given on Sugar is very good in Pains of the Belly, Dofe five or fix Drops. This whole Plant is heating and drying and confifts of fine Parts. The dried Seed fhould be ufed •, but, if dried in the Sun", its fined Parts are loft. Its Effects are furprifing in Cholic, Melancholy, and Vertigo ; either Seed or Oil are good, but its Water diftill’d in Rhenith is beft. The Seed is good in cold Diforders of the Body, powder’d and made into a Poultife, It takes away black and blue Spots from Blows, Bruifes, or Falls. A Poultife of the Seed and Herb, fried and laid to the lower End of the Belly, eafes the Cholic ; or the Seed bruifed and mixt with the Pulp of a hot Loaf, and fprinkled with Brandy, and applied as the laft. The Seed is good in Hyfterics, and chewed it helps the Sight. 58- Calamus Aromaticus, or fweet fmelling Flag, is one of the Iris Tribe. It is of thin Parts, warming and drying, much ufed in obftrudted Men- fes , Cholic Pains, and boil’d in white Wine with Bor- rage Juice as a fine Diuretic. It is pleafant to the Pa- late and Stomach, and good againft contagious Dif- eafes ; and in Catarrhs, efpecially Convulfive. It is a good Stomachic, but muff: not be powder’d. Its Infufion drank or applied outwardly haftens the tardy Menfes . A Decodf ion of the Root drank ex- pels Urine, relieves Pains of the Sides, Breaft, Li- ver, and Spleen, Dyfuria , Convullions, and Gripes. Its Juice with Honey helps Dimnefs of Sight, and E 3 Hardnefs ( 54 ) Hardnefs of the Spleen. Its Root boil’d in Wine beaten up, laid to the Cods, greatly abates their fwelling, Hardnefs, and Collection of Humours •, or the Decoftion drank is good after grievous Falk, pruifes, &c. , . * ' 59- Cherries (Cera fa) feem from Gerard- to have been formerly in bad Repute in England ; but Ray has fet them in a more favourable Light. Black Cherry Water is of late fallen into Difgrace and Difufe. Since, by feveral curious and ufeful Experi- ments, it is found to have the fame fatal Effects on Brutes, as Laurel Water has-. Freflr fweet Cher^ ries loofen the Body a little, but the dried, bind it. The rough and fharp are moft grateful to the Sto- mach as, Morelia’s *, they agree belt with pall’d, phlegmatic Stomachs for they brace a little, quench Thirfr, . and excite an Appetite. Fernelius commends a Decodtion of dried fowre Cherries, as exceeding good in the. Hypo, and by it many have been cured. In Difeafts of the Head, but efpecially of the Tongue, Spirit of black Cherries has been- much extoli’d. Bauhinus fays, fotne admire a Mixture of black Cherry and Lime Flower Waters in Conyulfions. The exprefs’d Oil of. the- Kernels takes off Spots of the Face ; cafes Arthritic and Nephritic Pains. The Gum of the Tree drank in Wine cures old Coughs, mends the Complexion,; fharpens the Sight and Appetite, and expels lmall Stones. Sweet Cherries are more grateful to the. Tafte, but not to the Stomach, for they foon putre- fy. Moft Fruits fhould be eaten before they are quite Mellow-ripe; whilft they retain a fharp, brisk, and quick Tafle; for then they are lefs pffenfive to the Stomach, and not fo liable to fpeedyPutrefadrion. But I would caution all Perfons againft Swallowing the . Stones, j ( 55 ) Stones ; a Cuftom that I have known fatal to fome, and others have been reftored with great Danger and Difficulty ; yea I have known the laft the EffeCt of fwallowing Grape Stones. The Cure of both confifts in a long Ufe of emollient, relaxing, lubri- cating, and very mild Lenitives firft ; then ftronger Purges afterwards to bring them away. 60. Chesnut-Tree ( Caftanea ) Leaves dried and laid to the Joints eafe their Pains andStiffnefs. They alio difcufs Swellings of the Tefticles from Bruifes, or any other outward Caufe, from their aftringent Quality ; they flop the Flux of the Piles, by healing up the Mouths of the Velfels. The unripe Fruit, eaten, eaufes a Loofencls, which the Root and Bark of the fame Tree cure. The exprefs’d Oil of the Nuts boil’d, either taken inwardly, or applied out- wardly, excites an Appetite and promotes Digef- tion. The fame with roafted and beaten Garlick, or coagulated Milk, fried and laid to the Anus pow- erfully quiets the Pain of the Piles. A DecoCtion of the Bark in Wine flops Fluxes, either of Humours, or Blood. The inner Rind of the Nut in red Wine cures Whites, Gonorrhoea , and exceflive Menfes, cor- recting the Sharpnefs and Thinnefs of the Blood. 61. Chervil (fweet) {Char ophyllum) the common is of thin Parts, Diuretic, provokes the Menfes , waftes and expels Stone and Gravel without Pain, difiolves coagulated Blood, and eaufes fweet Sleep, ex- ternally in Clyfters, and Poultifes^ * It i^ good in the Cholic, and for Urine too long retained, if fried in Butter, with Pellitory of the Wall and Parfley, and, laid to the Sharebone. The Juice drank in Broth^ or in its own Water thrice drawn, fays Dolceus *, is a E 4 Specific Specific in a Vertigo *, and laid on as a Plaifter, it diflolves coagulated Blood from Bruifes, &c. The whole Plant is fweet and fragrant, a little acrid and fharp ; mixt with other Garden Herbs, it gives them an agreeable Take, and is eaten both boiled and raw in Salads with other Herbs ; being a little pleafant it difpofes to Venery *, fried and laid to the Belly it’s a fure Remedy for the Gripes. Two Oun- ces of the Juice drank every Morning in white Wine is good in a Dropfy. For the Cholic its Juice is drank ; its Decoftion is given in Cly iters, and the fried Leaves are laid to the Belly, uled in the fame way ; it brings down the Menfes , and expels the Stone. It cures Crudities and Loofeneifes, and dif- cuffes fome inward and outward Swellings. The Herb opens Obftrudtions, is good in Fevers, and purifies the Blood. The Root is not ufed. 6 2. Chick-Peas (Geer) is the only Pulfe that nei- ther breeds nor harbours Worms. If they are roait- £d till they are black, then powder’d and boil’d in W ater, they are the only fubflitute that we have for Coffee, and drink very like it, only a little bitterer, which is helped by making them and Coffee mixt of each alike •, Spanifh Chick Peas are befl for Coffee, and come neareft it. Chicks contain much Oil and Salt ; fome eat them freely for Food, but they are a little flatulent, fti'r up Lull, and fome imagine they increafe Seed. They are cleanfing, cutting, open- ing, and digefting*, provoke Urine, and greatly ex- pel Gravel and Stone ; and fo mult not be ufed where the Bladder is ulcerated. The Cream of their Decoction in Water opens the Belly, provokes Urine and Menfes , increafes both Milk and Seed.' Their Decoction with Rofemary is good for Dropfy, Jaundice, and Pains of the Sides. 63. Chick- (57 ) 63. Chick-weed ( AIJine) a defpifed good Herb, betaufe it is common, and not Exotic ; it is cooling, moiflenirig, and very nqurifliing ; Tome plead it to be a little Aflringent. It? inflpid Water was ufed to be given to Children for Fits, and its juice is yet ufed for their Gripes. The Herb is profitably given in Broth, and other Diet for an Atrophy, Hedic, Confumption, Inflammations of the Lungs, Bread, or Sides. It fafely and powerfully cool ail feverifh Heats, and Heat of Urine. Its Decodion in Wort has cured a black Jaundice when other things fail’d. It is certain that its Juice outwardly applied warm with Cloths or Spunges, and often renewed, cools the Heat of the Liver, or other Vi feus powerfully. The Herb applied in a Poultife, or its Juice ufed as above, or its Decodion in Fomentations, are all wonderful and efficacious Coolers and Difcuflers of putward Inflammations. But for this Purpofe the belt Poultifes are made of it, Rag-weed, and Ground- fel roafled under hot Afhes in a Cabbage Leaf, for Boiling diffipates their nitrous Salts and weakens them piuch. Its Decodion ufed outwardly flops the im- moderate Flux of the Piles, and eafes their Pain. Its Infufion or Decodion in Wine is a great Reflorative after long Sicknefs or violent Fevers. Its Powder is ufed for the Falling Sicknefs ; or laid to the Piles it prefently flops their Flux. The juice is vulnera- ry and cleanfing, it heals fore and inflamed Mouths, and ufed in Diet is good againfl fpitting of Blood. It diffolves and difeufles coagulated Milk in the Breads. The Herb helps the Appetite and Digeftion. The Juice ufed as above is effedual againfl all hot Impoflhumes and Swellings, Rednefs of the Face, Wheals, Pimples, Itch, Scab, Cramps, or Con- yulfions, whether the juice be ufed alone or mixt with Lard ; the laft cures lore l egs. For a ftrain’d Sinew, boil Chick-weed and redRofes in a Quart of Mufcadine Wine, till a fourth Part is wafted ; then add a Pint of Sheepsfoot Oil, boil it fomeTime, then flrain and anoint herewith Evening and Morning at a warm Fire. The Juice drop’d into the Eyes cures their Heat and Rednefs. It eafes Pain and Heat from the Sharpnefs of the Blood, in any Part of the Body. It is good in hot and virulent Ulcers, and Sores in the private Parts, or on the Legs. The Herb boiled with Althaea, Fcenugreek, and Linfeed made into aPoultife, and laid on Tumours and Impoft- humes, ripens and breaks them, or at leaft eafes Pain and abates Heat and Swelling. 64. Sea Chick-weed ( AIJins Marina) clcanfes the Reins and Bladder, provokes Urine, foftens the Hardnefs of the Uterus , and, ufedwith Oil of Rofes and Milk, heals up Wounds. Taken with Oxymel, j Diofcorides fays, it is good in the Epilepfy. It clean- fes and purifies the Blood. 65. Cinquefoil (Shiinque folium) or five- leav’d Grafs, is vulnerary, aftringent, and febrifuge ; it ftops Fluxes of the Belly, and Haemorrhoids y Bleeding of the Nofe, or Spitting of Blood, and a Cough. Some recommend it for a Palfy, Con- fumption, Sciatica, and Jaundice. It is faid to be tifeful in the Stone, and Excoriations of the Kid- niesa Ruptures, and Fevers. Its Juice dropp’d into inflamed Eyes, or ufed in a Gargle for fore Throats, and loofe Teeth, is good. It is alfo faid to cleanfe malignant Ulcers. A Dram of the Pow- der taken a little before the Fit, and often repeated, is excellent in Intermitting Fevers ; for which Puiv ( 59 ) pofe, before the Difcovery of that noble Specific, the Peruvian or Jefuits Bark , this letter Centaury, Ca- momile Flowers, Gentian Root, Wormwood, Ger- mander, Carduus Benedidtus, wild Tanfy, &c. were the bell known. But for the Sake of the Poor, who are moil liable tothefe and (without the Bark) too often fatal Didempers, we might yet enquire farther, whether we have no Bark of our own that would an- fwer the fame Intent, as of the Afh-tree, or Elm- tree, taken off near the Root ; or the Root-bark of the black Thorn, for Lemonade, Flowers of Sal Armoniac, &V. have put off feveral Fits ; and the Salt Draughts have cured Thoufands. A Gar- gle of - Cinquefoil Decodtion is wonderful in a Thrufh and fore Mouth. This Herb, Silver- weed, Tormentil, and Strawberry-Leaves are faid to be pretty much of the fame Nature. Four Ounces of the Juice of this Herb, drank daily, for fome Days, cures a Quinfy, Jaundice, Whites, excettive Men- fes , Fluxes, &V. The Root boil’d in Milk is bed in a: Dyfentery . Cinquefoil Juice, drank thirty Days together, is good m the Falling Sicknefs. Hands daily wafhed often in its Decodtion cures their Sha- king. For an Inflammation of the Throat, gargle often with a Decoction of Cinquefoil *, or fwallow, often and flowly, a Decodtion of cut Mallow Leaves in Milk *, ■ or a Gargle of a Decodtion of Self-heal with Sal-prunella, or Salt-petre. The Root boiled in Vinegar, and applied, helps hard Knots, Swellings, or Lumps in any Part of the Body *, or Inflamma- tions, Impofthumes, or painful Sores, that heat and putrefy ; or running and ugly Scabs or Itch ; or boiled in Wine, the drain’d Liquor drank, and the Herb laid on, eafes Achs and Pains of the Joints, Feet, Hips, and Bowels, if continued fome Days. 66. Clary ( 60 ) 66: Clary ( Hortnimim ) is fomewhat warm, drying, deanfing, and attenuating. A Gargle of its Infu- fion clears the Gums from Putrefadfion. A De- podlion of Berberry Bark, or clarify ’d Scurvy-grafs Juice, or a Lotion of Water-CreUes infufed in Wine or Cyder, or a Decodtion of fmall biting Stone-crop efpecially with a little Honey and Allum. Its Conferve is good for the fame Cafe, and to cure the Whites * tho’ its diflill’d Water drawn with Wine is preferr’d in this Cafe. Its Seed put into the Eyes clears them from Motes, and white pr red Specks. The Mucilage of the Seed made with Water, laid to Swellings, difperfes and difTolves them, and alfo draws out of the Flelh Thorns, Splinters, &V. The Leaves ufed with Vinegar and a little Honey eafe Inflammations, Boils, or Felons, if applied before they begin to fuppurate. The powdered Leaves provoke Sneezing, and purge the Head. Both Seed and Leaves taken in Wine excite Venery. It is faid to help weak Backs and {Lengthen the Reins. It is ufed in the Kitchen like a Tanfy. A Wine is made of it. The Herb put into Ale either ftupifies the Drinker, or makes him outrageous. It expels Menfes and After-birth *, it is faid to cureBarrennefs, and is reputed a great Female Plant. A Tea made of it is fit for thefe Purpofes. I add Clivers, whofe Water or Infufion in white Wine is good in the Stone and fimple Gonorrhoea , and Pains of the Breafl and Sides, &c. e7- Clove-gjlli-flower (Cariophyllus) is Cordial, and good for the Head and all its Difeafes, as Vcr- i;go> Palfy, Epilepfy, Apoplexy, and other ' Nervous ( 61 ) Nervous Diforders. In Faintings, Palpitations, Weaknefs, and Pain of the Stomach. In Pefti- lential Fevers, either the Juice of the whole Plant given to three Ounces, or three Drams of the Powdered Root, is good, but at the fame Time let the Nofe be well rubb’d and bath’d with its Vine- gar. The Flowers drive away Worms and haften the Birth. They eafe Head-achs and Tooth-achs* they pleafantly and powerfully caufe Sweats, quench Thirft, and ftrengthen the Heart. They cure Wounds of the Head, and draw Splinters out of the Scull ; laid on outwardly they are moderately drying and warm. The diftill’d Water is a noble Remedy for fore Eyes. Its Decodtion drank is excellent in Malignant Fevers. The Flowers are a fine Sudorific and Diuretic. 68. Clover (Trifolium) I find not the A Alliance of any of this large and numerous Clafs taken into Phyfic, except the common purple Meadow Trefoil , or Field Honey- Suckle, and the white-flower' d Mea- dow Trefoil . Some good Women lay great Strefs on a Decodtion of them drank to cure Children’s Rafh or Purples. Some fay their Decodtion in Clyfters is good for the Gripes, and to expel Flegm from the Bowels. A Poultife of them eafes Inflam- mations. Their Juice drop’d into the Eyes clears them from Films, that begin to grow over them and hinder the Sight, and alfo eafes Blood- fliooting* Some for the Bite of Adders drink the Juice, wafih the Place with their Decodtion, and lay on the boil’d Herb in a Poultife ; for this Purpofe fome ufe an Ointment made of it with Hogs Lard. The Herb bruifed between hot Tiles and laid on the Sharebone, provokes Urine. A Decodtion of the whole Plant drank a" long Time cures the Whites ; ( 62 ) the boil’d Seeds and Flowers, made into a Poultile* help hard Swellings. Its Ointment is good for Wounds, and to take away Scars. 69. V . Clowns Wound-wort ( Panax coloni) Dr; Palmer fays its Decodtion fweeten’d up is powerful againft Hoarfenefs. This, or Iron-wort , are dry and very great Aftringents, cure Haemorrhages, Fluxes of the Belly, Menfes , Fluor albus , Catarrhs and Diftillations, and are wonderful Vulneraries ufed outwardly or inwardly. They cure Children’s, or grownup People’s, frefh Ruptures, and four Belch- ings of the Stomach, ftop the Bleedings of Wounds, heals them up quickly, and dry up the Moifture of old fretting Sores, and Ulcers •, and the Juice or Decodtion of the Herb takes off their Inflammation. But the late Ufe of the Friar’s or Jefuit's Vulnerary Balfam feems at prefent to Have expel’ d the Ufe of our Vulnerary Plants, and Herbs externally, out of Pradtice ; fuch as have try’d it extol it much ; this is its Preparation : lake Balfam of Tolu, or of the Sycamore Tree, one Ounce *, Styrax Calamita two Ounces, Benzoin three Ounces, Succotrine Aloes , Myrrh, Olibanum , Roots of Angelica , Tops of Hypericon , of each half an Ounce *, redtify’d Spirit of Wine a Quart ; mix all and infufe fix Weeks in the Sun in July, zx\&Auguft, or in Horfe-dung, or a Week in warm Water, or on a warm Sand Heat, in a clofe glafs Bottle, fhake it often, ftrain and keep for Ufe. It cures frefh Wounds, or old Ulcers (if firft they are made Wounds) only by dropping it into the Wound, without Cloth, Lint, Tow, or Tent. It cures gall’d Horfes Backs, Pricking in their Feet, &c. or given to People inwardly, to thirty or forty Drops, it is no lefs prevalent againft the Cholic* ( 63 ) Cholic, Gripes, Bloody Flux, Gravel, and Diforders of the Lungs without a Fever. If other Medicines have been applied to the Wound before, let them be wafhed off with Wine before this is dropped in. After the Balfam is {trained off the Ingredients, Verjuice poured on diem makes a good Medicine for Strains. The internal Ufe of this Balfam may be fatal, if ufed in hedtical and inflammatory Dif- orders of the Bread:. I have not once known the inward Ufe of either this Balfam, or of the Balfamic Tindbure, or of the Balfams in Subltance, fucceed well in thofe Difeafes, tho’ at fird they are as tracta- ble as any other of the like Inflammations, if treated judicioufly. 70. Cost mary. Ale-cost ( Cojius hortorum ) and fweet Maudlin ; the firfl: is good in Crudities of the Stomach, Belching, Vomiting, flanking Breath, Pain of Stomach, or Head. Its Conferve is pro- per in Diforders of the Head from a cold Caufe, and in the Stone, or in Uterine Diforders from Obdrudbions of the Menfes. It is alfo good in ob- drudted Vifcera. Its Juice or Seed applied to the Navel kills Worms. It is an Antidote to too great Dofes of Opiates ; and cures Wounds fpeediJy. A Balfam of this and Adders-tongue boil’d in Oil, then drained, and Wax and Rofin added, makes a noble Wound Balfam. A Stove of the dried Leaf through a Funnel hadens down the Menfes. The Juice outwardly kills Crabs, as doth Juice of Rue and Tobacco, or Wormwood. It thins, cuts, divides, and gently evacuates dialer and Flegm, deanfes out tough and glutinous Humours, and hin- ders their Putrefadlion, or Corruption ; taken in Whey it ftrengthens the Stomach and Liver, is good againft Agues, continual Pains of the Head, and flays ftays ail their Rheums, by promoting Perfpiratlon. It is good in a beginning Cachexy. See Sweet Maudlin in its Place. 7*- Columbine ( Aquilegia ) a Dram of its Seed, given with a little Saffron in Wine, is a certain Cure for the Jaundice, if the Sick keep in Bed and fweat. Comfits made of the Seed and eaten are good in Obftruttions of the Vifcera , and a Vertigo . * Tragus fays the diftill’d Water does the fame, and is hngular in Swooning and Fainting ♦, it dif- cufies internal Abfceffes, expels Poifon, and eafes griping Pains. Clufiiis commends the powder’d Seed given in white Wine in hard Labour. A Decodtion of the whole Herb, taken with a little Amber, is good in a feminal Weaknefs. The bruifed Seed boil’d in Milk and Water, and drank, is ufed with good Succefs to expel the Small Pox and Meaffes, or given in Powder, or in Emulfion. A Dram of the powder’d Root taken in Wine eafes the Cholic. Some for the Stone eat a little of the Root every Morning. A Decodtion of the Seed makes a good Gargle for a Quinfy, or Ulcers of * For this Swimming of the Head, a Dram of Columbine Seed, given in a Decodlion of Sage or Betony, is good ; or dry’d powder’d Southern-wood given in Wine ; or a Decodlion of Primrofes in Poflet Drink ; or Sage Tea drank warm Evening and Morning, and the Head bath’d wich it ; or half a Dram or two Scruples of Muftard Seed taken in the Morning falling ; or an Eledluary of Muftard Seed and Figs beaten up, and the Bignefs of a large Nutmeg of it taken every Morning ; ora Dram of Mifletoe Leaves powder’d and drank twice a Day in a Tea, or Decodlion of Sage, or Betony ; or four Gallons of Table Beer made with Leaves inftead of Hops, and a Bag hung in it of Sure. Ph^voji. half a Pound, Cloves beaten three Drams ; ufe for common Drink ; or if the Difeafe in young People is from the Stomach, or from bad Diet, Mint ufed is a good Remedy. the ( 65 ) the Throat or Jaws, or fcorbutic Putrefadlions of the Gums. In eruptive Fevers, the powdered Seed given to half a Dram, or a Dram, in Carduus, or Furmitory Water, is g ;od. An Emulfion of the Seed, made in a Decodlion of Raifins or Figs, is good in Difeafes attended with Malignity. T ourne - fort fays a Tindture of the Flowers drawn in Brandy, or with twice as much Spirit of Wine, in a Pint whereof two Ounces of Gum Lacca, and two Drams of Maffick had been boil’d a quarter of an Hour, is the befl Gargle in the Scurvy to cleanfe the Mouth and heal the Gums. Colts-foot, or tfuffilago, is a moft eminent Thoracic, or Herb for the Lungs. The green Leaves are temperate, the dry hot and fharp ; it is good in Coughs, Confumptions, Shortnefs of Breath, either in Syrup of the Juice of the Leaves, or in De- codlion, Powder, Eledluary, &c. or fmoak’d like Tobacco, with Flowers of Sulphur, and Amber ; or eaten like Cole, or in Pancakes like Tanfies fried with faged Butter. A flrong Decodlion of the Leaf with Whitloe-grafs pour’d on Rofemary, and made into a Tea, and drank long, is a Specific in the King’s-evil. Alexis fays that the whole Plant beaten up with powdered Linfeed and Hogs-Lard made into a Poultife, and renew’d twice a Day on the Place, and all the Sores fhall be refolved into Sweat ; after they are healed, wafn the Parts daily with white Wine. In Confumptions of the Lungs a Decodlion or Juice of this, boil’d up alone to the Confiflence of a Syrup, is good *, or, in preparing the Syrup of Turnip- Juice for a Cough, Colts-foot } Leaf and Ground-ivy, of each a like Quantity, cut and laid in theBottom of thePipkin,and the fhreddei Turnips put on the Top, and to flew them in an F Oven, ( 66 ) Oven, or boiling Water, the Pipkin clofe covered ; in a Spitting of Blood, Nettles and Horehound may be added ; and, of the exprefs’d Juice of all, make a Syrup with Sugar. 73- 1 Comfry Root ( Symphytum ) is a principal Vul- nerary •, it is very mucilaginous and thickening, its clammy Juice fheathes the Sharpnefs of the Humours •, its Virtue chiefly depends on this Juice* which is good for Spitting of Blood, and for Cure of Children’s and other frefli Ruptures. The Con- ferve, Deco&ion, or Juice of the Root is good in Fluxes, from fliarp Humours, or in Catarrhs and Defluxions of the Bread from fharp, fait, thin, hot Humours ; or in Confumptions therefrom. A Decodtion of the Flowers in red Wine drank twice a Day cures bloody Urine. A Poultife of the Roots to a prick’d Tendon, or to a Part mod fenfibly affedted with goutifh Pains, or to fpreading eating Ulcers, Gangrene, &c. gives great Eafe, and in the lad Cafe much Relief. It is wonderful in Difeafes J from Acrimony. But in the Gout Sim . Pauli gives a much better Poultife from Sennertus^viz. of Com- fry Roots three Ounces, of Althaea Roots two Ounces, Tops of Southern-wood a Handful, of St. John’s-wort two Handfuls, of Camomile Flowers three Handfuls, of Elder Flowers four Handfuls, of Fenugreek Seed two Ounces, of Lin- feed four Ounces •, prepare and boil all in Elder- water, to a Confidence* then add Ointment of Marfhmallows to make a Poultife, and a very good one. Comfry Root Bark bruifed, and applied twice a Day, has cured Ulcers that were deemed and pronounced cancerous, tho’ recent. The Root is mod noted for fpeedy Healing of Wounds, and Curing broken, or Strengthening luxated Bones. A thick thick Poultife of the Root fpread on Leather cafes ' Pains of the Arms, or broken, or diflocated Bones * it is better if FI ix- weed be added to the Poultife, and laid on warm ; and in a Gangrene ; for which Juice of Alifanders in form of an Ointment is won- derful ; or rotten Apples in a Poultife laid on warm ; or of the Juice or Herb Scordium. A Poultife of Comfry is alfo good in the Sciatic, and Pains of the Arms, tho’ attended with Privation of Motion. Nor has it been found ufelefs in Venereal Inability* The powder’d Root, diflblVed in Water to a Muci- lage, is far from being contemptible in Bleedings* Fradtures, and Luxations. This and Flowers of dead Nettles are good in a Diabetes. It is good in inward or outward Bruifes, Wounds, ulcerated Lungs, exceflive Menfes , or Whites, frefh Claps* or old Gleets. It cools the Inflammations, eafea the Pain, and ftays the Bleedings of the Piles. Comfry and Daify Leaves beaten up to a Cataplafin and applied to Carbuncles is good. It eafes Wo- men’s Breafts pain’d by too much Milk. Its Juice* Powder, Syrup, Decodlion, or Conferve, are ufed * but its diftill’d Water is a Jeft : A good Ointment ) may be made of it, and an excellent ftrengthening Plaifter *, inferior to none, by boiling the Root in ftrong Ale ’till it come to the Confidence of a Plaifter, drain, fpread on Leather, and lay on the Part fhaven. It is a Specific in Excoriations, or Ulcerations of the Kidnies, efpecially from Can- tharides, and to haften the Callus of broken Bones. 74* Cock’ s-fool-Grass {Gfarhen T)a5ty!oides) bruifed and applied ftays Bleeding prefently, from the Nofe, or Wounds ; but if the rough Spike be put up the Nofe, and rubb’d, it makes it bleed. Boil’d with Lard and Houlhold Bread, it heals the Bite of F 2 a mad ( 68 ) a mad Dog, or applied to hard Tumours it dif- folves them. 75* Cock’s-foot Quick-grass is faid to have all the Virtues of Quick-Grafs. 76. Dew-grass diflblvcs the Hardnefs of Women’s Breads. 77- C or neil-tree ( Comus Mas ) the Berries cool, dry, adringe and bind, whatever Way they are taken *, hence they are good in LoofenefTes, and Bloody Fluxes ♦, and, by their grateful Acidity, quench Third, and febrile Heat ; a Dram of their Powder dops Fluxes. An Ele&uary of them is good in Fevers, bilious Defluxions, Third and Want of Appetite. Their Powder mixt with unripe Oil of Olive, or of Myrtles, made into a Plaider for the Stomach, presently dops Vomiting, Loofe- nefs, or, applied to the Bottom of the Back, ex- eeflive Menfes. The Leaves and Buds of the Tree are rough,, harfh, and very drying, fit to heal up Wounds foon. The lead Tade of the Flowers kills Bees.- The Wood, or a Rod of it, held in the Hand ’till it is warm, recalls the Madnefs from the Bite of a mad Dog. Corneil is the Male, and Dog-berry Bufh, the Female Tree. 78- Coriander ( Coriandrum ) there have been many and warm Difputes whether it be a Poifon or not „ but as it is agreed by all Sides, that Infufing it three Days in Vinegar, not only dedroys its poifonous Nature, but when dried, after the Infudon, it be- comes ( 69 ) comes very ufeful ; therefore it is better to have it prepared, to prevent not only Danger, but all Suspicion, for then, taken in fweet Wine, it kills all Worms in the Body, and increafes Blood, and Seed. It heats and dries the cold Moifture of the Stomach, comforts it, helps Digcltion, and re- prelfes Vapours arifing from it ; is good in the Cholic, for Stoppage of Urine, expels Wind, and nourifhes *, it corrects a bad Breath, and prevents Hurt from bad Air. It is belt in cold, or moift Weather, to old People, or who have grofs, flug- gifh Humours, but agrees not fo well with hot and bilious Conftitutions. The powdered Seed, given in Pills, is good for cold, weak, phlegmatic Perlons. The Juice of the Herb (and alio the green Herb) is laid to be as great and deadly a Poifon as Hemlock ; yet mixed with Wheat or Barley Flour and applied outwardly, it dilfolves Knots and Kernels ; ufed with Bread it heals run- ning and fretting Sores, Wheals, Carbuncles, and Botches riling up in the Skin or Flefh ; and either the Juice or green Herb applied takes away the Swel- lings and Inflammations of the Cods. The fame things are done by an Ointment made of the Juice with Cerufe, Litharge, Vinegar, and Oil of Rofes . 79- Cow-parsnip Root ( Sphondylium ) Iqftens and difeufles Tumours of the Uterus , Liver and Spleen. Surgeons mix the exprefs’d Juice of the Plant with emollient Ointments. Schroder would have it number’d with the flve Emollients, and its chief outward Ufe to be in Clyfters, and other Anodynes, in any Form, but chiefly of Poul- tifes. Its Seed feems to be good in Hyfteric Fits. Galen fays it is of a fharp and cutting Nature, good ( 7° ) for a Cough, Shortnefs of Breath, and Jaundice. The Root is much the fame, and takes off the callous Skin that grows on Fiftula’s, if ftrew’d on them. The Seed alfo clears the Belly from tough phlegmatic Matter ^ eafes the Liver-grown, and Hyfteric, either drank, or in Fumigations *, Smoke of the Seed roufes the Lethargic, and eafes the Head-ach. 80. Cross-wort, or Mug-weed ( Cruciata ) is drying and aftringent, a chief Vulnerary, ufed either in- wardly or outwardly ; and, drank in Wine, is good in frefh Ruptures ^ it promotes the Expectoration of Phlegm from the Lungs. Its DecoCtion is drank, and a Poultife of the Herb kept on, and daily re- newed for a long Time in Ruptures. Its DecoCtion is drank, and either its Juice, or Ointment, applied to Wounds, Ulcers, or Sores. 81. Cud-weed, or Cotton-weed ( Gnaphalium ) its diftill’d Water is good for occult Cancers of the Bread ; Rags dip’d in it, and applied once a Day, prevent their Ulceration *, fome ufe Arfarum Leaves dip’d in it for the fame Intent. The Herb, being fomewhat drying and aftringent, is good in Lodes of Blood, Fluxes, and Quin ties. The bruiled Herb infufed and boil’d in Oil, the Oil is good for Bruifes cr Falls, that make the Skin black or blue. It is a Specific for Beads that have loft the Power of chewing their Cud. Its bruifed Leaves or De- ception ufed to a Wound, heals it up quickly, and alfo helps foul Ulcers. Pliny fays that the Cud-weed impious , not only cures the Quinfey, but fuch as drink its Juice m Wine and Milk will never have that Difeafe again, 82, Cum- ( 7* ) 82. Cummin-seed ( Cuminum ) refolves and difcufies Flatulency, it is therefore good in the Cholic, Tympany, and Vertigo ; drank in fweet Wine they help Difficulty and Heat of Urine. Boil’d in Wine with Figs, they are good in a Cough, and purge the Bread ; put into Bread or Cheefe, they help Di- geftion, and expel Wind. Chew’d much, they prevent a (linking Breath. Their Oil is a great Antihyfteric, either in or out of the Fit, whether given by the Mouth, or in a Clyfter. It gives immediate Relief in a windy Cholic, Gripes, or flatulent Stomach *, either given inwardly, or a few Drops of it let fall on hot toafted Bread, and laid to the Navel. This Seed, and Bay-berries put into an emollient Clyfter, is wonderful in Rupture Cholics, from Wind, when the Inteftines are pent up in the Cods. A Poultife of the Seeds is ufed with Succefs, in flatulent Pains of the Sides, and Pleurifies without Blood-fpitting, or any great Inflammation. A Poultife of it laid warm to the Scrotum fwell’d with Wind or Water, and in any other windy Pains, or Swellings, if Barley-meal is mixt with it, is very efficacious. Beaten up with Vinegar, it flops the Bleeding at the No(e. Bruifed and fried with an Egg, and laid to the back Part of the Head, it eafes old Head-achs •, and hinders Rheums from falling on the Eyes, and cures thofe that are Bloodfhot. People that ufe it much look pale. Take hitter Almonds a Pound, Cummin and Wormwood Seeds of each half a Pound, bruife all in a Mortar and mix ; then in a Tin Veflel boil in a Kettleful of Water four Hours; then ftrongly exprefs the Liquor, which is a green Oil ; Dole two Drams, or half an Ounce, Morning and Even- ing, in Broth ; and anoint the Belly often with it ; F 4 Hoffman ( 72 ) Hoffman fays it is a Secret in a Tympany. He alio gives this for a Hiccup: Take of Dill and Cum- min Waters of each three Ounces, Oils of AnTe, Dili, Carvy, and Cummin, of each three Drams, with Sugar, or Salt of Wormwood •, mix. Dofe, a Spoonful or two Morning and Evening •, but in a Weaknefs of Sight, and Impotency, refrain it. 83- Currants ( Riles ) the Berries are profitably ufed in ardent Fevers, and hot Fluxes of the Belly (ef- pecially their Jelly diftolved in the Patients Drink.) They quench violent Third, ftop Vomitings, excite an Appetite, check the Cholera Morbus \ and are good in hot Loofenefifes •, for the Rob or Jelly checks feverifh Heat, tempers Bile, quenches Third, is good in Spitting Blood, and Swelling of the Uvula. 