of the pocks the other distemperatures were therewith also cured For that disease is the cause of twenty mischiefs and the reason why many Physitians make a long cure of the former distemperatures is for that they know not the main and principall cause of them But now I will shew thee a true and excellent manner of curing the retention of urine which way soever it cometh First give them a dose of Aromatico then give unto them Sirupo solurivo eight or ten days but in any wise kéep no strait diet but a good government as you do most commonly use and eat such meat as pleaseth thy stomack best cause them also to sweat and in short time thou shalt thoroughly cure them CHAP. CXIII A most excellent remedy to cure the difficulty of Urine THe difficulty or retention of urine caused divers ways as of gravell viscosity exulceration c. iâ— in this sort very well and safely cured When the cause of this difficulty of urine is in the reins or kidneys so that it be not a stone in the kidneys or some great store of gravell see that you work thus Take the lungs and pissel of an hare boil it in good wine when it is well boiled stamp it small and passe it thorough a strainer with the said liquor wherein it was boiled Remember that when you boil it there must not remain much liquor in the vessel Then take the said matter that you strained and put thereto as much purified honey and boil it on a soft fire untill it come to the form of an Electuary When it is boiled put thereto for every pound of that Electuarythese things following made into fine powder of Lignumaloes of Cinamon of each Iscruple Cloves Saffron of each one scruple Musk four grains Aquae rosarum one ounce Quintaessence solutive one ounce and a half Incorporate these well together while it is warm and kéep it in a glasse close stopped And when you will use it you must first take a dose of Electuario Angelica and while you use the Electuary remember to anoint the reins with Aqua faetida when you go to bed Of the Electuary you must take one ounce in the morning and fast thereon four hours and use some exercise and in short time thâ—n shall sée a marvellous good work performed For the reins will be strengtheued the viscosity will be resolved the porâ—â— will be opened and the urine will be expelled and cleansed all which are effects necessary for him to regard that will with henesty and credit help the former malady Another often proved If thou wilt presently help one that cannot make water by reason of wind viscosity or other grievous cause vering the party anoint the reins and the privy parts with Balsamo Artificiato and kéep them very warm and forthwith they shall make water to their great satisfaction CHAP. CXIIII Retention of the Urine with a stitch in the side ONe was in very short time cured of these infirmities after he had taken Aromatico and anointed him in manner above specified with the Balsamo Artificiato which you shall find under the title of Balsome c. CHAP. CXV The swelling of the leg and foot cured in manner following FIrst the patient took one dose of Aromatico then he used Quintaessence solutive thrée or four mornings together in a little broth That dâ—â—e he drunk every morning a little Quâ—intaessence vegetable fasting and every night he anointed his leg with Oleum Philosophorum nostrum Also now and then he took a dose of Pillulae Angelica to keep the body soluble he kept a reasonable good diet he used not mÌ„uch walking so that very shortly after he was well cured CHAP. CXVI Of Chilblains and their cures YOu shall understand that Chilblains as we tâ—rm them are caused of no other thing then of humours dried and restrained in the bodie For in winter when it is cold the pores do shut so close together that the humour cannot passe or come forth neither by sweat nor other exhalation or expiration For that cause the humours in a young man who is hot of complexion may not be kept in for then nature which would ease her self sendeth that exhalation unto the extream parts of the body that is unto the hands and feet where remaining there is caused that alteration and in processe of time the skin doth open and the humour goeth forth but cannot heal till the spring when warm weather cometh in Howbeit there is found out a secret to cure them quickly and with great ease First let them bloud then give them a dose of Electuario Angelica after that let them take Sirupo solutivo six or seven days together not keeping any streight diet or rule After this anoint them with Oleum philosophorum de cera terebinthina at night when they go to bed and do thus one week at the leaâ—t and then no doubt thou shalt cure them as I have often proved Also the oil and water of frankincense will do the