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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38455	An English herbal, or, A discovery of the physical vertues of all herbs in this kingdom what planet governs each herb, and how to gather them in their planetary hours : containing some hundreds of medicines made of English herbs, whereby any person may keep his body in health, or cure himself when sick, for a small charge, with such herbs and roots as naturally grow in England : collected for a general good.		1690 (1690)	Wing E3088; ESTC R8390	44,374	74

Stitches Wind and kills Lice Buckthorn Plantane grows in sandy and many other Places is an Herb of Saturn being cold dry and very binding 'T is excellent against the biting of mad Dogs or Serpents if apply'd to the Place bitten The Roots boil'd in Whitewine opens Obstructions provokes Venery expels Gravel stops the Nose bleeding Lask of the Belly and Bloody-flux The Herb boil'd in Posset-drink cures the Defluxion of hot Humours in the Eyes and all sore Eyes Betony Water grows in Ditches and on Banks is under Jupiter in Cancer hot and dry in the second degree for Wounds 't is a good Herb and may be very effectual for old Ulcers Bruises and Wounds the Juice boil'd in Honey wet your Tents and Lint therewith and apply it The Water distill'd is good for Sun-burnt Hands or Face Betony Wood grows in Woods and shady Places this is also under Jupiter This as the Elder hath so many Vertues that a Book hath been written on them It fortifies the Heart and Liver prevents Epidemical Diseases helps Digestion encreases Appetite cures the Falling-sickness Jaundice Palsie and Witchcraft If you take the Root Flowers or Herb in Broth or Decoction Conserve or Syrup Electuary or Powder all work the same Cure It cures the Dropsy Scurvy Gout Frenzy short Breath Worms Stone Obstructions Tooth-ach biting of venomous Beasts Boyls Fistula's Distempers in the Bladder or Reins helps Women in Travail the Fume of the Decoction taken in at the Ears eases them Beech-tree grows among Oaks is under Saturn and is cold dry and binding Beech-tree-leaves are good apply'd to hot Swellings to disperse them and there is often found in Old Beeches a Water that cools hot Swellings and disperses them and cures Tettars Itch Scabs and Scurfs in Men or Beasts wash'd with it The Nuts or Masts are nourishing to Beasts that eat it and an Oyl is now made of the Mast to eat with Sallads little inferior to ●●●●●d-Oyl Bilberries grow on Heaths there are two 〈◊〉 Black and Red they are under Jupiter The B●●●k are good in Feverish Agues they cool the Stomach Blood and Liver and are a little binding they strengthen the Stomach stay Vomiting and Loathing the Red are most binding They stop Fluxes and the Terms their Juice made into a Syrup is good against the Diseases before-mention'd 't is also good against spitting of Blood old Coughs Agues or Ulcers in the Lungs They make a pleasant and wholsome Tea with Sage Boifoyl or Twayblade is found in Copses and Woods another sort of it grows in wet Grounds and Marshes 'T is govern'd by Saturn and is dry and cold In all Wounds 't is very binding and consolidating for Ruptures 't is admirable both outwardly and inwardly apply'd Birch-tree grows in Woods is under Venus and by Nature hot and dry If you drink the d●still'd Water of the Leaves or the Water that comes out of the Tree when 't is pierc'd it breaks the Stone in the Reins and Bladder If the Water is ●●still'd it serves for a Wash that beautifies the Face 'T is a good Water for a sore Throat or Mouth a Coal of the green Wood beaten to Powder and apply'd stops bleeding speedily Birds-foot grows on Heaths and barren Ground is under Saturn and of a drying binding healing quality It helps a Rupture outwardly or inwardly applied the Stone it also breaks Bishops-weed grows wild in most Places and is under Venus this Herb is hot and dry in the third degree 'T is in taste sweet and bitter and is very opening 'T is excellent in Consumptions expels Wind provokes the Courses and breaks the Stone taken in Wine it hinders the poisonous effects of any Poison being decocted and drank it cures a red Face and makes it pale if applied outwardly It also takes away Bruises or Deformities of the Skin making it pale and fair Bistort Snakeweed grows in moist Woods but mostly in Gardens there is two sorts 't is under Saturn cold and dry This Herb is a great Antido●e against Poison the Root powder'd driveth out the Small-pox Plague Measles or any Malignity The Root decocted doth the same and helps spitting of Blood inward Bleedings and all Fluxes in Women or Men is good against Vomiting and