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A63927	Botanologia the Brittish physician, or, the nature and vertues of English plants, exactly describing such plants as grow naturally in our land, with their several names Greek, Latine, or English, natures, places where they grow ... : by means whereof people may gather their own physick under every hedge ... : with two exact tables, the one of the English and Latine names of the plants, the other of the diseases and names of each plant appropriated to the diseases, with their cures / by Robert Turner.	Turner, Robert, fl. 1640-1664.	1664 (1664)	Wing T3328; ESTC R232320	236,559	402

and Lignum vitae in English it is called Pockwood because of its excellent faculty for that purpose Nature and Vertues It is hot and dry in the second degree and of a cleansing quality whereby it is an excellent remedy for the Pox resisting putrefaction cleansing the blood provoking sweat and strengthning the Liver and is properly taken in a decoction thus made ℞ of Guiacum lib. 1. of the Bark thereof two ounces infuse them four and twenty hours in fourteen pints of Spring Water then boil them till half be consumed adding thereto Liquorice two ounces Anniseeds one ounce this is also good against the Dropsie Falling Sickness shortness of Breath Catharrs Rheumes cold phlegmatick humours Gout Sciatica and joynt aches and is good against Scabs Itch and Leprosie and it makes the teeth white and fastens them if they be often washed with the decoction thereof The bark may be given in powder from half a dram to a dram for the forementioned diseases Stinking Gladwin Spatula Faetida IT hath long narrow leaves like Iris whereof if it is a kinde but smaller Description and being rubbed of a loathsome smell having many stalks which are round towards the top out of which come the flowers much like the Flower de Luce of an over-worn blue or rather purple colour with some yellow and red streaks in the midst after which come great husks or cods in which is contained a red berry of seed as big as a Pease the root is long and threddy underneath reddish without and white within and of a hot taste and evil smell Names It is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Diosiorides and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Theophrastus it is also called Spatula saetida and Xyris in English stinking Gladwin and Spurgewort Place and Time It is planted in Gardens and groweth wilde in many moist and shadowy places and Woods near the Sea and likewise in upland grounds it flowers in July and August the seed is ripe in September Nature and Vertues Gladwin is hot and dry in the third degree having a heating and extenuating quality the roots pounded and snuffed up into the Nose provoke sneezing whereby they purge the head the root is also effectual against the Cough being used in an Electuary or Lohoch for that purpose it digests gross humours purges Choller and Phlegm procures sleep and helps gripings in the Belly Cramps and Convulsions the powder thereof being drunk in Wine also it easeth the Gout Sciatica and the Strangury a dram of the seed beaten to powder and drunk in Wine provokes Vrine A Pessary thereof hastens the Birth procures the Terms but causeth Abortion the roots used in a Plaister is good in Wounds especially of the Head and to cause the flesh to grow where the bones be bare and is good to asswage swellings of the Kings Evil and Buboes in the Groin it stayeth the Flux as Rhabarb and Asarum do by concocting and taking away the cause of the Lask though it first moveth to the stool for the decoction of the root or leaves or the infusion thereof in Ale purgeth Phlegm and Choller the root also hath great force to draw out Thorns Stubs Prickles Splinters or any other thing sticking in the flesh by reason of his attracting drying and digesting faculty it is also good against evil affections of the Breast and Lungs being taken in sweet Wine with some Spikenard or in Whey with a little Mastick the juyce of the leaves and roots healeth the Itch Scabs and Blemishes in the Skin and being snuffed up into the Nose provokes sneezing purging forth at the Nose filthy excrements keeping them from falling into other parts of the body to future prejudice of health Goutwort or Herb Gerrard Herba Gerrardi THis is the second kinde of Masterwort Description and is called wilde Masterwort being very like unto it in leaves flowers and roots saving onely that they be smaller growing on long stems the roots are not so thick and tuberous as Masterwort and more tender and whiter The whole plant is of a good savour but not so hot and strong as Masterwort Names In Latine it is called Podagraria Germanica from its faculty in easing the Gout and Herba Gerardi in English Goutwort Ashweed and wilde Masterwort Place and Time It groweth of it self in Gardens without any sowing where having once taken root it will so increase as hardly to be gotten out again destroying other herbs it grows likewise by Hedges sides and in the borders and corners of Fields it flowers from June till August Nature and Vertues Goutwort is hot and dry almost in the third degree being near the nature of Masterwort the roots stamped and laid upon any part troubled with the Gout