like CHAP. CXVII Of Corns on the feet and the manner to take them away THe Corns that come on the feet are a kind of hard tumor or thick excressence caused of corrupt and putrisied humours whereof nature being willing to discharge her self sendeth them to the lower part of the feet whereout because they cannot passe there do they make residence ingendring that kind of tough excressence which is grievous and painfull Many times the cause hereof ariseth of that noisome disease Morbus Gallicus as some write and then must it be remedied with medicaments appropriate thereunto But if they come otherwise then to take them away follow this order When they are in their greatest state and cause most pain cut them untill they bleed then anoint them with Balsamo Artificiato applying it so hot as you may suffer it thereupon go to bed Then touch them once or twice mith Oleum sulfuris and anoint them with Olenm philosophorum de teribinthina cera untill they be whole Some take the juyce of Semperuivum and anoint the eyes therewith Then they take Wormwood and lay it upon an hot tile stone and sprinkle it with strong vinegar and being hot bind it upon the Corns and in three or four times so doing as I have been credibly informed the Corns will be taken away Also the red plaister or sear-cloth before set down cureth the same CHAP. CXVIII Of an infirmity that cometh on the fingers ends and in the feet under the nails and the cure thereof MAny men are greatly troubled herewith and in such manner as thereby they are made altogether unfit to go It commeth on the great toe under the nail or the side of the nail for the most part and a man would think that the nail grew in the fleâ—h but it is not so for the flesh groweth upon the nail though this infirmity appear not to be a thing of great importance whereof the ancient writers have made little mention
Mel rosarum which doth very effectually purge the melaÌ„choly humor That done I gave her our sirrup against the melancholly humour for eight 〈◊〉 ten days together and applied unto the sores an unguent of Lytarge boiled with the powder of Scrophularia thâ—â— was she in short time cured Another for the same Take Uerdigrease Pelitory of Spain Dock root the suice of léeks of the herb Scrophularia of each alike quantity mixe them and lay on lint and apply it unto the Scrophulae but take some care thereof CHAP. CIII Of Pavaricium or Pavaricies called the whit-blow THis grievous and intollerable malady as thoss know well that have felt them cometh on the end of the singer and is an infirmity bred in the liver whereof nature being-willing to discharge her self sendeth it to the extream parts of the fingers and most commonly it cometh to the finger next the thumb but seldome in the other The reason or cause whereof is hidden save that we may conjecture as we have said before an accident in the liver which nature sendeth forth unto those parts to ease herself When it cometh to the end of the finger that it can go no further it causeth a sharp and excessive pain and the accident coming unto that place not having passage is so hot that in short time it putrifieth the sinews muscles and cartilages and in the end rotteth both flesh and bone The secret of this grief is not commonly known of the most Surgeons who with all their learning cannot devise to cure it as it ought to be cured The most part of such as have that infirmity loose their finger but if thou wilt quickly help them follow this method First let them bléed on the liver vein then let them be well purged Afterward dresse the finger with oleum sulfuris which will cause some pain neverthelesse to have some ease you must abide it The next day dresse it with magno licore untill it be whole which will be in short time as I have often proved CHAP. CIIII. Of grievous Vlcers in womens breasts FIrst they must be touched with oleum sulfuris then make this unguent Take of the yolks of eggs two ounces Turpentine Butter Barley flower Honey of Roses of each half an ounce incorporate them all in a morter and therewith dresse them untill they be whole But if they come of any kind or spice of the foul disease this unguent will be to very small purpose But then shall you dresse them with Vnguento magno which is appropriate unto the disease and look that you purge them with Aromatico CHAP. CV Of the disease called Asthma or Tysick and the cure thereof THis disease which is called the Tysick is a certain infirmity contained in the lungs which doth harden and dry them in such manner that such as are troubled therewith cannot fetch their breath It procéedeth of adustion of the bloud that cannot run in the veins and so the lungs lacking sustenance worketh that effect This disease is