84. Cvstus, or Cistus ( Dwarf) or common fmall Sun- flower with a yellow Flower, is vulnerary and adringent *, may be ufed as Comfry for Spitting of Blood, Fluxes, Falling of the Uvula, immoderate Menfes, and in all too great Lodes of Blood : The Herb, boil’d in red Wine with Corhfry and Plantain, is good in the above Cafes. Its Deco&ion in red Wine, with a little Allurri, is a good Gargle, and Lotion for Ulcers of die Mouth, and privy Parts. It heals up green Wounds quickly •, is good in Ruptures ; drengthens weak Joints, or Limbs, and the didill’d Water beautifies the Face. Daffodill (Bulboc odium) Galen reckons it a great external Vulnerary ; a Poultife of the Roots damp’d with Honey is good in Achs, Pains, Wrenches* ( 73 ) Wrenches, or Strains of the Joints, or Burns. Ap- plied with Honey and Nettle- feed, they take off Sun-burn;ng, and Morphew : Beaten up with Lard and Leven of Rye-meal Dough, they haften the Ripening of old, obflinate, hard Swellings. Beaten up with Vinegar, and Nettle-feed, they cure Len- tils, and Spots of the Face. The Roots either ea- ten, or their Infufion drank, is a ftrong Vomit. Gerard . 86. Daisy ( Beilis ) is cooling, moiftening, and ve- ry aftringent *, it is a fpecial Vulnerary. An Ex- trad!:, or Effence of the Plant drank, diffolves, and fends off by Perfpiration all coagulated Blood, either within or without the Veffels. Mathiolus fays, its Leaves cure all Inflammations of the Genitals, and commends its Decodlion, drank, in Wounds that penetrate the Breaft. Sim. Pauli declares, that he had often found it anfwcr this Charadter *, hence it is proved to be a noble Vulnerary, whether it be ufed internally, externally, or both ; efpecially i ts Juice •, yet it loofens ^the Belly. Its Root is with Succefs applied outwardly in Strophulous Tumours. Stalks, Leaves, or Flowers, of the great Daify, or Ox-eye, boil’d in Poflfet Drink, and drank long, are reputed a Secret by fome in the Shortnefs of Breath, and Confumption, or ulcerated Lungs. A Decodtion of red Cole-worts, fweetened with Su- gar and drank, is good. A Decoction, or Juice of the Herb Daify, drank is a Specific in Difeafes from indifcreet Drinking of cold Water, or other cold fmall Liquors, when die Body is too hot. A ftrong Decodtion of it in Ale, or Wort, to the Confiftence of a Plaifter, fpread on Leather and applied, has cured broken Bones, which had been feveral Weeks fradtured, and could by no other Means be brought li ' to ( 74 ) to a Callus. A Poultife of Daify Leaves, applied to the Cods, refolves their Inflammatory Swellings. AnOintment of it cures Ulcers in thofe Parts. A Fomentation of it, with Leaves of Agrimony and Elder, is faid to be good in a Palfy or Sciatic. It diflolves Knots and Kernels, and cures Bruifes in any Part of the Body. It is alfo good in frefli Rup- tures. An Ointment of it cures inflamed weeping Wounds. The Juice, drop’d into the Eyes, cures their Rheum. In the laft Cafes, the fmall common Daify is always preferr’d. A Decoftion of Ox-eye Flowers, or of Colt’s-foot, boiled up to a Confidence of a thin Syrup, and drank daily, is wonderful in Confumptions. 87- Da ndelion ( Dens Leonis ) is good in obftinate, putrid Fevers. Tragus commends its Water in Im- pofthumes, and ardent Fevers. Three or four Spoonfuls to a Dofe. It is good to take off Spots of the Eyes, and Inflammations of the Members, Linnen Cloths being dipp’d in it warm and applied. The boiled Herb braces a relaxed Stomach, draws it, and binds the Belly. The Juice drank prevents too frequent involuntary Emiflions of Semen. A Decodtion of the whole Plant cures the Jaundice. The Root and Herb, boiled in Wine or Broth, is good in a Cough, Tabes , Cachexy, &e. This ought never to be omitted in opening Decodlh ons, or Drinks for Diforders of the Liver, Spleen, Mefentery, and in the Hypo ; it being a more pow- erful Opener than wild Succory ; it’s alfo bitterer. It is a very powerful Diuretic, caufes plentiful Dif- charge of Urine ; it is therefore improper for Children and aged Perfons ; it is called Pifs-a-Bed. * 88. Dill * For the Jaundice, befides Dandelion, two Drams of bruis'd' Columbine Seed, infufed all Night in white Wine, and drank ©ff next Morning, and feveral Days repeated ; or a Dram of powdered ( 75 ) 88. Dill or A n e t ( Anethum ) the Seed digefts and difcufifes, ripens Swellings, increafes Milk, caufes Reft, leftens Venereal Inclinations, cures Vo- miting and Hiccup ; the tender Leaves and frefh Roots are Diuretic, and of great Service in the Stone. A Decodtion of the Seed in Oil and Wa- ter, drank, then a Crumb of Bread dipp’d in warm Water and eaten, wonderfully helps, and refrefhes, fuch as are languifhing in the Iliac Paflion, from hardened Excrements, even tho’ they have vomit- ed powdered Columbine Seed drank in white Wine fading. (In the Mealies, Columbine blue Flowers infufed with warm Water, acidulated with Spirit of Vitriol, let them Hand till cold, then drain it off, and fweeten them a little ; drink a Draught of it every Morning and Afternoon ; or give its Powder from half a Dram to a Dram, in Hydromel, or Fumitory Water, or De- co&ion, are excellent.) In the Jaundice, Decodlion of Silver- weed, or Wild Tanfy, in white Wine often drank ; or an In- fufion of diced Burdock Root, in Ale, drank freely. Morning and Afternoon ; or a Decodtion of Ladies Mantle, in white Wine or Water ; or a Decodtion of Celandine Root, drank fe- veral Days ; or the whole Herb and Root ufed in Deco&ion, Infufion, Juice, or Syrup, is excellent. The Juice of the Herb, from an Ounce and a half to two Ounces, drank alone, and a Draught of Ale taken immediately after it every Morning ; or mixed with the Ale and drank ; or if the cleaned diced Roots and Raidns be infufed in white Wine, or Cyder, cold for four or five Days ; then the Tindture filtered through Cap Paper, and drank, every Morning and Afternoon, from four to fix Ounces, is very effedtual ; or two Handfuls of Celandine, and a Handful of Juniper Berries, infufed in Rhenijh Wine, a Pint ; exprefs the Juice, Dofe four Ounces twice a Day. Juice of Succory, boiled up thick, is commended. A Decodlion of the whole Strawberry Plant, in white Wine, given twice a Day ; or the Herb boiled in Broth, and eaten ; or three Handfuls of the whole Plant, and four Ounces of Raifins, boiled in three Pints of Water, to two, for common Drink. Powder of Alh- tree Seed, drank, in white Wine, is commended; or fifted Afh-tree Allies, as many as the Urine of the Sick, made at once, will moiften, or wet ; make three equal Pills of it, which fet in a clofe Velfel in the Chimney Comer till dry. Willis, Or Juice of ( 76 ) ted up their foetid Faces. In a Hiccup, from a cold Caufe, take four Drops of the Oil, and half an Ounce of Oil of fweet Almonds, mix and drink, it is very efficacious. The Seed is ufed in Anodyne Clyfters. The Tops boiled in Sallad Oil, and mix’d into a Poultife with Anodyne and Somnife- rous Plants, is good for the Head. The Herb is very ufeful in the Cholic, and Nephritic Pains. For the Hiccup take Dill and Cummin Waters of each three Ounces*, Oils of Dill, Carvy, Anife, and Cum- min, of each three Drops, mix’d ; Dofe a Spoonful or two every Night and Morning. Such as have adim Sight, and are fluggifli to V enery, fhould refrain this Herb. A Poultife of green Dill- feed, difeufies flatu- lent Tumours, if recent *, but dry Seed mufl: be ufed afterwards to difeufs. The Seed increafes Milk in Phlegmatic Conflitutions only, but it mufl: not be ufed inwardly in Inflammations. Cold, dwelled Limbs, rubb’d with Oil of Dill, are much eafed, if not cured by it. 89. Doc-grass, Quick-grass, or Couch-grass, ( [Gramen caninmi ) is the mofl: Medicinal of all of Fumitory, drank daily ; or Infufion of Ducks-Meat in white x Wine, drank nine Mornings, Dofe four Ounces ; or Syrup of Juice of Korehound, drank, with white Wine ; or a Deco&ion of the Herb in white Wine, from feven Pints to five, Dofe three Ounces in the Morning, and before Supper ; or ufe the powdered dried Herb in Winter, with three Drams of Salt of Tartar ; Dofe, and Ufe, as before. Burnet-Saxifrage, ufed any Way inwardly is powerful. The yellow middle Bark of Barberry- tree, infuied in white Wine, is good. A Dram of powder’d Oak- fern Root taken daily is good.- Celandine is not only ex- cellent in a Jaundice, but the- bruifed Herb, applied twice a Day to a Herpes , or Shingles, cures it ; as does the Juice of Moufe- csr, rubb’d twice a Day on the Herpes Miliaris ; and Oil of Heath Flowers, rubb’d on, cures Tetters], efpecially if a Decoc- tion of Fumitory, or Houfleek, made in Whey, be drank daily at the fame time ; or the Pulp of rotten Apples, with Women’s Milk, and Oil of Rofes, mix’d, and applied to the Part. Ex Cri/fon . Collet. Grades .. ( 77 ) Grafles. Its Decoction opens Obftrudtions of the Liver, Kidnies, and Spleen ; is good in Gripings and Inflammations of the Belly, or Stomach ; wafhes Gravel, Sand, or Sludge out of the Reins, Ureters, or Bladder, and helps their Ulcers. The Roots, bruiled and applied, heal Wounds. The Seed expels Urine more powerfully, ftays V omiting and Loofenefs. It is judicioufly added to all Decoc- tions againft Inflammations, and Obftrudtions ; but let Nitre be always added to the Decodtions for the firft. Two or three Spoonfuls of the frefh crude Juice of the Grafs, drank every Morning with a lit- tle Sugar, is wonderful in Obftrudtions of the Gall- Bladder ; or habitual, or often returning Jaundices. Sheep and Oxen, afflidted with the Stone in Winter, are certainly cured by eating this Grafs in the Spring; hence we have a clear Proof of the Excellency of this Grafs in the Spring. Its Decodtion is good in Ma- lignant Fevers, and Children’s Loofenefles ; out- wardly it eales Pains of the Head, Inflammations of the Eyes, checks Defluxions, is ufeful in the Tooth- ach, and difcuffes Gouty Swellings. In a Word it is one of the greateft and powerfulleft Openers of Obftrudtions that we have •, efpecially as it both cools and binds much ; which are rare and Angular Properties in Deobftruents. Its Sait with Fern Root is a Specific in Worms. The Salt lies at the Bottom of the diftill’d Waters. 90- Docks ( Lapathum ) (fharp-pointed) the Root either dug up frefli or dried in the Shade (fays Sim, Pauli) either boiled alone, for the Ufe of the more delicate and cleanly, or with the White of Hens Dung ; herewith wafh the Hands and Feet of fuch as have Scab or Itch however mean and trifling this may appear, it has not a Fellow -, let the Scab be never fo great, fcurfy, or ugly, ten Nights x W aihing ( 7§ ) Wafhing in this, and Laying on the boiled Dock Roots all Night like a Poultife, will cure it *, this he faw from Experience. The fretti Roots mutt: be cut, and boiled to a Mucilage, and drain’d •, in tills Mucilage dittolve the White of the Hens-dung. For this fame nady Difeafe, he gives us two good Receipts •, fird, Take Juice of this Dock, Monks Rhubarb, and greater Celandine, of each a Dram ; Butter four Ounces ; mix, and boil to the Con- fumption of the Juices *, then add Biapompholigos one Ounce, Cerus two Drams, Allum a Dram, Frank- incenfe half a Dram, Flour of Brimdone a Scru- ple ; beat them all in a wooden or leaden Mortar ; if it is too dry, add more Butter to bring it to a Li- niment *, fecond, Take of this Dock Root, and of Althea, of each half an Ounce •, Elecampane Root, two Drams, Leaves of Birth-wort, Money-wort, Scabius, Plantain, of each half a Handful ; boil all in Spring Water to a Mucilage, put it through a Hair Sieve, and add Flour of Brimdone, two Scruples ; Balfam Peru to make a Liniment to rub ^ on. Powder of Dock Root with Vinegar is a cer- tain Remedy for Tetters. Ringworms, rubbed with Dock Bark, are foon taken off. The Root infufed in Beer, and drank, is a fpecial Antifcorbutic. A Decodtion of the Root alone, or with other Speci- fics, is of great Efficacy in the Jaundice. The toughed Fleffi, boiled with Dock, becomes very tender. The powder’d Seed drengthens the Liver, and dops Fluxes •, efpecially if mix’d with Tormen- til Roots, and Sugar of Rofes. A Decodtion of the Leaves, drank warm, loofens the Belly, like boiled Lettuce. Its didill’d Water clears the Face. A ttippery Decodtion of the Root, drank to half a Pint in a Morning, purges fmartly. 91. Blood- wort :s only a finall red Dock, and has ( 79 ) has near the fame Virtues of the laft Dock. Its ex- prefs’d Juice, or the Leaves boiled in Broth, loofeft the Belly. The Seed powder’d, and drank in any aflringent Liquor, flops exceflive Menfes^ and other Fluxes. 92. Monks Rhubarb, or Garden Patience, is another Dock ; two Ounces of the powder’d Root, and a Scruple of Ginger, taken in a Morning, purge yellow Bile and watery Humours. Juice of the Root with Brimflone cures Outbreaks on the Skin. The Juice with Lupin Meal cures Freckles, Spots, &c. on the Body. The Juice or Powder of the Root, taken in Wine, expels Sand and Gravel. The Seed flops all Fluxes. Water or Decodtion of the Leaf cleanfe and clear the Skin. A Decodlion of the Root cures the Jaundice. The Juice, dropp’d into the Ears, eafes their Pain. Gargled in the Mouth, it cures the Tooth-ach. The Seed cures Pain and Loathing of the Stomach from Bile. 93* T he great Water-Dock ( Hydrolapathum) which grows in watery, marfhy, flagnant Places, or in watery Ditches. The Root (if old) is thick, broad, round, fpongy, and juicy ; divided below into feveral thickifh Parts, compafs’d with Fibres, black without, and, when juft dug up frefh, it is white within ; but in the Air quickly turns yellow ; and when dry it is brown. It has the fewefl and longeft Leaves of all the Dock Kind, being from a Foot and an half to two Foot long each ; and three or four Fingers broad •, broadefl in the Middle, and lharp at the Point, of a leaden blackifh Colour a- bove, and paler below ; with palifh green Veins, of a thickifh firm Subfiance, and hard to the Touch *, they fall in the End of Auguft, The Stalks are from 2 two ( 8° ) two to four Foot long ; ftrait, round, green, and hollow. The Flowers and Seeds are much like thefe of the common Dock. (See Ray's Defcription of it, p. 172) Muntingus will have this to be the true Britannica of the Antients •, and all its Parts, Root, Stalk, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds, are all very aftringent, indurating, and conglutinating ; hence it Hops and cures all Putrefcences, as St. An- thony's Fire, Herpes , Phagenedics, Gangrenes, It Lops all Fluxes of Blood, Piles, Menfes , &c. And inwardly it does all that other cold Aftringents can do. It cures the Nerves and their Diforders, as broken, cut, contradted, fhaking. Cramps, Pal- fies, feveriih Heats and Colds. It expels Venom, drives away Serpents, and cures their Bite ; hence it is juftly reputed Alexipharmac ; it is an aftringent *, it heals all Sorts of Quinfies, Relaxations of the Uvula , and Diforders of the Mouth, Jaws and Sto- mach. Is cures Impofthumes, Tumours, and Ul- cers ; and ftays fundry Rheums. It cures Ulcers of the Legs by applying green frefh Leaves to them e- very twelve Hours. Its Juice may be dried in the Sun, or thickened at a flow Fire, for Ufe. (See much more to this Purpofe in Muntingus Cap. 16, who feems extremely fond of it.) The Scurvy being fo rooted in fome People, that a Ample Decodtion of the Herb will not cure it : He therefore gives us the following Receipt, which he fays the World ne- ver had before, is more precious than Gold, and the Medicine fhould be kept againfl: all Sufpicions of the Scurvy, as an ineftimable Treafure * it is this : Take Saffron, two or three Ounces, Mace, Liquorice, Cinnamon, black Pepper, Gentian Root, of each three Ounces •> of this Dock Root, fix Ounces ; pound all grofly, and mix in two Gallons of Wine ; ftrong Elder Vinegar, two Quarts ; three Y oiks of Eggs ; mix and infufe all (8i) in an earthen glaz’d Vefiel, well covered in hot Allies for two Hours ; or in Horfe-dung, or in a Sand-heat, which exceeds not Milk warm *, then fet it by for Ufe Dofe, from three to fix Ounces every Morning, for fourteen, twenty, or thirty Days to- gether : Drink ordinary RheniJJj Wine (if ac- cuftomed to it) or fine, clear Small Beer •, with three or four Spoonfuls of the above Wine in it, when thirfty. If the Perfon is feverifh, or heli- cally difpofed, leave out the Pepper, arid put in a double Quantity of Liquorice : When the firfl Wine is drawn off, pour more upon the fame Ingredients. It is not only a good Wine in the Scurvy, but in all Nervous Diforders. 94- Drop -wort. (Filipendula) A Decddtibn of its Root expels Urine and Gravel •, gives great Relief in a Scalding Heat, and making of Urine by . mops. The Juice and Powder of its Root are commended in the Falling Sicknefs, and Swimming of the Head. It, with Fennel Seed, is good in a Shortnefs of Breath, and windy Stomach. It is of fpecial Ufe in die \yhites, and exceffive Lochia. Prevotius often cured Bloody Fluxes with a Dram of its Powder. Its Decodlion in Wine is good vcxFiJiula’s , as is every Preparation of Agrimony j and the inward and out- ward Ufe of the Juice of Doves-Foot, or Cranes- Bill. Of all Vegetable Poifons, Drop-wort with a Hemlock-Leaf is the moft terrible ; what (till adds to the Mifchief, is, v/e know of no Antidote to it 5 yea the very Milk-white Juice at the Root is fo de- ftrudtive, that the leaftDiOp of it, fallowed, is im- mediately followed by a frightful and fatal Inflam- mation and Gangrene. The Remedies agamfl Arfe- hic, and Sublimate, may be tried or large Quanti- ties of warm Water drank * or warm Water and Dili or warm Broth. O 95. Ducks* ( 82 ) 95- Duck s - M e at {Lens Paluftris ) is cooling •, good in Inflammations, and Children’s Ruptures. Ray fays, that an Infufion of it in white Wine, drank nine Mornings together, fix Ounces at a Time, was communicated to him by Dr. Bates, as an infallible Secret in the Jaundice. 96- Elecampane ( Enula campana) Root is bitter, hot, drying, and aromatic. This Root either in Decofti- on, Infufion, Conferve, Syrup, Electuary, or Pow- der, is good for a Shortnefs of Breath, Cough, or Afthma. For an old Cough, Dolceus extols its De- coction with Currants ^ eaten candied like Ginger, it is goodagainft the Plague. It is a fine Stomachic, and promotes Digeftion. Its Decoftion or Powder, ta- ken with Sugar, expels Urine, and Menfes. I have known its Decoftion, with Aftringents, and Al- thae Root, cure the making of bloody Urine. Its Infufion in white Wine is good in the Green Sick- nefs. The Decoftion, drank, is proper for the Cramp, Convulfions, and Sciatica Pains. Boil’d in Wine, or the Juice infufed in Wine, and drank, kills and expels Worms of the Belly. The Root is an Ingredient in Lobelius’s Syrup of Hedge Muf- tard ; whereby, he fays, he has cured the molt ob- ftinate Hoarfenefs. It is a powerful Drier of the Scab, if the Parts are either wafhed with its Decoc- tion, or rubb’d with an Ointment made of it. It is a good Root for cold and windy Stomachs ; or for Stitches in them, or the Sides ; or in Hyflerics •, or to expel Sand and Gravel. It is fomewhat Laxa- tive.. It roufes the Spirits, and chears the Body. In Wine it clears and ftrengthens the Sight. Its De- coftion is good in Spitting of Blood, and, boiled with ( «3 ) with great Daifies, it is good for Weaknefs, Slip* perinefs, or Loofenefs of the Joints, after Fradtures, or Diflocations ; or in frefh Ruptures. To expel Mercury lodg’d in the Body, take of this Root two Ounces ; Fennel Rcot, an Ounce and an half ; white Wine two Pints and an half ; infufe all twenty- four Hours; then boil to a Quart ; {train ; Dofe half a Pint Morning and Evening in Bed •, lie and fweat after it ; the Sweat will be firft yellow, but continue it till it changes the Colour. This Decoc- tion is alfo good for the Mifchief from Fumes of Mercury , Sulphur , Cinnabar , or Antimony . 97- Elder-tree ( Sambucus ) our Climate fcarce produces either a more ufeful, or defpifed Shrub. Blotwitzch has wrote a whole Book on it, which de- ferves well to be read ; he thinks it contains a com- pleat Medical Cheft. The inner Bark purges wa- tery Humours, and is good in a Dropfy. The young tender Buds boiled in Wine, Table Beer, or Water, and fweetened, do the fame, but more mildly ; fitter therefore for weak Bodies. The fame* powdered and drank, only move a Codive Body j for in drying they lofe their purging Quality, with their Moifture. An Ointment of the inner Bark is good for Burns. The Flowers difcufs, foften, and refolve ; caufe Sweat and eafe Pain ; they are often ufed inwardly, to cure or prevent St. Anthony' s Fire, Inflammations, and Quartans ; and outward- ly in Clyfters for the Cholic, Burns, and Eryflpe- las’s in Ointment. A Vinegar of them is grateful to the Stomach ; excites an Appetite ; cuts, and thins, thick crude Humours. The Berries are Alexipharmac, and Sudorific. Their Spirit is juflly rank’d among the bed Diaphoretics, andis a fineFe- brifuge. Their Wine mixed with either white Wine, G 2 or ( §4 ) or Rhenijh, is proper in Droplies. Or their Juice mix’d with Chicken Broth, wherein much Parfley Root was boiled and ftrained out, is not defpicable for the fame Purpofe. The Seeds cleanfe and purge violently upwards and downwards. A Deco&ion ot the middle Bark, given with Syrup of Poppies, is a powerful Sudorific •, for Narcotics, added to Diuretics or Diaphoretics, render them ftrong Su- dorifics. The Leaves boiled in Oil, with Salt for a Fomentation, cure Swellings, or Puffings up of the Feet. The Flowers, candied with Sugar, are good in Arthritic Pains. An Earthen Vefiel filled with Leaves, ftretched out ftraight without Folds, often prefs’d down, and filled up, then covered and fet under Ground a Year, and taken up, at the Top is a nafty Cruft, at the Bottom a moft noble efficacious Oil ; often found fuccefsful in Arthritic Pains. Dwarf-Elder is both more difagreeable to the Stomach and Smell, and purges more violently than Elder. A Rob of the Berries is often ufed to prevent Dropfies, for it is a good Sudorific. Two Parts of Elder Flower Water, and one of Spirit eft Wine mix’d, are often ufed with Succefs in a St. An- thony's Fire. Some ufe Elder-flower Water, beaten up with Oil of Elder, and a little Spirit of the Ber- ries ; or Oil of Elder and Canary mix’d, and beaten up, anfwer the fame Purpofe. My eldeft Daughter Mary, in a dangerous confluent Small Pox, had all the Scarf Skin from her Wrifts, to near her Elbows, on both Arms, firft rife up round the Arms like two fifll large Blifters ; then they broke and came flipping off like Tops of Gloves ; when other Means cou’d neither mitigate the violent Pain, nor abate the dan- gerous Difcharge of Serum from the Parts, a Fo- mentation of Elder Leaves boiled in Water, and ap- plied, quickly anfwered both Intentions with fur- • prizing Succefs : The fame good Effeft it had on fome fomc others, and failed in none. Take Bark of Elder Root, one Ounce *, of Afarum, two Ounces ; Cinnamon, a pram and an half*, boil all in Milk, ftrain, and drink it, juft as the Fit of an every Day Ague begins •, it works upwards and downwards, and cures. The Leaves and tender green Buds, are Loofening *, the middle Bark purges ; the in- ner Bark purges ftrongly. The powdered Seed, drank daily, a Dram at a time, reduces too corpu- lent Bodies. The Leaves boil’d in Water till they are foft, then add Linfeed or Sallad Oil, lay it on a Cloth and apply it to the pain’d Piles, till it cool, then apply another ; fo change them for an Hour or more ; then put the Patient warm to Bed. Gerard fays, it has not once failed to cure at once or twice Ufing. The green Leaves pounded, and laid to hot Swellings, or Gout, give great Relief. A Dram of the powdered Seed, drank daily in white Wine, does Service in a Dropfy. A Poultife of the Leaves, and Barley Meal, cures hot Swellings. The Fun- gus on the Tree, called Jews Ears, gathered dry, will keep good a Year. A Deco&ion of it in Milk, or its Infufion in Vinegar, is ufed for a Gargle in a Quinfy *, or other Inflammations in the Mouth, Throat, Uvula , or Jaws. Given in Rofe Water, or Wine, Tragus fays, it is good in all Swellings and Inflammations. Its Infufion in Vinegar helps Dif- eafes of the Eyes. After Elder Berries are bruifed, and their Juice exprefied, there may be an Oil got by Expreflion, which moves bGth by Vomit and Stool ; it is a curious Secret, and notable Experiment in a Dropfy. To cure Blood-fhot Eyes from a Stroke, take Elder Flowers, an Ounce and an half*. Corn- fry Roots, fix Ounces ; Solomon* s Seal, two Oun- ces ^ Bean-Meal, one Ounce *, boil them in Water, ftrain out the Liquor and foment with it ; and let the Ingredients in the Bag be ufed in a Poultife. G ^ An ( 86 ) An excellent Pain-eafing, and ripening Poultife, is. Flowers of Elder, one Ounce •, Roots of Althas, white Lilies, of each two Ounces •, Leaves of Mal- lows a Handful ; Powder of Linfeed one Ounce ; boil them in Milk or Water to a Pulp *, add to them an Onion roalbed under the Afhes, Ointment of Bafilicon half an Ounce ; Oil of Lilies enough to make a Poultife and apply it. The middle Bark j icrap’d off and boiied in Oil to an half, then {trained and ufed, eafes general Pains by anointing the Parts. For old Ulcers on the Legs, apply Juice ' of Elder Leaves, or add Plantain Juice, with Sugar of Lead to it *, but let the Juice be daily frefh ex- prefs’d ; for, if they are clarified to keep, they have not the like Effedt. For the Dropfy boil three Handfuls of the inner Bark in Milk Water to a half, and drink it daily. Pound and boil the inner Bark, gather the Liquor that fwims on the Top, and, after Shaving and ftrong Rubbing, anoint the Head with it : it brings on new Hair, where it was fallen off. Leaves of black Elder put hot into two warm Sacks, and, the Sick complaining of genera] out- ward Pains, laid between them, let him fweat free- ly *, if they are not cured, let them repeat it again.. A fbrong Lixivium of the Afhes of Cabbage Stalks, and Roots, to wafh the Head, reftores the Hair ; or the fhaved Flead often rubbed with raw Onions, and Honey •, or a Lee of the Afhes of Mallow Roots rubbed on, and Mallow Juice ufed after it ; or an Ointment of Pounded Water Lilies, made with Butter, flrained and ufed as before ; or the Juice of great Radifhes often rubbed on the Head ; or rub it with the Decodlion of Vervain in Oil. To cleanfe the Head from Scales, and Brans, ufe Pow- der of Spindle-tree Berries. To kill fmall Infedls that eat the Hair Roots, and make it fall off ; ufe & Liniment of white Briony Root, and Honey ; or wafh ( 87 ) wafh the Head with a ftrong Decoction of Mailer- wort Root ; or with a DecoXion of Roots, and Tops of Mallows, made in the Perfon’s Urine, to Ream the Head. For little Ulcers on the Head, wafti them with a Decoction of Oak Leaves and inner Bark. For flight Wounds on the Head, drink a TinXure of Betony Flowers drawn in Spirit of Wine, in fmall Beer. 98. Dwarf Elder, Swallow Wort, or Dane Wort ( Ebulus ) anfwers all the Purpofes of Elder; but, as it has a more offenfive Smell, fo it is much ftronger in Operation. The Bark and Seeds purge Water ftrongly, therefore is a Specific in a Dropfy, and in all Difeafes from watery Humours. Its In- fufion works more violently than its DecoXion ; for in Boiling it lofes much of its Purging Quality ; but both fhould be corrected. The Roots, Berries, and Seeds work more powerfully than the Leaves and Buds. The bruifed Leaves laid on Burns heal them. A DecoXion of the Leaves, in fome Lee for a Fomentation, eafes gouty Pains ; but the exprefs’d Oil of the Seed is better. Three Ounces of the diftill’d Water of the Roots, drank twelve Days together on an empty Stomach, cures Pains, ObftruXions or Inflexions of the Spleen ; the Leaves ufed either in a Fomentation, or Poultife, or both Ways, difcufs hard Swellings ; and ufed in a Bath, or Stove, to fit over, they relieve Difor- ders, Pains, and Swellings of the Uterus , or Belly. The Juice of the Root turns Hair black. The inner Subftance of the Roots taken in red Wine Hops Whites and Menfes. * G 4 99. Elm * For Obftru&ions of the Spleen, a Deco&ion of Dwarf Elder Roots in Water drank thrice a Day, or a Decodtion of Fern 99- Elm Tree (Ulmus) Leaves, Branches, and Bark are aftringent. The Bark or Leaves, beaten up with Vinegar, are powerful agamft the Leprofy, and heal W cunds •, but efpecially rf the inner Bark like a Rowler is wrap’d round the Wound. A Decofrion of the Root Bark brings Fra&'ures quickly to a firm Callus. The fame Decodtion foftens Hardnefs of the Joints, and re- iolves Convulfions of the Nerves. The Oil, that fwims on this Decodtion, cures Baldnefs from Hair fallen off. An Ounce of the Bark infufed in Water, or Wine, and drank, purges Water and Phlegm, fays Bio f cor ides. The Bark boil’d in Water to the Confidence of a Syrup, then {train’d and mix’d with a third Part of Aqua Vittey is a lingular Remedy againfl the ciatic Pains, if the Part grieved be fomented with it. The Liquor found in the Blifters of the Leaves beautifies the Face, clears off all freckly Spots, Pimples, fpread- Fern Root, or infufe the inner Bark of Afh-Tree in Wine, then boil it, ftrain, and drink it often falling. The Leaves of Archan- gel ufed any how. Hop Buds eaten like Afparagus is good ; candied Broom Rape, or a Syrup of its Decoction ufed ; Tama* rilk Juice drank in Wine, or an lnfufion of dried Wormwood in Water, a Pint and a half for eight Hours, ltrain and drink, two Ounces of it falling, Afternoon and Bed-time. Germander Leaves beaten with Wine ilrain’d and drank is good. Spleen dwell'd, Alh-Tree Bark ufed as above. A Dram of powder’d Roots of Polypody drank daily with a little Cream of Tartar. A Deco&ion of Spleen-wort in Bean-water, drank thrice a Day. Fxprefs'd Juice of Celandine given in white Wine is good. For a fchirrous Spleen, a Bag of Hops boil'd in white Wine, and laid to the Part often. A Decoction of Roman Wormwood in Bean- blower Water drank falling and after Meat ; Elder Leaves boil'd in Wine or Oil, and applied to the Sides ; or lay on Spleen-wort Leaves boil’d in Wine and drank daily : An lnfufion of its Flowers in Wine falling fome Hour? after it. Ex Cru - Jonh Cnlleftionibuu (89 ) jng Tetters, &c. It, with Spleen-wor):, cures frel’4 Ruptures, if the Trufs is fet clofe to the Part. A Ppultife of the Bark boiled in Wine, beaten up, and applied warm, and left on ’till it is dry, is good in Aneurifms . But of the prodigious Efficacy of this Bark, in Wounds, Punctures, and Bruifes of the Eyes, we find two aftoniffiing, and almoft incredible Hiftories in Hen. ab Heers Obf. Med . 