ounces of Gourd Cutrub Cucumer and Melon-seeds cleansed of each two drams Lettice and white Poppy-seed of each a dram make it according to art into an Emulsion or milk with a pint of Rose-water or Barly-water Heurnius prax med fol. 21. A March-pane against leannesse or also for the Diseases of the Breast and Lungs Take of sweet Almonds blanched three drams of Pine-kernels steeped in Scabious water 9 or 10 hours half an ounce of Pistack-kernells steeped in Scabious-water a whole day one ounce Gum Tragacanth and Arabicke of each halfe a dram of white Starch in powder as much the pulp of Dates and Sebestens of each halfe an ounce of the whitest Sugar dissolved in Rose-water so much as is sufficient to make it up into a March-pane Make it into small Cakes or Trosses and eat of them at any time Gorraeus form remed cap. 15. fol. 445. For the Stone and Gravell Take of Oyle of sweet Almonds fresh two ounces syrupe of Marsh mallowes one ounce mingle them together Give it in a morning fasting The outward Vse The Oyle both of bitter and sweet Almonds is good to cleanse the skin from roughnesse and spots but the bitter is most effectuall Being mixed with Oyle of Roses and Oyle of Capers and the Spleen annoynted therewith it helpeth the hardnesse thereof It cures deafnesse and noyse in the ears if it be dropped into the ears and helpeth the skurfinesse of the head and sores thereof If the Temples be annoynted therewith it easeth the paines of the head and brings rest or boyle bitter Almonds with Vineger of Roses and Rose-leaves apply it to the Temples Being bruised with Honey they are good against the biting of a mad Dog The powder of the Almond Cakes after the Oyle is pressed from them doth cleanse the hands or skin in any place far better then Sope and to supple the parts as also to make them smooth If the Oyle be mixed with Honey powder of Licoris Oyle of Roses and white Wax and the eyes therewith annoynted it clears them and helpeth dimnesse thereof To cleanse the skin and to beautifie the Face Take of Oyle of Tartar one ounce Oyle of sweet Almonds and of bitter Almonds one ounce and a halfe mix them together wash the face often therewith The hurtfull Quality It is not safe to give them to those that have hot chollerick stomachs and that have hot chollerick Feavers least they turne into heat and choller They also cause head-ach and fill the head with fumes and vapours Of such things as are made of Almonds 1. Confectio Amygdal dule 2. Oyle of sweet Almonds 3. Oyle of bitter Almonds 4. Lohoch de Papavere 5. Lohoch de Pino 6. Lohoch sanum expertum The Dose The Oyle of sweet Almonds is given from two drams to three ounces The Almonds themselves are eaten ad libitum or as men please at any time CHAP. VI. De Aristolochia longa rotunda Of long rooted Birth-wort and round rooted Birth-wort THese are long and round roots whitish within and rugged without well known to those that are Artists The Names It is called in Latine Aristolochia longa rotunda In English Round rooted Birthwort and Long rooted Birthwort or Hartworth The Temperament These roots are hot in the second degree and dry in the third degree or they are hot in the third degree and dry in the second The round hath lesse earthly substance and more tenuity of parts in it the long hath lesse tenuity of parts in it The round is most effectuall in all Diseases The Duration It will keep good two or three years The inward Vse Although all mention not the purging faculty that is in Aristolochia or Birthwort yet the Arabians and other Physitians say they purge first Flegme and then Choller and that without trouble or commotion to the body and strengthen the inward parts and are void of any maligne quality which is chiefly to be found in the round root Now because it doth attenuate and purge flegme and discusse windinesse it avails in the affects of the Brain Nerves Breast Stomach intestine Spleen and womb It is good in the Falling Sicknesse Cramp Convulsion Ruptures shortnesse of Breath paine of the Side Hicket gnawing of the Stomach Collicke and especially comming of Flegme or winde swelling of the Spleen It brings downe the After-Birth and provokes the courses and helps the impurity of the Womb. It is used with profit in the Joynt Gout against venome and poyson against cold Agues and against stoppings and rebellious humours that are the cause of long Agues It is excellent for Women that are near their time or especially in Travell for it causeth a speedy and easie delivery and clears the uterine parts of what is offensive to nature also it brings away the dead Child It killeth Worms and resisteth putrifaction It is given with Oxymel or Hydromel against the contusions of the Nerves and Muscles The long roots infused and taken helpe to dry up Scab and Itch. The manner of Administring it It is given in substance or in decoction A Powder against the Epilepsie or Falling-Sicknesse Take of round Aristolochia or Birthwort six drams of Piony-seed two drams make them in powder and add one ounce of fine Sugar The Dose is a dram at a time in Blackcherry-water A Powder against the Joynt-Gout Take Germander