cured four manner of ways First you shall let them bloud under the tongue cutting those veins overthwart and suck them as much as they can for it evacuateth and openeth the opilation of the bloud and easeth the lungs of all that evill matter which offendeth Secondly you shall give them a dose of Aromatico which evacuateth the stomack of all evill qualities that offend the lungs The third is to let them eat for a moneth together every morning one ounce of Electuario de Althea The fourth to anoint the stomack every night with magno licore But every ten days you must take a dose of Electuario Angelica whereby thou shalt help them quickly You must also kéep a sober diet refraining Fish Pork slimie things Spice baked meats Chéese and such like which nourish grossely and do infect the bloud CHAP. CVI. An excellent remedy against the Worms YOu shall give the patient two ounces of unguento magno to drink with Mel rosarum thrée mornings together anoint the nosethrils therewith and in thrée days they will be expelled were they never so many For the Worms of all sorts Take of the powder of Centuary leaves one ounce powder of Sena of Alex. half an ounce Wormséed finely beaten one ounce then take of good Malmsey a quarter of a pint or better of the best Honey two ounces dissolve the Honey in the Wine with a gentle heat and then put in all the powders and stir it well together which done put it into a clean bladder knit it close and hang it in the Chimney untill it be an hard tump you may use it as the Wormséed alone is commonly used give a child the weight of a great at a time to the elder sort more as you think good it killeth the worms and causeth them to void CHAP. CVII Of the hardnesse of the milt and the cure thereof THe spléen or milt is hardened by reason of superfluous humidity that it taketh from the liver and lungs Therefore if you will help this infirmity it were necessary to use medicines a bstersive and drying which thou shalt do thus First give them Aromatico then let them use this Electuary which is of marvellous virtue in that operation Take Crocus Martis Scolopendria of each one ounce Spikenard lapis lazuli of each two scruples Cinamon half an ounce mixe them and make an Electuary thereof with purified honey and take thereof every morning one spoonfull and every night two hours before supper an other spoonfull and anoint the outward part where the grief is with balsamo artific and in short time the disease shall be cured Another remedy very effectuall for the former disease Let them bloud on the two veins under the tongue That done mixe mustard séed with the urine of a boy and lay it betwéen two cloaths and lay it to the part afflicted one night and then if thou féel not good ease use it again till the disease be gone Also the decoction of oak helpeth the swelling of the milt CHAP. CVIII The cure of the Gonorrhea or running of the reins the forerunner of the soul disease FIrst you shall give them Aromatico once in white Wine Then morning and evening for seven or eight days use this potion following anointing also the reins and those parts with Aquae faeâ—ida being cold and in short time they shall be healed Take the whites of four or five new laied Eggs two ounces of fine Sugar thrée ounces of Rose water mixe them well and drink it morning and evening This is a rare secret and often proved the drink must be drunk cold CHAP. CIX Of the Hemerrhoids and their cure THe Hemerhoids are an alteration in the Hemerhoidal veins caused of a corrupt and putrified humour whereof nature being willing to discharge her self sendeth forth by those veins unto the extream or outward parts where it cannot passe through and causeth the alteration and inflation that is called the Hemerrhoids This corruption and
{non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Or The English unparalell'd PHYSITIAN AND CHYRURGIAN Shewing The true Vse of all manner of PLANTS and MINERALS In which is Explained The whole ART and SECRESY of Physick and Chyrurgery Wherein is contained 1. The cure of any Internal Disease which hath taken effect and brought forth Symptoms either outwardly or inwardly in the Head Stomack Back Belly c. 