Loathing Ruptures Bruises or Bursten It cures the Jaundice and eases Pains The distill'd Water or Decoction is good to wash the bites of mad Dogs or other venomous Beasts being drank it cure●h Abortion A dram of the Root taken in some of the Water for some time cures the running of the Reins injected into the Womb heals Ulcers it stops Defluxions applied to any part Buckshorn Sanguinaria grows in barren sandy Ground 't is an Herb under Saturn being one sort of Plantane Its Vertues are much the same being cold dry and binding It stops bleeding where-ever applied and destroys Warts Bugle is a sort of Comfry that grows in Woods is govern'd by Venus and temperately hot 't is a good Wound-herb applied outwardly or inwardly It cures Ulcers Fistula's and Gangrenes by Ointment Decoction Water Powder or Syrup It cures the Night-mare strange Fears or Sights in the Night Burnet grows in Gardens and also wild 't is an Herb of the Sun an excellent Herb to keep the Body in Health for as the Sun preserves Life in all so his Herbs are most cordial to all Boil'd in Wine it preserves the Brain and Heart from all Infection Pestilence nay it enlivens the Spirits tho' it be but put into a Glass and look'd on it cures Melancholy it cures a Dysentery or sux of the Blood Diar●●●●a Vomiting or Loathing 'T is admirable in its Vertues used any way Butter-bur grows in moist Ground Marshes and by the Water-side 't is under the Sun hot and dry in the third degree 'T is most cordial to the Heart and Spirits and very bitter the Roots are good against the Plague and Small-pox when infected sweating out the Malignant Matter boil'd in Wine or Posset-drink Also the Powder of it drank in Wine is good against Suffocation or want of Breath it provokes Urine and the Courses and kills all sorts of Worms in Old or Young The Powder of the Root dries up all Sores that will not yield to other Medicines and takes away Blemishes and Spots Burdock is a stinking Bur that grows by the sides of Ditches any where 't is under Venus and cold in the first degree 'T is so attracting that the Seed or Leaves draw the Matrix upward or downward if you apply the Leaves to the top of the Head it draws it upward if to the soles of the Feet it draws it downward if you would stay it in its due place bind a Leaf to the Navel 'T is good for old Sores and Ulcers The Root is excellent for the Stone Lask or Consumption either preserv'd or otherwise The Seeds are used to break the Stone and for other Uses as beforesaid C Cabbages and Colworts grow in Gardens they are Plants of the Moon cold and dry and

dry it 's cleansing opening good for all Obstructions of the Liver Gall and Spleen and all Diseases thence arising as Hypochondriack Melancholy and Flatus it both cleanses the Urinary P●ssages and heals 'em by taking the Decoction of Roots and Leafs in Whitewine the Cachexia or Consumption is cured it procureth Rest prevents infectious Air and is safe to eat or in the Spring for Diet-drink Dittany of Crete it hath the Vertue of Peonyroyal it most effectually draws out Thorns the smell of it drives away venomous Creatures and kills 'em if they touch it the Juice apply'd to Wounds or Bites of venomous Creatures is a present Remedy if at the same time 't is taken inwardly Darnel groweth among Corn and is under Saturn It is of a dry binding quality and stops eating Ulcers and Sores Cancers Leprosie Ringworms c. it dissolveth Knots or hard Tumors if apply'd as a Poultice or if you bruise it with a little Vinegar and Salt it helps the Sciatica and stops a Lask if the Seed be boil'd in red Wine and drank likewise all Fluxes Dill grows in Gardens and wild is under Mercury It quickens the Wit and Memory if boil'd and the Decoction drank it easeth the Cholick all Pains and Windiness the Mother Chincough and raw Humors provokes the Terms and procures Rest Docks grow every where are cold and dry in quality and are under Jupiter The red Dock is good for the Liver strengthens it and purifies the Blood but the yellow is best for Choler Sorrel is the coldest The Seeds are good to stay Fluxes Diarrhoea's spitting of Blood loathing of Food and are the best dryers of Itch Scabs Tertars or Ringworms being made into an Ointment or Decoction All Docks have this quality that boil them with Meat and it will soon be boil'd enough Devils-bit groweth in Fields and Meadows is govern'd by Venus It cures Fevers pestilential Poysons and Bitings of venomous Beasts dissolves congeal'd Blood thro' a Bruise or Fall Decocted and drank it cures Tumors Throat-swellings driveth away Fumes and Vapours of the Mother kills Worms and is a very good Wound-herb Dodders of Thyme Dodders are all Bindweeds on other Herbs but that upon Thyme is the true one which purgeth Melancholy and opens Obstructions of the Liver Gall Sple●n Hypochondriac Disury Dog-grass groweth in Gardens is under Jupiter and is a great opener for the Reins and Liver it stayeth Lask and Vomiting if boil'd in Whitewine Drink the Decoction for 't is very opening remedying all Diseases that proceed from Stoppage Dogs-bane groweth in Syria and kills whatsoever eats it the Leaf 〈◊〉 Bread and given to Dogs kills ' em Doves-foot groweth in Pasture Garden c. 