Ground-pine Centory the lesser Sage Betony Gentian round Birth-wort of each halfe an ounce of the wood called Lignum vitae or Guajacum seven ounces make them into powder Give hereof a dram every day in water of Honey for certaine moneths together if need require Freitag aur med fol. 286. A Potion against winde in the Stomach and paine thereof Take of round Birthwort halfe an ounce Anni-seed and Carraway-seed of each five drams Agaricke trochiscated two drams and a halfe Camomill flowers Centory the lesser of each two handfulls of Saffron ten grains boyle them in broth made with meat and make a drink for divers Doses taking a draught thereof morning and evening adding a little Sugar thereunto Or Take of Treacle of Andromachus two scruples of Mithridate a scruple of round Birth-wort halfe a dram make the Birthwort in powder and dissolve it with the rest in Sack and give it Pills having a cleansing and deterging faculty good against the Falling-Sicknesse Palsie Shortnesse of Breath Old Cough Hardnesse of the Liver beginning and in the stopping of the Courses bringing away the Birth and After-Birth being most convenient in the winter season for such as are of moist Constitutions and to be used after the Body is purged Take of round Birthwort one ounce Gentian-root Myrrhe of each three drams Aloes and Cinamon of each half an ounce Ginger a dram make them all into fine Powder and with Oyle of sweet Almonds make it into a masse or lump for Pills The Dose is a dram and a halfe taking Broth presently after them Fervel meth med lib. 7. fol. 192. Against paine of the side Take
by cooling and drying up the moisture thereof it fastneth loose teeth and maketh them white and helps to breed teeth in Children the gums being rubbed therewith and some hang it about their neck of such as have the Falling-sicknesse A Powder to white the Teeth Take red Coral Brick of each half an ounce make them into powder and take some of it lay it on a course linnen cloath and rub your teeth therewith For bleeding at the Nose Take of red Coral in powder half an ounce of Bole Arminick in powder an ounce with the juice of Sheapherds purse and lint or tow make Tents and put them up into the nostrils The hurtfull quality It must not be given too often where the body is very costive or hound Of those things that are made of red Corall First Estence of Tincture of Corall 2 Chymicall oyle or liquor of Coral 3 Flores Coralliorum 4 Olium Coralliorum succinatum good in the Falling-sicknesse and Apoplexie if three or four drops be given in any convenient liquor 5 Syrup of Coral simple and compound 6 Magister of Coral 7. Salt of Coral 8 Diacorallion The Dose The Dose is from a scruple to a dram CHAP. XIX De Cornu cervin et Ebore Of Harts-horne and Ivory THese being of some affinity I shall speake of them in one Chapter Ivory is the Elephants tooth Harts-horn is generally known The Names Harts-horne is called in Latine Cornu-eervi or Cornucervinum Ivory is called in Latine Ebor Ebur The Temperament They are cold and dry in the first degree The best kinde The best sort is the whitest The Duration They will keep good many years The inward use Harts-horn resisteth putrifaction provoketh sweat and is very cordiall It is chiefly used in the small Pox Measles putrid and Malignant Feavers and in such like diseases where sweating is needfull It is good in Fluxes of the belly spitting of blood Jaundies and paine of the bladder taken with Gum Tragacanth it stayeth the flowing of the wombe Burnt Harts-horne killeth wormes resisteth putrifaction helpeth the Collick stoppeth the Flux of the belly and provoketh sweat Ivory doth strengthen the vicerous parts stayeth the Whites in Women is usefull in the Jaundies driveth away Wormes easeth paines of the Stomack and doth wonderfully open obstructions or stoppings Some commend it against barrennesse and say it maketh Women fruitfull but it rather hinders fecundity and conception then helps it The manner of administring them They are given in Powder in Electuary in Decoction c. A Powder against the Jaundies Take Parsley-seed Nettle-seed Nutmeg shavings of Ivory Harts-horne burnt of each halfe a dram make all into powder Give halfe a dram of it at a time in White-wine or Posset drink for a week or more if need be A Powder to expell wormes Take of Worm-seed an ounce Lupines halfe an ounce Worme-wood dry two drams Harts horne burnt a dram and a halfe Make them into powder and give it from a Scruple to a dram Take of Purslane-seed and Lettuce-seed of each two drams Sene three drams and a halfe Harts horne burnt halfe an ounce of Dittany five drams make a powder thereof The Dose is from halfe a dram to a dram Note that the Sene is to be infused in strong Wine Vineger one night and afterwards to be dryed An Electuary against the Flux of the Belly Take of conserve of red Roses two ounces species of Aromaticum Rosatum a dram Bole Armonack in powder and red Corall in powder of each a dram Harts horne burnt in powder two scruples with syrupe of Quinces make an Electuary Give of it as much as a small Nut in the morning before dinner and at night An Electuary