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent Balsames Oyls Plaisters and Waters with the effects thereof 3. The making and use of Purges Vomits Drinks and Clisters according to Rules of Physick and Astrologie 4. The nature and temperature of Herbs Plants and Vegetables and the use thereof and the Influence of the Planets as well over Herbs and Plants as over the Bodies of Men 5. The way to extract the Spirits and Quintaessences of several sorts of Herbs and Minerals and the rare Operations they have 6. The making of Salt of Wormwood Balm or any other Herb. 7. The Cure of any Wound Contusion Puncture or Vlcer in any part of the Body All which have been prescribed and practised by several Learned Doctors and Chyrurgians By D. BORDER Practitioner in Physick LONDON Printed by B. Alsop and are to be sold at his house in Grubstreet near the Upper Pump 1651 To the Right Honourable the Lord BRADSHAW Lord President of the Councel of State c. My Lord IT hath been the general practise of writers to dedicate their books of Art and learning to learned and honourable persons under whose patronage they are protected find the better acceptance abroad and the instruments attaine the opportunity to acknowledge their duty and thankfulnesse to those whom they reverence honor The last whereof was the cause that brought these things into a book and the book unto you The main subject whereon it consisteth is the very Quintaessence of Hypocrates Galen Ioubertus Paracelsus and other learned men of these latter times which for the most part have been experimentally tried and approved excellent though in generall they have been kept secret and hidden from the publick for whose good I have taken some pains to put them into such a method that all that have need may receive benefit and comfort Having such a Talent in my hand I thought it my duty to improve it to the best advantage of the republick for herein the rich may at least take delight the middle sort gain knowledge and experience the poor find relief when they want money to seek for other help and all sorts of people remedies against all kind of maladies sicknesses or diseases incident to mans body if they be carefully administred and applied according to the directions set down for here is variety of medicines according to the nature of the disease whereas some Emperick of our time have but one plaister for all sores Here is also set down certain rules and directions for Physitians and Chyrurgians which are no lesse necessary to be known then the subject or matter on which they are to work for I find it recorded that Paracelsus did more good in his time by making known the Theorie then Gallen did in all his life which more then doubled the years of Paracelsus Non nobis solum nati sumus c. is a true position and was never more really practised then by your Lordship whom God hath raised up to be a principal instrument to preserve this nations peace and tranquillity and for this cause the whole Common-wealth challengeth an interest to your honour and look upon you as their chief protector against the Common enemy the great Physitian to cleanse and purge the evill and maligne humors which are apt to arise in the body politick that the Godly receive comfortable and refreshing cordials nay evē the dew from heaven under a flourishing pious ministry in a land of peace flowing with milk and hony And the great Physitian both of soul and body preserve you with increase of honour and length of days which is the prayer of Your Lordships humbly devoted in all service DAN BORDER The Table Alphabetical of the Wounds Maladies Diseases and Sicknesses for which there be approved remedies prescribed in this Book A AChes of all sorts cured chap. 45. pa. 21. c. See more in Oyls and Oyntments Apoplexie and the cure See the vertus of Herbs c. Agues c. 129. p. 85. Alopecia or the coming off of the hair c. 58. p. 29. Almonds swelled and inflamed c. 64. p. 33. See more in squinancy Antidotes and preservatives against infectious air c. 85. p. 50. Asthma or the Tysick c. 105. p. 66. St. Anthonies fire c. 43. p. 18. B BUrsting and the cure thereof c. 111. p. 71. Bruises c. 130. p. 85. c. 141. p. 91. Back and Reins c. 142. p. 91. Benummednesse of the leggs or thighs c. 151. p. 95. Burning or scalding c. 154. p. 94. The Artificial Balsom and severall other excellent Balsomes and the effects thereof c. 125. p. 81. c. 126. p. 82. c. Spitting of Bloud c. 73. p 40. c. Bleeding at the nose staied c. 62. p. 31. Bloudy flux of long continuance c. 90. p. 52. C COntusions in the head or any other part c. 9. p. 5. c. 17. p. 8. c. 97. p. 80. Cancer in the breast c. 32. p. 15. Contraction or shrinking of sinews with a consumption helped c. 55. p. 27. Cough of the Lungs c. 69. p. 37. Cough with shortnesse of breath c. 70. p. 38. Cough and pain in the side c. 74. p. 43. Cramp an excellent remedy against it c. 54. p. 27. Catarrhe Rheum Cough and Tysick c. 96. p. 58. Corns on the feet c. 117. p. 77. Chilblains and their cure c. 116. p. 76. D Dropsies the signs and the cure thereof c. 77. p. 45. c 78. p. 46. Drink for the yellow Jaundies c. 169. p. 107 Drink for spitting bloud c. 170. ibid. Drink for a surfeit c. 171 ib. Drink for restoring any decay of the inward parts