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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

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 Sold by A. C. at the Ring in Little-Britain Reader YOU have herein an Account of the Herbs growing in England and the Planet that rules 'em that you may know how to gather 'em in their prime The Planets are the Sun ☉ Sunday the Moon ☽ Monday Mars ♂ Tuesday Mercury ☿ Wednesday Jupiter ♃ Thursday Venus ♀ Friday Saturn ♄ Saturday Observe that every Planet governs the first Hour after Sun-rise upon his Day and the next Planet to him takes the next Hour successively in his order so be it any Day every 7th Hour comes to each Planet successively for instance If the Day be Friday then the first Hour after Sun-rise is Venus's the next Saturn's and so on till it comes to Venus again If you gather Herbs in their planetary Hour some say you may do great matters otherwise not but be sure in gathering your Herbs you gather the most juicy so dry 'em in the Sun which some say is much better than Shade and keep 'em in Paper Bags Mr. Cole lays no stress on Planetary Hours further than that the Sun and Moon have influence over 'em the first fer Heat t'other for Moisture but that the Full Moon is a good time to gather Herbs whence the Juice is to be taken Those you gather for Winter Use do it before they run to Seed Flowers gather in their prime dry and lay up Seeds full ripe Roots keep near the Fire or they will rot Barks newly gather'd are best Other Authors say 't is best to gather Herbs when they are full of Juice on a clear Day when the Dew is gone off ' em Flowers gather when full blown Seeds when they begin to dry Fruit quite ripe Roots before they begin to spring and dry 'em carefully either in Sun or Shade it matters not NB. Our English Herbs make as wholsom Tea's as foreign sweeten'd with Sugar or Syrup and you may make 'em with Syrups or Berries of what Colour and Taste you please Notable Things AN English HERBAL ALehoof Ground-Ivy Gill or Coltsfoot grows in Hedges and in shaded Lanes 't is an Herb of Venus and cures the Diseases she causes by Simpathy and the Diseases of Mars by Antipathy Sodden in Swines-grease it 's a good Ointment for all Aches 't is excellent in Tea It 's also good for all inward Bruises Wounds Ulcers c. boil'd either by itself or other Wound-herbs it easeth all griping Pains or Wind in Spleen Stomach or Sides it cures the Jaundice expels Venom Poyson and Plague 'T is good against the Gout and provokes Urine Being put in Ale it clears it in a Night's time and cleanses the Blood The Juice drop'd into the Ears helps Noise and Deafness Agrimony an Herb of Jupiter grows on Banks by Hedges or other Fences It is moderately dry and binding temperate as to heat cleanses the Liver and Lungs helps the Jaundice and is profitable for the Bowels healing inward Bruises Wounds and Putrifactions Boil'd in Wine and drank 't is good for biting of mad Dogs stinging of Serpents c. It cures and clears filthy muddy Urine helps Coughs stops a Bloody-flux made into a Salve it cures Cancers old Sores and corroding Ulcers draws forth Splinters Thorns and Iron got into the Flesh It strengthens disjointed Limbs The Juice dropt into the Ears is good against Imposthumes a Tea made of it is good for sore Throats It 's a great Strengthner of the Liver and whole Body purifying the Blood used either in Ointment Decoction Diet-drink or as you please There 's also a Water-Agrimony has the same Vertue Being burnt the Smoak drives away Gnats Wasps Flies and other Insects A Draught of the Tea is good against Agues taken before the Fit comes Acorns see Oak Adders-tongue grows in Meadows and moist places and is govern'd by the Moon in Cancer but dry in the third degree 'T is good for green Wounds whether drank by Decoction or boil'd in Oil. It makes an excellent green Balsam like that of St. Johns-wort Alkanet an Herb of Venus is good for old Ulcers Inflamations St. Anthony's Fire c. If you make a Vinegar of it as you do of Roses it cures Leprosie and Morphew Apply it to the Womb it drives out the dead Child it helps Bruises is excellent to bring out the Small-pox and Measles it 's also good in green Wounds a Decoction with Hydromel drank helps the yellow Jaundice Ague-tree Sasafras-wood a Decoction in Water drank helps a Dropsy cures Agues expels Wind creates an Appetite helps the French Disease being laid in a Bed it drives away Bugs It sweetens the Breath and helps Coughs Colds c. It grows in the West-Indies Allheal grows in Gardens 't is an Herb of Mars being cholerick hot and biting It helps the Gout Cramp Convulsions kills Worms provokes Urine and helps all Joint-aches 't is good to cure Griefs of the Head Lethargy Falling-sickness Vertigo Wind-Cholick Obstructions of the Spleen Liver and Stone in Kidnies or Bladder It provokes the Terms and purgeth gently Amara Dulcis grows mostly in shady and moist places It removes Witchcraft from Man and Beast by wearing it about the Neck apply the Berries bruised to Felons stamp'd with rusty Bacon cures ' em It is under Mercury If both Wood and Leaves be boil'd together in Whitewine and drank in a Morning opens Obstructions helping Dropsy and Jaundice Aloes mixt with Rosewater and anointing kills Crab-lice 't is purgative and one chief Ingredient in Pills one or two Pills of washt Aloes may be us'd by such as are costive dimn-sighted heavy-hearted or otherwise indispos'd Roseate Aloe-Pills are gentle Purgers very good against yellow Jaundice There are 4 sorts distinguish'd by their purity or fineness Aloes Cabalina is the blackest Aloes Hepatica are Liver-colour'd and finer Aloes Cicatrina are of a Citron-colour or from the Tree Cicatoria Aloes Lucida are the brightest and best purging gently The Scotch Pill I suppose is thus made Make a strong Decoction a handful of Rue in a pint of Water in which dissolve a pound of Aloes when well dissolv'd pour off all the liquid leaving the gummy Sediment behind then evaporate over a gentle Fire in a clean Pipkin the watery consistence till it comes to the thickness of a Syrup mix in this an ounce of Myrrh finely pouder'd and a dram of Saffron or two in pouder holding the Saffron before the Fire a little As it cools make it into small Pills with Pouder of Liquorice and take 1 2 or 3 at any time an hour after Dinner or at Night Alexanders grow usually