100. Eryngo Root ( Eryngium ) is good in all Ob-* frruftions of the Menfes , Liver, Spleen, Gall Blad- der, and Kidnies ^ in the Jaundice and Cholic. The candied Root is thought to be a Stimulus to Venery. The Root provokes Urine, expels Poi- fon, Sand, Gravel, Birth, It difcuffies Wind, and promotes Conception in a cold Uterus, It is iifeful in Cramp and Sciatica. The candied Root is ufed againft contagious Air, and to meagre con- sumptive Habits. Laid Plaifter-ways on the Belly below the Navel, it prevents Abortions : A De- coction or Powder of the Root is moftly ufed for the above Diforders of the Liver, Spleen, Reins, Jaundice, Dropfy, Cholic, Stone, &c. And this Decodtion, drank every N ight at Bed-time for fifteen Days, helps Strangury, Byfury , and other Difeafes of the Kidnies. 101. Eye- bright ( Eupbrafia ) whether ufed as a Tea, or drank in Powder with white Wine, or chew’d and fwallow’d alone ; or its Juice, or diftill’d Water is drank ; ufed any or all thefe Ways* it is {Lengthening, and enlarges the Sight greatly, and feftores a decay’d or weak one ; either the bruifed Plant applied to, or the Juice or diftill’d Water drop’d into inflamed Eyes cures them. Some in their ( 90 ) their Vintage make a Wine of the Herb for their common cheating Glafs ; and find old, weak, or dim Eyes, made clear, young, and ftrong by it. * But Cafper Hoffman will only allow this Herb to be * The Difeafes of the Eyes being many, i. A Tumour of the greater Caruncle in the inward Corner of the Eye, whether it be ulcerated, and fo a Lacrymal Fiftula , or not, fine Leaves of Rue made into a Poultife and applied ; or a Poultife of Service Berries beaten up and ufed. 2. Albugo, or white Specks, a Seed of Clary put into the Eye at going to Bed cleanfes it well ; or a Drop of the Juice of Fennel drop’d in, or with it a Drop of Peruvian Balfam. 3. Dimnefs or Mill, Foment the Eyes Evening and Morning with a Deco&ion of Betony ; or drink an Infufion of Elecampane Root in Wine falling; or the Pre- parations of Eye-bright ; or drop in depurated Juice of Rue two Parts, clarify’d Honey one Part, mix. 4. Catara&s, take Tops of dry Eye-bright two Ounces, Mace half an Ounce, mix the •Powders ; Dofe, two Drams every Morning, after due Evacua- tions. 5. Invohntary Tears ; wafh the Eyes every Morning with a Decoflion of clean, frefh, young Quince Leaves, in Water. 6. A Fijlula ; take daily, falling, a Dram of Powder of dried Betony Leaves in fome fit Liquor. 7 Weaknefs of Sight ; ufe powdered Eye-bright both in Meat and Drink, or Elecampane Wine ; or drink every Day a Glafs of diftfll’d Clary Water, and wafh the Eyes with it warm. 8. Blear’d Eyes ; Juice of wild Crabs drop’d into them. 9 Spots on the Eyes ; Camomile, Hemlock, Rue, of each a Handful, Sea Salt two Spoonfuls, Leaven enough to make a Pafte, to be worn on the Wrifts ’till it is dry ; or Juice of Celandine and Honey drop’d into the Eyes Evening and Morning ; or a Drop of Rue Juice drop’d into the Eye. 10. Clouds; a Dram of powder’d Betony taken in Betony, or Eye-bright Water, every Morning ; or drink Betony Flower Tea ; or infufe frefh ripe Juniper Berries in Vinegar four or five Hours, dry and eat in a Morning, and, with the Hand before the Mouth, caufe the Breath to reach the Eyes. 1 1 . Inflamed ; apply a warm Poul- tife of Wormwood Tops beaten up with the Yolk of an Egg ; or a warm Poultife of a fcoop’d Apple fill’d with Wormwood Tops, roafled, beaten up, and laid on : Or ufe Blue Bottle Flow( r Water ; or Juice, or diftill’d Water of Heath, or bruifed Leaves, Juice, or diftill’d Water of Stitch-wort ; or a warm PcTulti.fc of roafled or rotten Apples, with the White of an Egg and Sugar ; or with Rofemary ; or a Poultife of Rue and Sage beaten up with the White of an Egg ; or a Poultife of Houfleek beaten up ana laid on thick. 12. A Suffufion; Juice of Brook- ( 9r ) he proper in cold Cafes from Phlegm and Rheum ; for he thinks the Herb very hot and dry : But it is not its Pleat, Drynefs, or Bitternefs that makes it beneficial to the Eyes, but the Subtilty of its Parts, or perhaps fome. other yet unaccounted for Property. But Fred . Hoffman fays it is good in Suflfufions and Dimnefs of Sight. The Herb, boil’d in Wine and drank, is a Remedy in the Yellow Jaundice. Take powdered Eye-bright, two Ounces •, Mace, half an Ounce, mix; after due Evacuation, Dofe is two Ounces. To this Dodon^eus adds Sugar and Fennel ; it is good in SufFufions and Cataradls. Fabric. Hild. fays that fo great is the Virtue and Efficacy of this Herb in Weaknefs of Sight, that he obferved fome of Seventy Years old, who had loft their Sight by much Study and Watchings, recover it again. Dr. Tancred Robinfon fays, that Oculifts give it to their Patients in Sallads, Broth, Bread, and infufed in their Drink ; and ufe it in Salves, and Fomentations. Its Powder is preferr’d to its Wine : Dofe, from one to three Drams in a Glafs of Fennel, or Vervain Water. Parkinfon fays, the Herb helps a weak Brain, or Memory. Some make a Conferve of the Flowers. The Herb infufed in our Table Beer may be ufed inftead of its Wine. 102. Fennel, or Fincle, ( Fceniculum ) when we obferve or fufpeft any Malignity joined with putrid Fevers, that requires Opening and Difcuffing by Sudorifics, Fennel is beft ; hence in fmall Pox and Meafles Brook-lime drop’d into the Eyes ; or Juice of Male Pimpernel with Honey ; or Eye-bright ufed in any Form ; or Rofemary Flowers put frefh into a clean earthen Pot, clofe cover’d, fet in the hot Sun, a fine Oil will cover the Infide of the'Pot, ^ith it anoint the Eye. 13. Blood-fhot ; fee Hyjjop . ( 91 ) Meafles there is nothing better than a Decoction of jthe Seed. The powdered Seed, taken every Morn- ing fading with Sugar, wonderfully ftrengthens the Sight ; or if the Seed is infufed in Vinegar, dry’d and mix’d with Sugar, and a little Cinnamon, it furprizingly preferves the Sight, even to the very old Age.' Nothing exceeds Fennel to cure Dim- nefs of Vifign. The Juice of the Leaves and Roots, or the diftill’d Water drop’d into the Eyes, does the fame. The Seed ftrengthens , the Stomach, takes away Loathing, and expels Wipd. It is alfo good for Difeafes of the Bread ; for the Plant opens, difcufies, refolves, is diuretic, breaks Wind j expedtorates tough Phlegm, increafes Milk, and foftens the Throat. The Seed corredls Purgatives. A Decodlion of the Root and Seed is good againft Fumes of Mercury. Put powder’d Sugar Candy into the hollow Stalk of Fennel, leal up the Stalk, and let it grow ’till the Sugar is melted, then pour it into a Bottle to be drop’d into the Eyes. The Seed provokes Urine, and eafes Pain of the Stone. Leaves and Seed boil’d in Barley-water, and drank, increafe Milk in Nurfes. It is good in a Hic- cough *, and cures Loathing. The Herb boil’d in Broth, and ufed in Spoon-meat, reduces or prevents Corpulency. A Decodlion of the Seed, in Urine drank, is an Antidote to the Biting of Serpents, and Poifon of Mulhrooms. The Seed and Root, boil’d and drank, open Obftrudtions of the Liver, Spleen, and Gall ; therefore proper in a Cachexy, Jaundice, Cramp, The Seed is proper for a Shortnefs of Breath, Wheezing, Stuffing of the Lungs, and promotes Menfes and Lochia. The Roots are much ufed in Drinks and Broth, to purify the Blood, provoke Urine, cleanfe the Liver, and reftore a frefh Complexion after long Sicknefs. Four Ounces of Fennel Juice, taken every Morn- ( 93 ) ing Fading for ten Days together, is good in Quar- tans •, but go immediately to a warm Bed •, in fun- dry Perfons, it ^operates varioufly, as by Sweat* Spitting, &c. A Decoftion of Fennel Roots in Wine, and applied to the Eyes, has cured a Suffu- fion. The Seed is good againft Abortion. The Herb, drank daily in Tea, is good for wandering Night Pains, and difturbed, fhort Sleeps. Allies of the Root taken alone, or mix’d with Honey, is excellent for the Thrufh. Its Decodtion, with white Poppy-feed and Liquorice, promotes Spit- ting. Roots of Fennel, Burdock, and Sarfaparilla boil’d, drain’d, and drank, cure Tremors from Mercury. The Seed and its Oil are admirable in Nephritic Cholics. 103. Hogs-Fennel ( Peucedanum ) Sow Fennel, Sul- phur, or Brimstone Wort, or Harestrong, &c. its Root is impregnated with a Refinous Juice, warming, drying, attenuating, and expedlorating ; caufes a Difcharge of Tartarous Matter, and Bile. It is good in Difeafes of the Bread, as Cough, Shortnefs of Bx^eath, Windinefs, Obftrudtions of the Liver, Spleen, and Kidnies ; and is faid to expel Urine and Gravel. It is ufed outwardly for Megrim and Head-achs from Catarrhs ; for hard Swellings, and cleanfing obflinate Ulcers. The Antients valued it much for all Difeafes feated in the Nerves, as Lethargy, Epilepfy, and Phrenzy. A Conferve of the Root is a noble Pectoral and Antihideric Medicine. It is faid that the Juice of the Herb with Vinegar and Rofewater, or a little Euphorbium, put to the Nofe, is good in a Le- thargy, Phrenfy, Palfey, Vertigo , Epilepfy, Chronic Head-achs, Sciatica, Cramp, or other IServous Difeafes, if ufed with Oil and Vinegar. Seeing foetid ( 94 ) foetid Gums in general are the befb Nervous Medi- cines, this cannot be a contemptible One. The Juice diffolved in Wine, or mix’d with an Egg, is good for a Cough, Shortnefs of Breath, or windy Pains of the Body. It opens the Body gently, expels Wind, and foftens a hard Spleen. It is good in hard Labour, and eafes Pains of the Bladder, Kidnies, and Uterus. The Juice mix’d with Wine and drop’d into the Ears, or hollow Tooth, eafes their Pain. The powdered Root cleanfes and cures foul Ulcers •, it draws Thorns or other Things out of the Flefh, and heals the Wounds, or Sores. It is good in healing and warming Ointments. The Juice is ftronger than the Root, which is Balfamic, Oily, of a loofe Texture, and fmells like Turpen- tine. Five or fix Ounces of the Decodtion of the Root purges gently. The Antients ufed it much in Pleurifies. 104. Fern, Male and Female ( Filix ) a Dram of their powdered Root boil’d in Mead, and drank, kills all Sorts of Worms in the Belly *, and is the only grand Secret boafted of by Mountebanks in this Cafe *. A Decodtion of the Root in Wine drank fome * For Worms of the Belly, let Powder of Southern-wood Seeds, or of the dried Herb be given. Syrup of the Juice of white Briony Root (that has flood ’till it is clean’d, and only the clear ufed) from half a Dram to a Dram. Of coarfe Powder of Sea Coraline given in Wine or Milk. An Infufion of Coriander Seed in Wine drank. Give powdered Fern Leaves from half a Dram to three Drams in Goats Rue Water, or any proper Liquor : Or drink half an Ounce of Juice of Goats Rue. The Duft found on Dog-grafs Roots in the Spring, ga- thered, dried, and given ; or a Decodlion of the Roots drank ; or a diftill’d Water drawn from pounded common Grafs ; or Powder of Tops of St. John’s Wort in Broth ; and a Poultife of it laid to the Belly ; or Powder of Purflane Seed taken ; 2 Conferve ( 95 ) fome Days, cures Swelling and Hardnefs of the Spleen ; but it is injurious to big-bellied Women, caufing Mifcarriage. The frefh Root bruifed, or its Juice, or the dried Root fprinkled with Rofe- water, or Spring Water, is fingular in all Sorts of Bums •, for a (limy Juice fqueezes out of them that cures the Part. In a Famine a Meal is made of the Roots, and Wafh-Balls are made of the Tops burnt. The Root powdered dries up foul malig- nant Ulcers, and heals them. The Root will afford an excellent Ointment for all Wounds, Pricks, The Smoke of the Leaves drives away Gnats, Gfc. The Roots boil’d in Wort are good againft the Stone. Some will have the Roots to be great Openers of Obftrudlions, a good Vul- nerary, and proper in Confumptions, and ulcerated Lungs. 105. Water Fern, or Osmond Royal {Filix Florida ) is mod effedtual in all Wounds, Ulcers, and frefh Ruptures j and, being a little warm and fharp, is good in Cholic and Spleen. A De- codlion of the white Part of the Root, or it bruifed in Liquor drank, is wonderful in Wounds, Bruifes, or Falls, &c. A Conferve of its tender Buds is a Specific in the Rickets ; efpecially if Male Fern Root and Hart’s-tongue be added. A Syrup of the Root is fpecial in ulcerated Lungs, and inward Impofthumes. This Root fteep’d in Water, Gin, or Brandy, ’till the Liquor become a thick, ftiff Mucilage, has cured many moll deplorable Pains of Conferve or Syrup of Tanfy taken fome Days fading ; or from a Scruple to a Dram of its Seed given ; Powder of Zedoary Root, from a Scruple to a Dram, drank in Wine ; or JEthiops Mineral given in Powder, or Electuary ; or Water wherein Quicidilver was boil'd. Ex. Crufon. Colleftionibus. ( 96 ) of the Back, that have confined and almoft diftraCted the unhappy Sufferers, kept clofe to Bed for many Weeks, and could neither move nor be fhifced ; the Mucilage was only rubb’d on the Vertebra of the Back, Evening and Morning for fome i 'ays. Why may it not hate the like Eftedt in feveral other Pains ? 106. Feverfew ( Matricaria ) its Decocftion, drank, is trfeful in Uterine Diford ers •, it expels Menfes , After- birth, and cures Hyfterics. It anfwers all that can be expe£ted from Bitters. The Herb, or its Juice, kills Worms as furely as Wormwood or Centaury, and is ufeful in the Gout. Its Juice, taken to four or five Spoonfuls, moves the Belly like all other good Deobflruents. Its Smell is fatal to Bees. Its very Name declares it a Febrifuge. Its Leaves warmed in a Frying-Pan, and laid on the hinder Part of the Head, and renewed feveral Times, eafe the Megrim. Its Deco&ion brings down the Lochia , and if they either flop, or come fparingly, or Hyfterics fupervene, a Decodtion of this, with Camomile Flowers and Mugwort, brings them down afrefh, and all Pains, Stoppage, and Symp- toms ceafe prefently. I have often known its De- coction ufed with good Succefs *, the Liquor was drank warm at going to Bed, and the (trained out Herb applied in 4 a Poultife to the Sharebone, taf provoke the Menfes: Or the Deco&ion drank, and a Stove of the boil’d Herb fat over : Or 4 Decodtion of it and Brook-lime drank, and a Poul- tife of the Herbs applied as before ; they all anfwer that fame Purpofe. It is alfo good for all Colds in the Uterus or Pudenda. The Decodtion, drank with Honey, is very good in Colds, Coughs, Stuffing of the Breaft, and to cleanfe the Reins and Bladder from ( 97 ) from ali Sand, GraVcl, Slime, or Stones in them. Its Powder, taken with Oxymel, purges Phlegm and Choler mildly, and is good in Shortnefs of Breath, Hypo, and Lownefs of Spirits. Its De~ codtion or Juice and Conferee taken, and the Herb bruifed and laid to the Wrifts with Bay Salt, helps Spring Agues. It is an Antidote to Opium and Henbane. It is among the chief of the Uterine and Ant'ihyUerie Plants, * and is therefore a good H Nervous * To haften the Menfcs obdruffed, Juice or Syrup of Brook- lime is a Specific. Powder, or Emumon of Columbine Seeds, ufed thrice a Day. A Dram of Conferve of Borrage, and fix Grains of Nutmeg, in a Glafs of white Wine, drank daily failing. Deeodfion of Calamint drank, and tne Sharebone fomented with it. Two Drams of Conferve of Marygold Flowers, taken many Days together ; or the Juice, or Syrup, Decodfion of the Herb : Or a Decodfion of LelTer Centaury in white Wine, or Water, drank : Or a Decodfion of Germander in Wine : Or a Handful of Camomile, or its dried Flowers in Water, to a Pint, and (fram’d ; and drank three Ounces at a Time, thrice a Day : Or two or three Handfuls of Camomile1 boil’d, beaten up to a Ponltife, and laid to the Sharebone . Or Flowers of Blue-Bottle irifufed, or boifd in Wine, or Water, and (fram’d ; drink of it every Morning, and Afternoon : Or a Peffary of a Scruple of black Hellebore Root powdered, and put in a Silk, and ufed ; but muif not be kept in long at once. Or Lovage Leaves chew’d are good : Or ufe a Peffary of the . foft Leaves of fvveet Marjoram, Feverfew, and Mercury, beaten up and ufed as black Hellebore was : Or Tops of white Hore- hound infufed twenty-four Hours in white Wine, and drink the Wine thrice a Day for three Days : Or Leaves of Feverfew beaten and made into a Peffary : Or Mercury ufed that Way : Parfnip Seed, boil’d in white Wine and drank, provokes them wonderfully : Or the Infufion, or Decedtion of Pennyroyal in white Wine, often drank, and the Herb worn in the Shoes.- — - For a Supprefiion of the Lochia x or Child -bed Purgation . Take dry Orange Peel, an Ounce ; Camomile Flowers, half a Hand- ful ; infufe and boil them (lowly in two Pints of Ale, to a Pint and a half, drain, and drink hereof a Glafs warm thrice a Day. A Deception of Calamint drank thrice a Day, and the (brain’d out Herb laid in a Poultife to the Sharebone : Or a Decodfion Of Feverfew, with a little Camomile, or Mug-wort, drank warm : Or Powder of Myrrh and Saffron, drank in W ater of Mercury y ( 98 ) Nervous Herb* For a Pain in the Side after Fevers, take Feverfew, or Mint, or Pennyroyal, boil in new Mercury, with a little Honey. — To haflen down the After- birth, a Deco&ion of Calamint drank, and a Poultife of it laid to the Sharebone ; the Juice, Infuiion, Decodtion, Syrup, or Con- ferve of Marygold Flowers taken : Or give a Clyder of a Pint of Decodtion of Ground-ivy, and an Ounce of Mithridate mixt ; it is furprizing : Or the Juice of Lovage Leaves, beaten up with white Wine, drain’d and drank warm : Or its Seed powdered and given in white Wine to drink : Or a Dram of Powder of dried Parfnip Seed, given in Wine, is a Specific : Or the Juice of Hore-hound given in Wine. — The Breads hard ; Chervil Leaves beat into a Poultife, and applied warm : Or Leaves of Deadly Night-fhade ufed in a Poultife. — 'Pained ; Afh Leaves boil’d, beaten up to a Poultife, and applied warm : Or Bean-flower, two Parts ; Powder of dry curled Mint, one Part ; with frefh Butter make an Ointment, and apply warm ; it cures AbfcefTes of the Bread. An Ointment of Deadly Night-fhade takes away the Pain of the Bread.— — Inflamed ; rub warm Juice of Plantain on it : Or Elder Leaves warmed in a Frying-Pan, and, when they begin to fweat, apply them. — Swelled; Afh-Tree Leaves ufed as before: Or Turnip Roots boil’d foft, beaten with a little Hogs- Lard, and applied, are excellent. — Cancerated ; Thick doubled Linnen Cloths dip’d in Water diddl’d from rotten Apples, and applied Evening and Morning, give much Eafe. Leaves of Deadly Night-lhade, laid thick on a Cancerated Bread, are faid to do Wonders : The Juice, a Poultife, or Ointment of the Herb, all do furprifing Things. — Breads too flabby; Linnen Cloths dip’d in a Decodtion of Ladies Mantle Leaves, laid often to the Breads : Or Succory Juice rubb’d warm on them : Or tender young Hemlock Leaves beaten to a Poultife, and applied once a Day. — For a Relaxa- tion of the Vul ( J34 ) is Diuretic, and even opens the Paflages of the Skin itfelf. Hoffman fays, that, in theUfe of Hellebore, ■we muft confider, firft, if the Difeafe be very obfti- nate ; fecondly, whether the Patients have Strength to bear its Operation i for old People, Children, Women with Child, delicate, tender, and weak Perfons, cannot ; thirdly, that both Patient and Hel- lebore be duly prepared ; it is not to be taken falling or on an empty Stomach, but after Meat, and the Root prepared as above. It expels much vifcous, filmy, corrupt Humour. It brings down the Men- feSy kills the Pcstusy and caufes Abortion. The Root prepared as above, or boil’d in fat Broth, and given, is good in the Falling Sicknefs, Leprofy, Scab, Quartan Agues, Droply, old Cough, Scia- tica, Cramp, Pains of Joints, and Sinews, Pain and Swimming of the Head. Parkinfon fays, it is bed prepared by Infuiion in Juice of Quinces^ or put in a hollow Quince, and either baked in the O- ven, or roafted under the Embers, and half a Scru- ple of it given at a Time : Thus Mathiolus ufed it, and, if its Ufe threatened Danger of Suffocation, Juice and Syrup of Quince were the Antidote to it. Diof- ccrides ufed it v/ith other Things, to help Dimnefs of Sight. The Juice drop’d into the Ears cures their Singing and Noife. Its Decodtion, to wafh the Head, kills Lice, and cures the running Scab, or Sores on it, if mixt with Flower and a little Ho- ney and Butter. Its Decodion in Milk, fet where Flies and Gnats fwarm, kills all that touch it ; it is fatal to Poultry that drink it. Made up in Balls with Honey and put into Mole-holes, it quickly de- ll roys them, or other fmall Vermin. The pow- dered Root alone or with Marjoram fluffed up the Nofe provokes violent Sneezing, and cleanfes the Head. A Gargle of its Decodion, in Vinegar, eafes tt e Toothach ; and Wafhing with it heals Itch and Scab ( 1 35 ) Scab on the Hands, and cleanfes Sores and Ulcers on the Legs, or other Parts. The Spaniards dip and poifon their Arrows, wherewith they kill wild Beafls, in the fermented Juice of this Root. It kills all Animals inftantly, but, being drank, it hurts not. Its only Antidote is Quince. The Ancients prepar- ed the Root forUfe, by either giving it with a triple Quantity of Radifh, or the Radifh was prick’d full of this Root, and left twenty-four Hours (licking in it ; then they took out, and threw away the Pric- kles, and uled the Radifh ; or they infufed the Ra- difh prick’d full of it in Oxymel, and then ufed the Oxymel ; or they prick’d the Radifh full of it, and let it lie all Night ; next Day they pulled out and threw away the Prickles, and infufed the Radifh in Oxymel, and ufed the Liquor. It is certainly a noble Medicine in many of the above Difeafes, if rightly prepared and cautioully given. Such fevere Medicines, being negledted by Phyficians, fall into the Hands of Empyrics, who will be at Pains to prepare them, and furnifh them with fome fuccefsful Ncftrums , beyond the regular Pradlice ; fome In- ftances whereof I have feen. Though this Root is jiot a Native of Britain , yet it is now planted and thrives well in feveral Gardens, and perhaps being naturalized will prove of a milder Nature. Several of the leffer wild Sorts are Natives, as our Lady’s- SUpper (Helleborine) one with a white Flower , ano- ther with a greenijh white Flower , &c. I43* Hellebore (black) ( Hellehorus niger ) the Bark of the Root Fibres is the only Part ufed. The In- fufion, Deco&ion, or Powder, powerfully purge melancholy Humours •, hence its Ufefulnefs in Me- lancholy, Madnefs, Hypo, Cancer, Swimming of the Head, Falling Sicknefs, Apoplexy, Quartans, and K 4 Elephantiafis •, ( 136 ) Elephantiafis ; but it muft be given in fmall Dofes, as from ten to twenty Grains, and to ftrong Bodies. Jt is corrected by Cinnamon, Anife, and Fennel. It promotes the Menfes much, in far.guine Conftitu- tions, where Steel and its Preparations are unfafe. It is better ufed as an Alterative, than an Evacuant. Dr. Po ordered an Infufion of wild white Hellebore in Vinegar, all Night, to be ftrain’d and given to mad People, and repeated. For Rednefs, Wrin- kles, and Pimples on the Face, he ordered this Li- niment which cured them : Take Powder of both Hellebores, of each a Dram *, Litharge a Dram and an half, Salt-Petre, Sulphur Vive, of each two Drams ; Meal of Lupins, three Drams; Quickftl- ver, kill’d in Lemon Juice, three Drams ; Oil of Olive, an Ounce and an half ; Oil of Tartar, half an Ounce •, Hens-greafe, an Ounce and an half" ; two Yolks of Eggs, boil’d hard •, frefn Butter, an Ounce and an half ; and Wax enough to bring it to aConflftence. For Tetters take juice of white Hel- lebore, Scordium, of each half an Ounce ; of Mugwort an Ounce and an half *, Powder of Arum Root, Antimony, Cerus, Frankincenfe, Myrrh,' Acacia, each a Dram ; beat all up in a leaden Mor- tar ; mix, and anoint with it. 144- Hemlock ( Cicuta ) being a Poifon, is not ufed inwardly, but outwardly, chiefly in Swellings and Inflammations of the Liver or Spleen. Its Poultile or Plaifter eafe Pains. It difcufles hard Tumours, or Ganglions , powerfully. Dr. Bowie gave twenty Grains of the powdered Root, in Malignant Fe- vers, and in Quartans, juft before the Fit, and or- dered the Sick to Bed ; he fays, it much exceeds all the Diaphoretics he ever tried.- Its Plaifter, with Gum Ammoniac, Hartman calls the wonderful Plaifter, ( *37 ) Plaifler, for Schirrous Spleens. A Poultife of the Leaves, laid to the Cods, extinguifhes Lull ftrong- ly ; therefore it is neither applied in Poultifes alone* to that Part in Man, nor to Women’s Breads in Inflammations but it is ufefully and fafely laid to any other inflamed Part of the Body ; it repels the Heat from creeping Ulcers, occafioned by fiiarp Humours. The bruifed Leaves, laid to the Fore- head, are good for red and moift Eyes, eafe the Pain, take away the Inflammation and Rednefs. It alfo takes off Pin or Web, grown over the Eye. If any eat the Herb in (lead of Parfley, or the Root inftead of Parfnip, ffrong Wine is reckoned to be the bed Antidote -, I knew a Lady who was very fond of Parfley, and eat a hearty Breakfaft of young Hemlock Leaves, inftead of Parfley ; the Miftake was quickly difeovered, and fhe was made to drink a Pint of the beft French Brandy at once, yet nei- ther the Herb hurt her, nor did the Brandy in the leaft affedt her. In Poultifes, Plaifters, Ointments, and Fomentations, it is not only good in Inflamma- tions, but in Schirrufes, Cancers, Hardnefs of Liver and Spleen. The Leaves boil’d in Milk are good for the Piles. A Poultife of the bruifed Leaves, with Snails, and made up with the four refolving Meals, is a Specific for Inflammations of the Tefti- cles, or Sciatica. Sleeping near, or on the Herb, difturbs the Head. A Poultife of it is good in Ganglions . 145- Hemp. ( Cannabis ) Take Heads of great Hemp, Number five -, Tops of Feverfew and Penny-royal, of each half a Handful ; boil in New- wort a Pint to a half, ftrain and drink it off going to Bed, re- peat it for two or three Nights it is a Remedy to bring down the Menfes minime fallax. I once or- - dered ( *38 ) dered only the Hemp alone, where they had been obdaidted not only Months, but fome Years, with Succefs ; and, when it could not break the Uterine or Vaginal VefTels, the Woman threw up Blood from the Lungs, but had them naturally the next Time. If at any Time any thing more is wanting, it need only be powdered Spignel Root and Sugar mixt. Some pretend the following a great Secret againd Pilling the Bed : Take bruiied Hemp-feed, three Ounces; Agrimony, Shepherd’s Purfe, Plan- tain, Knot-grafs, of each a Handful and a half; boil all in fix Pints of Water, to four ; drain, and add Syrup of dried Rofes, four Ounces ; * Dofe fix Spoonfuls every Night. A Decodtion of the Seed, in Milk, helps a Cough ; and boiled in Milk till it burfl, then drained and five or fix Ounces of it gi- ven Several times to drink, has cured a Jaundice in many. Its Emulfion is alfo good, if there is no Fever, and given at fird. Its Juice is the Bane of Infers, in Wounds or Ulcers. A Decodtion of the Seed, poured on the Ground, brings Earth-worms out of their Holes, the fame as a Decodtion of Peach Leaves, or Walnut-tree Buds, does. Hens, fed with the Seed, lay Eggs plentifully all Winter, and are very fat. An Oil exprefs’d from it quicky cures all Burns, and draws out the Heat and Pain. The Juice drop’d into the Ears eafes their Pain. An Emulfion of the Seed takes out frefh Marks of the Small Pox. A Decodtion of the Seed eafes the Pain of the Cholic. It kills Worms in the Bowels or Ears of Man or Bead. 146. Hemp Acrimony-water, or Dutch Agri- mony ( Eupatorium Cannabinum) is excellent for the Liver or Wounds. It is ufed in Coughs, Catarrhs, Cachexies, retained Urine and Menfes . It is a noble outward ( x39 ) outward Vulnerary. A Deco&ion of the Root, drank falling, moves the Belly once, but a large Dofe of it, fays Gefnerus , caufes fevere, but fafe Vomiting, and brings up much Phlegm. Its Juice kills Worms in Cattle. People Ihould ule it in- wardly, in a very fmall Quantity, if at all. Ruf- ticks, in Flanders , drink a Decodlion of it for the Jaundice, with great Succefs. Two Ounces of the Juice of the Leaves, or a Dram of its Extradl in a Ptifan made of it, opens Obftru6lions of the Bow- els, efpecially thofe that fucceed Intermittents. A Tea of its Leaves, drank, after the Legs have been well bath’d in its Deco6tion, gives Relief in a Drop- fy. The Top with the Flowers are very Vulnera- ry. A Whey, made with it and Fumitory, is good in the Green Sicknefs, Itch, and Difeafes of the Skin, only the Roots are Purgative. 147- Henbane (Hyofcyamus) is a great Narcotic, af- fwap . r ain, aliays Inflammations, and mitigates the narpnefs of the Humours, but it diflurbs and perverts aii the rational Faculties, and caufes Mad- nefs if taken in too great Quantity, it caufes cer- tain Death. Its internal Ufe is very hurtful ; out- wardly, it eafes Pains in Parts diftant from the Head an: fcufies Swellings of the Tefticles, and eafes the Pair, of the Gout and Sciatica, if boiled in Milk. The Leaves ’called under the Alhes, and applied to Women’s Brealls newly delivered, hinders the Flux of Milk to them, and difcufTes hard Knots in them ; or the Seeds, bruifed in Wine, may be applied for the fame Purpofe in a Poultife ; the Oil exprefs’d out of them does the fame. The Temples anoint- ed with its Oil is a powerful Hypnotic. The Loins and Perineum, anointed with it, is good to Hop a Gonorrhoea , or too large a Flux of the Menfes. If the ( 140 ) the Ear is fprinkled with it, mix’d with Saffron and Caftor, it will eafe its Pains,' when milder Ano- dynes will not. The powdered Seed with Con- ferve of Rofcs and white Poppy Seed, made into an Eledtuary with Syrup of Poppies, is good in a Spit- ting of Blood. The Smoke of the Seeds, on live Coals, cures chilblain’d Heels, if they are well fqueez’d after. The Seed is a Specific in Ulcers of the Urinary Paffages. The white Seed is fafer than the black, and the exprefs’d Juice of the Leaves, than what diftills from them wounded. \ 148. Herb-Robert ( Geranium Robert ianum ) is an ex- cellent Vulnerary both outwardly and inwardly ; it Los Fluxes of Blood, diffolves extravaftted, clot- ted Blood, eleanfes Wounds and Ulcers, expels fmall Stones and Gravel, and eafes Cholic Pains. Fo- mentations of its Becodtion footh Arthritic Pains. It is commended for curing Ruptures. Fabrit. Hil- da?! ufed its Decodtion with Succefs for Cancerous Ereafts, chapp’d Nipples and Ulcers of the privy Parts •, for Bruifes and Wounds. For the firft of thefe ufe the Becodtion and Poultife ; for the fecond and third, an Ointment and Poultife. For the Stone and Pains of the Joints, let its Decodtion be drank, and apply Poultifes made of the boiled Herb. How it came into Fuchfius’ s Head to imagine its Ufe unfafe, becaufe of its Coldnefs, is fhrange, when we fee it not only ufed in Cancers, but it is one of the grand Specifics in the King’s-evil ; as take of this Herb, white Horehound, Smallage, Agrimony, of each a Handful ; Dill Seed, half an Ounce ; boil all in* three Pints of Water to one, (train for four Dofes, and fqueeze forty Hog-lice into each Dofe, which take fweetened twice a Day, for a Month together; but it is better infufed in Wine. A Cataplafm of it, Celandine, ( x4i ) Celandine, and Pigeons Dung, is a certain Cure of White Swellings of the Feet after Chronic Difeafes. See Herb’ Paris, Holly-tree; &c. 149. Herba Paris, True Love, orONE Berry. The Leaves and Berries cool and dry. The inward Ufe of the Berries is Alexipharmac in the Plague, con- tagious Difeafes, and Poifons, taken inwardly. The Leaves are ufed outwardly, in Plague Sores, and o- ther Swellings, Felons, Whitlows,- -and inveterate Ul- cers ; fays Schroder . They gather the Berries be- fore Sun-riling, whilft it is in Gemini. The pow- der’d Berries taken, to the Number of five or fix, in Lime-flower Water, are good in the Falling Sick- nefs ; and half a Dram is faid to relieve Epileptics. Mathiolus extols it againfl Witchcraft if taken a Dram at a Time daily, for twenty Days together. It was from its meer Shape accounted poifonous, till Pena and Label by fufficient Experiments proved the contrary. The powdered Roots taken in Wine cafe the Cholic mftantly. The Leaves difcufs Swellings, allay Inflammations fpeedily, and Tu- mours in the Scrotum, privy Parts, and Groin ; they cure Wound's, cleanfe and heal Ulcers. Their Juice takes away Heat and Inflammation of the Eyes. 150. Herb Ox e-blade ( Monophytlon ) -half a Dram, or a Dram, of its powdered Root, taken in Wine and Vinegar, and the Sick put to Bed inftantly, to fweat, is an excellent Remedy for thofe infefted with the Plague, and have a Sore on them ; it ex- pels the Poifon powerfully ; it is a Specific Wound Herb, whether ufed inwardly in Powder, Diet Drinks, ( 1 + 2 ) Drinks, or Decodtions •, or outwardly in Oint- ments, Lotions, or Planters. 