c. 173. p. 108 Drink for a woman in danger to miscarry c. 174. p. 109. Drink for melancholly and choller c. 175. ib. Drink for the Scurvey c. 176. p. 110. Diet-drink for any disease c. 177. p 111. Diet-drink opening obstructions c. c 179. p. 104. Deafnesse and the perfect cure thereof c. 204. p. 128. E Eyes prickt or hurt c. 16. p. 7. Eyes that are sore c. 61. p. 30. Pin and Web in the eyes c. ib. p. 31. Pearl in the eyes c. ib. Eyes that are dim an Oyntment c. 99. p. 81. Ears that run c. 123. p. 81. Emrods and their cure c. 91. p. 53. c. 109. p. 69. Electuary for Gonorrhea or running of the reins c. 88. p. 51. Electuary to expell wind c. c. 76. p. 45. F Fistulaes in any part of the body c. 40. p. 17. Another c. 199 p. 123. c. 156. p. 96 Falling sicknesse c. 66. p. 34. Feavers Pestilentia c. c. 83. p. 48. Flux of all sorts
to bed one scruple either in pills or dissolved in some convenient liquor about the foresaid time of the Moon A very melancholick maiden was cured in this manner CHAP. XCIII Suffocation and pains of the Matrix with retentation of menstrues cured by I. P. TAke extract Drionae one dram and a half the leaves of Sena half an ounce Ginger one scruple Cinamon one dram Sugar one ounce lay them to infuse one night in a pint of warm whey made of Goats milk Then strein it and drink thereof three mornings warm about the new Moon keeping a warm and drying diet your wine must be infused with Rosemary flowers Another that hath cured the rising of the mother by R. C. Take the flowers or buds of a Walnut tree in May give the patients as much thereof to drink as will lie on a great and with two or three doses they shall be cured Also if you give one scruple of oleum succinum album in wine it will presently cure the same disease a thing oftentimes proved with good successe CHAP. XCIIII To provoke urine and to cause the Jaundies to flow W. K. THe powder of earth worms drunk with white wine provoketh urine and cureth the Jaundies and Tâ—â—â—ians Also gray Sope two ounces Bay-salt finely beaten one ounce mix them and therewith anoint the navill and belly Also Castile Sope being drunk with warm wine provoketh vrine Also if you shall apply quick earth-worms upon a whit blow called Pavaricium of some Paviricies they will cure the same CHAP. XCV To provoke Urine and to heal other obstructions a most excellent and proved receipt by I. H. and many other THis composition of artificiall salts breaketh and after a sort consumeth all tartarous diseases as hath been very often and truly experimented by divers and sundry persons yea it prevaileth much against the gout taken with potions electuaries and sirrups appropriate unto the particular ministrations Take the salt of radish of Eringos Bean-stalks Broom Alizanders Auniper Ash Aniâ—eed Fennell Camomil Worm-wood Vervine Tartar Christaline of each alike quantity mix theÌ„ in a warm morter keep it close in a dry place for in the air moisture it wil quickly resolve The dose hereof is from half a scruple to a whole â—â—â—uple and may be very safely administred without perill to any age or sexe upon good occasions and at times convenient after that the body is prepared for the same purpose I shall now proceed in order to speak of severall other griefs and diseases incident to mans body and shew you the cure thereof according to the rules and practise of the most excellent expert Philosophical Physitians and Chyrurgians beginning first with the head Of the pain in the head AL or the most of Physitians in the world do hold this position that pain in the head is no other thing then vapors arising from the stomack and ascend unto the head which do offend membrana whereupon ensueth pain And besides this there be severall other causes The first cause is putrified bloud in Leonichie The second is the vapours that ascend from the stomack and offend the head The third is the humidity or moisture betwéen the skin and the flesh So that the causes are thrée and the remedies as many to dissolve the antecedent causes I have now shewed thée the originall and root of the pain in the head about which thou shalt never more néed to beat thy head or break thy brains either in séeking the Aphorisâ—s of Hypocrates the Commentary of Gallen or the Authority of Avicen for in these four or five words I have said all Now of the cure of this disease as it hath béen experimented an infinite number of times which way soever the cause cometh work thou after this manner and thou shalt never want credit in giving others ease and curing thy self When the pain in the head is confirmed and that thou â—anst find no help by common Theorick or Pra 〈…〉 ick do these things following First let them bloud on Leoniehie cutting it overthwart