against the Pestilence Take shavings of Harts-horne Bole Armoniacke Sorrell-seeds of each two drams yellow Sanders halfe a dram Saffron in powder a scruple Conserve of red Roses Conserve of Wood-Sorrell of each two ounces Conserve of Borage and Sage-flowers of each six drams with Syrupe of Wood-sorrell make a moist Electuary and take so much as a Chesnut at a time once or twice a day if need be A Gellie to strengthen such as are weake Take Harts-horne and Ivory of each one ounce boyle them in a quart of water till it come to a jelly which you may soon know by setting some to coole then strein it and add Sugar Rose-water and a little juice of Lymonds and boyle it gently a while then keep it for your use Take often seaven or eight spoonfulls of it warm The outward use Harts-horne burnt and mixed in Plantaine water is a good Medicine for Vlcers of the eyes and to stay defluxions thereof It makes the Teeth white being rubbed therewith The shavings of Harts-horne being burnt the smell thereof driveth away Serpents and venomous Creatures Being made warm in Vineger and the Gums washed therewith it easeth Children that breed Teeth The ashes of Harts-horne burnt applied to the head with Wine is good against the Scurfe and Dandruffe of the head among the hairs as Plinie saith Nat. hist lib. 28. fol. 324. The shavings of Ivory in powder being mixed with Honey taketh away the duskish spots that appear in the Visage if the face be therewith anoynted Also the dust thereof which the File or Saw doth make in Filing or Sawing doth cure the white Flawes or Impostumations breeding at the root of the Nails Plin. Nat. Hist fol. 130 The Dose Burnt Harts-horne is given from five grainâ— to twenty Magister of Harts-horne is given from halfe a scruple in any convenient liquor Ivory is given from halfe a scruple to a scruple or to a scruple and a halfe Of such things as are made of them Of Harts-horne are made 1. Magister Which is an excellent Diaphoretick for it expelleth all obnoxious and filthy humours by the pores Grulingius Florileg fol. 209. and is usefull in Feavers Pestilence Scab Dysenterie or Bloody Flux Dropsie and Stone 2. Distilled Water 3. Liquor or Spirit 4. Oyle 5. Salt 6. Burnt Harts-horne 7. Extract thereof Of Ivory 1. Ivory Burnt 2. Magister of Ivory CHAP. XX. De Costo Of Costus-root COstus is a root brought from India and Arabia as Authors say of a brownish colour having a rind on the outside The Names It is called in Latine Costus and in English Costus The temperament Costus is hot and dry in the third degree The Kinds Some make three sorts others two sorts bitter and sweet but we have but one sort that I have seen of late The best sort The best is that which hath a good sent whitish light bitter and aromatick having a rind like Cinamon but thicker not old nor worm-eaten The Duration It will keep good five or six years The inward Vse It heaâ—s the body potently expelleth wind helpeth slow concoction hinders corruption of the meat easeth the Collick comming of Wind and Flegme killeth broad Worms of the belly provoketh the Courses and Urine helps to cleanse the womb from impurity and helpeth
three grains make an infusion in water or white wine according to art of which being streined give three ounces In substance Take of black Hellebore-root prepared and in powder give it in Oxymel Or Take a dram of black Hellebore-root of Anise-seed Fennell-seed Cynamon Mastick of each ten graine make them into powder and give it in broth The externall use It is outwardly used against the Leprosie Morphew Scab Itch Warts and Pushes of the skin being boyled with vineger and bathed therewith The powder put into Fistulaes or hollow Ulcers doth soon heal them and if there be callons or hard flesh grown in the Fistula the root left in it for two or three dayes will consume it quite and put into a wound where dead or spongious flesh is it consumes it and preserves the flesh from putrefaction A decoction thereof helpeth the tooth-ach and the sores of the mouth being gargled and being put into the eares it helpeth the noyse thereof A Pessary made of the root and put up prevailes wonderfully to bring down the termes or courses in women A Cataplasme or Poultis made of the root with Barley-meale and wine is good to be applyed to the bellies of such as have the Dropsy In time of the Pestilence it is usefully applyed to or in any sores either in the groine or under the arme or an issue made and a piece of the root put in to keep it open doth much avail to draw sorth corrupt humours out of the body The root is in use to rowell cattel withall and to help them of the cough Being put upon the swollen Hemorrhoides it cleanseth them Against the Gowt Boyle the herbe or root in salt water and bath with it also lay the herb or root boyled to the affected part For wormes in the ears Take of the powder of black Hellebore-root half an ounce of the juice of Rue or Assmart four ounces mix them together and put thereof into the eares For the scurffe of the head Boyl the roots of Lupines in vineger and adde to it powder of black Hellebore and anoint with it wash the head after with warme