151- Herb Tway-blade {Bifolium) is a little Aftrin- gent, has a clammy, fweetifh Juice ; it is often ufed with good Succels, to cure both new and old Wounds, and frelh Ruptures. Pliny fays, it turns the Hair of the Eye-brows black. I52< Holly-Tree ( Agrifolium ) ten or twelve of its Berries, eaten, are very good in the Cholic ; for they bring off, by Stool, thick, grofs, and phlegma- tic Humours. A Decodtion of the Prickles of the Leaves in a Poffet Drink of Ale and Milk, drank, cures the Cholic, when other more likely things were before tried in vain. Mathiolus commends a Fomentation of a Decodtion of the Roots, for a Hardnefs of the Joints, to dilfolve Swellings, and heal broken Bones. The Bark of this Tree affords an excellent Bird-lime, but fatal, if taken inwardly, becaufe of its Glutinoufnefs. A Dram of the pow- dered Leaf, drank in a Glafs of warm Liquor, is commended in Pains of the Back. For Gripes, Holly Leaves, boiled in Polfet Drink and drank ; or a Decodtion of Vervain Mallows drank j or Root of Mafter-wort in Infufion, or Decodtion. A Ser- vant-Maid, who by Fits for five Years had endur’d moft terrible Pains of the Belly, which went off each Time with agreatNoife, like the Report of a Piftol, to the frequent Surprife of Strangers, who knew not the Matter j for feven Days together I ordered her to take, each Morning, a Dram of the powdered Leaves in warm Drink ; on the fifth Day Ihe palled, by Stool, feven large Globes or Balls, each wrought and intorted like ravell’d Thread, Hair, or Fibres, exceeding ( r43 ) exceeding fpongy and light, like the Pile Marin* y but fo very tough, that break they would not, and I with much Difficulty cut one of them ; it had no Nucleus, but was the fame throughout * file was per- fectly cured ever after. The Powder either of Leaves or Berries, taken from one to two Drams in a Glafs of Brandy, Evening and Morning for fome Days, cures Stitches, violent Pains of the Sides, Back, Belly, or Stomach, cf longer Continuance, or coming as this Woman’s did, by Fits. One, noted for the Cure of a Rheumatifm, had no other Method or Secret, but the tender. Buds, or young Leaves of PI oily boiled in Water, {train’d, and the Liquor fweetened with Moloffes ; the Sick drank half a Pound of this warm in Bed, at each Bofe, t ill the Pain was quite gone ; it was a moft powerful Sudorific all the While, and Plenty of fmall Liquors were drank to dilute it. 153- Honey Suckles ( Periclymenum ) Leaves and Flowers are Clean ling, Refolving, and Digefting ; like Hylfop, Savory, or Wild Marjoram. With Figs and Liquorice, it effectually caufes Spitting up of thick Phlegm that fluffs up the Lungs. The pow- der’d Leaves, or Flowers, or their Water, cleanfe and dry up foul, moift Ulcers, and clear the Face from all Difcolouring or Deformity. The Oil of the Flowers by Infolation is good in Cramps, Con- vulfions, Palfies, and other cold Difeafes of the Nerves. The Water given with Lavender Seed haflens the Birth. It is a very hot and drying Plant. fiorder fays, a DecoClion of Honey-fuckle, Plan- tain, and Barley, {train’ d, and a little Sugar of Lead put to it, is a fine Gargle for fore Mouths ; or a Lotion for Sores or Ulcers. In dangerous Ve- nereal Ulcers of the Throat, after Mercurial Pur- ges, ( *44 j g-S, he took Decoftion of Honey-fuckle, fix Oun- ces ; Honey of Rofes, two Ounces •, Diamoron. one Ounce and an half ; all mixt and fharpen’d with Spirit of Vitriol for a Gargle ; or for ulcerated Mouths, he ufed a Decoflion of Honey-fuckles, Plantain, and Barley, a Pint ; Honey ofRofes, two Ounces and a half •, Diamoron, two Ounces; all mixt, fharpen’d with Spirit of Vitriol, and ufed in a Gargle. If the Ulcers were large and foul, he firft touched them with Oil of Vitriol. For Ulcers on the Lip like Cancers, he ufed wafh’d Aloes, .half an Ounce-, prepared Salt, two Drams-, Honey, four Ounces ; mix and drefs with it. * 54* Hops (Lupulus) their firft Buds boil’d and eaten in the Spring, as Afparagus, though they nourifh little, yet open Obftruftions of the Liver and Spleen, Ioofen the Belly, cleanfe the Blood and Reins from Gravel and Sand, and take off Stoppage of Water. The Tops or Roots boiled have the fame Effect, but hotter than the moifter Buds ; by Purifying the Blood, they are of great Ufe againft Scab, Itch, Tetters, Ringworms, Morphew, fpreading Sores, and all Eruptions on the Skin, and Difcolouring. A Decoflion of the Flowers and Tops, drank, is faid to expel Poifon. Half a Dram of the Seed, taken in Drink, expels Worms, Urine, and Menfes. The Flowers and Heads, put into W omen’s Bathes, cure Swellings of the Uterus , and Strangury. The Juice of the Leaves drop’d into the Ears cure their putrid Ulcers fleep’d in Whey they gently purge off Choler. A Syrup of their Juice cures the Jaun- dice, eafes the Head-ach from Heat, and tempers the Heat of Liver and Stomach, and is good in ob- flinate Agues from Choler. Clufius gives a Receipt of them, how to recover Hair fallen off by the French ( i4S ) French Pox. But their chief Ufe is for purifying* preferring, and giving a vinous Flavour to Malt Liquors. But whether their Ufe in Drink contri- butes to Breeding the Stone, has been often and warmly debated ; but it may be eafily anfwered, that Hops prodigiouily improve Malt Liquor for the Ufe of grols, corpulent, phlegmatic, cache&ic, and cacochimic Habits, or fuch as live grofly and eafily ^ but greatly injure it to lean, hedlic, thin, fanguine, or choleric Bodies, whofe Blood being already too fharp, their VelTels want no Stimulus, as thofe of the others do. Hence it is that the firft labouring under the Stone want inciding, llimulating Reme- dies, as of Horfe Radifh, Leeks, Millepedes, Cantharides, The laft flippery, oily Anodynes, as Syrup of Althsea, Oil of Sweet Almonds, Dia- codium, Pil. Math. &c. to relax the Paffages, lull the Pain, and take off a too furious, natural Sti- mulus, ftirr’d up for Expulfion, but ftreightens the Paffage and increafes Pain and other Symp- toms. J55- Ho rehound (. Marrubium ) (common white) its Syrup or Juice, mixt with Honey, is of great Ufe to Afthmatic and Confumptive Perfons, and fuch as are troubled with a Cough. The dried Herb, powdered, kills Worms in the Guts. It is benefi- cial in hard Labour, and to bring down the Terms, or Lochia. It is a good Stomachic, and either De- codlion. Tea, Syrup, Powder, Juice or Pills of it, are of great Service in Diforders of the Bread and Lungs, from much thick, cold Phlegm, and in a Cachexy, Green Sicknefs, &c. An Ounce of its Conferve taken daily for forty Days, in a Glafs cf its diftill’d W ater, cured a Schirrous Liver, when all other Medicines failed. Two Ounces of the Syrup L with ( 146 ) with twenty Drops of Oil of Tartar, taken every Day thrice, for fome Time, is an excellent Remedy for the Jaundice. The Herb opens Gbdrudtions of the Liver and Spleen, as well as purges the Bread: and Lungs from Phlegm ; or caufes the Menfes , and expels the Lochia and Secundine ; or outwardly cleanfes, digelts, and is good for the Itch, and running Tetters-, young People, efpecially bilious and fan- guine, mull not be fo free with it, as the old and phlegmatic. Too long and free Ufe of it hurts or endangers the Kidnies and Bladder, and expofes them to Exulcerations. Mathiclus fays, that two Ounces frefh, boil’d in three Pints of good white Wine, till, a half is wailed, with Roots ofBuglofs, Elecampane, and Agrimony, of each a Dram and a half*. Rhubarb and Lign-aloes, of each a Dram ; Dofe two Ounces every Morning, for nine Morn- ings, in the Jaundice ; but he fays, Aguilh People fhould make this Decoction with Water. A Stove of the Decodtion of this Herb, fat over, is excel- lent for the Whites. A Waih of the Decoction heals moift or dry Scabs. The Herb put in new Milk, and fet in a Place peiler’d with Flies, kills them all quickly. The Herb, ufed for the Menfes , fhould be ufed with Tincture, or Syrup of Steel, but not to the Sanguine. Ground-ivy, in Difeafes of the Lungs and Bread, fhould be ufed to the young San- guine, indead of the Horehound. A Decodtion of Elorehound, boil’d up to the Confidence of a .thin Syrup, is good for Spitting of Blood. This Difeafe I knew cured in a young Man, when all other things fail’d, by the fine Powder of old dried Horfe Bones, boil’d in Ate to a Confidence, then added Powder of Irijh Slate, and Sugar-Candy ; Dofe half a fmall Spoonful of it. 1 56. Horse- ( ! + 7 ) 156- Horse -tail ( Equifetum ) which grows in open dry Fields, is well grown, and comes early, is be Pc. It is a very cooling, aftringent Herb \ hence its Powder, the Decoction, or Syrup of its Juice, is a powerful, generous, and ready Remedy, for Vomit- ing, or Spitting of Blood, bloody Urine, exceffive Menfes , or Ulcers of Kidnies or Bladder. Its ten- der Buds, eaten as Afparagus, are good in thofe Cafes. APoultife of it, laid cn, heals great Wounds, even where the Nerves are cut •, whereof Sim. Pauli gives a furprifing Indance. Cafp. Hoffman lays, he and others have done Wonders with it in flow, and e- ven in malignant Fevers. A Dram of the Root powder’d, given in Pomegranate Juice, Morning and Evening daily, cures a Spitting of Blood ; as does four Ounces of its Decoftion, or two Ounces of it, taken the fame W ay, cure Ulcers of the. Bread and Lungs. A Dram of its Powder, taken often in Plantain Water, is commended in Con- fumptions. Bauhinus fays, it is good in Pains of the Stomach, for the Stone, and involuntary Urine. For Ulcers of the Bladder a Specific, Horfe-tail, fix Handfuls three fliced Quinces, Sumach, Myrtle Berries, each an Ounce and an half *, dried red Rofes, an Handful and an half ; Baku dins, three Drams ; boil in nine Pints of W ater to five, drain, and add Honey of Rofes, Syrup of dried Rofes, of each three Ounces ; Syrup of Myrtles, an Ounce and a half mix all and ufe thrice a Day. *57- Hound* s-tongue ( Cynoglofftm ) cools and dries ; it is modly ufed to dop Fluxes of the Belly, and to dry Catarrhs, and Gonorrhoeas. It dops Blood. It is ufeful for all Wounds and Ulcers. A Decoc- L 2 tion ( I48 ) tion of the Herb in Wine and chalybeate Water, of each alike, drained, to wafh ulcerated Breads with, and the drained out Leaves applied in a Poultife, they cure. An Ointment of its Juice, with Honey and Turpentine, is wonderful in old malignant and fiftulous Ulcers and Chops in the Anus. Being a Narcotic Poifon like Opium, it is feldom given in- wardly, except with great Judgment and Caution, though it is ufed outwardly with much Freedom, Safety, and Advantage, like Poppies. A Decoc- tion of the Root, drank, and a Poultife of it laid on outwardly, was ufed with great Succefs in Scro- phulous Tumours. An Amulet of the Root hung about the Neck is good in the loufy Difeafe. The Bark is bitter, faltifh, dyptic, and glutinous. The Pills made of it day all thin Defluxions of Rheum on the Eyes, Nofe, Stomach, or Lungs •, they are good in Coughs and Shortnefs of Breath. A De- co&ion of the Leaves in Lard, rubb’d on, hinders Falling off of the Hair, and cures Burns and Scalds. The Leaf bruifed, and laid to a Wound, quickly heals it. The Ointment, or Juice, heals the above Ulcers, or Inflammations about them. A Suppofi- tory of it helps the Piles. 158. Housleek ( Sedum ) is very cooling and adrin- gent; its chief inward Ufe being in bilious Fevers, it quenches Third, and checks the Heat. The Juice is commonly given with a little Sugar, or mixt ; or the Herb is mfufed in PoiTet Drink. It is alfo given in Spotted and He&ic Fevers, tragus dip’d Linnen Cloths in the Juice, and applied to Inflam- mations in any Part of the Body, as to the Head, Eyes, Liver, Stomach, Kianies, (Ac. It is alfo very good in Burns. The Juice rubb’d on Wartsv or Corns, and covered with the Membrane of the Leaf, and kept wet a few Days, takes them quite ( i49 ) of£ and cures them. For Ulcers of the Matrix and Urethra , take four Ounces of this Juice, ten Ounces of Litharge, two Yolks of Eggs well beaten, mix’d in a leaden Mortar, and applied ; It has had great Succefs. The Leaves ftrip’d from their outer Membranes, and put on the parch’d, feurfy, chop’d Tongue, in hot Fevers, and often renewed, are of good Service. The Juice or Mucilage of Quinces, held in the Mouth, is alfo excellent. A Syrup of the Juice is good in a Quinfy. The Leaves bruifed, .and laid to .the Forehead, abate a Phrenzy much, and induce Reft *, but, when the Sick begins to fleep, remove the Poultife or Mixture ; or four Handfuls of Sorrel Leaves ; four Ounces of the Root •, an Ounce and a half of the Seed all bruifed, and boiled in Water to a Quart, ftrain and add Currant Juice, and a little Sugar ; drink hereof free- ly. The fmalleft infipid Houfleek, with a white Flower, was found to be a moft efficacious Anti- fcorbutic in the Armies. The Juice of the common Sort is excellent for a foundered Horfe, if a Quart of it be poured into him. A G argle of its Water is commended in a Quinfy. The Juice, d rop’d into the Eyes or Ears, takes away Heat, Inflamma- tions, or Rheum falling on them. And, being drank, it hinders Fluxes of Humours on the Bow- els, or exceffive Menfes. The Juice, rubb’d on, cures Shingles, Tetters, Ringworms, fretting Ul- cers, or the like. The Leaves, bruifed and laid to the Head, foon flop Bleeding at the Nofe. The Leaves rubb’d on any Part ftung with Bees, Wafps, &c, cure the Pain. But the Sting being taken our, either by the Hand, or a Poultife of Allies, Oil, and four Leaven *, Sennertus ufed Milk of Fig-tree Leaves^ or a Poultife of Ducks-meat and Vine- gar ; of bruifed Water Crefles; or of bruifed Rue, applied. For the Bite of a Viper, he advifes a L 3 Poultife ( i-S° ) Poultife of Squills boil’d in Vinegar; or of Garlick, Figs, and Venice Treacle ; or powder’d Roots of Birth-wort, dry Centaury Leaves, Galbanum, and Vinegar *, or of Round Birth- wort Roots, CaJJia Ugnea , Bay Berries, and Pepper,, of each two L r ims ; Leaves of Wild Rue, a Dram and an half ; Caftor a Dram; Anifeed half a Dram ; with Ho- ney make an Electuary of the Powders ; Dofe from a Dram to two Drams, with a Glafs of Wine, and apply to the Part a Poultife of Goats Dung, with Vinegar, Pitch, Wax, and Sulphur. He likewife adviles cither mixt, or feparately. Powders of Roots of Afphodel, Round Birth-wort, Briony, Gentian, and Torment'd ; Dofe from one Dram to two in old Wine ; or Powder of Collmary Root, from half a Dram to a Dram, in a Glafs of Worm- wood Wine, or Decoction. Diof corides. I59* FIypericon or St. John’s-wort is a no- ble Diuretic and Vulnerary ; bod’d and drank, it is faid to cure Tertians and Quartans ; it Hops Blood- Spitting, and diffolves coagulated Elood ; expels Gravel, and kills Worms. A Decodtion of the Herb, drank forty Days, or the Seed powdered, cures Jaundice and Gout ; it is wed adapted to the Stone, and enriches the Blood with a Balfamic Qua- lity. A Tindture of the Flowers, drank, is a pow- erful Medicine, in Madnefs and Melancholy, fays Salay &c. A Tincture of its Flowers, in Brandy, is extoil’d for killing Worms in the Belly. Gerard prepared two Oils from it, which fee in his Herbal. The firfc whereof, he lays, is a mod precious Reme- dy for deep Wounds, and>thefe through the Body ; for prick’d Sinews, or any Wound made by a poi- fon’d Weapon. It is a compound Oil, than which, he lays, the World has not a better ; no, not na- tural Ballam itfelf. It is made of white Wine, a Quart; ( *5* ) Quart Sallad Oil, four Pounds ; Oil of Turpen- tine, two Pounds •, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds, of this Herb gently bruifed, of each two Handfuls; put all in a large double Glafs, and fet in the Sun eight or ten Days ; then boil them in that fame Bot- tle in a Kettle of Water, on fome Straw; then drain out the Liquor, and pour it back on a frefh Quan- tity of the fame Parts of the Herb ; but put in no Wine, fet it in the Sun, then drain and boil as be- fore, and ufe for the aforefaid Purpofes. / s the too bold internal Ufe of the Jefuits or Friars Bal- Jam has had fatal Confequences in Inflammatory Cafes of the Bread, and other Feverifh Diforders ; fo from this Herb may be contrived one for inter- nal Ufes every whit as fuccefsful, and infinitely more fafe. Hoffman orders the Effence of the Herb in an Apoplexy, Epileply, Melancholy, Hypo, and Green Sicknefs ; he will have it to be an Antidtemcniac , that as fuch he experienced its Virtues. The red Venetian Oil is not only a fin- gular Vulnerary, but is good in the Gripes from a cold Caufe ; three or four Drams of it, given in W7ine, expels the dead Fcetns. Its inward Ufe is good for Perfons newly infedted with the Plague. 160. Hyssop ( Hyffopus ) is hot and biting, it thins, opens, and cleanfes ; it is moftiy ufed for Cutting, Thinning, and Expectorating grofs Phlegm that , duffs the Lungs, as in Hoarfenefs, Cough, Short- 1 nefs of Breath, &c. Its Syrup or Decoction, pre- pared in a very clofe V effel, is excellent in obdinate Difeafes of the Bread, where Liquorice, Maiden- hair, (s>jc. are not drong enough to anfwer the End. Outwardly, it is often applied to Eyes difcolcured by Blows or Strokes ; to cure the finging Noife of the Ears ; to cleanfe the Uterus , or Mouth, by Gargle. L 4 Some ( 151 ) Some efteem it a better Stomachic than Worm- wood. It provokes Urine and is good in a Stop- page, Heat, or Dribbling of Urine. The boil’d Herb is wrap’d in Lipnen and laid on black Eyes at Bed-Time, and tied on all Night ; next Day the Eyes are well. A Man, who had his Thigh grie- voufly bruifed by the Kick of a Horfe, was cured of the Pain in a few Flours, and the Blacknefs and- Biuenefs of the Skin quite removed, only by a Poultife of the Leaves cut, and beaten up with un- falted Butter. The Herb, clofe boiled with Rue and Honey, is good in a Cough, Afthma, Wheez- ing, and piftillation of Rheum on the Lungs. Hyflbp, with Oxymel, purges grofs Humours by Stool, and taken with Honey it kills Worms in the Belly. Taken with new Figs, it loofens the Belly. It reftores the natural Colour of the Body, when fpoiled by a Jaundice, or Cachexy. Taken with Figs and Nitre, it cures Dropfy and Spleen. A Gargle and Lotion of it, boiled with Figs, is good in a Quinfy or fore Throat. A Gargle of its De- codtion in Vinegar is good for the Tooth-ach. The Steam of its Decoclion, received by a Funnel into the Ears, cures their Inflammation. For the Fall- ing Sicknefs, Pills made of powder’d Hyifop, Hore- hound, and Caftor, of each a Dram ; Pseony Roots, forty Grains-, Alfa foetida, a Scruple ; juice of Hyffop, enough to make Pills for feven Dofes, to be taken every Night at Bed-Time. Hylfop pro- vokes the Menfes. I have known a fmall Quantity of it in Diet Drink, caufe Abortion. It breaks Wind, and eafes fharp Ague Fits. The green Herb, bruifed with a little Sugar and laid on, heals any green Wounds quickly. Some boil a Handful of Hyffop, two Ounces of Figs, and one Ounce of Sugar-candy in Mufcadine Wine, and drain it out, and drink of it every Morning and Evening, for obftinate ( x53 ) obftinate Coughs. In a Cough, Wheezing, Short-- nefs of Breath, and Stuffing of the Lungs, with tough Phlegm, ,of difficult Expectorations, fome poor People often find Relief from a ftrong Infu- fion of HyfTop, Rofem ary- tops, and Sage in Vine- gar, {train’d, and fweetened with brown Sugar- candy. For a Cough, Take Tuffilago, or Colt’s- ^ foot, Hyffiop, and Maidenhair, each a Handful; Li- quorice Root, an Ounce; Liquorice Juice, half an Ounce ; (toned Raifins of the Sun, four Ounces *, and ten Figs ; boil in four Pints of Water to three, then add one Poppy Head with its Seed, boil to two, (train, and drink warm thrice a Day. Wood- man. For a Hoarfenefs take the Yolk and the White of an Egg, in three Ounces of Hyffiop Wa- ter, mix, and add Sugar-candy, one Ounce ; dif- folve and (train for a warm Draught. 161. Hedge or Water Hyssop ( Gratiola ) is a molt powerful excellent Remedy for Evacuating thin, watery, or flow bilious Humours, both up- ward and downward, even from the remoteft Parts of the Body ; hence its fpecial Ufe in Dropfies, Jaundice, Sciatica, and obftinate Spring Intermit- tents, given either in Deco6tion, or in Powder, from twenty Grains to thirty ; but being fo violent an Evacuant, it mult be corrected with Ginger, Juice of Calamint, Cinnamon, or Sal Gem, and, being very bitter, it kills and expels W orms of all Sorts. Bruifed and applied, it {peedily heals up Wounds. Its Extradl cures Quotidians and Ter- tians. 162. Jack by the Hedge ( Alliaria ) is a Sort of Gar- lick or Scordium. The green Herb provokes U- ' rine. ( 154 ) rine. The Decoftion of the dry, in Wine, is good againft Poifon. A Lindtus of it and Rofin, with Honey, is good againft an old Cough. It power- fully refills Putrefaction. Plence the Herb and its thickened Juice, in Ointment, andPoultife, is good againft Gangrenes, and all putrid and malignant Ulcers. Its Seed, laid Plaifter ways to the Share- bone, railes Perfons out of Hyfterics. The Seed fnufFed up provokes Sneezing, and makes the Nofe run freely. A Decoction of the Herb in Oil and Water, drank, is ferviceabie to Afthmatics. A Clyf- ter of the Decodtion of its Leaves is good in Cho- lic al and Nephritic Pains, and Stone •, Fabrit. Hil- dan. extols its Juice in Gangrenes, putrid and ma- lignant Ulcers, efpecially as it herein approaches fo near the Nature of S cor dium , which is only to be got in fome Places, and at one Seafon, and moflly dry, and the other in molt Places. The Herb, eaten, warms the Stomach, and caufes Digeftion. Its Juice with Honey is thought as good as Hedge Mufcard for a Cough, to cut and expectorate Phlegm. A Decodlion of the bruifed Seed in Wine, drank, is good in Cholic, Stone, and Hy- fierics. 163. Juniper (Jumper us) the rafp’d Wood is put into quilted Caps for the Head, as being friendly to the. Brain and Nerves. Of the Wood is made Allies, through which Wine being {trained be- comes fo powerful a Sudorific, that it drains Water from the whole Habit. From the dry Wood is drawn an Oil by the Alembic, whofe outward Ufe is ferviceabie is Nervous Difeafes, Cancers, Wounds, and Ulcers. The Berries eaten alone, or chewed in the Mouth, are good for a cold Stomach, digeft Phlegm in it, excel Wind, relieve Difeafes of the Breaft ( r55 ) Bread and Cough, are very Diuretic, and powerfully expel Sand, Stone, Gravel, and Poifons ; bring down the Menfes , and grofs Humours about the Hips. They are very good in Difeafes of the Head and Nerves. In Lapland they are infufed, or boil’d, and drank daily, like Tea or Coffee with us, and are their chief Phyfick. The Juice, extradled from the Berry, is good in all the above Di borders. The Oil, made by the Alembic, is good in Gripes, Gra- vel, and Worms. The outer Bark of the Berries broke, and infufed in Wine, makes a noble Antine- phritic, if ufed daily for fome Time. The Elixir of Juniper is both good in the Stone and a great Sto- machic. The Berries are reputed good againft the Plague. Some fubftitute Juniper W ood for Guajac in the French Pox. An Infufion, or Decoblion of the Berries, is good in Hy Berks, old Coughs, Chincoughs, Flatulency, &c. 164. Ivy ( Hedera ) is fo hot, acrid, and aflringent, that it is hurtful to the Nerves, theref ore it is not ufed inwardly. Its frefh Leaves are better for Iffues than Oil Cloth, and prevent their Inflammation as well as promote their Running. Peafe of its Wood draw well, and lafl a Month. The Leaves are good in Ulcers of the Nofe ( Ozccna ) and to eafe the Pain of Ulcers in the Ears. An Ointment made of them is good for Scalds and Burns. A Decobli- on of Ivy Brained, and its Gum diffolved in it, or the Juice of the Tree to wafh the Head, hinders the Hair from growing, and fo does the Powder of Nettle-feed with Vinegar. The dried Berries fewed up in a thin Silk Bag, and worn on the Spleen, is good for its Pain and Swelling ; or the Leaves may be boil’d in Vinegar, and applied. A Pugil of the Powder of the dried Flowers, taken in Wine, ftops the ( r56) the Bloody Flux. Half a Dram of the Berry- ftones, drank in Wine, provokes Urine, and expels Sand, Gravel, and lmall Stones furprifingly. A few of the powdered Stones drank every Morning, for feven Days, in a Glafs of Pennyroyal Water, with a little Saffron, is a fure Remedy to bring down obftructed Terms. A few of the Stones, eaten before a Debauch, are faid to prevent Drunk- en nels. The Berries, eaten by ftrong Rufticks, purge violendy upward and downward. A large Dofe of Powder of the unripe Berries is one of Alex- is's Secrets againft the Plague ; for a Dram in white Wine is a ftrong Sudorific. The Oil of the diftill’d Berries is powerful againft all Difeafes of the Joints, provokes the Menfes , expels Gravel, and cleanfes fordid Ulcers. From two Drams to four of the juice of the Tree digefts and repels in a Quinfy. The Juice of the Leaves fnufPd up the Nofe cleanfes the Plead effectually ; it alfo eafes the Pain, ftays the Running, and heals old obftinate Ulcers of Ears, or Nofe ; if it is too fharp, it may be mixed with Oil of Rofes. Take Ivy I. eaves two or three Hand- fuls, rough Barley as much, boil both clofe in Wa- ter, and pour them out into a Pipkin, or narrow- mouth’ d deep Veffel, to receive the Steam into the Mouth and Throat for a Quinfy. A Woman was famous and cured Hundreds of poor People cf a Quinfy by this : Take Powder of Album Gr tecum. Cinnabar, and Honey, of each alike •, make round Balls to hold^in the Mouth, and fwallow as they diffolve-, it feldom fails. For Deafnefs, take Gum Ivy roll’d long, when hot and moift ; put it into th^TEar in a Piece of very thin Tiffany, let it lie till the Ear begins to run, and pull the Roll back : Dr. Po. For Corns, wafli the Feet and cut the Corns in the Wane of the Moon daily, apply frefh Ivy Leaves to them, and in fifteen Days they will fall out j ( 157 ) out ; or drop the Juice of Radiflhes on them ; or the skin’d Leaves of Houfleek laid on them ; or, for watery Swellings of the Feet, a Poultife of Herb Robert is fure. For kib’d or chilblain’ d Heels, foment them with a Deco£lion of Turnep Roots •, or anoint them with the exprefs’d Liquor from a Turnep fcoop’d, fill’d with Rofe Oil and roafted under the Embers ; or apply a frozen Tur- nep, or roafted Turnep Peelings applied warm, twice or thrice a Day; or a Loop’d Radifh Root fill’d with Oil of Rofes, boiled, and the liquor exprefs’d and ufed. 165- Knap- weed ( Jacea ) being very much like Sca- bious, is thought to be much of the like Nature ; for, being of an aftringent and drying Tafte, it is good to ftop Fluxes both of Blood at the Mouth, Nofe, or other outward Parts, or from inward Wounds, or Breaches of Veflels, or Vomiting or Purging much, and checks the Diftillation of Rheum on the Throat,* Breaft, Lungs, and Stomach ; and is good for Bruifes and Falls. Its Decodtion, drank in Wine and applied outwardly, is good in Ruptures ; and fingularly good in all Kinds of Sores, Cancerous or Fiftulous ; dries up their Moifture and heals them. It does the fame to Scabs, fore Throats, and S w ellings of the Uvula or Jaws. * It flays the Blood, clofes up and heals green Wounds. 166. Knot- * For an Inflammation of the Uvula ufe a Gargle of be.'.ten Hemp-feed, boiled in Poifet Drink ; or of the Herb Dandelion, boil’d in Water ; or of Tormentil Root, boil’d in Small Beer; or of Throat-wort Leaves, boiled and ufed as before ; Eimuller, Or boil four Ounces of the inner Bark of Elm-tree, in three Pints of Water, to a Pint and a half, flrain, and add Syrup of Rafp-berries, and Mulberries, of each an Ounce and a half ; mixt for a Gargle. For an Ulcer, boil two Handfuls of Speedwell ( '58 ) 1 66. Knot-grass ( 'Polygonum ) is a Vulnerary, dries and aftringes. It is ufed chiefly to flop Fluxes or Haemorrhages, as a Loofenefs, Dyfentery, Men- fes , and Bleeding at the Nofe or Mouth. It is ufed in Juice, Syrup, Decodtion. Infufion, or Powder ; outwardly, it is good for Wounds, Ulcers or In- flammations of the Eyes. 167. Ladies Mantle (. Alchimilla ) is among the chief Vulneraries ufed either inwardly or outwardly. It warms, dries, aftringes, flops Blood, Terms, and Whites. The Roots, Leaves, and Tops, being all vulnerary, are ufed in Draughts, Powders, De- codlions, Syrups, Plaifters, Cfr. Linnen Cloths dip’d in its Decodtion, laid on large loofe, flabby Breafts, purfe them up. Its Decodtion, drank with its Powder, heals Wounds, and Children’s Rup- tures. It is more cooling, drying, binding, and aftringent, than Santale ; therefore, better for In- flammations, Wounds, and Haemorrhages. Its Decodtion, drank fix Weeks together, often makes Speedwell in Water, drain, and add a little Honey ; make a Gar- gle : Idem. For the Uvula relaxed, ufe the Steam of Ladies Man- tle, boiled in Water, or of Comfry ; or its Syrup or Decoc- tion fwallowed (lowly ; Idem. For the Falling down of the Uvula, gargle with a ftrong Decoction of Wild Tanfy in Vi- negar ; Morrifon. Or a Gargle of a Decoction of Dwarf Cyftus ; Ray. Or with an Infufion of Saffron, in the Perfon’s own Urine ; or apply to the Coronal Suture a Poultife of Walnut- Kernels, beaten up with Spirit of Wine; Crato. Or beaten Juniper Berries, boiled in red Wine with Salt, ufed for a Gar- gle ; Stockerus. Or apply to the fhaved Crown of the Head a Poultife of beaten Cole-wort ; or gargle with a Decodtion of Hemp-feed, in Water and Vinegar ; Sachjius. Or lift it up with powdered Pepper ; or gargle with a fweetened Decodtion of Oak Leaves, Perriwinkle, or Throat-wort. ( i59 ) the barren fruitful, by drying up the too great Moifture and Laxnefs of the Uterus , and giving it a better Tone. A Bath of its Decodtion may be uled . 