asswageth the pain and takes away the swelling and inflammation thereof The Fundament being bathed with the decoction of the leaves and roots and the boiled leaves applyed very hot thereunto cureth the Hemorrhoides Glasswort or Saltwort Kali Geniculatum Sive Salicornia IT hath many thick round stalks a foot high Description full of fat thick sprigs with many joynts or knots without any leaves of a reddish green colour the whole plant is like a branch of Corral the root is very small and single There is another kinde mentioned by Lobel called by him Kali minus having many slender weak branches spread upon the ground set with many round long sharp pointed leaves of a whitish green colour the seed is small and shining somewhat like sorrel seed the root slender with many fibres the whole plant is of a saltish taste Dodoncus call this Kali album Names The Arabians call it Kali and Alkali the ashes hereof are by Mathiolus called Sylvaticus soda most usually 〈◊〉 and Mumen Calinum but Alumen Calinum is the most proper name of the Ashes it self and Sal Alkali the salt which is made of the Ashes the herb is also called Kali articulatum or joynted Glasswort and Salt-wort Crab-grass and Frog-grass in Enlish Place and Time Glass-wort is found in most salt Marshes about the Sea coast great store of it grows about the Sea Coast near Dover they flourish in the Summer moneths Nature and Vertues Glass-wort is hot and dry the Ashes hotter and dryer to the fourth degree having a caustick or burning quality The powder of Stones and the Ashes hereof mixed together and melted is the matter whereof Glass is made which when it is glowing hot in the Furnace casts up a sat matter on the top of it which when it is cold is hard and brittle and is called Axungia vitri in English Sandiver and in Italian Fior de Christallo that is Flower of Christall A small quantity of the herb taken inwardly mightily provokes Vrine drives forth the dead Childe draweth sorth by seige watry humours and purgeth away the Dropsie but it must be used with discretion for a great quantity thereof is dangerous hurtful and deadly The smoke of the Herb being burnt drives away Serpents and

Gall helps shortness of breath The roots in dyet drink or broth cleanseth the Blood opens the Liver provokes Vrine and helps the evil colour of the face after long Sickness and causeth a good habit throughout the body the juyce kills worms in the Ears being dropped therein The ordinary Fennel is stronger then the sweet Fennel and therefore better for the purposes aforesaid Fennel Giant Ferulago THis plant grows in Cyrene Description and place and brings forth the Gum called Ammoniacum which is hot and dry in the second degree which is good to dissolve Tumors and taken inwardly it purges Phlegm opens stoppings of the Liver helps Astma's and stoppings of breath it provokes Vrine and the Terms eases the Gout and Sciatica softens Corns and hard Swellings ☞ See further in Adam in Eden written by Will. Celes Sow-Fennel or Hogs-Fennel Peucedanum IT hath divers branched stiff stalks Description full of knees of thick long leaves three for the most part joyned together at a place among which riseth a crested stalk less then Fennel somewhat joynted and leaves thereon and towards the top some branches on the tops whereof grow tufts of yellow flowers the seeds are thin flat and yellowish almost twice as big as Fennel seed the root is great and grows deep with many fibres smelling like hot brimstone and yielding a yellowish juyce like a Gum. Names Peucedanus and Peucedanum are the Latine names in English Hogs-Fennel Sow-Fennel Hore-strange and Hore-strong Sulpher-wort or Brimstone-wort Places and Time It grows in salt low Marshes as by Whitstable and Feaversham in Kent and many other places they flower and seed towards the end of Summer Nature and Vertues It is a Mercurial herb hot in the second degree and dry in the beginning of the third The juyce dissolved in Wine and dropped into the Ears helps such griefs thereof as proceed from a cold cause the same used with Vinegar and Rose-water or the juyce with a little Euphorbium put to the Nose helps the Phrenzy Lethargy Giddiness falling Sickness long and inveterate Head-ache the Palsie Sciatica Cramp and generally all diseases of the Nerves and Sinews if it be used with Oyl and Vinegar as saith Dioscorides and Gallen the juyce dissolved in Wine or put in an Egge is good for the Cough shortness of Breath and winde in the body it gently purges the Belly dissolves winde and hardness of the Spleen gives ease to women that have hard Labour and easeth pains of the Reins Bladder and Womb the juyce put into a hollow tooth easeth the pain and so doth the root but more slowly The powder of the dried root cleanseth foul Vlcers and removes splinters or broken bones out of the flesh dryes up inveterate Sores and is of a great force in green Wounds Fig-wort Vide Throat-wort Flax. Linum THis needs no description good Housewifes know it well enough it is called in Latine Linum which is somewhat near our English word Linnen fine linnen cloth being made thereof it flowers from Midsummer till August it is sown in divers places of this Land Nature and Vertues The seed thereof which we call Linseed which is onely used in