water The hurtfull quality with its corrective help The ancient Writers counted it very dangerous though not so dangerous as the white yet that it worketh not without trouble and difficulty therefore it is not to be given but to robustick and strong bodies because it bringeth convulsions which happily may be spoken concerning Hellebore in substance of such as did grow in hotter clymates then ours is or of some other kinde then we now use for we do not finde any such great danger in any of that which is now in use with us yet 't is not safe to give it to children women with childe or weak persons It is corrected with Mastick Cynamon Anise-seed Origanum c. to a dram of Hellebore adde half a scruple of any of these It is given more safely in decoction or in infusion then in substance The Antients did infuse the root a day and night in vineger and then used it Macerate or steep the bark casting away the middle three dayes in Quince-wine or Muskadell dry it and keep it for your use It may be given also in broth with some seeds as before mentioned Also you may give it in wine of Raisons Oxymel syrupe of Quinces or with juice of Quinces Some give it with Scammonie to quicken its vertue Note that all preparations of Hellebore vvhich are made by sharp and acute liquours such as are spirit of wine Anise-seed-water or spirit of Anise-seed Aromatickes or oile of such also the putting Hellebore into Radish-root and so to take it except you desire a vomiting or turbatory medicine to be made of white or black Hellebore are to be rejected The Dose The dose in substance is from a scruple to two scruples in infusion or decoction from a dram to two drams or more Such Medicines as are made of black Hellebore The distilled water of black Hellebore both of the leaves and roots The extract thereof Syrup of Roses solutive with Hellebore Oxymel Helleboratum CHAP. 38. De Hermodactylis of Hermodactiles HErmodactyles are whitish roots about the bignesse of a Chesnut smooth flattish and sharp at the one end but somewhat fuller at the other growing upon I know not what plant comming from I know not what place and truly may be called opprobrium medicorum the shame or disgrace of Physicians The names This root is called in Latine Hermodactylus in English Hermodactyle and Hermodactyles The temperament They are hot and dry in the second degree The best kinde The best are such as are white both within and without of some good bignesse which being lightly bruised and made in powder look like wheat-flower and of a pleasant and sweet taste Such as are worm-eaten are to be rejected The duration They will keep good three or four yeers The inward use They purge chiefly thick and tough flegme from the joynts therefore they profit in any kinde of Gowt yea they are so available in the Gowt that this root is called Theriaca Arthritidis Treacle for the Gowt It is used also in the French Pox The manner of administring They are given in potions drinks Pils c. A Potion Take of Hermodactyles cut in thin slices or bruised Sene Epithymum of each two drams Raisons of the Sun stoned half an ounce licorish bruised a dram Ginger bruised half a dram make an infusion in a sufficient quantity of water upon hot embers all night strain it to which add of syrup of Roses one ounce A purging Drink against watery humours Take of Hermodactyles of Lignum vitae of each three ounces Mechoacan foure ounces Ginger two drams Sarsaparilla Licorish of each two ounces of Nutmegs two drams of Seabind-weed one ounce a half cut and bruise those those things that are to be cut bruised put them all in a vessell with three gallons of new Beer in a bag adding thereto of Seue an ounce After six dayes take a draught of it in the morning and before supper D. Sadlerus Prax. Med. f. 205 The externall use They are outerwardly used in the Gowt to ease pain they are also good to cleanse wounds and to consume proud flesh therein as also to heal old wounds and Ulcers A Poultes to ease the Gowt Take of new milk a quart Barley-meal a pinte or more Harmodactyles in powder three ounces the yolks of foure Eggs Saffron in powder two drams crumbs of bread so much as is sufficient to make a poultes apply it warm Or Take new Cow-dung a pound and a halfe Hogs-grease half a pound or twelve ounces Hermodactyles in powder two ounces and a half make a poultes and apply it The hurtfull quality and the corrective means There are two things in the use of Hermodactyles to be minded First that the hurtfull quality may be taken away for it troubleth the stomach and causeth windinesse now to help this let it be mixed with