1 68. La dies Bed-straw ( Gallium luteum) ( the yel- low) is Vulnerary and Cleanfing •, reputed good in the Epilepfy, as is its Tea for the Gout, and Sy- rup of its Flowers to expel the Menfes *, and a Fo- mentation, or Bath of its Decodtion, to dry Chil- dren’s Scabs ; and the Powder of the Herb taken for Haemorrhages, which it hops ; and to cure Cancers, or Cancerous Ulcers. Its Flowers put into Sallad Oil, and fet forty Days in the Sun, af- ford a good Ointment for Burns and Scalds ; and to anoint the Feet of weary Travellers, whofe Fatigue it quite takes off. A Decoction of the Herb does the fame. The Roots provoke Luff, and excite to Venery. The common white Bed-ftraw is very beneficial in the Falling Sicknefs, 169. Ladies-Thistle ( Carduus Maria) is thought to have the fame Virtues, as the Holy or blefied Thiftle. Its Decodtion is ufed for Stuffings of the Liver and Bowels •, for Eafing, by Urine, Dropfy*, Jaundice, and Nephritics. 'Tragus fays, its diftiil’d Water cures Stitches, and other Difeafes of the Sides. Its Seed is ufed in Emulfions, for thole Purpofes, and the Water outwardly, to dip Cloths in, to lay on fretting, eating Ulcers. The Juice of the green Herb, applied to beginning Cancers in the Bread or Nofe, is as effedtual for that, as a Dram of Columbine Seed given at a Time, and often, is beneficial in a Vertigo , or Small Pox, whe rein it is . juftly efteemsd a Specific ; as a Decoction of fat 2 Figs, ( i6° ) Figs, Number twenty- two ; Lentils, grofly bruifed, one Ounce*, rafp’d Hart’s-horn, half an Ounce ; all boil’d in a Quart of Poflfet Drink, or Milk and Water, and drank, ripens and fills the Small Pox moft powerfully; and, if they are only full of Water, a Decodtion of Lentils, drank, exceeds all. 170. Lambs Lettuce ( Valerianella ) cools and moi- ftens, is a little Laxative, is fomewhat of the Na- ture of Lettuce, and ufed for it in the Spring. I7I- Lavender ( Lavendula ) being of fubtil, fine Parts, is proper for Head and Nerves ; it is chiefly ufed for Catarrhs, Palfy, Cramp, Vertigo, Le- thargy, Shakings of the Joints, Expelling Urine, Mcnfes , and Foetus { for which it is often prefcribed to Women in Labour) and in windy Gripes of the Belly. Outwardly, it is ufed in Lees to wafh the Head and Joints. It is chewed to repel the Ca- tarrh to the Palate, that it fall not on the Breaft. Its diftill’d Water fmelled to is a great Reviver of the Spirits; the Compound is good for the Head, and a great Cordial. The Conferve of the Flowers anfwers the Purpofes of the Herb. The two fol- lowing are taken for great Secrets in hard Labour : Firft, Powder of Lavender Seed, half a Dram ; Seeds of Plantain and Endive, of each two Scru- ples ; Pepper, a Scruple ; mix, and take in Ho- ney-fuckle and Endive Waters, of each' three Ounces: Secondly, Powder of Lavender-feed, half a Dram ; of prepared white Amber and Borax, of each two Scruples ; Oil of Cinnamon, fix Drops ; rnix for three Dofes, to be given in Rheni/h Wine. Oil of Spike, or any other Oil rubb’d on the Head, kills Lice. A Decoction of Lavender Flowers, Horehound, ( I61 ) Horehound and Afparagus Roots, and a Stick of Cinnamon, is good for the Epilepiy, and Swimming of the Head. Two Spoonfuls of the diftill’d Water of the Flowers help fuch as have loft their Speech, and reftore it. A Bathe of the Lefler Lavender is good in Hyfterics, and promotes Child-birth. The Oil of Lavender is too hot for inward Uie. I he Herb and Flowers are good in all Difeafes of the Head from a cold Caufe, but by no Means lor a Hot, Bilious, Inflammatory, or Acrid. It ftrengthens tlte Stomach and Liver. An Infufion of the Flow- ers in Wine, helps a Stoppage of Urine. It is aifo a good Gargle for the Tootn-ach. It is good in Swooning arid Fainting. 172. La vender -Cotton ( Alrotonmn fiemina) or Female Southernwood, agrees in Virtues with Male Southernwood, being ufed in Obftru&io: s of tire Liver, Kidnies, and Uterus. It cures the Jaun- dice. Either Herb or Seed, boil’d in Milk, and drank, kills Worms. Powder of its Leaves taken ten Mornings, then intermitted the other ten, and repeated again, cures the Fluor albas. It is good in difeudent Fomentations and Poultifes ; but it is chiefly ufed to adorn the Edges of Borders in Gardens. 173- • Leeks (PerrtMt) are fomewhat of the Nature of Garlick, ‘they, thin, open, incide, and diffolve die Humours. Outwardly they are good for Noife of the Ears, and to promote Suppuration, and Swell- ings of the Piles. I heir white dart tr ied, and Lid to the pained Side in.Pleurifies, fas n. ieved many. T r Juice nnxt with a little Tartar and green Wax, and often put up the Nofe, is good tor a , M Polypus. ( i62 ) Polypus. Its Juice, drank, is good for the Stone in grofs, phlegmatic Bodies. Their Ufe is liable to the fame Inconvenience as Garlick, in the like Conftitutions, as are all the Onion Tribe. Leeks provoke the Menfes and Spitting, ftimulate the Seed Veffels, and excite Venery. * They prevent Drunkennels, and deprefs Vapours. Outwardly, they are good againft Biting of Serpents, and Burn- ing. In cold Weather, they are proper for phlegma- tic, and old People •, or fuch as have very grofs pi- tuitous Humours. Juice of Leeks and Elder, of each equal Parts ; Dofe three or four Spoonfuls twice a Day. It is a Specific in a Tympany. Juice of Lettuce often held in the Mouth is good for a Swelling of the Tongue. I74* Lilly of the Valley (Lilium Convallium) Its Leaves, but efpecially the Flowers are good againft Apoplexy, Falling Sicknefs, Palfy, Vertigo, and other Difeafes of the Head from a cold Caufe. Some reckon them Cordial. Their Waters either diftill’d alone, or with generous Wine, and Flowers of La* vender and Rofemary. Such as want it ftronger diftill it again with frefh Flowers. Powder of Roots and Flowers is a ftrong Sternutatory. Flowers of this and Sage, of each alike, diftilled * Laur evil er gins fays, that peeled Burdock Stalks, either eaten raw, or boiled very foft, drefs’d, and eaten, excite Ve- nery much. Earth Nuts, or Pig-nut Roots, either raw, or boiled in Broth, eaten with Butter and Pepper after they are peeled, are pleafrnt, common nourifhing Food, and provoke Venery. ‘Trail; anus. Juice of Knot-grafs, drank, provokes it much. Stockerus. Powder of Nettle-feed given in warm Wine, from half a Dram to a Dram, or of Rocket-feed, do the fame. An Ointment with Oil or Powder of Ants Eggs, rubbed on the Teflicles, is alfo good ; or Stinging the Part with frefh Nettle. wirl* ) with Wine, and the Liquor daily rubbed on the whole Backs of Epileptics, from Head to Hips, be- fore a good Fire, has cured many Epilepfies. Sim. Pauli. Lilly^water ( Nymphtea ) There is the white and black, the firft hath a yellow Flower, and white Root *, the laft a white Flower, and black Root •, both of them dry, bind, and cleanfe. The former dries mod, the latter cleanfes mod. It dries with - out Biting or Sharpnefs, therefore the Antients ufed it not only in LoofenefTes and Bloody Fluxes, but for the Whites. The Roots and Seeds of the White Lilly (which is moftly ufed when it can be got, but, in Want of it, the other may be taken) cool, dry, and bind. The Leaves and Flowers cool and moiften *, both of them are of great Benefit in Fluxes of the Belly ; but efpecially feminal, noc- turnal Pollutions, whether voluntary or involun- tary •, whether from the Heat, Sharpnefs, or Thin- nefs of the Seed or Blood : So very powerful are they in fubduing Lull, beyond any, or all other Britijh Plants, fays Profper Alpinus , that Monks, Nuns, Friars, and Hermits, that would live chaftely, drink daily, for twelve Days together, a Dram of it, and Syrup of Poppies ; this, fays Pliny y deprives the Taker of all Defire, Inclination, and Power of Coition*, therefore do the /Egyptians dread and avoid it. In a Priapifm, Galen always gave a lit- tle of it with Succefs. And Avicenna cries out how it leflens Pollution, and quite erafes Venereal Defire ; nay, even frequent Anointing the Genitals with it, or the Stomach, Reins, or Bladder, it will produce the fame Effedt ; and is therefore much better than a Poultife of bruifed Hemlock laid to the Tefticles, which only abates the Fury of Lull: for a few * M2 Hours, ( i64 ) Hours, This R.oot ufed in Ptifans is o*ood in a O Gonorrhcea, Heat of Urine, and to lefien immode- ^ rate Venereal Appetite. It is Diuretic, by abating ; Inflammations, or Sharpnefs that may Hop, dimi- nifli, or fupprefs Urine. The Root is cooling and emollient, very good in all Inflammations •, the Sy- rup difpofes a little to Sleep, as well as cools. The Root and Flower, by their vifeous Parts, check a too violent Motion of the Humours. Their De- codtion fweetens the Blood ; is good in burning Fe- j vers ; to ftay Rheums. Outwardly they foften and fupple the Skin, eafily caufe foft Sleep, and are benificial in Inflammations. The Root and Seed of the White Lilly boiled in black Wine, and drank, powerfully flop the Excefs of the Menfes , even when all other things fail, and the Cafe is defperate. The green Leaves laid on flight Wounds flop the Bleeding. The yd Egyptians ufed the bruifed Flow- ers and Leaves, wherever Heat attended a Difeafe. The Juice mixt with Milk and Oil of Rofes eafes Pain. In Fevers and Watchings, the bruifed Leaves, applied to the Head, and the Forehead, and Temples, are anointed with its Juice and Vi- negar : The Seed is molt powerful in all thefe Re- fpedts, though fome ufe the diftill’d Water, and that of the Flower chiefly ; it is faid to take off Freckles, Spots, &c. of the Face. Feverifli Heats are alfo allay’d, and foft Sleep procured, by apply- ing the Leaves and Flowers outwardly, or walking the Feet with them ; or laying the Leaves on the Loins, Soles of the Feet, and Temples. We are told that, if either of thefe Water Lilies are dried in the Northern Sun, and hung upon the Bed of a Convulflve Perfon, it will cure him prefently. Some commend a Decodtion of the Roots, or their Extradt,. againfl Madnefs. The. Water is very ufe- ful in Excoriations of the Palate, Uvula , and Tongue, ( l65 ) Tongue, from a hot, fharp, and aduft Matter. The Flowers are the weakefl Part of the Plant j of them is made a Conferve and Syrup, which is not fo fomnific as Diacodium, but more fo than Syrup of Violets. A Pedilavium of the Flowers (or of the Leaves, when the Flowers are not to be got) Purflane, Camomile, and Willow Leaves, with a few geech Afhes and Salt, is a furprifing Somnific, in hot Fevers, with Watchings and Delirium j where Opiates and Anodynes fail, let the Steam of the Pedilavium reach the Bed, when the fickhave got into it, till they fall afieep. There is a fmall Sort called the Rana Morfus , or Nympho a Minima , but of its Virtues we know nothing ; it is never ufed, or wanted, being fatisfied of the good Effects of the other *, which makes it furprifing, that it is fo little known in the prefent Practice. 176. Lilly {white) {Lilium album) The diftill’d Water of the Flowers, given in hard Labour with a little Saffron, expels Birth, and after Birth, two or three Spoonfuls of it recover from Fainting Fits. It is often ufed in Difeafes of the Lungs, as Cough, Shortnefs of Breath, A little Camphire, or Oil of Tartar, diffolved in it, gives the Countenance a fine Colour. Its Oil is made by three or four Days Infufion in the Sun in Oil, then {train it out, and pour on frefh Leaves and Flowers •, repeat it a third Time, then exprefs the Oil, and keep. for Ufe. It has furprifing Effects in Pains, and all cold Diforders. It loofens, foftens, and eal'es Pain •, is good in the Cholic, Pain, from the Stor^e, and Pleurify ^ but elpeciallv for contracted Sinews and Nerves •, in a Schirrus of the Uterus and Mm- fes obftrudted therefrom. The Root is much ufed outwardly to fbften and ripen Swellings ; and in M 3 Ointment ( 166 ) Ointment to take out Corns of the Feet and Toes, cure Burns, and foften the Pudenda of Women in Labour. Gerard fays, that Barley Bread, baked with its Juice, and eaten for a Month, has cured many Dropfies. The exprefs’d Juice of the bruifed Root, given in Wine, and drank two or three Days, expels the Venom of the Plague, and throws it out upon the Skin in Bladders and Puftules. The Flowers not only digeft and eafe Pain, but, infufed two or three Days in Wine and diftilled, they afford a mod: excellent WTater for the Hypo and Hyfte- rics •, Dofe from one to three Spoonfuls. The Roots, bruifed with Honey, confolidate cut Sinews, or Tendons •, wafte, and cleanfe Ulcers on the Head, and the Scurvy on the Face or Beard. A Pouitife of the Roots quickly gathers, ripens, and breaks any Inflammatory, or other Impofthumes, but efpecially if roafted Onions and Mufhrooms be added to it. 177- Lime or Linden-tree (Tilid) The Leaves and Bark dry, repel, and provoke Urine. The Mu- cilage of the Bark, is excellent in Burns or Wounds, efpecially if it is chewed and rubbed on. The Leaves bruifed, and fprinkled with Water, dif- cufs Swellings of the Feet. They are alfo a Sove- reign Remedy for the Thrufh, and windy Cramp, in Women with Child. Their exprefs’d Juice, mixt with Wine, and rubbed warm on the Parts, cures the Cramp. The Flowers contain fine Parts, have a pleafapt Smell, and their difiilFd Water is often ufed for the Falling Sicknels, Apoplexy, and Vertigo. Some advife it for a Palpitation, Pains of the Uterus , Stone, and to diffolve coagulated Blood. The Powder of the Berries, is much praifed the Bloody, or other Fluxes of the Belly ; beaten with ( 167 ) with Vinegar, and put up the Nofe, do flop its Bleeding. A few of them fwallowed do the fame. The Leaves boiled in Water, {trained, and a little Honey and Allum put to the Liquor, cure Children’s lore Mouths. The Leaves boiled ten- der, beaten up with Hogs I. ard, powdered Fenu- greek, and Line-feeds, made into a Poultife •, apply it hot, it cures hot Swellings, and ripens Impoft- humes. Wheat Bran boiled in Water, and applied in a Poultife with a little Vinegar, Lard, or Butter, quickly difperfes Inflammations, and Inflammatory Tumours. A Poultife of Barley-meal does the fame. The Charcoal of the Wood, mixt with pre- pared Crabs Eyes, and taken, cures Spitting of Blood, from Bruifes, Blows, &c. The inner Bark, fteeped in Water, makes a fine Mucilage, which naturally heals Burns, and {Lengthens weak Parts. A Water, diftilTd from the Bark, is good for fharp Humours, that caufe Gripes or Bloody Stools, A Conferve of the Flowers of the Female Lime-tree, (for the Male is barren, and has none) is a Specific in Children’s Convulfions. 178. L 1 qjj o r 1 c e ( Glycerrhiza ) Root is a great Friend to the Lungs, and Kidnies, it fheathes fharp Humours from acrid and corroding Salts ^ promotes Spitting, and fmooths Roughnefs, by thickening the Humours but its Ufe is dubious in Spitting of J Blood and Weaknefs of the Veffels of the Lungs. It is mofliy ufed in Coughs, Pleurifies, Confump- tions, Sharpnefs of Urine, and Excoriation of the Bladder. It gently loofens the Belly of Infants. Some drink its Deco&ion in Water, with a Stick of Cinnamon, for common Drink •, after it has wrought like Ale, it intoxicates as much. In Coughs, and Catarrhs, with only thin Rheum, or M 4 ameer ( i68 ) a meer Froth, a Tea of Liquorice and Line-feed, thickens the Phlegm, caufes Spitting, and cures Hoarfenefs. This Tea is good in Pains of the Belly, from fharp Humours, Salts, or Bile in the Bowels. A Ptifan of it, Maiden-hair, and Figs, is good in a dry Cough, digefls and raifes Phlegm, and heals Hoarfenefs, Wheezing, and Shortnefs of Breath, from fait Humours falling on the Lungs. This Root cures Ulcers in the Kidnies and Bladder, fFarp, or bloody Urine. It is added to mod purging Infufions, Decodlions, and Diet Drinks. Its Juice is the belt and readied: Preparation ; but it may be much improved by diffolving it down in proper Decodlions, and adding feveral Powders fuited to various Intentions, and boiled up again for Ufe. 179- Liver -wort ( Hepatica ) is a noble Vulnerary, ufed either inwardly or outwardly. The green Leaves heal frefh Wounds and Ruptures, if given in a Decodtion of Horfe-tail. Baptifta fays, the Powder of the Herb, given fome Days, cures Rup- tures. It is not only good in Wounds, but its Oil made, either by being fet in the Sun in Oil, or a fhort flight Decoction of the frefh Leaves in Sallad Oil, or unripe Oil Olive, till they are dry and crifp, is good in Swellings and Inflammations. It is a won- derful Plant in all Difeafes of the Liver, Spleen, Kid- nies or other Vifcera *, or in a Saltnefs or Sharpnefs of the Blood, in hot Conflitutions efpecially. It cools, cleanfes, and helps Heats and Inflamma- tions, Jaundice, and Whites, if boiled in Water and fweetened. It is excellent to flop the Spreading of Tetters, Runnings, Sores, Ringworms, and Scabs. In thefe, Hedtics, and Peripneumonies, I have often feen its wonderful Effedls. S terms Pa* vonis ( 169 ) •Oonis is no greater a Specific in a Vertigo; or Juices of Rue, Valerian, and Mifletoe in a recent Epi- lepfy ; or half a Dram of Powder of Marum Syriac. in Juice of Ground-ivy fnuffed up the Nofe for an obflinate Head-ach ; or a ftrong Bathe of Ants and their Eggs, in a Paraplegia; or a Gargle of Wood- fage Juice in Lofs of Speech ; than Lichen terrejiris Ciner. cum pulv . Piper, ana P. PE. is to prevent an Hydrophobia. 180. Loose-strife or Willow Herb ( Lyfimachia ) Hops Bleeding at the Mouth, Nofe, or of Wounds. The Juice, drop’d in, quickly heals them up. Its Deco&ion, drank and given in Clyflers, flops Fluxes of the Belly and Uterus. It cures Sores in the Mouth or fecret Parts Dried and burnt in a Room, it banifhes Flies and Gnats. The diflill’d Water of the Purple-fpiked, efpecially, is a moft effedtual prefent Remedy for Hurts, Blows, or Pricks in the Eyes, which it alfo clears from Dull or any riling fallen into them. Make an Ointment of it. May Butter, Wax, and Sugar, it fpeedily heals all frefli Wounds. Wafhing with its Water, and Applying the Leaves after, cleanfes foul Ulcers, and flops Jnhammations. The Water drank and gargled is good for a Quinfy and King’s-evil in the Neck ; or ufed warm in a Wafh it takes off frefh Marks of the Small Pox ; and drank, quenches Thirfl. Boil’d with Honey it is good in Ulcers of the Lungs, Bloody Flux, and Whites, fays Tragus. Mathiolus advifes it in Children’s Ruptures. 1 8 1 • Lovage ( Levifticum ) is Alexipharmac, Diuretic, and Vulnerary; (Lengthens the Stomach, helps an Aflhma, expels Menfes , Lochia , and Secundine. The ( I7° ) The powdered Seed brings away the dead Child, refolves tough Phlegm, and eafes Pains therefrom. It opens Obdrudtions of Liver and Spleen, and cures the Jaundice. It is ufed outwardly in Uterine Bathes, Fomentations, Poultifes, Ointments, and Plaiflers for Wounds and Ulcers. It comes fo near Angelica and Mafter-wort , that what is faid of one may ferve for another. It helps Digedion, and expels Wind and Flatulency. Half a Dram of the Seed provokes Menfes or Sweat. Its Powder is reckoned a Specific to expel the retain’d After-birth, given in white Wine. It being exceeding Heating, and Digeding, eafes windy Gripes, or Pains in the Stomach or Bowels ; therefore fome ufe it in- {lead of Pepper. The Root is good againft the Bite of Venomous Bealls •, and for a Dillenfion of the Belly, from the Menfes dop’d or ceafing; or in a Beginning Dropfy from Flatufes and Crudities, and in a Stoppage of Urine, whether ufed in Drink, Poultifes, or Epithems. 182. Lung - wort ( Pulmonaria ) or Sage of Jerufa - km tades fait and clammy, and is modly ufed in Dif- eafes of the Lungs, in Spitting of Blood and puru- lent Matter, and the Spittle fait. It is alfo reckon- ed a Cordial. Outwardly, it is a Vulnerary, cures Wounds, and is allied to Ccmfry , as a Vulnerary ; and to the great Daify\ as a Pulmonary. An ufeful Syrup may be made of it. 183. Madder ( Rubia 'Tinftorum) is ufed in Vulnerary Drinks •, it like Rhubarb , both loofens and binds ; from the former it is ufed for the Jaundice, Dropfy, Obdrudtions of Urine, and coagulated Blood. On the ( *7* ) the latter Account it is ufed in Excefles of the Menfes , Hemorrhoids and Bloody Fluxes. All Dyers Plants, contain very fine Parts, fit to penetrate and open Obflrudlions *, mod: of them provoke Urine and Menfes, and are good for Liver, Spleen, and Jaun- dice. A rough Tafle in Plants denotes their A- flringency. Its Decodlion is good in the Palfy, Sciatica, Abortion, Bruifes, Blows, Falls, (Ac. The Root is chiedy ufed both inwardly and outwardly, as in Confco.fions with Blacknefs and Bluenefs. Its Seed, taken with Vinegar and Honey, is good in Swellings and Hardnefs of the Spleen. In a Stoppage of the Menfes, a hot Decoflion of the Leaves is good to lit over. The Leaves and Roots, beaten and applied, take offiDifcolourings of the Skin, as Frec- kles, Morphew, Spots, Scurf, (3c. The Root, with the Oil of Turpentine, makes a good Balfam for a Cough, in weak, fluffed, phlegmatic Lungs. 184. Maiden-hair ( Adicntum) boiled in Wine or Mead and drank regularly for fome Days, cures Obflruflions of the Liver, expels the King’s-evil, clears Diforders of the Lungs, is good for Difficul- ty of Breathing, expels Melancholy by Urine, foft- ens hard Tumours of the Spleen, and promotes the Menfes. The Decodlion, Syrup, Conferve, or Powder of the Herb, check Fluxes of the Belly, and cool Inflammations of the Liver. Its Decoc- tion hinders Falling off of the Flair, and is good in the St. ne, and Making Urine by Drops. The dried Herb is beft, for ufed green it is Laxative and brings away Choler and Phlegm ; eafes the Stomach, Liver, and Lungs ; purifies tile Blood and gives a good Colour ; and expels Humours that breed Obftrudlions in the Liver and Spleen. A Pecpction of the Herb, in Oil of Camomile, dif- foives ( r72 ) folves Kernels, lefiens Swellings, and dries up moift Sores. A Lee made of it cleanfes the Head from Scurf, hinders Falling off of the Hair, and makes it grow thick and fair. t85. White Maiden-hair, or Wall Rue, is of the fame Nature as the other, good in a Cough, Afthma, Pleurify, Jaundice, and obftructea Spleen. It provokes Urine, and expels Sand, Gravel, and Stone. The Powder, taken forty Days together, helps Children’s Ruptures. It is the Soldier’s Pa- nacea in the Scurvy. It is green all Winter, infufed in Beer, and drank daily, Boyle fays it difiolves King’s-evil Swellings. A Powder of it, and Couch-grafs , Maiden-hair , and a fourth Part of Dcg-grafs Roots mixt up into an Eledluary with Syrup of the five opening Roots, Dr. Bowie fays is an excellent Remedy for the Rickets. As is a Con- ferve of the tender Buds of Spleen-wort •, or of the Buds of Afparagus \ or three Ounces of powdered Ofmund-royal Roots, white Sugar an Ounce and an half, mixt, and two or three Drams of it given daily, in all the Child’s Meat ; or a Conferve of its Buds, or of Fern Buds *, are all moll powerful, and Specific Remedies in the Rickets. As is a De- codticn of Agrimony , drank thrice a Day, for Ulcers of the Kidnies •, or a Decodtion of Calamint , in white cr Rhev. Jh Wine •, or their common Drink *, a De- coction of the whole Strawberry Plant, in Water, ftrain’d and fweetened ; or the like Decodtion of Tops of St. John's-wort, drank to half a Pint a Day ; or half a Pint of a Decoction of Plantain , in Water, drank Evening and Morning for a Week •, are. all good for Ulcers in the Kidnies. For mm 5 publifh’d a whole Book on Maiden-hair in 1644, wherein he makes it a general Remedy. 180 Mal- ( *73 ) 1 86. Mallows, Alc^Ea, Aeutilon, Ketmia, &c. are all different Sorts of Mallows, whole Virtues fee briefly under Althaea, A Decoftion of Mallow tender Buds, or of Milk-wort, or of Mercury, all loofen the Belly ; four Ounces of any of their De- co&ions, and an Ounce and an half of Syrup of Violets taken, cure a Dyfury , or Pain of making Water with Heat •, for which a Conferve of Mal- low Flowers is good > or a Syrup of their Juice, or of Bramble Juice *, or a Decodrion of Turneps ; or Willow, or Lime-tree Allies *, or Juice of Ground- ivy with Powder of Althaa. •lR7- Marjoram wild ( Origanum) opens and cleanfes ; it is chiefly ufed in Obftru&ions- of the Lungs, Li- ver, and Wombs of grofs, phlegmatic Habits; for a Cough, Afthma, or Jaundice ; it increafei Milk * and, ufed before Bathing, it purges off* L chorous Humours by Sweat. But it is more ufed outwardly in Bathes for the Womb, Head, and whole Body, againft Itch or Scab. The Herb is Biting, Aromatic, and Detergent ; abounds with a Volatile aromatic, oily Sait. It is a Diuretic, and Diaphoretic Plant, good to caufe Spitting, and car- ries off grofs Humours. It is beft ufed in Tea for an Afthma, Cough, and an Indigeftion, or a Ner- vous Pleurify. Wafhes of its Deco&ion, ufed to the Feet, are good in Vapours, Green Sicknefs, and Palfy. The dried Herb, wrap’d up warm in a Cloth, and laid to the Head and Neck, is good for a Crick in the Neck. The Heads and Flowers, ta- ken in Wine, are ufeful againftthe Biting of Venom- ous Beafts. Its Decodtion drank with a few Cloves, and Sugar, gives great Relief in a Hiccup. A thin z Electuary ( i74 ) Electuary of its Powder, with Salt-petre and Ho- ney, makes the Teeth, often rubb’d with it, whiter, and fader. Its Oil is excefhvely hot, but, mixt with milder Oils, it may be made a fine Warmer and Strengthencr of the Nerves. — The wild Marjo- ram is the hotted, and pot Majoram the milded of the Clafs. All of them have the fame Virtues, but in diderent Degrees according to their Heat. Their Oil is ufed in Poultifes and Ointments for cold Swellings, Laxnefs, Weaknefs, Pains, Numbnefs, and Stiffnefs, &c. from Cold ; and in Bathes and Fomentations for the fame Intentions. 1 88. Sweet Marjoram ( Majorana ) is of fubtil fmall Parts *, of an aromatic, lively, and quick Tade and Smell ; warms, dries, attenuates, and digeds. Taken in any Form it relieves the cold Didempers of the Head and Brain. The powdered Herb is a Sternutatory, brings away much Phlegm, and drengthens the Brain. The Juice of the Leaf, fnuffed up the Nofe, does the fame. It is good in Diforders of the Bread, drengthens the Stomach, and relieves the difordered Liver and Spleen. It is proper in Difeafes of the Womb and expels Wind. Taken in Drink, it provokes Urine and fends off watery Humours. If chew’d, or laid to the Tooth, it eafes the Tooth-ach. A Handful of it and half a Dram of white Hellebore boil’d in fix Ounces of Water to four, drain’d, and the Decodion fnuffed up the Nofe, from the Hollow of the Hand (the Mouth being full of Water J often, is an excel- lent Errhine in a violent, but not mild Head-ach. A Decodtion of the fimple Herb may be ufed the fame Way for a Catarrh, but drawn much higher up the Nofe, by having the Mouth full of Water, ( *75 ) and (lopping one Nodril, while it is (huffed up the other. A Decodlion of this, with Pellitory of Spain , and Long Pepper, ufed in a Gargle, recovers lod Speech, Its Oil (Lengthens, and warms the Nerves much. The Herb is ufed in odoriferous Waters, Powders, &V. for Ointments, and Plea- fure. Pot Majoram being milder, and not fo bit- ter, is fcarce ufed in Phyfic, but chiefly in the Kit- chen to relifh Meat, help cold Stomachs, and ex- pel Wind. Maudlin. ( Ageratum ) See Coftmary , or Ale- toft , their Virtues being alike ; as are thofe of "Chervil and fweet Cicely. It provokes Urine. Its Deco£lion cures the Bite of Spiders. It expels Men- fes and Lochia. Boil’d with Honey, and eaten, it is good in Confumptions, and cleanfes the Bread from thick Phlegm and Humours. Its Decoftion in Wine, drank twice or thrice a Day, preferves from the Plague ; for which Difeafe and the Failing Sicknefs, there was formerly an Extract of the Herb kept in the Shops. Its Root may be ufed againd Contagion, indead of the Carline Root. The whole Plant is good in a Cachexy and Adhma. The Decocdion purges the Blood ; it is Diuretic, diffolves tough and thick Matter in the Urinary Paffages. The Juice is good for Bruifes. A Poul- tife of it boil’d in Butter Milk is the chief Ripener. The powdered Herb, given often, cures Piffing the Bed. 190. Marygold ( Calendula ;) Flowers are Cordial, Cephalic, Alexipharmac, provoke Sweat, expel MeaQes, and Birth. The Water drop’d into the Eyes, or Cloths dip’d in it, and laid on, cure their ( 176 ) their Rednefs and Inflammations. A Deco&ion of the Flowers, ufed in Poffet Drink, has been long taken as a fafe Expulfive in the Mealies and Small Pox. The cut Flowers, eaten in aSallad with Oil and Vinegar, are an Antidote againd the Plague *, and, for Cure, an Ounce or two of the Juice of the Flowers drank falling, and Sweat after it, this pow- erfully expels the Poifon of the Plague. Their. Conferve is alfo excellent in this Cafe, or their VP negar ufed to the Wrills, Temples, and Nodrils. The Juice of thefe Flowers, or of Celandine, rubb’d often on Warts certainly cures them. The Leaves in a Bathe haden die Birth. The following was an ingenious Gentleman’s Method in the Want of Ex- pulfives of Small Pox and Meafles : Take Claret and Vinegar of each four Ounces •, Ale and Milk of each half a Pound *, make a Poffet, and to the clear Whig, or Whey, add Mary gold Flowers a Dram ; (more if green) Butterbur Root one Ounce •, Grains of Kermes, two Drams ; Cochineal, a Scruple ; Saffron, half a Scruple ; boil all an Hour in a clofe Velfel, drain ; Dofe from one to three Ounces thrice a Day •, boil the drain’d out Ingredients in their common Drink and give. It proved mod fuc- cefsful. The green tender Herb loofens the Belly, the dry binds it. The bruifed Leaves, or Cole-wort Juice, put upthcNofe, are good Errhines. . Master-wort {ImperatGrid) . Root has 3 very hotTade; it is opening and thinning, prevents Poifon, and provokes Sweat ; it wonderfully difcuffes Flatufes of the Bowels, and Uterus \ hence its nota- ble Service in flatulent Cholics, in which Hoffman calls it a divine Remedy, beyond Angelica , and Zf- doary. Its chief Ufes are in contagious, malignant Difeafes, the Bites of venomous Creatures, in. re- folving ( 1 77 ) folving and expedtorating the thick Phlegm of the Lungs, in corredling a {linking Breath, in phlegma- tic Difeafes of the Plead, as Palfy, Apoplexy, Le- thargy, &c. in Crudities of the Stomach, Cholic, and Quartan Ague, by taking half a Spoonful of the Powder in Wine, before the Fit comes on *, go to Bed, and repeat it before each Fit, for feveral Times. Hoffman fays, in Dropfies, Quartans, and all long Fevers, it has not a Fellow. Either a Gar- gle made of it, or a Piece of the Root, put into, or between the Teeth, cures the Tooth-ach, by draw- ing out Plenty of fharp Rheum. Its Fumigation is good in Catarrhs, Tumours, and Nephritics. As it refembles, fo it comes very near Angelica in Vir- tues, but is ftronger. Its Lotion is good for the Scab of the Head, for inveterate Tetters (being firft anointed with Lard ) and drawing forth extrane- ous Things out of Wounds. Its Powder and De- codlion cure the Cramp, and all Difeafes of the Nerves, from cold Caufes. They alfo cure the Cho- lic, Afthma, and Hyfterics, from that Origin. From the Warmth and Subtilty of its Parts, it pe- netrates notably, and cleanfes, and is a mod pow- erful fearching Remedy ; hence it cures cold Sto- machs and Bowels, haftens the Menfes , and pro- motes Fruitfulnefs. Its Decodtion in Wine, drank Morning and Evening, is good againft all cold Rheums, Diilillations on the Lungs, and Shortnefs Of Breath. It provokes Urine, expels Gravel, Sand, and dead Fxtus \ and is good for Vapours. The Decodtion of the Root in Wine revives the almolt extindt Inclination and Ability to Venery ; but Galen contradidts Fragus in this. What grows wild in hot Countries, contains more Salt and Oil, than what is produced in our Gardens. It has alfo much the fame Virtues as Lev age, but flronger •, it barns the Mouth like Fire. A Tea of the Root is t . N ProPer ( -T?8 ) proper for cold, phlegmatic Conftitutions. Its dif- rill’d Water, Conferve, and Spirit, are all good. The frefh Roots diced, and hung about the Neck, are good in a Quinfy. The Water or Spirit, diop’d into green Wounds, or rotten Ulcers, though fpreading, and tending to a Gangrene, heals them up. It ihould always be in Fomentations for Mor- tifications. 