and let the patient spat as much as he can Then the next morning let them take Aromatico fasting The next day let the head be shaven and lay thereon an attractive plaister to draw out the humidity In the end cause them to néese and hereby all the pain in the head will cease CHAP. XCVI Of the Catarrhe the rhume in the head the Cough and Tysick THe Catarrhe is a moist vapour which assaulteth the head and afterward falleth down again into the stomack where it ingrosseth and corrupteth This moisture hath his beginning of the moisture of the lungs and untill such time as the lungs be discharged thereof the Catarrhe will continue in his force This infirmity raigneth more in flegmatick melancholy bodies then in any of other constitutions Such as are troubled with it are not long lived because their lungs are consumed by little and little and thereupon they are troubled with the Tysick and consequently they perish if they be not quickly releeved I wil now shew thee a rare secret to cure the same Take Pulmonaria and Sena that is fresh and new infuse them in wine and water over a small and gentle fire till the wine have drawn out the virtue Then strein it and put thereunto Quintaessence solutive and keep it close in a glasse let the patient drink thereof every morning â—â—unâ—es luke warm for twenty days together let him eat good nourishing meats for they agree well with his disease If the patient he not too far spent you shall â—eâ— your cure performed in short time in the mean time if the patient he weak you shall give him new laid eggs 〈…〉 white wine If the 〈…〉 â—e perceived not to be quiâ—e expelled 〈…〉 then give him Aromatico afterward comfort him again with restâ—ratiâ—es and cor 〈…〉 him strong and no doubt by the help of God he shall be cured This method of curing this infirmity differeth from the common course that Physitians take which would cure it with diet and mollifying liniments and causing them to spat and such like which are means rather to augment the Catarrhe then to diminish the same The second course to cure the descention that cometh from the head to the stomack USe these five things if yâ— wil cure this disease first Electuario Angelica â— Quintaessence solutive 3 pâ—â—lulae pro deâ—censo 4 Unguents for the stomack and head 5 Quintaessence vegetable The electuary cleanseth the head and stomack the Quintaessence solutive evacuateth the body the pills take away the cause of the descension the unguents dry and the vegetable Quintaessence preserveth the body from all ill and noisome infirmities The electuary must be taken first in the morning of the Quintaessence solutive you must take a spoonfull in the morning in a little broth and sugar keeping a reasonable good diet and do this four or six days Then take the pills in the evening and in the mean
the dimness of the eyes and cléereth the sight and taken inwardly is very good for the back also the herb infused in warm water and applied plaister wise dissolveth all kind of swillings espâ—ially in the joynts But it is the more effectual if you aâ— thereto Mallows and Smallage The vertues of Pellitory of Spain THis heab is good against the Megrim the Vertigo or the giddiness of the head the Apoplexie the Faling sicknes the Palsie and is singular good for all cold infirmities of the head and sinewes The vertues of of Tobacco TObacco is of singular use both in Phisick Chiurgery Oil of Tobacco is good to anoynt the Stomack and for many other griefs of the body it healeth all manner of wounds and sores if you make a salve thereof thus Take oile of Roses oile of St Johns-wort of each one pint the leaves of Tobacco beaten small in a stone morter two pound boile then together to the consumption of the juice strain it and put it to the fire againe adding thereto of venis Turpentine two ounces of Oblibanum and Mastick of each half an ounce in fine powder put thereto so much wax and Rosin as will make it into a Salve Tobacco is also the â—est medicin that is for deafnes if you use it in this manner Take a quart of runing water and put if into a new piâ—kin and put thereto 3. ounces of Varinus Tobacco opened into the leaf and boil it to a pint then strain it hard and kéep it a glass vial for your use When you go to bed warm a little of this water bloud warme then soak therein a little black wooll and put it into both your ears do thus every morning and evening as you find occasion This cured a Lady that was deaf sixtéen years Of the use and virtue of Ebulus or Dane-wort TAke the buds of this vegetable when they are young and green perboil them in water and make thereof a sallad and give unto those that have costive bodies and it will provoke them to stool It is an herb very profitable