best Mechoacan is that which is new whitish in taste like meal or insipid not old or wormeaten The duration It will keep good two or three yeers The root is kept good and much preserved if it be kept in wax saith Tragosus Med. Ind. hist c. 35. f. 81. Monardus giveth counsel to roll it up in Sear-cloth Monard f. 26. The inward use Mechoacan purgeth chiefly thick flegme water and serous humours and that from the head stomach belly reins nerves and joynts therefore it is profitable in a long continued head-ach and lethargie in pains of the joynts reins and wombe in the Falling sicknesse Catarrhe Rheume diseases of the breast in old Coughs shortnesse of breath Jaundise stoppings of the Liver and Spleen It is very usefull in the Dropsie for it draweth away water and flegme and also strengtheneth the Liver and inward parts It is commended in the French Pox Kings Evill Scurvy and Gowt and causeth one to make water easeth the Collick and expelleth winde wonderfully It helpeth inveterate Agues whether Quotidian or Tertian It doth much conduce to the purging of crude and viscous or tough humours in the stomach and breasts of children It worketh without any hurtful quality molestation nauseousnesse or griping and is void of any hurtful quality for having done its work it leaveth the inward parts strengthened without debility and weaknesse contrary to most purgative Medicines Old-men children women with childe and weak persons may safely take this inoffensive Medicine The manner of administring it It is given in Powder Pils Boles Tabulates or Roulets and Potions But the best way is to give it in white Wine for so it works best It may be given with a little Cynamon in broth or with Mastick Anise-seed or Fennel-seed Note that the powder given by it self or with Wine doth work better then mixed with Syrups or other things A Powder against the Dropsie Take of Sene and Mechoacan of each two drams Ginger and species Diagalanga of each three grains Diagredium two grains make a powder and give it in broth Pils Take of Mechoacan in powder a scruple Gum Gutta six or eight grains with syrup of Roses make Pils and give them with Physical observation A Potion Take of Mechocan in powder a dram or a dram and a half white Wine or Fennel-water four ounces let them stand all night or all one day shaking them two or three times together then put to them of syrup of Roses laxative an ounce mix them together and make a Potion Or you may give it only with the white-Wine Tabulates Take of Mechoacan in fine powder a dram and a half of Diagredium three grains with Sugar dissolved in a little Rose-water make cakes dry them gently and give them for a Dose A Bele Take of Mechoacan in powder a dram of the Electuary called Diacarthamum two drams with syrup of Storchados make a bole or lump and eat it in a morning fasting Note two errours of Monardus the one is in that he saith hac radice purgatos esse fortiores quà m antè the other that after the taking of a little broth or food it ceaseth to work any more which is contrary to daily experience Tragos Med. Ind. Hist f. 82. The hurtfull quality Although it work without any hurtfull quality yet in hot diseases and pure tertian Feavers and also in hot and dry bodies and in such as are subject to be bound 't is not safe to give it The Dose The Dose to a childe is a scruple or a scruple and a halfe to persons of yeers in substance from a dram to two drams in infusion from two drams to half an ounce Medicines made of Mechoacan Pils of Mechoacan extract of Mechoacan both simple and compound Vide Schroder Pharm Med Chym. l. 4. f. 232. CHAP. 47. De Myrobalanis of Myrobalans or purging Indian Plummes MYrobalans are fruits brought us from the East Indies The names and kindes There are five kindes of Myrobalanes First the yellow Myrobalane or purging Indian Plum as big as a reasonable Plum somewhat long and not round of a yellower colour then the rest called in Latine Myrobalanus Citrina The second is the Chebule or purple Myrobalane called in Latine Myrobalanus Chebula and is the greatest and longest of all the five sorts of a blackish purple colour on the out-side while it is fresh and also dry being five square as the former of the thickest substance and more fleshy then any other and with the smallest stone in the middle not fully so hard to break as the former but with the smallest kernel therein The third sort is the Bellerick or round Myrobalane yet being as it were three square in many of a pale russetish colour when they are fresh but of a dark or dusty whitish colour on the outside being dry of the thinnest substance or least fleshy of any of them the stone whereof is thick and greater then any other proportionable to the fruit very hard to break with a kernel within of a reasonable bignesse and is called in Latin Myrobalanus Bellerica The fourth sort is the six square Myrobalane or beaded called in Latine Myrobalanus Emblica they are round in shew and brought unto us broken into small pieces without any stones the kernels within being separated into three severall divisions having each of them two cauls wherein the parts of the kernell lie almost three square The fift sort is the black or Indick Myrobalane called in Latine Myrobalanus Indica and are eight square as Gartias saith which may be when they are fresh but they cannot be so plainly discerned in those that are brought over to us dry they are the smallest of all the rest somewhat long altogether fleshy without any stone in the middle and the blackest of any In Arabick they are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulegi or delegi The temperament They are cold in in the first