192. Meadow-sweet ( Vlmaria ) is a Sudorific, and Alexipharmac, good in all Kinds of Fluxes, Loofeneffes, Bloody Flux, Excefs of the Menfes , and Spitting of Blood. It refills the Plague, Pefti- lential. Malignant, and Contagious Difeafes. An Infufion of the Leaves, in Wine or Ale, gives, them a moil grateful Smell and Tafte like Burnet . The Flowers have a pleafant Smell, revive the Heart, put into Mead, and give it the Flavour of Malva- tic Wine. Sim. Pauli fays, he faw a mortal like Wound in the Bladder of a Maid, and another al- mod incurable Fradture of the Arm, cured by this Herb. It is therefore juftly elleemed a Vulnerary, and fuch as IVurtz preferred to all other Vulnerary Plants whatever, for fradlured Bones. It is faid to. alter and take away the Fits of Quartans, and to chear the Heart. Boil’d in Wine it relieves them that are troubled with the Cholic. Its Decodlion drank warm with a little Honey opens the Belly. The Infufion or Decodtion of the Root in Wine, drank, cures excefiive Menfes , Purging or Spitting of Blood, if daily drank for fome Time *, and this fhould always be obferved in the Ufe of all aftrin- gent, vulnerary, diaphoretic, and alexipharmac 1 Ierbs, that we expedt Benefit from. Tauvry fays, * a Dram of the Extradl of the Root taken, and re- peated feveral Times, is good in malignant Fevers*, and { 1 79 ) and its Decodtion is better than that of Scorzcnera . It is good for the Botts in Horfes. Applied out- wardly, it heals old Ulcers, though Cancerous, Eat- ing, or Fidulous ; and Sores of the Mouth or privy Parts, if ufed in Gargle or Lotion. Its Water is good for Heats or Inflammations of the Eyes. l93- Medlars ( Mefpilus ) anfwer the Purpofes of Service Betries, againft Vomiting, Dyfentery, and all other Fluxes. If the Mouth and Throat be wafhed with the Decodtion of the unripe Fruit, it hinders Defluxions on the Jaws, Teeth, and Gums. Green Medlars , eaten freely, have cured many of Fluxes, fays Forejhts , when all other things have failed. They and Quinces are Specifics in Epi- demic Fluxes, but Rhubarb, or a Vomit, fhould al- ways be fird ufed. 194. Melilot or King’s Clover ( Melilolus )) gently refolves, digeds, foftens, and eafes Pain *, it is therefore ufed in digeding, and refolving Planters, Poultifes, £s ?c. Two Handfuls of this, one of Beto- ny, two of Pellitory boiled in Water and {trained, make a noble Fomentation for the Bread in a Pleu- rify ; it may be repeated. A Ptifan of it and Ca- momile, drank, is good in Inflammations of the lower Belly, Cholic, Retenfion of Urine, Rheu- matifm, or wherever it is neceffary to facilitate the Courfe of the Humours by Lenifying. Melilot is ufed in Carminative and Emollient Ciyders, leni- ent and refolving Poultifes. If for the former, the Flowers of it and Camomile boil’d in Tripe Broth, drain’d, and a little Oil of Anife, or Cummin may be added, and injedted : For the latter take two Roots of white Lillies, a Handful of Hemlock and N % Henbane ( 180 ) Henbane Leaves, and three Pugils of Melilot Tops ; boil all in Water to a Confidence, put a lit- tle Oil of Tartar to it, mix and apply. The Juice or the Infufion of the Flowers, in boiling Water, with a little drain’d, camphorated Spirits of Wine, abates the Inflammation of the Eyes. The Herb confids of fubtil Parts •, which makes its Plaiders proper after Bliders to prevent Mortification. No- thing exceeds a Fomentation of its Decodtion with Fcenugreek Seed in after Pains, which threaten an Inflammation of the Uterus *, and indeed it is a Specific in all Inflammations of the privy Parts of both Sexes. And in Inflammations, or Swellings of the Uterus , Reins, or Hypochondries ; What out- ward Application can equal, far lefs exceed that excellent Plaider communicated by Sim. Pauli from Jacob Fabricius ? Which is this : T ake Melilot ten Ounces ; Camomile eight Ounces ; Althsea Root, and Foenugreek Seed, of each fix Ounces ; of white crude Tartar, three Ounces ; dry Figs, twenty Ounces ; Spring Water, twenty-four Pints ; infufed twenty- four Hours, in a clofe earthen Vef- fel ; then drain, and boil up to the Confidence of an Extract : Take of this Extradh twelve Ounces ; Wax, and Sheep’s Suet, four Ounces ; purified Gum Ammoniac, three Ounces ; Turpentine, two. Drams ; Oil of Bay, fix Drams ; exprefs’d Oil of Nutmeg, three Drams •, Oil of Carraway Seed, and of its didill’d Spirit, each two Ounces ; fine Powder of Melilot Flowers, Zedoary, blefled Thiftle, Roots of Iris Florentine, each one Ounce; mix, and make a Plaider. But, for a Pleurify, he recommended the following Fomentation : Take Melilot, Pellitory of the Wall, or true PellitOry, each two Handfuls ; Betony, a Handful ; Marlh- mallows, a Handful and an half ; Camomile Flow- ers half a Handful ; mix, boil in Water, and ufe ( i8i ) r® the Breaft. He advifes that, wherever we meet with Melilot and Fcenugreek abfolutely, in Au- thors, cnly their Seeds are underftood. A Fomen- tation of a Decoction of Melilot, Agrimony, and Camomile, is belt for tiie Anus inflamed, except it is from fome fliarp things applied to it, then ufe a Fomentation of new Milk. For the Legs inflamed, a Fomentation of Melilot may be ufed ; but the Leaves of Elder, warmed in a Frying-Pan till they begin to fweat, then applied like a Poultife ; cr a Poultife of Oats, boiled in ftrong Wine and laid on-, or the warm Juice of Plantain, rubb’d on, are much better, fays Stocker us : Who fays, that, for Ulcers on the Legs, Powder of burnt Horfe Ra- difli Root, fprinkled on, cleanfes and heals the moilt Sort. As Etmuller extols, as a Specific, a Deco&ion of Self-heal, with Salt Prunella, ufed for a Gargle in Inflammations of the Tonfils ; for whofe Ulcers, Grulingus commends the Gargle of boil’d Vervain often ufed : Who alfo orders a Poultife of Dwarf Elder, and Rue Leaves, to be applied to inflamed Tefticles. 195- English Mercury, good Henry, or all good. {Bonus Henricus , Lapathum unBuofum) The Root is drying and cleanfing, the Herb molli- fying and loofening, inwardly. Sim. Pauli fays, it makes an excellent Difcuflive, Digeftive, and Anodyne Poultife for Gouty Pains, thus : Take of the frefli Leaf without the Flowers, five Handfuls j dried Flowers of Elder and Camomile, of each two Handfuls ; boil to a Mucilage in Elder Water, then mix Powder of Gum Caranna, and Camphire, of each half an Ounce i make a Poultife and apply. The Leaf, laid on Wounds or Sores, cleanfes their foulnefs, heals and clofes them up wonderfully. N 3 19 6. French ( i8z ) 196. French Mercury, Male and Female. (Mercttrialis Mas et Fcsmina ) Their Leaves and Juice are taken in Broth, or drank with a little Sugar to purge Choler and watery Humours. Hippocrates extols them in Women’s Difeafes. Applied to the privy Parts, he fays, they eafe Hyfteric Pains. Its Decodffion, drank, expels Menfes and Afterbirth * a Stove or Fomentation of them does the fame. He applied the Leaves outwardly for Difeafes of the Reins and Bladder, and for fore and watery Eyes ; and for Deafnefs, and Pains of the Ears, by drop- ping its Juice into them, and then Bathing them with white Wine. The Leaves, boiled in Chicken Broth, are good again ft hot Fits of the Ague. They cleanfe the Breaft and Lungs from Phlegm, but offend the Stomach. The Juice fnuffed up the Nofe purges the Head of Rheum. A Glafs of the diftill’d Water, drank faffing with a little Sugar, purges vifcous and melancholy Humours. The Leaves or Juice, often rubbed on Warts, take them away. The Juice, mixt with Vinegar, helps all Running Sores, Tetters, Itch, &c. Applied in a Poultife, it digefts and fpends the Humours, and eafes the Inflammation. Given in a Clyfter it clean- fes the Guts, as well as a Decoction of Senna. Seeds of Male and Female Mercury, boiled with Worm- wood, cure the yellow Jaundice fpeedily, fays Mathiolus. Superfluous People formerly believed, that, if breeding Women ufed the Herb inwardly or outwardly for three Days together, after Concep- tion, and the Menfes flayed, they fhould bring forth Children Male or Female, as was the Sort of Mer- cury ufed. Dog Mercury is feldom ufed, but an- fwers the fame Purpofes as the French. 1 197. Wood ( 1*3 ) *97- Wood Mercury, or Doc Mercury (Cynsr crambe ) is more Purgative, and often vomits. I have heard of a Dofe of it taken, that caufed a Su- perpurgation and Death ; and others have ufed it with very good Succefs. Horftius commends the following Clyfter in the Stone, Cholic, and Hypo- chondriac Melancholy : Take Mercury, Althaea, Agrimony, and Betony, of each two Handfuls ; Pen- nyroyal, Marjoram, Bayberries, of each a Handful ; Senna, oneOunce; Camomile Flowers, half a Hand- ful ; boil to a Pound and {train ; add common Oil, three Ounces; Salt, a Dram or two ; mix and itijed. The Mercuries are rarely ufed inwardly, but only externally. It and Beet Roots, boiled in Broth, loofen the Belly, if eaten an Hour before Dinner. 198. Millefoil or Yarrow (. Millefolium ) being very Aftringents, Hop Blood and Fluxes from any Part, as from Wounds, Nofe, Mouth, Stool, Uterus , or by Urine or Piles. It is alfo good in Vomiting, Retention of Urine, Stone, Gravel, Whites, &c. Applied outwardly, it is good in the Head-ach, in the Cure of Wounds, Piles, Rup- tures. Tumours of the Yard, &c. It is fo great a Diuretic, that it caufes Bloody Urine ; and its Leaf or Juice, put up the Nofe, make it bleed. It is the rough, harfh Millefoil, that is the Aftringent ; and the bitter, fays Hoffman , that is the Aperient, which opens Obftrudlions, and diffolves. It expels Urine, and kills Worms. Its Decodtion, drank, prevents Abortion. Its Juice clears the Rednefs and Bloodinefs of the Eyes. A Draught of the Decodtion before the Ague Fit* three or four times, cures it, and helps Incontinence of Urine. The N 4 Juice, ( 1 8+ ) Juice, drank in Goats Milk, cures the Whites. The Powder of the dried Herb and Flowers cures Bloody Urine. A Bag of the Herb, worn on the Stomach, is vouched to cure Agues. Its Root, chew’d in the Mouth, cures the Tooth-ach. It is fo eminent a Vulnerary, that Hollerius tells of a Kuftic who had his Nofe almoft cut off, he had the loofe hanging down Part quickly put lip, joined to the other, and, with the Herb bruifed in a little black Wine •, he bound it clumfily on, the Blood was quickly Hop’d, and the Wound cured with a pretty Scar. The bruifed Herb, with a little Cobweb, fpeedily cures Wounds. J99* Mint, SpearMint, Garden Mint, and Mints. ( Mentha ) Its Infufion or Decoction is greatly ufed in Weaknefs, and Crudity of the Sto- mach, Heavings or Vomitings, Pliccup, Windi- nefs and burning Heats, if>c. in Obftrudlions of the Liver, Griping of the Guts, and Swimming of the Head. It cures Excefs of Menfes , and Fluor albns . It cafes Children’s Gripes, ftrengthens the Brain and Memory, and checks immoderate Venereal Defires ; reftores a loft Appetite and Digeftion ; it warms and promotes Perfpiration much ; for all which its Tea, Infufion, Decoftion, diftill’d Wa- ter or Powder, are chiefly ufed. Applied out- wardly it takes away the Hardnefs of the Breafts, Curdling of the Milk, and cures Head-achs. The Leaves, -fteep’d in Milk, hinder its Curdling for Cheefe. It hinders the Curdling on the Stomachs of Infants, tender, lick, and weak Perfons. Two Ounces of the Water, drank and repeated as often as is neceffary, or as much of the Tea of dried Mint, often flop the fevereft Vomitings; for •which it is the next Succedaneum to Riverius\ Salt ( i^5 ) Salt Mixture, and Opiates, which very rarely fail. For Lofs of Appetite and Loathing, an Elixir of Mint, with its own Spirit by Infufion with a little Sugar, is a good Remedy. Borellus gives it as a Secret that if Women, reputed barren, will, as foon as their Menfes are over, apply a Cake made of wild Horfe Mint to their privy Parts, in the Form of a Crown, prefen tly before Coition with their Flusbands, and keep eafy both in Body and Mind, they will foon conceive. APoultife of Mint, Rue, and Carraway Seeds, boiled in Vinegar, diffolves coagu- lated Milk in the Breafls. Black or red Water Mint, in Tea, or its Infufion in Beer or Wine, &c. is flronger and more Stomachic than Spear Mint ; therefore preferr’d by fuch whofe Stomachs can bear it. But Pepper Mint Water has a far more agreeable Smell, and pleafanter Tafle 3 it is now in great Repute in private Families •, it is an excellent Dram, and up- braids not the Drinker •, it is hot in the Mouth, and warms the Stomach *, but, in two or three Minutes after it is drank, the Mouth feels cold, hath little Tafle of Mint, and feels as it were glazed over with Oil. Its diflill’d Water, if clear and fine, is fo much worfe, having its Oil feparated from it ; but that, which is whitifh and muddy, has the Oil mixt with it. It is an admirable Water againfl Surfeits, in Digeflion, Flatulency, Belchings, Loathing, Palling of the Stomach, Gripes and, Cholic, &c. Juice of Spear Mint, taken with Vinegar, flays Bleeding •, it kills Worms, even the round Sort, fays Diof cor ides. In a Poultife with Barley -meal, it diffolves Impoflhumes. The Juice with Mead eafes Pains in the Ears. Its Decoc- tion ufed for a Wafh cures Eruptions on the Skin, yea Ulcers on Children’s Fleads, and heals Chaps in the Anus. It is good againfl Poifon of venom- ous Creatures. 200. Cala- ( «*6) 200. Ca la-mint ( Calamintha ) whofe Leaf (for the Boot is never ufed) confifls of very fubtil, volatile Parts *, it is more hot and pungent than Mint. It is chiefly ufed for the Stomach and Uterus. It pro- vokes Urine and Menfes , opens Obflrudiions of the .Liver, and is good in a Cough *, and whether it be infufed in Wine, or its Powder drank in Wine, it difeufies Flatufes. Some ufe it for Shortnefs of Breath, bilious Gripes in the Belly and Stomach, and for the yellow Jaundice : Taken in Wine it itays Vomiting ; or with Honey and Salt, drank in Whey, kills Worms in the Belly. A Poultife of the Herb, or Juice applied, cures the Leprofy. A Pefifary of it brings down the Menfes. A Decodtion of the green Herb in Wine, the Liquor ufed in a Fomentation, and the boil’d Herb applied in a Poultife, cures black and blue Marks of the Skin and Face. Its Decodtion drank, and a Poultife of the frefh Herb, applied daily for fome Time,, cures the Sciatica. Its Juice? drop’d into the Ears, kills Worms there. Its Decodtion in Wine, drank, pro- vokes Sweat, and opens Obftrudtions of the Liver and Spleen. After the Body has been duly purged, the Ufe of this Herb cures Tertians. Its Decodlion, drank with Sugar, helps the Overflowing of the Gall, old Coughs, Shortnefs of Breath, Hardnefs of the Spleen, or cold Diforders of the Bowels *, for which Diforders, its Infufion, Syrup,' Decodtion, or Juice, are good. The low Cala-mint is very Opening, Cleanfing, and Vulnerary ; it expels Urine and Gravel ; it is bed: taken in Broth and powdered Sugar, or in its own diftilPd Water. It is taken in Broth and Ptifans by Confumptive Peo- ple, and fuch as make purulent Urine ; it heals Ulcers. It is ufed in Extract, Syrup, Conferve, ( i87 ) &c. Cala-mint, Lady’s Mantle, or Agrimony boiled in red Wine, or their Powders drank in red Wine, are good in a Diabetes. Cala-mint is alfo good for the Cramp, for which Parkinfon com- mends a Deco£tion of frefh or dried Roots of Ele-? campane in Spring W ater, to foment the Parts •, or Verjuice rubbed warm on the Parts. Boyle recom- mends Tops of Rofemary. 201. Cat-mint ( Nepeta ) is aromatic, acrid, bitter, hot, and dry ; contains fmall and fubtil Parts ; thins and opens. It is chiefly ufed in Difeafes of the Uterus , as obftrufted Menfes , Barrennefs, Cutting thick Phlegm in the Lungs, &c. It is moflly drank in Tea, or infufed in Wine. Its Root chewed, Hoffman fays, makes mild Men fierce. Cats will ^leftroy it, if not well fenced with Thorns. 202. Misletoe (Vifcum) is reckoned a Specific in the Falling Sick n'efe, Apoplexy, and Vertigo, either in Powder, Deco&ion, or hung about the Neck as an Amulet. That of the Oak, from theSuperfti- tion of the Druids , has been moft eiteemed ; others prefer that of the Halle. Dr. Bowie fays, the Powder taken feveral times in Carduus, and Poppy Water, is a fecret in Pleurifies. Some give it for Worms, others for Quartans. The Powder or Juice of its Berries, (trained into Oil, and drank, gives prefent Relief in fevere Stitches. There is a Birdlime made of it, which made into a Plailter with Rofin and a little Wax ripens Swellings in the Groin, hard Tumours behind the Ears, or other hard Impoft- humes. With Frankincenfe it foftens old Ulcers and Impolthumes. Sir John Coiebatch wrote a Treatife on its Ufefulnefs in the Epilepfy. 203. Money* ( ) Money-wort, or Kerp. Two-pence (Niimmu- laria) is drying and aftringent, a chief Vulnerary. The Leaves and Flowers, bruifed and laid on Wounds or Ulcers of any Sort, cure them ; or, taken in Wine, it cures Bloody Fluxes, Weaknefs of the Stomach and Belly, Rheums and Humidity, exceffive Menfes, all internal Wounds and Ulcers, efpecially of the Lungs. It is a good Antifcorbutic ; but taken in. Powder, and ufed outwardly in Oint- ment, it is chiefly intended for Children’s Rup- tures. 204. Moon-wort the greater (Lunar i a Major) es- pecially the Seeds, are acrid and bitter. The Roots are ufed in Sallads. It warms moderately, cleanfes, and is Diuretic. The powdered Seed given in Lime-foer, or black Cherry Waters, is good in the Epilepfy. The Leaves, with Sanicle, make a good Ointment for Wounds. Moon-wort , with a Stockgiily FLwer Leaf, \ and a large cblcng Pod , is Di~ cfccr ides' Mad-wort \ which taken in Wine, Broth, Meat, or any other Way, cures the Poifon of the Bite of a Mad Dog. The Poultife is alfo ufeful in other Cafes, where Drying, Digefling, and Clean- ling are required, and thereby clears the Skin from Spots and Difcolouring. Taken in Drink it cures the Hiccup, if not from an Ague. It is alfo good for Wounds, diffolves coagulated Blood, cleanfes and heals old filthy Ulcers, and creeping Can- htrS. 1 I 20- Me o?v-wort ( Lunaria Minor; ia more c jpiing a.ici drying than Adder5 s-tongue ^ therefore more ( i89 ) more Vulnerary, both inwardly and outwardly. A Decodtion of the Leaves in red Wine, drank, flops Women’s Courfes, Whites, Bleeding, Vomiting, and Loofenefs *, cures Bruifes, Hurts, Falls, bro- ken or diflocated Bones, Sprains, and Ruptures. But it is moftly edeemed and ufed for I animents. Oils, Balfams, and Salves, to heal inward or out- ward green Wounds. 206. Mother-wort {Cardiac ci) provokes Urine and Menfes , cleanfes the Bread fiom cold Phlegm ©ppreffing it ; kills Worms in the Belly, warms and dries up cold Humours ; digefls and difcufTes fuch as are fettled in any Part •, cures Cramps and Convulfions. Its Tea, Decodtion, or Powder, are mod beneficial in Palpitation of the Heart, Spleen, Hyderics, and Hypo ; for, in Difeafes of the Heart and Hypo, it is of great Efficacy ^ it warms, dries, thins, and difcufTes. A Spoonful of the Powder, drank in Wine, wonderfully helps Women in La- bour, or in Suffocations of the Womb. 207. Mouse- ear {Pilofella) is rather too .Adringent apd Drying •, it cures Wounds, and caufes Sneez- ing. It is added to vulnerary Decoctions, Drinks, Plaiders, and Ointments. It is faid to be mod powerful againd the Stone. After proper Evacua- tion it is excellent againd the Bloody Flux, or Loofeneffes of the Belly or Uterus. It days bilious Vomitings, and cures Children’s Ruptures. Some ufe it for a beginning Jaundice or Dropfy. The Powder blown into the JNofe dops its Bleeding. Lemery fays its Root is good in a Fifiula Lacry - mails. Baubinus fays, a Conferve of the large flow- er’d hairy Field Moufe-ear is good in the Falling bickncfs j ( igo ) Sicknefs *, and that the outward Application of its Leaves is good in a Palfy. 208. Mug-wort {Artemi fid) fays i Tourncfort , be- fides federal acid Liquors, affords fome volatile, concrete, and very lixivial fix’d Salts, with much Sulphur and Earth, Schroder calls it Uterine ; it expels MenfeSy Birth, and After-birth, and cleanfes off Filth, whether ufed inwardly or outwardly in Bath, Fumes, or Lotions. Its Decodtion with Sugar and Honey eafes a Cough, and waftes th& Stone. Three Drams of the Powder drank in Wine, fays Parkinfon , is an excellent Remedy in the Sciatica ; efpecially if a little Gum Guajac, Cam- phire, and Snake Root, be added to the Powder, and the following Liniment ufed outwardly, every Morning at the fame Time : Take bruifed Ants Eggs, half an Ounce •, Caftile Soap, an Ounce and a half ; bed Brandy, fix Ounces ; pound the firft two well together in a Mortar •, then mix with the Brandy over a Chafing-difli of Coals, and make a Liniment •, Camphire and Opium may be added. I know of no outward Application, near fo effec- tual. It has cured thofe that have been fome Years Bed-rid, and under the mod didradting Pains, and their Thighs and Legs emaciated ; and why may it not be as fuccefsful in other Arthritic Pains, if tried J for a Month ? * A large Dofe of Mug- wort, or its Juice, * For Sciatic Pains; Two or three Drams of powdered Mug-wort given in Wine. A Poultife of frefti white Briony Root, applied warm to the Part two or three Times. A De- ception or Infufion of Elecampane Root drank. A Decoftion of St. John’s Wort Flowers drank forty Days ; or two Drams of the powdered Seed taken often in Wine. An Infufion, Decoc- tion, or Syrup of Lady’s-fmock ( Nafiurtium Pratenfe ) or its exprefs’d Juice, drank, A Poultife of bruifed Comfry Roots fpread ( J9i ) Juice, is faid to be an Antidote to too great a Quan- tity of Opium taken. A Bath of its Deco&ion is a prefent Remedy for weary Travellers, {and fo is a Bath of warm Water.) It quickly takes off all Fa- tigue •, or the Herb put into their Boots, or Shoes, prevents or eafes Wearinefs much. When the Nerves are fhattered by flatulent Cramps, racking Pains, or great Fatigue, efpecially after malignant, or very tedious Difeafes, Sim. Pauli fays, he never knew a better Remedy than a Bath of the Deco&i- on of Mug-wort , Agrimony , Sage, Camomile , and beaten Wheat. Baptifta fays, that, on Midfummer Day, there is like a large Coal under the Root of Mug- wort, which, taken up and hung about the Neck, fpread and laid to the Parts. Elm Bark boil’d in Water* to the Confidence of a Syrup, and a third Part Aquavit se, or Brandy, put to it, for a Fomentation. Stinging Nettles, boil’d in Ale, till they are foft, drain out the Liquor, foment with it warm, ] and then apply the Nettles in a Poultife ; or biifter the Part ; or j touch it with the aflual Cautery. ■ —For a Suppreflion of LTine in general, fix peeled Cloves of Garlick beaten up in a j Mortar with half a Pint of Rkcnijh Wine ; drain off the Wine | and drink in the Fit, repeat it. Drink, fading and at Bed-time, a Deco&ion of the inner Bark of the Hade-tree in Ale from a Pint to half a Pint ; or from half a Dram to a Dram of the outer Rind of powdered Oranges, drank in Rhenifo or white Wine ; or a Poultife of Onions, fried in Hogs Lard ; or of Onions and Garlick fried together, and applied to the Sharebone and Kid- nies ; or white Onions beaten up the fame Way and applied ; | or Onions roaded under the Embers, and beaten up to a Poul- I tife with Goofe-greafe, and applied to the Navel and Share- bone ; or two Spoonfuls of Onion Juice, drank in half a Pint of j white Wine ; or lay to the Navel a Poultife of good frelh Cher- / vil Leaves, fried ^either in Hogs Lard, or in Oil of Walnuts, Pickled Samphire is good. An Infufion or Deco&ion of Wild Carrot Seeds drank in white Wine. Powdered Acorns drank in white Wine. Six or feven Winter Cherries, bruifed in a Glafs of white Wine, drain’d, and drank ; or Ivy Powder drank in white Wine, from half a Dram to a Dram ; or Juic-c i of three or four Lemons, mixt with Water, fweetened a little and drank ; or Juice of Lemons, two Ounces; Spirit of Tur- pentine* two Drams ; white Wins four Ounce? ; mix and drink ( J92 ) Neck, is an Amulet againft the Epilepfy. Some, only by a Fumigation of the dried Herb, have found Benefit in cedematous or white Swellings. An Ointment of it, andfiekl Daifies, difcufies Wens, hard Knots, and Kernels about the Neck and Throat. A Tea of it, and Feverfew, drank, is good in Female DiforderS, and in Nervous Com- plaints, with wild Valerian Root, Ambrofe Pa - rey fays, that a Scruple of Mug- wort Afhes, boiled in Water, vomits, purges, and fweats. Tauvry fays, that the Coal under the Root, burnt and pow- dered on St. John's Day, cures die Epilepfy. And Etmuller fays, that Frogs-livers dried in the Sun, on Cole-wort Leaves, powdered and given do the fame. Dr. Po fays an Ounce of Mug- wort Juice, and half an Ounce of Scordium Juice, Powders of Arum Root, Antimony, Cerufe, Frankincenfe, Acacia, of each a Dram, all beaten in a leaden Mortar, mix, and anoint, it cures Tetters. The red Mug-wort is much preferable to the green, for Finenefs of Parts, and Ufe. If a Goofe is fluffed and roafled with it, the Meat will be very tender. it. A Decoction of Mallows drank ; or their Conferve taken. Sprinkle a hot Stone with Vinegar, lay Pellitory of the Wall on it, and, when warm, apply it to the Root of the Yard, or Sharebone ; or applv to the fame Place a Poultife of its Leaves, fried in frelh Batter, or in Oil of Scorpions ; or drink three Ounces of its fine Juice at a Time ; or an Ounce of Parfley Juice in white Wine ; or a Dram of the Root of Solojncn's Seal, in Wine; or drink, at Pleafure, a Deco&ion of Turneps fweetened with Honey ; or Lime-tree Flowers, boiled in white or RhevAJh Wine, beaten up, and applied in a Poultife ; or ufe a Fomentation of the Decottion with Sponges ; or drink an Emulhon, of half an Ounce of Violet Seeds, made with ) Barley, or Speedwell Water. If the Stoppage be in the Kidnies ; Juice, or Syrup of Ground ivy, is excellent ; or take a Dram of Hedge Mutfr.rd-feed in white Wine ; or ufe Juice or Syrup of Pellitory of the Wall ; or drink the Juice or lnfufion ofRadilh Roots in white Wine. 209. Mul- ( i93 ) 209- Mulberry-tree ( Moms ) the dry unripe Fruit of the black, cools, dries, and binds much, therefore good in Loofeneftes, Bloody Fluxes, Coeliaca, Excefs of the Menfes, Spitting of Blood ; and outwardly in Inflammations and Ulcers of the Mouth and Jaws. The ripe Fruit eaten before Dinner loofens the Belly, but taken after Meat it corrupts quickly, and is hurtful to the Stomach. The Berries quench Thirft, and excite an Appe- tite. Not only the Fruit but the whole Tree has fomething in it both loofening and binding ; but the Bark of the Root is moft loofening ♦, it is a little bitter, and kills broad Worms. A Gargle of the Leaves, or of Leaves and Bark boiled, is good for the Tooth-ach. They and Oil make a good Ointment for Burns. A Syrup of the Berries allays Thirft and Heat in Fevers much, and is very effedtual for Inflammations, Puftules, and little Ulcers of the Mouth, Throat, and all thofe Parts. Some ufe the Juice for the Bite of Serpents, and the Eating of Nightfhade. The Leaves with Vinegar are good to lay on Burns. The Leaves of Mulber- ry, Vine, and early Fig-tree, boil’d in Rain Wa- ter, are good to wafh the Hair, and make it clear and fair. If the naked Root have a little Slit cut in it, and a fmall Hole made in the Ground about the Slit, in the Harveft Time, a Juice comes out of the Tree, which being hardened, next Day, is good for the l'ooth-ach, and to diflolve Knots, and purge the Belly. The Leaves check Bleeding in any Part of the Body, as at Wounds, Nofe, Mouth, Piles, &c. A Twig of the Tree tied to a Woman’s Arm, at full Moon, reftrains the excef- five Flux of her Menfes. The Leaves, fteep’d in Urine, take Hair off the Skin. O 210. MuL- ( J94 ) 210. Mullein Male. (Tapfus Bar bat us , Verb af cum) The Leaves are of a falrifh, flyptic Tafte, and Smell like Elder. A Decodtion of the Plerb, drank, is good for the Cholic. If bailed in Milk, it is good for a Tenefmus and Piles. Boil’d in Rlack- fmiths Trough Water, and two Cup-fulls of it drank daily, Clyfters injedted, and Fomentations of it ufed at the fame Time, cure the Bloody Flux, and other involuntary and expenfive Lofles of Blood ; in which Cafes, fome add Oak Leaves and Silver-weed to it. Aloes diffolved in a Decodtion of this, then boiled up to an Extradt, it neither ir- ritates the Piles, nor caufes Lofs of Blood, which often makes its Ufe dangerous. Its diftill’d Water cures Burns, St. Anthony9 s Fire, Gout, and all Dis- orders of the Skin. A Poultife of the Leaves, Leek Tops, and Crumbs of Bread, is good for pained and fwelled Piles. Some efteem the Herb a Specific for the Cure of a Tympany ; others will have it to be chiefly intended for Difeafes of the Breaft; as Cough, Blood-Spitting, and to heal Gripes of the Belly. Ray fays its Leaves, worn fome Days between the Feet and Stocking Soles, gently promote the Menfes. Its Decodtion, drank, is good in Ruptures and Cramps. A Fumigation of Che Seeds and Flowers, with Camomile Flowers, and powdered Turpentine thrown on live Coals in a Chafing-difh, fet in a Clofe-ftool ; and fuch as are troubled with the Piles, Falling down of the Anus , Bleeding Hemorrhoids, Bloody Flux, or Tenefmus, fet ever it, find it very beneficial. An Oil or Ointment, made of the Flowers, is good for the Piles. The Root boiled in red Wine or Water, wherein Steel was often quench’d, is good for a Flux, and takes off Stoppages of Water. A De- codtion (, *95 ) coition of its Leaves, and of Sage, Marjoram, and Camomile Flowers, is a good Bath for any Part of the Body that is ltiff with Cramp or Cold. Three Ounces of its Flower Water, drank Evening and Morning for fome Days together, is good in the hot Gout. The Juice of the Leaf arid Flower, or the Powder of the dried Roots rubb’d on, takes away rough (but not fmooth) Warts. The powdered Flowers are good for Gripes and Belly-ach. A De- coition of Roots and Leaves is good for Swell- ings of the Neck and Inflammations of the Throat. A Poultife of Seed and Leaves, boil’d in Wine, draws out of the Flelh Thorns, Splinters, LjV. eafes the Pain and cures the Part. The bruifed Leaves wrap’d in wet Paper, and toafted un- der hot Embers, and laid to any Blotch or Boil in the Groin, diflolves and heals it. The Seed boil’d in Wine, and applied to any lately diflocated, and new reduced Joint, takes away Swelling and Pain prefently. A Poultife of Leaves and Flowers, of white Mullein, boil’d in Water, and applied, eafes the Gout Pain. The bruifed Leaves, bound on a Horfe’s Foot that is prick’d in Shoeing, heals it furprifingly in a little Time. The Juice rubb’d on, and Poultifes of the Leaves laid to any Bruife, quickly dilfolve the clotted Blood, and take away the blue and black Colour of th'e Part. As do the bruifed Leaves of Cud- weed, boil’d in Oil and ap- plied ; or bruifed Chervil Leaves laid warm to' the Place ; CjV. 21 1. Mustard-seed (Sinapi) .is an eminent Stomachic, Diaphoretic, Antifcorbutic, and Anti- hydropic. It is a good Medicine in the Hypo, Green-ficknefs, Cachexy, and fleepy Diforders. Chew’d fading in a Morning it is good for fuch as iq6 ) as are in Danger of an Apoplexy. It recovers a flagged Appetite, reftores a true Tafle of Meat, cures Loathing and Squeamifhnefs. (except from Whetting, Dramming, or habitual Drinking.) It caufes Sneezing and penetrates moft powerfully into the Head and Brain, proper therefore in Epileptic, and Hyfteric Fits, Lethargic Drowfinefs, Paraly- tic and ApopleCtic Diforders. It provokes Urine and Menfes *, llimulates to Venery, prevents Ague Fits, removes Catarrhs, cures Hoarfenefs, expectorates tough Phlegm, difcuffies Swellings, purges the Head, expels Worms, cleanfes the Vifcera from ObftruCtions, carries off* vifcid, tough, flimy Humours, out of the Inteftines, if taken with Vinegar, but Sugar contradicts thefe Defigns. Bruifed Seed, drank v/ith Vinegar, is a great Anti- fcorbutic, efpecially in Sieges, when from unwhol- fome and uncommon Foods there comes a Difficul- ty of Breathing, Rottennefs of the Gums, Black- nefs and Loofenefs of the Teeth, £sfr. A large Dofe taken in warm Wine three Hours before the Fit, and repeated feveral Times, cures Quartans. An Ounce or two of the bruifed Seed, infufed in a Quart of Sack or white Wine Whey, and drank freely (after neceffiary Evacuations,) is of fpecial Ufe in a Palfy, Lethargy, Epilepfy, Hyfterics, Apoplexy, Dropfy, and Lofs of Speech. The Seeds diffiolve Tumours, digefh Abfcefles, &c. The Seed, bruifed and laid on Cupping with Scari- fication, is good to raife the Sick out of an Apo- plexy, Palfy, or Lethargy ; or to redden the Skin, to draw out the Humours that lie deep. Leeks minced fmall, fried in Vinegar, fpread on a Cloth, and Muflard Seed fprinkled on it, and applied to any Part pained with the Rheumatifm, is very refo- lutivs; or a Poultife of Turpentine, Pigeons Dung, and this Seed, laid to the Gout, or to the Jaws in a violent i97 ) violent Tooth-ach, is good •, but, if too much Muf- tard Seed is put to them, they will blifter. It is alfo good to apply to the Hip, in a Sciatica. This Seed is an Antidote to Mufh rooms, and to the Sting or Bite of venomous Creatures. An Electu- ary of it excites Venery. It is good for the Liver, Spleen, and gnawing Pain of the Bowels. A Gar- gle of it helps the Falling down of the Uvula. Its Poultife difiolves fcrophulous Tumours about the Neck. It is often ufed as a Blifter to draw forth deep Pains, as in the Gout, Sciatica, Joints, Sides, Loins, Shoulders, Arms, Legs, or Thighs. The Seed, applied with Honey, diftolves coagulated Blood, and takes off Roughnefs or Scabbinefs of the Skin. The chemical Oil provokes the Menfes powerfully, and is an Antihifteric. 