Physick is hot in the first degree and in a mean between moist and dry but Dodoneus saith it hath a superfluous moisture and causes winde and that the Inhabitants of Middleborough in Zealand for want of Corn eat thereof to the great prejudice of thier healths but the seed being boiled in water and some honey put to it is said to case the Chollick Stitches and Inflammations I fancy not that medicine but the seed is a good ingredient in pultisses with Fenugreek and Mallows to mollisie and discuss Tumors in any part of the body and being used with Myrrhe and Rozen it helps Ruptures and swellings of the cods the decoction thereof in wine is good to stay the spreading of silthy Sores being used thereto and being mixed with honey or suct and wax and applyed it helps hard swellings under the Ears and Throat and remedies spots and discolourings of the skin Fig-Tree Ficus THe Fig-tree seldom grows in England but as it is planted against a Wall yet at the house of Rowland Hinde Esquire at Hedsor in Buckinghamshire grows or lately did grow a Fig-Tree in his Court having a body as big as an ordinary Elme or Oak growing low and spreading much ground wiht great Boughs Names The Greeks call the Tree 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the fruit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latine both tree and fruit is called Ficus Place and Time They grow plentifully in Spain and Italy and bear fruit both in the Spring and in August and September Nature and Vertues Figs are hot and moist almost in the third degree and yield good nourishment but being immoderately eaten they ingender crude humours in the Stomach and hurt hot Livers and chollerick Stomachs they are therefore best for old phlegmatick persons being eaten with Almonds they cleanse the Breast and the Lungs A decoction of them with Hysop and Liquorish is good for the Cough of the Lungs and for the Reins and Bladder and to recover a good colur to them that have lost it by Sickness it also cleanses the Womb and is useful for the Dropsie Quinzy and the falling Sickness they are a good Antidote against the Plague Poison and infections Air being stamped together with Salt Rue and Nut Kernels and eaten fasting in the mornings a Fig sliced and toasted and applyed to an aking Tooth sometimes gives ease The decoction of the leaves is good to wash sore heads for the Leprosie Morphew and running Sores and a syrrup made thereof is good against Coughs shortness of Breath and all diseases of the Breast and Lungs Filberd Vide Hazel Nut. Fistick Nuts Pistacia THis tree grows in the East Indies Persia and Arabia and the hot parts of Italy Names It is called in Latine Pistacia and Pistacium in English the fruit is called Pistacies and Fistick Nuts Nature and Vertues They are under the dominion of Jupiter of temperature hot and moist they increase seed and stir up Venery being eaten condited or otherwise they recover strength in those bodies which are in Consumptions and are grateful to the Stomach they are good against bitings of venomous creatures they open obstructions of the Liver Chest and Lungs concocting and digesting raw humours that offend them they are a little astringent strengthening the Liver and Stomach used either in meats or medicines they remove Sand and Gravel out of the Reins and Kidneys asswage their pain and are good for Vlcers Fleawort Herba pulicaria ORdinary Fleawort groweth up with a stalk two foot high Description or more full of branches on every side up to the top and at every joynt grow two small long and narrow whitish green leaves at the tops of every joynt stand divers short small scaly or chaffy heads out of which come small whitish yellow threds like those of plantain which are the bloomings or

procure appetite but they breed ill blood and cause belchings in the stomach Horse-Radish Raphanus Rusticanus HOrse Radish riseth with long leaves somewhat broad Description and much cut on the edges as if it were torn of a dark green colour with a great rib in the middle and after these have been up a while which are greater rougher broader and longer and not divided as the first but a little roundly dented about the edges it doth seldom bear flowers but when it doth there riseth up a great stalk three or four foot high with a few lesser leaves thereon spreading at the top into many small branches of whitish flowers consisting of four leaves a piece after which come small pods like those of Shepherds-purse but seldom any seed in them the root is long white and thick of a biting taste like Pepper Names Raphanus major some call it and also Raphanus Rusticanus and Vulgaris in English Mountain Radish and Horse Radish Place and Time It is usually planted in Gardens yet may be found naturally growing in divers moist and shadowy places of this Land the way of propagating it is by the root for it seldom bears flower or seed but when it doth it flowers in July or August and the seed is ripe in September Nature and Vertues Horse Radish is also under the dominion of Mars and is hot and dry in the third degree of a drying cleansing and digesting quality the juyce taken in drink is held to be effectual for the Scurvy the root being eaten for a sawce with Fish and other meats as Mustard is heateth