degree and dry in the second The best sort The best are such as are new and not too old fleshy thick and heavy or ponderous and gummie within The duration They will keep good two or three years The inward use All the sorts of Myrobalans do purge gently some more some lesse than others some also purging choler some flegme and some melancholy but they have in them also an astringent faculty much more then is in Rubarbe they are exellent in fluxes of the belly The Citrine or yellow Myrobalans do purge choler strengthen the stomack heart and liver profit such as have the Hemorrhoides and are proper for such as are of a temperate heat they are good in tertian feavers cause a good colour and hinder old age being often used The Chebule do purge flegme quicken the brain and sharpen the sight strengthen the stomach after purging they are profitable for such as have the Dropsie and are troubled with long continued Agues The Emblick and Bellerick purge the stomach from rotten flegme lying therein and strengtheneth the braine
The Leaves boyled in Vineger and applied warme to the side helpâ—s the Spleene Ache or Stich in the sides the same applied with Rose-water and Oyle of Roses to the fore-head and Temples doth ease the Head-ach although of long continuance the fresh Leaves boyled in wine and used doth clense old filthy Sores and Ulcers and is effectuall for greene wounds to heale them quickly and foder up the L ps thereof the same healeth scaldings of water and burnings by Fire or blisterings in the body The juyce of the Leaves or berries snuffed up into the Nose purgeth the Head and Braine of thin rheume and cureth the Ulcers and stench therein and dropped into the Eares doth helpe the old and running Sores of them the Berries or Leaves used causeth the Haire to grow blacke The greene Leaves are commonly used to be laid upon Issues in the Armes Legs or elsewhere The gum of Ivy is used being dissolved to take away superfluous haire in any place and to destroy Nits and Lice in any place the same dissolved in Vineger and put into hollow aking Teeth doth ease the same and being often used will cause them to fall out Some use it as a bait with other things to Kill Fâ—sh The fume of Ivy branches being burned driveth away Gnats Battes and all other hurtfull and noysome creatures The hurtfull quality It bringeth barrennesse in Man or Woman being too often used and brings weaknesse to the braine and senses It is an enemy to the nerves and sinewes being taken inwardly but helpefull to them applied outwardly The Dose The flowers and berries are given from half a dram to two scruples Of such Medicines as are made thereof The distilled water Oyl of the berries good against all cold infirmities of the joynts provokes the termes breakes and expells the Stone in the Reines clenseth and health foule Ulcers CHAP. 112. De Hedera terrestri of Ground-Ivie or Alehoofe The Names IT is called in Latine Hedera terrestris and Corona terrae because it spreadeth and is like a Garland upon the ground in English Alehoofe Ground Ivy Gill creepe by the ground Cats-foote Haymaids and Tunnehoof because the Country people use it much in their Ale The Temperament It is hot and dry sharp and bitter in taste it openeth also clenseth and rarefieth or maketh thin The inward use It is a good wound herb for all inward wounds as also for Ulcerated lungs oâ— other parts either by it selfe or with other the like herbes boyled together and being drunk by them that have any griping paines of windy or chollerick humours in the Stomach Spleene or Belly doth ease them in a short space it helpeth likewise the yellow Jaundes by opening the stoppings of the Gall Liver and Spleene it expelleth venome or poyson and the Plague also it provoketh urine and womens courses but doth not stay them as some have thought but the Decoction of the herbe in wine being drunke for some time together helpeth them that have the Sciatica or Hip-gout as also the Gout in the Hands Knees or Feet helpeth to dissolve disperse the peccant humours and to procure ease The syrupe of Alehoofe is usefull in Ulcers of the Lungs and Consumptions as also in â—humes flowing downe to the Stomach Boyled in broth and taken it provoketh sleepe and expelleth ill humours out of the body Being steeped in Aquavitee and taken it doth bring away the gravell and Stone The manner of Administring it It is chiefly used in Decoction See the Decoction of Mugwort The outward use A decoction thereof is good to gargle any sore throat or mouth putting thereto some Hony and a little burnt Allum as also to wash the Sores and Ulcers of the privy parts in man or woman it speedily healeth greene wounds being bound thereto and the juyce boyled with a little Hony and Vardigrease doth wonderfully cleanse Fistulas and hollow Ulcers and stayeth the malignity of spreading and eating Cankers and Ulcers it helpeth also the Itch Scabs Wheales and other breakings forth in the skin in any part of the Body the juyce of Celandine field Daisies and ground Ivie clarified and a little fine Sugar dissolved therein dropped into the eyes is a soveraigne remedy for all