2 T 2. Hedge Mustard ( Eryjimum ) Seed and Herb, warm, dry, attenuate, open, and expeCt orate •, is good in very thick Phlegm of the Lungs, and ob- ftinate Coughs. Outwardly it is good in occult Cancers, and hard Swellings of the Breafts. In the Cholic, its Decodiion in Wine, drank, is admira- ble. Its DecoClion is good in a Hoarfenefs, where the Voice is almoft loft, and the Spirits low. A Syrup of the Juice, made with Honey, is good in in all the above Difeafes of the Breaft, and in a Jaun- dice, Pleurify, Pain in tjie Back and Loins, and in Gripes of the Belly. The Seed is good againft: Poifons, Sciatica, Gout, and other Joint Achs ; and in Fiftula’s, hollow Ulcers, and in eating or running Cankers, &c. It is Vulnerary, caufes plentiful Spitting, makes Breathing eafier, &c. 213. Treacle Mustard (Tblafpi) is Cutting, Thin- O 3 ning. ( *98 ) ning, Cleanfing, and Opening, expels Urine, Men* fes , Birth, and After-birth. It is good to break inward Impoflhumes ; Clyfters of it are much com- mended in a Sciatica. Its Powder given from one to two Ounces, at different Times, is extoll’d in the Stone, and to diffolve coagulated Blood. Out- wardly it cleanfes all Running Ulcers f but it is improper for Women with Child. 214. Common Mithridate Mustard (Thlafpi Vaccar'ue folio) is very hot, dry, and cleanfing •, it is uled to break inward Abfceffes, expel the Men- fes , and cure the Sciatica. Outwardly it cleanfes all creeping Ulcers, and is fometimes ufed for a Snuff. Being very Diuretic, it is a good Remedy for Dropfy and Bloody Flux, but hurtful to Wo- men with Child. Baftard Mithridate Muftard has the fame or like Virtues. Tower Mustard. (Turrit is) ParJdnfon and Lemery think that it is Cutting, Opening, Wind- expelling, and Sudorific ; and feems, from its Take, to be near allied to Muftard and Creffes , and probably will produce the like Effects. Tcurnefort and Lc'bel have increafed the Specifics, and feveral others have added to them.— •Myrrhis or Sweet Cicely, See before. 216. Mushrooms (Fungi) roafted and applied in a Foukife, or boiled with white Lily Roots, and Lin- feed in Milk, are one of the bell Ripeners of Boils, and Abfceffes we have ; for, from the Coldnefs, Clamminels, and Vifcoufnefs of their Parts, they . reverberate the perlpiring Matter, fhut it up in the excretory ( *99 ) excretory Dudls, which fills and diftends the fe- ll cretory and fmall VefTels *, hence muft enfue a Breach of fotne of them, and a quick Suppuration of the extra vafated Matter. Inwardly, they have always been reputed, fome a more fpeedy, others a flower Poifon , for which, Pages of Teftimonies might be quoted from the greateft Philofophers, Phyficians, Botanifls, Hiftorians, and Naturalifts, who have not been Slaves to Taffe, and Pimps of Luxury. Their Poultifes are of fome Service in Quinfies. They are chiefly ufed in Inflammatory I Swellings, which, by too hot Applications, may eafily be turned Schirrufes. i 21 7* Myrtle. ( Myrtillus ) Though the internal Ufe of both Leaves and Berries be almoft laid afide, yet Leaves, Twigs, and Fruit, are all bind- ing and Drying, whether ufed inwardly or out- wardly, efpecially the Leaves ; hence all the An- tients agreed, that they were to be given for Spit- ting of Blood, or Excoriations of the Bladder. The exprefs’d Juice of the green Berries is good for the Stomach, and provokes Urine. The Fruit boiled in Wine, and applied, heals Ulcers in the extreme Parts of the Body. Mixt with Wheat Flour, and applied, is good for Inflammations of the Eyes. A Wine made of the Juice of the Ber- ries, drank a little warm, is good in Surfeits, Re- laxations, or Fallings down of the Uterus ,or Anus ; and in the Whites. It cleanfes off Scales, and Running Ulcers of the Head, chap’d Nipples, and prevents Falling off of the Hair. A Decodtion of the Leaves makes a good Bath or Fomentation for weak or relaxed Joints, Strains, Fradtures, or Diflocations, of flow Cure ; or for Sores behind the Ears, The Juice of the Leaves does the fame O 4 or ( 200 ) or if they are bruifed, fprinkled with Water, and laid to Running Ulcers, or any Part opprefied with Defluxions ; or mixt with unripe Oil of Olives, or Oil of Rofes and a little Wine, they are good in Tetters, Inflammations of the Vehicles, and Ex- crefcences of the Anus. A Syrup of the Berries is ufed in Loofeneffes, for hot Catarrhs, or Rheums of the Breaft. The Fruit and Leaves are good in Ruptures. For hot Swellings, Ray fays, that Rollicks with good Succefs apply bruifed Leaves of Woodroof, or bruifed frefh Leaves of the Beech Tree in a Poultife. For hard Swellings, He fays, that green Leaves of white Alder, applied, difcufs the Swelling, and check the Inflammation ; or a Poultife of Marfh- mallow Leaves and Roots foft- ens and ripens. For OEdematous Swellings, Et- muller commends bruifed Celandine, applied in a Poultife alone, or with Pigeons, or Goats Dung. Sim. Pauli advifes a Poultife of Hops, boiled in Ale. 218. Antidotes to Poisons. Crude or prefer ved Garlick, fwallowed with Wine orCala- mint taken any how, AEtius fays is good. Morrifon advifes frefh cxprefs’d juice of Goats Rue, drank -—For drinking Aquafortis , Forejlus praifes Mucilage of Quince Seeds, drank. — For Cantharides fwallow’d, Platerusg avea Deco&ion of Linfeedto drink. — And Sennertus advifes the inward Ufe of Pennyroyal in any Form.— For Hemlock eaten after a Vomit or Purging Clyfter given. He ufed Leaves of Worm- wood, or Carrot, or Nettle-feeds, or Gentian Root, powdered, and given in ftrong Wine ; or boiled in Water, and given with Wine. Others give a Draught of Vinegar, or of Brandy or Rum. Againft Hellebore , He gave a Vomit, of Broom and Elder Flowers, each two Pugils \ Dwarf Elder ( 201 ) Elder Bark, two Drams ; Arrach and Dill- feeds, of each one Dram •, boil in Hydromel, to fix Ounces, ftrain, and add Rue Leaves, one Ounce *, mix and make a Vomit, if a Ciyfter is needful, prepare it of a Decoction of Althaea Leaves, Lefifer Centaury, Plantain, and Rue : To the drained Liquor, add Oil of Dill, and Yolks of Eggs, mix, and injedl ; or powdered clowers, or Roots of Water- Lilly,, half a Dram given in Wine •, or two Drams of its powdered Seeds, But Quince Wine, Syrup, or Marmrd dc, are preferable. For the Gripes and Co rrofi ns or Euphorbium , give fir ft a Vomit and a Ciyfter. Then he advifes powdered Citron Seeds, a Dram or two to be given in an In- fufion of Eie ampane Root, in Wine. But a Solu- tion o Gum Arabic, in a Decoction of Althsea Root, would not be amifs. — For Mufhrooms, give the above Vomit. Then t o or three Drams of fitted Vine Twig Afhes, with a little Nitre in Mulfe ; or Lixivium o tne Afhes, filtered and given to drink *. EEus. Seanertus fays, that their Malig- nity i redded powerfully by taking Preparations of Garlic Wormwood, Birth- wort, Wild Calamint, Hyfiop, Creftes. Wild Marjoram, and Rue. Again fpuicMfoer, life irft ftrong Exercife, then give a Ciyfter, or a ftror.g urge ; then drink Pow- der of Cofti ary Root in Wine *, Guainerius. Or drink Juice of Burnet ; Schenckius. Or powdered Rue in Wine ; Guainerius . Againft drinking Frog Spawn Water , boil the outer Burk of Walnut- tree, in Wine and W ater, each twelve Ounces, to fixteen *, ftrain, and drink a Draught or two of it ; or take powdered, dried, white Briony Root in Wine *, Gabelchoverus . For Glafs or Pins fwal- lowed, make a thick Gruel of Millet, with Milk, and eat freely ; but nothing after ; Keckermannus If any fwallow Verdegreafe , take a Vomit after, of warm ( 202 ) warm W atcr with Sallad Oil or Butter ; and give a Clyfler of the Decoblion of Mallows, Althea, Foenugreek, and Flea-bane Seeds, with a little Ho- ney and Sallad Oil *, or drink two or three Drams of Juice of Acorus Root, or of Juice of Smallage Leaves, or half an Ounce of the Juice of Mint Leaves, or a Dram of powdered Zedoary Root, taken in Wine.— If corrq/ive Sublimate is fwallowed, drink Oil of T artar after it. 219. Navel - wort ( Umbilicus Veneris) the Greater, with a tuberous knobby Root, is much of the Nature of Houfleek, Clearifing, Binding, and Re- percuflive. . The Juice d rop’d into Wine, and often applied, cures a Phymofis. Outwardly it is ufeful in all Inflammations, King’s-evil, and Chilblains. It cools the Heat of the Stomach. The Leaves and Roots, eaten together in a Sallad, are Diuretic, and faid to break the Stone. Given with Honey, they are good in Dropfies. An ufeful Gargle may be made of it for the Quinfy, and apply a Poultife of its Leaves bruifed with River Crabs. Of its Juice with Verjuice may be made an Uterine Injec- tion, for a Defcent of the Vagina, and to cleanfe Fiftulous Ulcers. A Bath, Fotus, or Ointment of it with other proper Ingedients applied to the Part, is good for the Piles. 220. Navew (Napus) is hotter than Turneps, but has much the fame Virtues ; it is Cleanfing, Opening, Digefting, and Inciding. It refills Poilon, expels bad Humours by Perfpiration, provokes Urine* is good in the Jaundice, Malignant Fevers, and Small Pox. Taken in a warm Decoblion, like Broth, it is good in an obftinate Cough, Afthma, and Confumption. It is ufed outwardly in Poul- tries, to digefl, refolve, and cafe Pain. 221. Nettles ( 203 ) 221. Nettles Stinging ( Urtica Urens) are a great Diuretic, expel all Gravelly Matter. They arc an Antidote to Hemlock and Henbane ; eaten boiled they loofen the Belly, cleanfe the Reins, ex- pel Sand and fmall Stones, promote Spitting, and drive out the Meades. Their Juice or Syrup is ex- toll’d for Spitting of Blood, if four Ounces is drank every Morning for a Week, and a Decoftion of the Leaves drank after. The diftilTd Water, with Spirit of Wine, flops Spitting of Blood powerfully. The white Part of the Root put up the Nofe, and Snuffing their Water after, flays Bleeding at the Nofe. Outwardly they help putrid, gangrenous, and malignant Ulcers ; difcufs Hardnefs and Tu- mours. A Gargle of them helps the inflamed Uvula. The leffer Nettle bruifed and put up the Nofe, or its Juice fnuffed up, flops its Bleeding. The Seed is often ufed with Succefs in Difeafes of the Lungs •, as Aflhma, obflinate Cough, Pleu- rify, &c. The Seed provokes Urine, Menfes , and Venery, if the frefh Seed be boiled, and eaten with Butter for three Days ; or eat Hafle Nut-Kernels, preferved with Honey ; or drink Birch Water, or Wine ; or foment the Genitals with a Decoction of Columbine Seed and Herb. A Conferve of Nettle Flowers and Seeds is good for the Stone in the Kidnies, Difeafes of the Bread:, and Spitting of Blood. The Root is good in the Jaundice. Its Decotlion in Honey and Wine is good againfl cold Coughs, and Shortnefs of Breath. The Juice, gi- ven often with a little Sugar, cures an exceffive Flux of the Piles, when other Means fail. Their Sting is cured by their own Juice, Sallad Oil, or Oil 'of Rofes. People check too violent a Fermentation of Malt Liquors, and defend them againfl Thun- ( 204 ) der, by putting Nettles and Iron into the Casks. They ffiould be put in all Deco&ions for Fomen- tations to Gangrenes. A Gargle of their Decoc- tion is good for Swellings of the Mouth and Throat. They kill Worms, eafe Stitches of the Sides, and help Windinefs or Weaknefs of the Stomach. The Juice with Salt is good againft the Bite of venomous Bealls. It is alfo an Antidote to all cold flupifying Plants, as Night fhade, Mufh- rooms, &c. and too much crude Mercury fwal- lowed down ; and to Defilements of the Skin. The Juice is good for Wounds. Charier fays that their Deco&ion in ftrong Wine with Sugar, drank at. feveral Times a little warm, and a Poultife of the {trained out Herb laid to the Side, is a wonderful Medicine in a Pleurify. 222. Night-shade. ( Solatium ) The Berries are more cooling, but repel more ftrongly than the Leaves, which, as they allay1 and mitigate Pain, do alfo diflblve, cleanfe, and abforb. They afford much concrete volatile Salt. Night-fhade allays Inflammations, difeufles Swellings, foftens, and relaxes the Fibres, under too great Tenfion. The bruifed Herb is laid to the Piles, or the Part is fo- mented with the v/arm Juice, which, being fome Time flirred in a leaden Mortar, is alfo laid to Can- cers. It, with a fixth Part of well dephlegmated Spirit of Wine, is accounted moft efficacious to cure St. Anthony's Fire. Tetters, Pimples, Puf- tules, and the like Diforders of the Skin. Night- fhade is added to moft Pain-eafing Poultifes, as well as the Poplar Ointment. C grateful to the Stomach, and quenches Thjrft, ( 217 ) Thirft, if eaten raw it is beft eaten after Meat ; before they are ripe, they are better baked than raw. The dry Fruit, eaten, checks Fluxes of the Belly and of Blood. If Mulhrooms are baked with them, they are faid to corredt their Malignity but I fhould be loth to try. They are either baked in Ovens, or preferved like other Fruits to keep. Harfh and four Pears, cool and bind ; the fweet loofen and nourifh, The Afhes of the Wood, or the Lee of them drank in Wine, is good for thofe that are in Danger of Suffocation, from eating Mufti rooms. The harfher applied outwardly, cool, bind, and heal Wounds, preventing their Inflammation, or farther Trouble ; for which Ufe, wild Pears are beft. 233- Male Pi on y. ( Pteonia Mas ) The Roots, Flowers, and Seeds, are all ufed for Difeafes of the Head and Womb, as Apoplexy, Epilepfy, Incu- bus, Vertigo, Cramp, Convulflons, Head-ach, obftrudled Menfes and Lochia , Retention of the After-birth, After-pains, and Obftrudtions of the Liver. Galen gives a furprifing Inftance of the Falling Sicknefs, cured by a Piece of the Root hung about the Neck in an Amulet. Common People ufe it to this Day, to prevent Convulflons, efpe- cially in Necklaces to Infants they are alfo made of Human Scull, Poppy Roots, (&c. The husked powdered Seed, given in Wine, is faid to reft ore loft Speech. Parkinfon fays, for the Epilepfy, the Root is to be infufed twenty-four Hours in Sack, then ftrained, and a Glafs of it drank every Evening and Morning, for a long Time, two Days before, the Day of, and two Days after, every full Moon ; but let the Body be firft duly prepared with Poffet Prink, made of Betony, The red Seed beaten. ( ) and given in Wine, is good for Fluxes of the Belly and Womb ; and the black Seed for Difeafes of the Head. Some make the powdered Seed a great Secret in Convulfions, and fell it at an extravagant Price. A Parcel of this grand Arcanum fell ac- cidentally into my Hands ; I examined it feveral Ways (as I have done fome other Nojtrums that feemed worth While) and found it to be this Seed. I gave it to feveral young Epileptics, but without the leait Succefs. I have with Patience and Perfe- verance tried the Effedts of this Root and Flowers, in Difeafes of the Head and Nerves, for near thirty Years, but am ftill to find the Succefs, whatever great Matters fome may boaft of it. Take powdered Roots of Piony, two Drams ; Stings of Wild Bees, Number ten ; mix both the Powders, and give eight or ten Dofes of this, it is faid to cure Convulfions in Infants, effedtually. But others advife Roots of Piony, Human Scull, Membranes of a Foetus , or the After-birth, of each alike ; Powder all, mix and ufe, Dofe a Dram ; others prefer this: Take prepared Cinnabar Na- tive, or of Antimony, three Ounces; of Wild Valerian Roots, two Ounces; and two Drams of Rz^hzCaftor; white Amber, Man-fkull, red Myrrh, Seeds of Piony, Rue, and Henbane, of each nine Drams ; Mofaic Gold, three Drams ; prepare and mix all, and Dofe a Dram thrice a Day, after the Body is duly prepared. TVeickard is for this : Take Piony Roots, gathered in the Wane of the Moon, an Ounce ; of Male Piony Seeds husk’d, half an Ounce ; Elks Clawrs, three Drams ; white Amber, and calcined Hartshorn, prepared, of each two Drams ; prepared Cora] and Pearl, of each one Dram ; Peacock’s Dung, four Scruples ; Oriental Bezoar, a Dram ; true Unicorn’s Horn, two Scru- ples ; Filings of Hungarian Gold, a Dram ; Safi ( 219 ) fron, a Scruple ; Mams Chrifti perlati , half an Ounce ; Oil of Mace, half a Scruple ; make all into a Powder, mix, Dofe from half a Scruple to half a Dram. And Schroder extols this : Take Powder of a dried Secundine, five Drams ; of cal- cined Man’s Scull, one Ounce •, Powder of young Crows, two Ounces *, Rennet of a Hare, a Dram ; rafped Harts-horn, two Drams Caflor, half a Dram ; whiteft Amber, two Drams Midetoe, gathered in the Moon in the Wane, half a Dram ; Piony Root and Berries, gathered before the Wane of the Moon, of each half a Dram •, Ambergreafe, Musk, each ten Grains *, Species Dianthos , Letific. Galenic prepared Pearl and Coral, of each a Scru- ple •, make a Powder, and mix. 234- Pell i Tory of the Wall ( Parietaria ) clean- fes, cools, and aftringes gently *, it is feldom uled inwardly, except for a Cough, Difficulty of Urine, or to expel Gravel ; but it is often ufed in Clyfters to eafe Pains of the Belly, Womb, and Reins, and outwardly to Swellings, Burns, Gfr. It is a good Healer of Wounds. Powder of the dried Herb, in Honey or Pofiet, is good in obftinate Coughs, and Confumptions of the Lungs. Its Powder is better than its Decodtion. A Syrup of this Juice, Et- muller fays, is a Secret in a Dropfy. 235- Pellitory of Spain ( Pyrethrum ) with a Daify Flower, is an excellent Remedy for a Palfy of the Tongue with Lofs of Speech •, and, for the Tooth-ach, chewed in the Mouth to caufe a fhort Spitting, but might perhaps be better taken in- wardly in fmall repeated Dofes. An Ounce of the Juice in a Glafs of Wine, and laid to fweat an Hour or ( 220 ) or two before the Fit, certainly cures an Ague, at the fecond or third Time Ufing. The Root, put up the Nofe, caufes a great Flux of Phlegm from the Head, and prevents Difeafes of the Brain. The Leaves or Flowers, in a Salve or Poultife, take away Bluenefs or Blacknefs from Falls or Bruifes. Chewing Saxifrage, or Burnet Roots, caufe alfo Spitting ♦, or Maftich, which has a pleafant Smell and Tade, fallens loole Teeth, is good in Deaf- nefs, and gives the Breath a fine Smell. Penny-royal ( Pulegium ) is a Kind of Mint, and has many of the fame Properties, only it is fharper, of thinner Parts, and more efficacious. It promotes the Menfes , expels Birth and After-birth, Gravel, Sand, and Urine. It is good in a Jaun- dice and a Dropfy ; eafes the Gripes, is excellent to promote Spitting, and raife tough Phlegm from the Bread. It is one of our bed Pedlorals, and An- tihyderics, either in Infufion or didilPd Water. A Spoonful of its Juice fweetened with Sugar, and given to Children at due Intervals, is excellent in the Chin-cough. Six Ounces of its Infufion fweetened, and drank at Going to Bed, powerfully relieves a Hoarfenefs. Outwardly it is good for the Head, prevents Dulnefs and Sleepinefs *, it is good in a Vertigo, Arthritic Pains, and cleanfes the Teeth. It is a glorious Herb for the Womb, Bread, and Head *, efpecially when the Menfes and Lochia are too pale. Some give the Powder of the After-birth of the fird Child (if a MaleJ in an Infu- fion of this Herb, to cure Convulfions. Others for the fame Purpofe take powdered Leaves and Flowers of Penny-royal, Betony, and Germander, of each two Handfuls ; ofHyflop, Blelfed Thidle, and common Downy Thidle, of each a Handful 5 2 Thyme ( 221 ) Thyme and Rue, of each half a Handful ; Powder all, and with Honey make an Electuary for Ufe. Penny- royal drives Fleas out of a Room. It cures Loathing, and is a good Stomachic. * 2 37. Perri- * For Want of Appetite, young Beets with their Roots llightly boiled and eaten with Vinegar j Ray. Take Tops of Roman Wormwood, half a Handful ; Root of Dandelion, half an Ounce ; cut and infufe all Night in half a Pint of Rkcnijb Wine, ftrain and drink it ; Forejius. Powdered Seed of Bilhops-weed, half a Dram ; taken in white Wine, four Mornings fading ; Augtnius. From twelve to thirty Grains of powdered Gentian Root, taken twice or thrice a Day, and a large* Dofe in the Morning fading ; Boyle. Syrup of the Juice of rough Apples ; Au genius. Powder, Deco&ion, or Infufion of Spignel, drank, is inferior to nothing. Juice of Vine Leaves, drank alone, or in a Syrup, or with Marmalade of Quinces, is a Specific for breeding Women’s deprived Appetite ; Etmuller. For a Heat of the Stomach, diced frefh Liquo- rice Root, infufed and boiled in Water, and ufed for ordinary Drink ; Rulandus. Juice, Syrup, or Herb of Purdane, eaten ; Etmuller. Tops of Sloe-tree Twigs of the fame Year’s Growth, chewed and the Juice fvvallowed, or the tender Leaves chew’d, are good, efpecially to Travellers in hot Weather ; Joel For Pain of the Stomach, take Tops of Wormwood, Agrimo- ny, Leder Centaury, of each half a Handful ; boil in Water, to five Ounces ; ftrain, and add Sugar one Ounce ; drink ic failing two or three Mornings ; or drink fading, or in the Fit, four Ounces of a Decoction of Camomile ; or three Ounces of the Water of its Flowers warm ; Rlverius . An Infufion in. Wine of Sloe-tree Flowers all Night, diftill’d next Day in a cold Still, for Ufe ; fragus. Or powdered Seed ; or Oil of Carraway, taken in warm Broth, and Sweat after ; Etmuller . — For Coldnels of the Stomach, Roman Wormwood, boiled in Wine, and drank ; or Syrup of the Juice of Blefied Thiftle, made with Sugar, is a prefent Remedy ; Weikardus . ———For a Weaknefs of the Stomach, a cold Infufion of dried Wormwood in Water, for eight Hours, drained and drank, two or three Ounces Evening and Morning, efpecially after Dinner and Supper ; Dr. Bowie. Gre-vius fays, that Wormwood Root is the chief Stomachic. Boyle fays, that a warm Poultife, laid to the Stomach, of Tops of Wormwood, Mug-wort, and -Mint, is good. St ockerus advifes fifted Powder of curled Mint to be taken daily ; or an Infufion of Nutmegs, in Spanijb Wine, to be drank fading. For an Abfcefs of the Stomach,, ( 222 ) 237- Perri winkle (Vine Gp er vine a) is a good Wound Herb, and Aftringent, proper in Fluxes, Dyfentery, Blood -Spitting, exceffive Difcharges by Piles and Menfes ; again!! Bleeding of the Nofe, and Whites, if three Handfuls of the Herb be in- . filled in a Quart of boiling Water, (trained and drank with a little of its Extract or Conferve dif- folved in it. The bruifed Herb, put up the Nofe, itops its Bleeding, if at the fame Time a little of it be held in the Mouth. An Infufion of it, Tanfy, and Agrimony, in Milk, diflill’d, the Water is good in a Dropfy. Dr. Hulfe fays its frefli Leaves Stomach, he advifes Syrup of Scabious Juice, to be drank every Morning. For a flatulent Stomach, he preferibes the above Infufion of Nutmegs ; or haif a Dram of Nettle-feed Powder, drank in warm Wine ; or Dwarf Elder ufed any how ; but efpecially its Root. For Wind in the Bowels, Morrifon above all things prefers Powder, or Infufion, of Mafter-wort, in Wine. For the Gripes, Chervil Leaves flightly bruifed, fried in Butter, and laid to the Belly, is a certain Remedy ; or Flowers of Camomile and Mullein, applied to the Belly warm, either in a Bag or Fomentation.- - To ftrengthen the Bov. els, two or three Cloves of Garlick fwallowed every Morning j Boyle. Or an Infufion of Almond Roots, drank ; Hulfe. -For a Pain of the Bladder, a Poultife of bruifed Pel- litory of the Wall, laid to the Teflicles warm, and below the Navel, four or five Times, is a fure Remedy. For the Bladder inflamed, drink, thrice a Day, a Decodion of Ground- pine in Milk-— —For Ulcers of the Bladder, take Bean Meal, two Ounces ; Flowers of red Rofes, Balauftines, Cyprefs Nuts, powdered, of each two Drams ; Saffron, ten Grains ; Rofe and Plantain Water, with a little Vinegar ; boil to a Poultife and add the Yolk of an Egg, and apply. And drink daily an Infufion or Decodion of Liquorice Root ; or a Decodion of Plantain Leaves ; or a Decodion of the whole Strawberry Plant. For an Excoriation of the Yard, put a clean wafh’d Plantain Leaf between the Fore-skin and Gians, and renew it, if needful. For fmnll Ulcers of the Yard, fine Pow'der of burnt Rofe Sponge, fprinkled on them ; or powdered Middle Bark of Barberry, fprinkled on them. Stocktrus . laid ( 223 ) laid on coarfe Paper, and fmoaked with Frankin- cenfe, and applied to ftrumous Swellings, difcufs them in a fhort Time. The Leaves put into a clean Cask, and thick muddy Wine poured on them, they reftore its Colour, clear and purify it. 238. Petty whin. Rest-harrow, or Cammock, ( Anonis) the Root, but efpecially the Earle provokes Urine, waftes and expels fmall Stones in the Reins and Bladder ; confumes flefhy Excrefcences in the Urethra ; eafes the Tooth-ach, and either in Powder infufed in Wine, or boil’d in Poflet Drink, cures Obftrudlions of the Liver. Sim. Pauli fays it has no Equal in the Stone and Gravel. Its Infu- fion, drank, cures the Piles and Excrefcences in the Anus. Its Roots are put in Broths, Ptifans, and Apozems, as a great Aperient and Diuretic hence it is good in the Jaundice, Stone, Menfes Hop’d and Piles inflamed. Two Drams of the Root Bark, infufed in white Wine, is good in a nephritic Cholic. A Dram of the Root, taken in Broth daily, is commended in Carnoflties, and for a Sar- cocele. A Decodtion of the whole Plant is a good Gargle againft the Scurvy of the Mouth and Gqms. •239. Pilewort, or Lesser Celandine ( Chelidonium Minus) is good in a Jaundice, Scurvy, and Flux of the Haemorrhoids. Outwardly it is a Specific in the Piles, and Excrefcences of the Anus, whether its Juice, Powder, Ointment, Decoction, Fomen- tation, or Poultife of it is ufed, or even the mcer bruifed Root be laid to the Part ; it is alfo a Spe- cific in the King’s Evil, fwell’d Glands, OV- The frefli Roots, put into the Ulcers, extirpate them ; for abounding with ah 'acrid Salt it is hot and fharp. - * • The ( 224 ) The Juice of the Root fnuffed up the Nofe, or its . Decodtion with a little Honey, gargled, purges the Head effedtually, and the lad: purges the Bread from tough Phlegm, or grofs Humours, and helps a running Itch. The following may eafe fome in the Heat and Swelling of the Piles : Take Linfeed Oil four Ounces, boil in it Pile- wort andFlix-weed, of each what you pleafe ; drain, and add Wax, three Drams ; Poplar Ointment, half an Ounce -9 Oil of Boxwood and Opium, each a Dram ; Oint- ment of Althasa, an Ounce mix all, and, when ufed, add a little Yolk of an Egg. Some take Oil of Juniper, drawn by a Retort in an open Fire, from which the Spirit is feparated by the Tunnel 5 rub the outward Piles every fourth Hour with a Feather dip’d in this Oil. But, in the internal Piles, throw up by a Syringe a Fourth of a Spoonful of this Oil. The Pain eafes in two Hours, and the Swelling vaniflies. Others make only a fimple Ointment, by a triple Decodtion of Pile- wort, in Lard or Butter, and to the lad drained Liquor, add Turpentine and Wax, to give it a Confidence, and always apply it warm on Rags dip’d in it, and applied and kept on with a Bandage. Some to the Pile-wort here add Fig-wort, Flix-weed and greater Houfleek. If the Heat, Pain and Swelling be great, a little Opium and Sugar of Lead may be added in ufing. 240. Pimpernel (M a l e) (Anagaliis) is ufed inwardly and outwardly. Its Decodtion in Wine, drank in Bed, caufes profufe Sweat, and is a Pre- fervative from pedilential and malignant Difeafes. Its didill’d Water has cured many Suffufions of the Eyes. This Water drank daily, with as much Cows Milk and a little Sugar, Dofe twelve Spoonfuls Evening ( 225 ) Evening and Morning, has been of great Service ». to many in Confumptions, where the Lungs were ulcerated. Its Decoblion brings down the Menfes , and relieves Children’s Gripes. The Feet wafhed in its Decobtion in Urine, and the boil’d Herb ap- plied in a Poultife, carrys off a Fit of the Gout. Willis reckons a Decobtion of the Herb, with Pur- ple Flowers, a Specific in Madnefs. The Decoc- tion in Wine drank in Bed is good againft the Bite of a Viper, or of a Mad Dog. The Juice may be ufed for the Decoction, it is exceeding good in a Dropfy, and in Obflrubtions of the Liver and Spleen, and Reins. It expels the Stone. It is alfo good in a Delirium coming in continual Fevers. The Extrabt of the Plant has the fame Virtues, and, mixt with that of Hypericon, it is good in an Epilepfy. The Herb is a fine Vulnerary, is good in a Confumption, Ulcers, and Impofthumes of the Lungs, foetid and purulent Spitting. 