for the sinews it comforteth the weak parts and preserveth such as are weak in the joynts from many accidents it purgeth phlegm which for the most part causeth debility of the nerves Whosoever useth to drink of a sirrup made of the berries thereof shall not be troubled with ye Gout nor any disease in the articular parts The seed dried is profitable against all infirmities caused of humidity The use and vertue of black Ellebore THe root of black Ellebore being dried and kept two years may be safely used without other preparation and may be ministred against any infirmity that hath his originall of a melancholy cause Therefore it is most appropriate against the feaver quartain lunatick persons vexed wt melaÌ„choly The use and virtues of the hearb called Gratia Dei a kind of Geranium in English blew Storks-bill TAke of Gratia Dei dried in the shadow and beaten into fine powder one ounce Cinamen â— dram Cloves one scruple Wheat-flower one pound Orenges-condite one ounce make thereof a paste with honey and bake it in the Oven with bread but take great heed that it burn not Of this you shall give one ounce to purge against many infirmities but above the rest against Scrophulae against scabs and the white scall For it evacuateth onely the superfluous humidity of the body it drieth and is appropriate for such kind of infirmities Howbeit you must note that all soluble medicines are not fit for one disease or complexion for chiefly and properly Rubarb purgeth choller black Elebore avoideth melancholy Danewort dispossesseth the body of phlegm and this herb cleanseth the bloud Therefore every one hath his peculiar propertie though sometime either of them may work upon more causes than one yet not so properly or simply but by accident and in regard of circumstances Two drams of the powder of this hearb drunk in wine or broth provoketh vomite and siege and is very good for such as are lunatick It helpeth or at the least delayeth the extremity of the feaver it is good against griefs in the stomack and wind in the belly A decoction thereof made with lie helpeth putrified vlcers if they be washed therewith for as it purgeth the stomack so it cleanseth the sore and healeth it quickly if you wet a cloath in the said lie and apply it thereunto The virtues of Rubarb THe hearb called in ye Italian toÌ„gue Lappacia maggiore or Rombice domestiee is a kind of Rubarb which among the learned Herbarists is termed by the name Rha recentiorum whereof one dram when it is new will lose the body evacuate choller as the Rhabarbarum doth It is very good against the â—ppilations it purgeth the bloud and taketh away scabs You shall have a most precious medicine thereof if you mix the gréen root with Honey Cinamon Saffron Ginger and the powder of Roses If you rost the root in the embers and mix it with condifed Sugar it breaketh the Scrophulae and mundifieth them and healeth them in short time Some do mix it with the gum called Ammoniacum and so do bring it into the form of an unguent and apply it unto the parts affected with the Scrophulae The virtues of Tithymale GAther the hearb Tithymale called Spurge in the moneth of May take forth the juyce and mix it with Sugar-roset or Sugar-violet in fine powder theÌ„ make of theÌ„ both a moist past keep it in a glasse close stopped When you purpose to use it minister two scruples thereof in broth or any other convenient sirrup It purgeth without pain helpeth all feavers that come of heat working not only by ye stool but provoking of sweat also It resolveth all continual and quotidian fevers when the parties affected therewith be hot and their sweat cold yea though they be brought very low it wil by Gods help deliver them of their troublesome adversary Laurcola doth also move the body by vomit and siege but it may not be used in any continuall feaver or quotidian because it will inflame too much The virtues of Soldanella THis herb groweth in Sandy and salt ground and is hot and dry It purgeth vomite and siege and is excellent against the dropsie all windinesse and unwholsome moisture in the body Being taken in lozinges with Aromatico the quantity of one dram it sendeth forth all the noisome waterinesse out of the body drying and heating those parts in an excellent manner The virtues of Cyperus THe herb Cyperus called in English Galingal being put into new wine giveth it an excellent good taste smel prevailing against inward passioÌ„s caused of wind It is good for such as are bursten for it resolveth the wind if you take the powder thereof being stamped very small and make a plaister thereof with other things appropriate thereunto applying the same to the rupture and changing it once every day Also if the patient do once a day