the paines rednesse and watering of the eyes the Pin and Web skins or Filmes growing over the sight or whatsoever might offend them the same helpeth beasts as well as men the juyce droped into the eares doth help the noyse and singing of them and helpeth also deafnesse The leaves are used in Bathes and Glisters to dissolve the Stone An oyntment to heale burnings Take ground Ivie foure handfulls Plantaine leaves a handfull Burnet halfe a handfull Bruise all these together and let them stand eight dayes then adde to them a handfull of Goose dung and one ounce of wax boyle them together till the herbes have almost lost their colour then straine and reserve it Or you may boyle them presently after they are bruised Of such things as are made thereof The distilled Water Conserve of the flowers Syrupe both simple and compound CHAP. 113. De Hordeo Gallico of French barly The Temperament IT is colde and dry in the first degree or cold and moist of a clensing faculty The inward use It is much used in pectorall diseases or diseases of the brest helpeth the sharpnesse of the throat and increaseth milke especially boyled with Fennell It provoketh urine and is very profitable in chollerick Feavers The manner of Administring it It is used onely in Decoction As thus Take two ounces of French-barly boyle it in two fresh waters then boyle it againe in a quart of water adding halfe an ounce of Licorish and a handfull of Violet leaves and as many strawberry leaves to a pint or a pint and a halfe strayne it and put thereto of syrupe of Violets two ounces or for the poorer sort you may sweeten it with a little Sugar This is good in a burning Feaver The outward use It is used outwardly to soften hard swellings and is good for inflamations and sorenesse of the throat being boyled alone or with other fitting Herbes and the mouth and throat washed therewith A bath good against the Scab Itch c. Take Mallowes Violet Beets black Hellebor Fumitory of each three handfulls of French barly sixe handfulls boyle them in a sufficient quantity of water for a bath The hurtfull quality It is bad for cold and windy bodies We have had of late yeares a Barly called Pearl'd Barly and is much in use for the forementioned Diseases CHAP. 114. De Junipero of the Iuniper-tree The Names THe Juniper tree is called in Latine Juniperus the berries are called Grana Juniperi or Baccae Juniperi the Gum that runneth from the tree being cut is callâ—d Lachrima Juniperi vernix or vernia quasi veris ros issuing forth in the spring as also Sandaracha and Sandarax of the Arabians but not of the Greeks Yet some will have Vernix to be made of Amber and Linseed
reason of the Gout and draweth forth Thornes Splinter or the like if it be dissolved with Vineger but it is more effectuall if it be mixed with Honey Birthworth and Saffron It consumes Strumas or swellings called the Kings Evill and ripeneth all kind of Imposthumes being applyed on Wool that is not greasie Being applyed to tumours of the Breast of Women it dissolveth them and brings them to maturity or ripenesse and mixed with Vineger it decreaseth the Milk and keepeth it from coagulating or curdling in the Breast being thereunto applied Being mixed with Honey and applied to the Throat it helpeth the Quinsie and swelling in the Neck or Throat It taketh away spots of the eyes being mixed with Womans Milk and it cleanseth the sight being mixed in Medicines for the eyes Ammoniacum and Frankinsence dissolved in Vineger and applied helpeth Ringwormes A Plaister for the hardnesse of the Spleene Take of Gum Ammoniacum one ounce Myrrhe Frankinsence Bdellium of each halfe an ounce dissolve them in Vineger of Rue and adde thereunto of the flowers of Camomill in powder a dram make a Plaister thereof and lay it warme to the Spleene Weichardus Thes pharmacent fol. 243. Or Take Garden mints Rue and Melilot in powder of each halfe an ounce Niter Salgem of each three drams Ammoniacum dissolved in wine one ounce with a little Wax and Oyle of Capers make a Plaster Or Take of Ammoniacum dissolved in Vineger halfe an ounce Vnguenium dialtheae compositum or Oyntment of Marsh-mallowes compound two ounces with a sufficient quantity of Wax make a Plaister Heurnius doth much commend this Plaister following against hardnesse of the Spleene Take of Hemlocke foure handfulls of Ammoniacum halfe a pound infuse them together eight dayes adding thereto three or foure ounces of strong Wine Vineger or more the Hemlocke also must be bruised Then having stood eight dayes dissolve the Gum by boyling it gently strain it forth boyle the strained liqour againe till the moysture be well consumed then with some Wax and Oyle of sweet Almonds make a Plaister or Oyntment A Cerot to dissolve all manner of hard knots and ganglious tumours Take of Ammoniacum six ounces Marsh mallow-roote and white Bryonie-root in powder of each an ounce of Turbith minerall halfe an ounce of fresh Butter one ounce and a halfe dissolve the Gums in Vineger and mix them all together and with one ounce of Wax make a Cerot Against Wormes Take of Ammoniacum one ounce dissolve it in Vineger and adde of the juice