241. "W at e r Pimpernel or Brook-lime ( Becabun - go) as was faid before is good in the Scurvy, Stone, and to haffen the Menfes , and Expulfion of the dead Foetus . It with a little Salt and Cobweb, ap- plied, heals Wounds. In the Piles or other Excre- scences about the Anus, a Poultife of it boiled in Water or Wine, and applied, inftantly eafes the moft racking or acute Pain there. Lay on the boil’d Herb in a Poultife •, it is alfo good for Con- dylomata there. For the Scurvy : Take Conferve of Scurvy- grafs,' an Ounce and a half ^ Conferve of the leffer Celandine, fix Drams •„ of candied Citron and Orange Peel, each an Ounce ; Cream of Tartar, half an Ounce ; prepared Steel* two Drams ; Specier. Arc-mat. Rofat. a Dram, with CL tup ( 226 ) Syrup of the five opening Roots, makes an Electu- ary : Dofe two Drams twice a Day ; Arnifteus . 242. Phillyre a or Mock-privet. Its Leaves with others, as Plantain, Bugle, Prunella, Knot- grofs, autumnal Mallow-flowers, dried Rofes, &V. boil’d for a Gargle or Lotion, are very cooling and aftringent ; are good in Relaxations of the Uvula , &V. It is wonderful how much Mock-privet Leaves, boil’d in Blackfmith’s Trough Water, and ufed in a Gargle with a little Allum : I fay how it flrengthens loofe flabby Gums, and fallens the Teeth. A Water, diftill’d from the tender Buds early in the Spring, is much commended for the Cure of Ulcers in the privy Parts, and efpecially with a little Allum; and, fora Cancer, Rags dip’d in and laid 011 both, ex. gr. half an Ounce of Allum to Pint of the Water-, this alfo cures Excoriations. The followingwas communicated by aneminent Surgeon, as a great Secret in fmall Ulcers of the Nofe: Take of Mock-privet and Night- lhade Water of each an Ounce ; Sugar of Lead, a Scruple ; Sugar-Candy, half a Scruple ; Camphire, feven Grains ; mix and ufe. Its Water is alfo good for Burns. In Want of the Water, a DecoCtion of its Leaves may do, to gargle with, which is alfo good in the Tooth- ach. Sim. Pauli. Hec. 243- Plantain [Plant ago) is a cooling and drying Vulnerary, ufed chiefly in all Sorts of Fluxes, Loofenefs, Bloody Flux, Menfes , involuntary Urine, Blood-Spitting, Lofs of Sperm, It cleanfes and heals Wounds and Ulcers foon and fafeiy. 7’he Antients ufed only the Seed and Root, we the Leaf moftly. Twelve Handfuls of the Leaf beaten in a Marble Mortar, the Juice exprefs’d and poured ( 227 ) poured on fix Ounces of frefli Com fry Root, with an equal Weight of Sugar, beat all up into an Elec- tuary with fome Drops of Oil of Anife or Nutmeg, it is a fure Remedy for Spitting of Blood. J uices of Plantain and Lemon mixt is a noble Diuretic. The Eflence of Plantain, drank in a Decodlion of Sarfa- parilla and Saflafras, after due Evacuations, cured one of a Bloody Gonorrhoea, fays Sim. Pauli. Mead is a wonderful Remedy, fays Bayrius , againft the Rigour of Chronic Fevers. The frefh digg’d up Root of Plantain, wafh’d, and a Piece cut with a Knife, and put in the Ear, {tops the raging Pain of the Tooth-ach, like a Charm, fays Sim. Pauli . Powder’d Plantain Seed given in the Juice, or a a Decoction of the Leaves fweetened, cures frefh Ruptures. The powdered Seed taken daily, from half a Dram to a Dram in Broth, or in an Egg, prevents Abortion. The Juice is drank from one to four Ounces in the Beginning of Intermitting Fevers. The Juice, with Rofe Water and Sugar, is a good Collyrium for inflamed Eyes. Its De- coftion is a fine Gargle for the Mouth. The Leaves boil’d in Wine, and beaten up to a Poultife, is good in an Aneurifm. It is an Ingredient in Pal - Marius’s Powder againft Madnefs. Sim. Pauli fays, that he faw a Navel Rupture of a grown up Per- fon cured by a Poultife of Oak Lungs, and Sloe- thorn Bark. Take Juice of Plantain, and of El- der Leaves, of each a Pound and a half ; Clarify the Liquor over the Fire, and feparate the Clear from the Drofs ; to the firft put Sugar, a Found *, Honey, half a Pound ; boil all till there rife a clear Skin or Pellicle' on the Top, then add Sugar of Lead, half an Ounce ; then take it from the Fire, let it cool, bottle it up for Ufe, and warm it a little in a Spoon, dip Lint in it, and lay on the Place twice a Day j it cures obftinate Ulcers of the Legs 0^ 2 . where ( 228 ) where the Bone is not affected, nor any Fifiula or Sinuofity. 244. Wa ter Plantain is faid to cool, a- ffringe, and dry, to cure Fallings down of the Anus\ to eafe a hot Pain of the Head, Spitting of Blood, and Bloody Urine. Rojlin fays, that its Juice, ap- plied to the Breads, is a great and mod; Jure Secret to difperfe their Milk fuddenly. 245- Sea Plantain is cold and dry like the other Plantains, only the greater Sea Plantain with graffy Leaves is good againd Biting and Stinging of Serpents, and venomous Beads, and in a Drop- fy, efpecially an Anafarca. 246. Buck’s-horn Plantain (< Coronopus ) boil’d in Wine and drank, is good againd the Bite of Serpents, if the Herb be laid to the Wound. The Deception, drank, cools the Back and Reins of nephritic Perfons, and fo is good for the Stone. It dops Bleeding at the Mouth, Nofe, Stool, by Urine, Womb, or Wounds. Its Root drengthens the Stotpach, and is good in Cholics. Its Decoc- tion drank, and the Root hung about the Neck, weakens Ague Fits till it cures them ; or laid to the Side it eafes the Fit. The Leaves and Roots bea- ten up with Bay Salt, and laid to theWrids, do the fame. Its Decodlion drank fometimes cures Rheums and Didillations on the Eyes. The Seed of creeping Buck’s-horn takes off Warts. * 247. Plum- * Fora Diarrhoea, or Loofenefs, or Flux, a Dram of Plantain Seed, in a poched Egg, or red Wine, and repeated. Two Scruples ( 229 ) 247- Plum-tree ( Prunus ) the rnoift, ripe, fweet Fruit loofens-, they afford not the beft Juice, they foon putrefy in the Body, and nourifh little, nor fhould they be eaten too plentifully at once, nor too ripe. Scruples or a Dram of Powder of Holly Leaves, in red Wine, Powdered Flowers of Amaranthus, or Flower Gentle in Wine, drank. A Decoftion of Silver Weed. Powder or Deco&ion of the inner or red Peel of Walnuts. Dwarf Sun Flower taken any how. A Fumigation of Fleabane Leaves to the Anus ; or the Herb beaten up with Vinegar, and laid to the Stomach. Quinces baked with Wax, or Gum Arabic eaten. Acorns boiled in Broth ; a Handful of Juniper Berries, boil’d in red Wine, a Pint and a half, to a Pint, (trained and drank, and if needful repeat it thrice ; or Medlars eaten ; or the Powder of Mulberries dried in the Sun ; or Juice of Arfmart, or Houfleek, of each three Ounces, boil away to a third Part, and give in the Morning, it is Sovereign ; or Plantain Leaves boil’d in Mutton Broth ; or lay Cloths to the Stomach, Belly, and Back, dip’d in a Decodtion of Knot-grafs, in Crab Juice, or Verjuice ; or half a Dram of the Powder of thickened unripe Sloe Juice, in red Wine ; or half a Dram of the Powder of Willow-fponge, in Wine ; or Powder of Flix-weed Seed in red Wine, drank ; or powdered Leaves of Perriwinkle, with a little Rhubarb, and Conferve of red Rofes For a Dyfentery, or Bloody Flux, Wild Tanfy ufed as above. Billort Root boil’d in red Wine, and drank; or its Powder taken in Conferve of Rofes. A De- codlioij of Powder of Shepherd’s Purfe. Chefnut Peel, as above. Quince a little fcoop’d, and the Hole ■filled with Cochineal, and rpafted and eaten. Two Drams of powdered Leaves, or Root of Drop-wort, taken in Wine or in an Egg. Cudweed boil’d in Wine. Three or four Ounces of Juice of Ground-ivy. A Dram of Powder of Walnut-tree Buds, in Plantain Water. A Decottion of red Archangel, drank. Powder of Dock-feed, a Spoonful in a poch’d Egg or Broth. A Decodlion of Holly- hock Roots and Plantain Leaves drank. White cut Leaves of Millefoil and Plantain, boil’d in red Wine, and drank. Club- mofs ufed as in the Stone. CrefTes Seed, given any how. A De- coflion of Burnet in Water, with Butter, drank twice a Day. Juice of Plantain, three or four Ounces ; or its Leaves boiled in Broth. Apples prepared with Wax, as in a Loofenefs. Oak Leaves boil’d in Vinegar, put in- Bags and laid to the Belly and 0^3 Anus ( 230 ) ripe, but a little (harp and foure. The fweeter and riper they are, die more Laxative •, nor do they agree with cold, phlegmatic, lax Stomachs, but with the warm and bilious. Preferv’d with Sugar, they are very grateful to the Stomach, and to fe- verifh, Tick People; but the rough and acid are mod fo. Preferved Damafcenes, if eaten fparingly, cool, moiften, and open the Body, abate Heat and Third in Fevers. A Gargle of Plum-tree Leaves, boil’d in Wine, is good for the Tonfils, Jaws, and Uvula \ boil’d in Milk they are good for the Thrufli in Children. The Gum of the Tree is of an ag- glutinating Nature, and drank in Wine it wades the Stone. All thefe Fruits, however grateful they are to hot, bilious Stomachs, or to feverifh and hot People, yet they are by no Means fuited to the cold, aged, phlegmatic, weak, and pall’d Sto- machs, except eaten very fparingly and warm’d either with a Glafs of drong Wine, or a Dram of Rum or Brandy. Anus hot ; or a Dram of Acorn Powder given in Wine. Juice of ripe Elder Berries, and Rye-meal, made into fmall round Paftes and baked again, repeat a third time, then powder them, and, to each Ounce of Powder, add a Dram of powdered Nut* megs ; Dofe a Dram in a poched Egg, or with toafted Bread fprinkled with Wine. Flix-weed any how ufed is an excellent Remedy ; or a Dram of its Powder in Wine. Powdered Cork, in an Electuary. Powder of dried Lime-tree Berries. Powder or Dccottion of Tormentil Roots. A Decoction of Perri winkle. Ten Ounces of the Juice of unripe Grapes, clarified by flow Boiling ; take a third Part of it at a Dofe. For a Tenef- mus, foment the Anus with a Deco&ion of Green Oak Leaves, in Blackfmith’s Trough Water ; or let the Sick often fit over a ftrong Decoction of Savine ; or often foment with a warm DecoPtion of Lime-tree Leaves ; or let the Sick fit as long as lie can on a warm Bag of Wheat Bran, boil’d in Vinegar, and often change it as it cools ; or let him often fit over a hot De- ception of Mullein ; or foment with a warm DecoPtion of it. 248. PoLEY ( 231 ) 248. Poley Mountain ( Folium Montanum ) in - fufed in Squill Wine cures fuch as walk in their Sleep ; being very acrid and bitter provokes Urine and Menfes. It relieves in Dropfy and Jaundice, and is good againft the Biting of venomous Bealls, abounding with a volatile Salt, Sylvius puts it a- mong the fecond Rank of Medicines againft the Falling Sicknefs. Diof cor ides fays its Decodlion is good in the Biting of Serpents, and that its Fumi- gation, or Strewing it in a Houfe, drives away ve- nomous Bealls. Though it difturb the Stomach and caufe Pain in the Head, yet it cures Spleen, Jaundice, and Dropfy, moves the Belly, and heals Wounds. The yellow Sort is bell, it containing much Oil and volatile Salt ; it is opening, good for the Head, caufes Sweat, cures Wounds, refills Putrefadlion, fortifies the Brain, expels malignant Vapours from Head and Heart, brings clown Menfes and Urine, fays Lemery. Apuleius fays, that Juice of Poley, mixt with Vinegar of Squills, and the Body anointed with it, cures Lunatics •, that its Root hung about the Neck does the fame. 249. Polypody. ( Polypodium ) That of the Oak is chiefly ufed, and of it the Root only, with Laxa- tives, gently to carry off thick Phlegm, and aduft Bile in Obllrudlions of the Liver, Spleen, Sweet- bread, and for Hypo and Scurvy •, but, being very flow, it is only mix’d with other Purgers in Infu- fion or Decodlion, or in Broths with Beets, Parfley, Mallow, Cummin, Ginger, Fennel, and Anife ; this is alfo a very good Decodtion in the Gripes. The Powder taken (to half a Dram daily, and faft- 0l4 * ing ( 232 ) mg three Hours after ) with Cream of Tartar, it is an excellent Cure for the Spleen, Jaundice, and Dropfy. Some ufe its dillill’d Water in a Cough, Afthma, Difeafes of the Lungs, Melancholy, frightful Dreams, and Quartans, drank daily for fome Time. In the three laft Cafes, the Root is to be boil’d in Wine, and fweetened with Sugar and Honey. It is good for chapped Hands or Feet. Pliny lays a Snuff of the powdered Root waftes the Polypus in the Nofe. The Root, beaten fmall and applied, helps Diflocations. 2 50. Poplar-tree. ( Populus ) An Ounce of the powdered Bark of the white Poplar, drank, is good in the Sciatica or Strangury. The warm Juice drop’d into the Ear eafes its Pain. The young Buds brnifed, with a little Ploney, are good for dim Sight. The black Poplar is more cooling than the white ; its* Leaves, bruifed with Vinegar, have been applied to the Gout. The Seed drank with Vinegar is good for the Falling Sicknefs. The Water, that drops from the Hollow of this Tree, takes away Warts, Puftules, Wheals, The early young Buds, bruifed in frefh Butter, and fet in the Sun, then Rrained, beautify Women’s Hair. Its Ointment cools Inflammations and Wounds, and dries up the Milk in Women’s Breads. 251. Poppy ( Papaver ) Lea f. Juice, and Seed, are all in Ufe; but, not to infill on the Preparation of Opium here, which is imported to us, I fhall chiefly infill on fome of the Ufes of white Poppies : One, two, or three Dilhes of Tea, made of the bruifed Seed or Head given at Night to Children, or feverifh young People, compofe gently to Rell, beyond Opium, Laudanum, ( 233 ) Laudanum, or Diacodium, which often produce uneafy or diiagreeabie Symptoms. An Emulfion of the Seed prepared in Milk and Lettuce Water is an , efleftual Remedy, lays Sennertus, again d the mod raging Pains of the Inflammation of the Eyes. A Poultife of the Leaves, boil'd in Milk, quiets the fevered Pains of the Limbs. Take ) Poppy-head and Seeds, and Dill-feed, of each two Ounces; Tops of Hen-bane, Hound’s-tongue, Night-fhade, and Camomile Flowers, of each two Handfuls ; cut and boil in fix Pints of W ater to four, and drain for Ufe, is Fuller's, notable Anodyne Fomentation for all violent Pains or Achs. It is alfo in his excellent Fomentation, for fpurious, pituitous, or fiatulept P leu rifles, but dees Mif- cbief in a true inflammatory Pleurify. Our white Poppy, which is chiefly ufed, is cooling and moiflens, procures Sleep in Diforders of the Breads and Lungs, as Cough, Hoarfenefs, and Confumptioo *, is good in a Loofenefs, and in great Pains, Watchings, Redlefnefs, and Catarrhs. The Turks ufe its fpiiTa- ted Juice, very much, and in great Dofes, to raife their Spirits, excite Courage b th for Mars and Venus. Some even ufe the Seeds in their Diet. In a Word, the Tea, infufion, Emulfion, and Syrup of the Seeds, are ufed in ail fevere internal Pains, Loofenefles, Catarrhs, tickling Coughs from Salt Rheums, Bloody Flux, Spitting of Blood, excef- five Menfes , in all Lofles of Blood, Redlefnefs, Watchings, Gripes, And a Decoftion of the Tops, Heads, Leaves, and Seeds in Baths, Pedi- lavia , Fomentations, Poultifes, Ointments, &V. in all external Pains, and in Watchings, Cramps, and Stiffnefles (if not from Cold, or cold Caufes, 252. Poppy f 234 ) 252. Poppy wild, or Corn Poppy (Papaverer- raticum) cools powerfully, procures Sleep, and eafes Pain ; it is uled in Fevers, Pleurifies (for which it is a ipecific Remedy) Quinfy, and other Difeafes of the Bread ; efpecially in irregular Dif- charge of the Menfes. The Infufion of the Flowers in Spirit of Wine is very good. Some apply its bruifed Leaves to the Liver, to flop Bleeding at the Nofe. It affords a good diftill’d Water, Syrup, Conferve, and Extraft, which are Specifics in a Pleurify, and to quiet Ravings and Diftradtion in burning Fevers, inward Inflammations and Quinfy ; but, when by its Ufe the violent Pain of a Pleurify is removed, it muft be left off, left it flop Spitting; and expectorating Remedies muft be ufed, for which, Juice of Horfe-radifh exceeds all other Things. Juice and Decodlion of Dandelion and Chervil, with thefe Poppy Flowers, are alfo good ; or their Syrup with Oil of Sweet Almonds, or Sper- ma-ceti, with the Yolk of an Egg, may be added and made into an Emulfion. Tindlure of Corn Poppies, with Camphire and Nitre, is good in a Phrenzy. This Syrup, with the middle Bark of Elder, is a powerful Caufer of Sweat. The Tea, Infufion, or Tindlure of the Flowers is good in Rheums and Catarrhs on the Bread: and Lungs. For a dry Cough, a Decodtion of Buglofs and Dog- grafs Roots, of each three Ounces, in two Quarts of Water-, drain the Decodtion on an Ounce of Corn Poppy Flowers, and on fome white Poppy Heads, cut fmall, and put in a thin Rag to ftrain out. 253- Sea or horn’d Poppy. (Papcrcer cornUulaium huum) The Seed taken in Mead purges the Body gently. ( 235 ) gently. A Decodtion of the Root in Water, to a half, helps Obftrudtions of the Liver, andUVm of the Sciatica •, it provokes Urine, and cures Water like Threads or Rags. The Leaves and Flowers cleanfe foul Ulcers fo powerfully, that they muft not be applied to clean Ulcers, and take off Scurfs, &c. from ill drefs’d Ulcers. The fame with Oil cleanfes the Eyes of Cattle that have Films over them. But obferve the bad Effedts of this Plant in Philofoph. Tranfadt. No. 242. p. 263. 254. Primroses ( wild yellow) or Cowslips, (Paralyfis) the Flowers are friendly to the Head and Nerves ; they are ufed in the Palfy, Apoplexy, and Gout. Juice of the Flowers takes Spots and Wrinkles off the Face, and other Faults of the Skin. The Water, Wine, Tea, and Conferve of the Flowers are all Anodyne, and foftly difpofe to fleep *, all appeafe Pain gently, induce Reft to Children, weak, and tender Perfons, efpecially in feverifti Diforders. A Dram and a half of the Root, gathered in Harveft, vomits fafely and brings up watery, choleric, and phlegmatic Humours. ... A Decodtion of the Root in Poffet Drink is a moft powerful and prefent Remedy in a Vertigo . The exprefs’d Juice of the Flowers and Leaves, drank often with as much Cows Milk, perfedlly cured a moft inveterate Head-ach. A Decodtion of the Roots is good in the Stone. The Juice of the Leaves is good for inward Bruifes, or Hurts *, Con- ferve of the Flowers is excellent for Palfies, Con- vulfions, and Cramps and fo is a Decodtion of the Leaves in a Bloody Flux. The Juice of the Root, fnufPd up the Nofe, clears the Plead and cures the Megrim *, but this Difeafe is more effedtually cured by Juice of Crow’s-foot Leaves, laid diredtly on the Part, ( 236 ) Part, through a Hole like a Silver Penny, in a (licking PI aider, the Hair fhaved off under it. A Deco£tion of Primrofe Leaves and Flowers, in Wine, is good in all Difeafes of the Bread and Lungs. A Poultife of them draws out of the Flefh Thorns, Splinters, or Bones. Ointment of the Juice and Linfeed Oil cures all Burns and Scalds. The Flowers, boiled in Vinegar and applied, difcufs Strophulous Tumours. A Gargle of their Decoc- tion heals fweird Throats. The Cowflips, whofe Flowers have no Smell, are not ufed in Phyfic, fays Sim. Pauli . *55- Purslane ( 'Porfulasd ) is ufed in Sallads to al- lay the Heat of the Stomach, and check the Redun- dance of Bile ; it is therefore ufed in putrid and ma- lignant Fevers, in the Heat of Urine, and for the Scurvy. It checks Luff, hinders Venereal Dreams, and nocturnal Pollutions, therefore good for the Lovers of Chadity, and the too Lafcivious. The Leaves eaten raw fatten loofe Teeth, and cure fuch as are fet on Edge •, it is good for Children that have Worms, but mud not be given too liberally, for its Coldnefs and Moidnefs caufes it foon to putrefy on the Stomach, and relax its Tone. Ga- len advifes its Ufe in hot jAgues, to dop bilious Fluxes, Women’s Menfes , Fluor albus , Gonorrhoea , Defluxions from the Plead, Want of Sleep, and Phrenzy. The Seed is better than the Herb, and is very good for Heat and Sharpnofs of Urine, and to redrain exceflive Lechery. The Juice of the Herb is good in Inflammations and Ulcers of the private Parts of both Sexes, if injedled by a Syringe. The bruifed Herb, applied to the Temples and Forehead, eafes exceflive Heat and Pain, from Want of Sleep or Red. It takes away the Rednefs ( 237 ) and Inflammation of the Eyes. The Juice with Vinegir cools thofe Parts where Pudules, Wheals, and Pimples break forth. The Juice with Oil of Rofes is good for Women’s fore Breads ; for Burns by Gunpowder, or by Lightning. The thickened Juice made into Pills with Gum Tragacanth and Arabic, and taken, is good againd making Bloody Urine *, fome ufed the diftill’d Water for the Tooth-ach. 256. Q jj ince-tree. ( Cydonia ) The Fruit, from its noble Aftringency, is mod agreeable to the Sto- mach •, it is good in a Cosliaca , and for them that have Bloody Fluxes or Bilious, or Spitting of Blood, and in all Kinds of Fluxes ; but its Bracing and Aftringency, is much lefiened by Boiling, Eaten before Meat it binds the Belly, but after Meat it loofens it. In hot Fevers when the Gullet is parch’d and Swallowing hurt, a Mucilage of the Seed made with Frog-fpawn Water is excellent. Though the Fruit binds, yet it provokes Urine ; but in a Heat of Urine, either with or without an Ulcer, it muff . be refrained. The Wine of Quinces is adringent, grateful to the Stomach, Bowels, and Kidnies. The Marmalade, often eaten, is good for Women with Child, for it not only {Lengthens the Infant, and gives it a fine Complexion, but prevents Abortion, and CMifes quick and eafy Labour to the Mother. The Juice boil’d up gently to the Confidence of a Syrup, and half an Ounce of it given to Infants, and more to the grown up, fetches up tough Phlegm from the Lungs : or gives a verv mild Puke, or moves the Belly and {Lengthens, the Sick. Sylvius extols it highly. The Seed fprinkied and foftened with Rofe Water, and brought to a thick Mucilage, is good for Burns and Paiching of the Tongue, ( 238 ) Tongue, Mouth, and Throat in Fevers, and for the Fain of the Piles, in Clyfters, and for chapped Nipples. If a little Vinegar be added to the Juice, Syrup, or Conferve, it roufes a flagged Appetite •, and, if fome Spices be added, it ftrengthens and raifes the Spirits, and helps the lan- guid Vifcera. To make them more loofening, ufe Honey inftead of Sugar, and a little Rhubarb or Turbith to purge Phlegm, or Scammony for Water. If to bind more, ufe unripe Quinces, with red Rofcs and Sloe Juice, with toafted Rhubarb. Their Juice is a wonderful Antidote againfl deadly Poi- fon, efpecially of white Hellebore. Their Oil rubbed on the Stomach, Belly, or relaxed Sinews, fcrengthens them much. A Deco&ion of their Down, in Wine, heals up Plague Sores ; or, ufed in a Plaifter with Wax and applied, reftores Hair to bald Places, or prevents its Falling off. A Poultife of its Pulp laid warm to a peftilential Carbuncle cures it *, or Radifh Root, cut and applied, draws out the Poifon powerfully. 257* Rag-wort or Rag-weed, St. James’s- wort. Stagger-wort, &c. (Jacobtea) is warm and bitter, it cleanfes, dries, digefts, and difcufies. Its Deco£lion, ufed in a Gargle, is faid to cure Sores and Ulcers in the Mouth, Tonfils, and Throat, But Sim. Pauli rejedls it for its Bitternefs, and fub- flitutes Throat- wort for it, with Strawberry Leaves and Self-heal •, or, if it be defigned to difcufs with Warmers, he advifes Origanum, Hyflfop, Rofe- mary, CiV. Fomentations and Poultifes of it are fit for Swellings and Impofthumations *, it cleanfes and heals them, Quinfy and King’s-evil. The Juice quickly heals green Wounds, cleanfes and cures old filthy Ulcers in any Part, Hops fretting Cankers ( 239 ) Cankers and Fiftula’s. It is very ferviceable for Achs and Pains of the Mufcles, Tendons, and Nerves ; and either Fomenting the Part with its Decodtion, or Anointing it with its Ointment, is good for the Sciatica. It is faid to be a certain Re- medy for the Staggers in Horfes, but it and Ground- fel in a Poultife with Vinegar and Lard, applied to hard and inflamed Breads, either from a Blow, or Milk curdled in them, even where a Cancer is threatened, has furprifing Succefs. Sim. Pauli knew a Surgeon who cured an epidemic Camp Dy- fentery with its Decodtion. Some laid a Poultife of it to their Belly for the Gripes *, and he owns it to be excellent in that Difeafe ; and would have it with other Sarcotics ufed in Clyfters for Excoriations of the Bowels. 258. Rasp or Hind Berries ( Rubus Idceus) are much the fame as Brambles, but far pleafanter to the Tafte, and more cordial, and lefs aftringent. Their Syrup, Jam, or Conferve are good in ardent Fevers, being cooling, cordial, and highly grateful. They afford a good Wine in a weak Stomach, Loofenefs, feveral Diforders of the Jaws, Gums, Uvula , Palate, &c. They that are troubled with often Vomitings fhould eat this Fruit, and lay a Poultife of the Leaves on the Stomach. A De- co&ion of the tender Leaves, or the Leaves bruifed and laid on, and their diftilTd Water drank, eafe and relieve all Inflammations. Though this Bufh affords a more grateful and cordial Fruit than the black Sort, viz. the Bramble, yet it is not fo ufeful and medicinal. Rafp-berries abound with Sulphur, and volatile Salt, they are therefore Diaphoretic. N. B. The Berries putrefy fooneft of mod Fruit, breed Worms faded, and they and Strawberries : fhould ( 240 ) fhould never be eaten unwafh’d. Drinking freely of their Wine gives a violent Head-ach. 259. Radishes {Raphanus hortenfis ) the Roots warm, dry, open, thin, and cieanfe ; they are tiled to break and expel the Stone, provoke Urine and Mrnjes , open Obftrubfions of the Liver and Spleen ; they thin Slime and Phlegm in the Sto- mach, promote the Diftribution of the Chyle and Humours. They are applied with Salt to the Soles in Fevers, and to the Neck in Pains of the Flead that attend malignant Fevers. If in the Wane of the Moon Corns are cut to the quick ’till they fmart, and the Juice of this Root is drop’d on them, they certainly vanifh. Applied in a Poul- tile with Goofe-greafe, they draw Thorns and Splinters out of the Flefh. Taken with Honey they eafe a Cough, and are reckoned good againll the Poifon of Toad- Fools and Hen-bane. The Juice given with Honey to drink is good for Chil- dren’s Coughs, and Shortnefs of Breath. Two Ounces of the Garden Root, ihred, and Mead poured on it, and the exprefs’d Juice given warm ; or rather three Drams of the Seed bruifed, and Mead, Whey, or Barley Water poured on it, and fqueez’d off and drank, Ferneltus fays, is the eafieft and fafeft V omit in the World. Four Ounces of Radifh Water, drank daily twhce a Day, cures the Stone and is good for a Dropfy ; or for the Stone, Take Juice of the Root, three or four Ounces •, Honey, one Ounce •, mix and repeat it three Morn- ings *, or the Root cut into Slices and boil’d over a flow Fire with Honey *, four Ounces of the Water running from them, is good to drink •, or take an Ounce of the Bark of the Root •, Medlar Stones, two Drams * infufe them eight Hours in four Ounces ( 24r ) Ounces of white Wine ; then drink it moderately warm, it is a great Secret againft the Stone. The Root is alfo good for the Scurvy and Diopfy, and in Salads. Tor a bad or depraved Tafte, preferv’d Roots of Succory are good eaten ; or Juice or Sy- rup of Sorrel ; or Radifh Root eaten before Dinner. Juice of Radiflhes, but chiefly of Water Creffes, or Tents flipp’d in the Juice of Wake-Robin, are all three good for a Polypus , if put up the Nofe. HJfuerus gives us this excellent Water for the Stone : Take Roots of Smallage and Parfley, Cum toto , of each fix Handfuls ; Radifn and Horfe-radifh, Onions and Nettles, of each three Handfuls ; Juniper Berries, a Pound ; Winter Cherries, fifty ; cut, bruife, and infufe, eight Days in Rhenijh Wine, then diftil in Bain, Mar. and put up for Ufe. Sim. Pauli from Quercetan gives the following for the Scurvy : T ake Decodtion of Barley or Barley W a- ter, two Pounds *, Rhenijh Wine, half a Pint; Horfe Radifh Roots diced, four Ounces ; Scurvy-Grafs, three Handfuls ; Water Crefles, a Handful ; or Scurvy Grafs and Crefs^Seeds, of each two Drams * cut, bruife, and infufe all for twelve Hours in a warm Place, then mafli the whole, and without the lea ft Boiling exprefs the Juice ftrongly in a good Prefs, and, inftead of his Norway Spirit of Mulberries and Syrup, add Aq. Raphan, Ruftic. Dofe two Drams Evening and Morning to the Poor. 260. Radish {Horfe) {Raphanus Rufticanus) has the like Virtues, but is ftronger, therefore far more \ ufed and depended on, in all the above Cafes. The Root expels Urine, Sand, and Gravel ; it is alfo commended for a Cough and ConfumptiOn, and repeated is a Specific in the Scurvy. Its Juice or Infufion, in Honey and Vinegar, drank v/arm, R it ( 242 ) is certainly one of the bed Vomits in the Work! for a palled Stomach loaded with Phlegm, but efpeci- ally v/here the Bread is opprefs’d with much thick tough Phlegm. This Root is highly extoll’d in the Stone. Bartholine fays its Juice diflolves the Stone taken out of the Body. It is a good Stomachic, and brings down the Menfes. The Juice drank, and laid to the Navel, kills Worms in Children. A Poultife of it laid to the Navel and Loins relieves in a Dropfy. If drank, and repeated feveral times before the Fit of a Quartan, it alters its Courfe. A Poultife of it, beaten up and applied, is good in the Sciatica, Gout, and other Joint Achs, and for Swellings of the Spleen and Liver. Some ufe the didilPd Water of the Root for all thefe Intentions. But its Juice drank exceeds ail things in a Pleurify, to caufe Spitting after the Pain. 261. Rocket ( Emca ) gives Salad3 a fine Tade, and the fame it does to Sauces and Seafonings ; it is grateful to the Palate, excites Lud, and is faid to increafe Seed * the Leaves boil’d, and a little Sugar put to them, are thought to be good for Children’s Coughs. The Seed, bruifed and drank with Wine, kills Worms and heals the Swelling of the Spleen. The bruifed Leaves put on the Eye-lids clear the Sight. The Seed mixt with Honey and anointed on the Face takes off all Spots and Scurfs, but more effedfually if Ox Gall be mixt with it. Ma- thiolus fays a Poultife of the Roots, boil’d in Water, draws out Splinters or Bones. But Bauhinus pre- fers the Leaves here. Some ufe daily a Powder of Rocket and Cummin, to prevent an Apoplexy and Palfy. The Wild Rocket is hotter and more acrid than that of the Garden j they cut; thin. 2 ( 243 ) &nd rarify tough Phlegm, and put up the No# eaufe Sneezing. 262. Rosa Solis ( Ros Solis) or Sun-clew ; fome ex- tol its Sweat or Juice in Confumptions, but 1 fhould be forry to ufe it, or any fuch acrid, alrnod Cauflic Medicine in fo dangerous a Difeafe •, or in any Cafe internally ; but outwardly it may be ufed for Pain, or Inflammation of the Eyes. Hoffman fays it breaks the Stone in the Bladder and Reins, and removes a Dropfy, by carrying off the Water. Ray fays, if it is gathered when the Sun is in the Middle of Leo , dry it, put it in a Bag, and lay on the Bread, it is a Secret again A Bleeding of the Nofe. Schroder knew fome who ufed its infu- fion in Aqua Vit