the Stomach and causeth good digestion The root bruised helpeth the Sciatica Gout Joynt-ache or hard swelling of the Liver and Spleen being applyed to the grieved place The leaves boiled in Wine and made in manner of a pultis with a little oyl Olive doth also mollifie and take away hard swellings of the Liver and Spleen and being applyed to the botom of the Belly helpeth the Strangury and so do the roots sliced thin and eaten with Vinegar as a sauce and are also a remedy for the Chollick The juyce of the green root or the powder of the dry root given in Wine or other convenient liquor killeth and expelleth 〈◊〉 in Children and so doth an oyntment made thereof the Childes Belly being anointed therewith The root being boiled in honey and vinegar into an Electuary is a good remedy in strong bodies for the Cough Ptisick and other diseases of the Lungs and provokes womens Courses If any think it too strong for their bodies the distilled water may be taken with Sugar for all the aforesaid purposes Ragwort Jacobaea Senecio THere is the greater and the lesser the greater common Ragwort hath many long and large green leaves lying on the ground Description of a dark green colour rent and torn in the sides into many pieces from amongst which riseth up sometimes one and sometimes two or three square crested blackish or brownish stalks two or three foot high sometimes branched bearing divers such leaves upon them to the top where it shooteth forth into many branches bearing yellow flowers consisting of many leaves set as a pale or border which do abide a great while but when they are ripe are turned into doun and with the blackish gray small seed is carried away with the winde the root consists of many fibres some greater and others lesser whereby it is fastned firmly into the ground and abideth many years Names Lobel calleth it Jacobaea Senecio others Herba Sancti Jacobi and Jacobaea in English Ragwort Rag-weed and St. James-wort Place and Time They may be plentifully found in Pastures and untilled grounds they flower in June and July and the seed is ripe in August Nature and Vertues Ragwort is hot and dry in the second degree and of a bitter discussing and cleansing quality and if Mars love bitter herbs let him take this too The decoction thereof cleanseth and healeth Vlcers and Sores in the Mouth and Throat they being washed therewith and also swellings hardness and Imposthumations the Quinzy and Kings Evil and stayes Catarrhs and defluctions of thin Rheumes upon the Fyes Nose or Lungs the juyce healeth green Wounds and cleanseth and healeth old Vlcers in the ●rivities or other parts and inward Wounds or Vlcers and dayes the spreading of running Cankers and hollow Fistula's it helps also aches and pains in the fleshy parts Nerves or Sinews and the Sciatica the parts being bathed with the decoction of the herb or anointed with an oyntment made of the herb bruised and boiled in Hogs grease and after it is strained some Mastick and Olibanum added to it in powder It is also by some called Staggerwort being found effectual to cure the Staggers in Horses Rest-harrow Vide Camock Red Rattle Grass or Lousewort Pedicularis IT hath small brownish red jagged leaves and tender stalks Description whereof some lie along upon the ground in moorish Meadows they grow about half a yard high but in barren grounds exceed not an handful the flowers resemble those of the dead Nettle and grow round the stalk from the middle to the top after which come little flat pouches having in them a flat and blackish seed the root is small white and tender Names It s called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latine Pedicularis because it fills Cattle that feed where it grows full of Lice it s also called Pistularia and Cristi galla and in English Rattle Grass and Lousewort Place and Time It grows in morst Meadows to which it is an annoyance and also on wet Heaths flowers in May and June Nature and Vertues Red Rattle grass is of temperature cold dry and astringent and is accounted good for Fistula's and hollow Vlcers and being boiled in red Wine and drunk to stay the Tearms or any other Flux of Blood There is also another kinde of Rattle Grass that bears yellow flowers at the top of its stems after which come flat pouches covered over with little bladders open before like the mouth of a Fish in the pouches are contained flat yellowish seed which when they are dry will rattle when they are shook from whence it took the name of yellow Rattle it s called also Crista galli Cocks-comb and Penny-grass It is a great annoyer of dry Meadows and Pastures which is all the properties are yet known of it Rocket Eruca THere are many kindes hereof mentioned by Authours Description but I shall mention onely two viz. the Garden Rocket and the wilde Rocket the Garden Rocket is generally known the wilde Rocket hath long narrow and much divided leaves slenderly cut or jagged on both sides of the middle rib of a sad over-worn green colour amongst which rise up divers stiff stalks about a foot high having the like leaves but smaller branched from the middle into many lesser stalks bearing sundry yellow flowers on them consisting of our leaves apiece as the others are which afterwards yield small reddish seeds in