't is under Mars and admirable for the Cholick and all Cholick-pains 't is good against the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys The Decoction in Whitewine is extraordinary for an inward Wound Gout Ulcer Fistula or Rupture and outwardly applied is good for any Pain in the Joints Ducks-meat grows on the top of the Water 't is of a cold quality and govern'd by the Moon 't is good against the Gout all Inflamations and St. Anthony's Fire either of it self or in a Poultice with Barley-meal The Water distill'd is good for a Fever Head-ach Swelling of the Cods and Redness of the Eyes Down-thistle is prickly grows in Ditches and Banks 't is under Mars and is good against Cramps and Consumptions being of a hot quality 't is also good against Rickets in Children Dragons grow in Gardens of the colour of a Snake 't is under Mars and so biting that it is best to distil it in what Liquor is best for your Use It cleanseth the Stomach and inward parts so it doth the external parts of Morphew Freckles Sun-burn Wounds internal or external as Cankers Ulcers Polypus Pin and Web and clears the Sight 't is also good against Infections Plague Poison and venomous Beasts 'T is reported that no Serpent will bite him that carries this Herb about him With the Juice rub your Hands then put them into the Water and the Tish will come to your Hand that you may take them Lemery p. 85. Dropwort grows in Meadows and dry Ground 't is under Venus and is powerful upon the Secrets it opens the Passages of Urine cures the Strangury Obstructions of the Reins breaks the S●one Wind and gives Breath if the Herb be decocted in White-wine or the Powder of the Root be taken with Honey or any convenient Syrup 'T is also good for all Diseases of the Breast and Lungs cuts Phlegm cures a Cough and all Defects of the Urine E Elder-tree grows in Hedges and is under Venus This Shrub is of great Ver●ue in the Spring to purge the Blood mixt with other Spring-herbs A Book of 1 s. or 1 s. 6 d. has been written only about the Vertues of this Shrub 't is good against all Inflamations external or internal in Ointment The inward Bark cures all Burnings and Inflamations the distill'd Water of the Berries and young Tops cures all Surfeits and Fevers The Berries boil'd with Sage makes a pleasant Tea like Claret Elder Dwarf grows wild in Hedges c. 't is under Venus and a very good Purge for the Dropsy the Berries or inward Bark of the Root boil'd in Whitewine and drank worketh strongly by Stool and Urine The Juice of the Berries boil'd with Honey and dropt into the Ears cures them of Pain a distill'd Water of the Leaves and Berries taketh away all Sun-burn Morphew or Deformities of the Skin It cleanseth Blood-shot Eyes cures the Gour by purging and the Stone and Cholick Elm-tree grows in woods or Fields 't is under Saturn of a cold and dry quality the Bark and Leaves bruis'd and laid on Green Wounds heals 'em being mix'd with Vinegar it cu●es Leprosy and Scurf a Decoction of the Leaves and Bark is good in Ruptures and Fractures by applying to it wet Cloths applied hot with Cloths to Tumours dissolves 'em it cleanses the Skin of all filth gives Ease to the Gout and is good for all Scalds or Burns Endive grows in Gardens and is under Jupiter the Galenists use it in cooling Juleps against Fevers Agues Passions of the Heart Sharpness of Urine Excoriations Tumours and Pestilential Sores 't is excellent for all Inflamations of the Eyes and dimness of Sight apply'd outwardly it allays the Pain of the Gout Elecampane grows in shady moist Places 't is under Mercury very h●● and opening and good for windy and cold S●omachs The Roots preserv'd cure Wheezing Cough opens the Spleen cures Stitches provokes the Terms and helps Concoction the Root in powder taken with sugar does the same It prevents Infection resists Poison and is good for sore Eyes loose Tooth kills Worms cures the Scab or Itch being made into an Ointment and takes away all Deformities of the Skin Eye-bright groweth in Meadows is under Leo and rul'd by the Sun it is excellent to strengthen the Brain by drinking the