of Wormwood halfe an ounce boyle them a little and make a Plaister thereof warm it and lap it to the Navill The hurtfull quality Ammoniacum may not safely be given to pregnant Women or Women with Child for it will cause them to miscarry And though it provoke Urin yet if too great a quantity thereof be given it will cause one to pisse bloud These things following are made of Ammoniacum 1. Pills of Ammoniacum 2. Syrupe of Ammoniacum 3. Extract of Ammoniacum 4. Chymicall Oyle of Ammoniacum 5. A Plaster of Ammoniacum 6. Emplast ex cicuta cum Ammoniaco 7. Ceratum ex Ammoniaco The Dose The Dose is from a dram to four scruples CHAP. V. De Amygdalis Of Almonds ALmonds are of two sorts bitter and sweet of sweet some are bigger called Jordan Almonds others lesse called Valence Almonds and Barbary Almonds The Names The Almond-tree saith Plinie is the first that blossometh in the moneth of January and by March the Almond is ripe Plinie Nat. Hist lib. 16. cap. 25. In Latine Amygdalum and Amygdala The Temperament Sweet Almonds are hot and moist in the first degree but the bitter are hot and dry in the second degree The best sort The best are such as are yellow full and sound not broken nor rotten but hard and dry white within of a good smell and taste The Duration They will keep good two or three years The inward Vse The sweet Almonds are most pleasing to the tast and they yield good and plentifull nourishment to the body therefore they are good for weak and macerated persons or such as are leane They open and cleanse the breast provoke spitting and are good in the Pleurisy and shortnesse of breath they open the passages of Urin cleanse the Kidneyes and provoke sleep They increase geniture or seed both in men and women open the stoppings of the Liver and Spleen and help the sight Being blanched and dryed that they may be made into powder and so taken by it self or with other things stayeth the loosnesse of the belly The Oyle of sweet Almonds cleanseth the Reins and is good for such as are troubled with the Stone easeth the pain by opening and making slippery the passages thereof it is good for Women that are newly delivered for it helpeth throwes and after pains Being mingled with Sugar-candy and taken it helps the Cough and Hoarsnesse If you give two or three drams of it to Children that are newly borne that are troubled with Gripings and mingle Sugar Pellets or white candy therewith it will much prevaile Bitter Almonds open the stoppings of the Liver and Spleene cleanse the Lungs from grosse and tough flegme cleanse the Kidneyes and provoke Urine They take away flatulent or windy humours in the body and provoke the courses in Women Being taken with Amylum or Starch and Mints they are good against spitting of bloud and taken with water they are good for paines in the back and the inflamation of the Lungs They preserve from Drunkennesse if five or six be eaten in a morning fasting The Oyle of bitter Almonds being taken killeth Wormes helpeth the paines suffocations and tortions of the womb Being drunken with wine it mittigateth the Cough and brings away the stone or gravell in the Kidneyes It is reported that if bitter Almonds be given to a Fox he dieth thereof The manner of administring them Almonds are eaten alone or made into milk or emulsion lohoch or March panes An Emulsion for the Diseases of the Breast or Lungs Take of sweet Almonds one ounce of Pine-kernell halfe an ounce of the seeds of Citrull Gourds Melon and Bombar-seed or Cotten-tree of each a dram blanch the Almonds and prepare the Seeds Beat them in a Morter with a pound of the decoction of Jujubes and Raisons of the Sun beating them first and putting the water in by degrees then add four ounces of Sugar make an emulsion for four or five Doses Renodaeus dispens med fol 226. An Emulsion to extinguish the heat of the Reines and to help the sharpnesse of the Vrin Take Gourd Citrull Melon and Cucumer-seeds of each halfe an ounce Lettice and white Poppy-seed of each two drams Beat them in a Morter with a pint of Violet-water then add syrupe of Water-Lillies three ounces make an Emulsion for three Doses or three times taking Almond-Milk much in use by Practitioners and others Take of sweet Almonds blanched which is soon done by casting them into warm water two
cleanseth them from VVormes clenseth the foule Ulcers and spreading Scabs of the head and taketh away all Freckles Spots and markes in the Skin being washed therewith The Decoction of great Centory taketh away the paine and danger of the bitings or stingings of venemous Creatures it helpeth to sharpen the Eye sight if it be steeped in water and dropped in to them the whole plant as well herbe as roote is very availeable in all sorts of wounds or Ulcers to dry Sodder cleanse and heale them and should be a principall ingredient in all wound drinkes and injections It helpeth the Strangury and Stone if the juyce bee injected A Decoction against Arthritcall paines or the Joynt Gout Take Centory the lesser two handfulls roote of Assarum two Ounces spring water ten pints Boyle them to halfe The Dose is about half a pint in bed for divers mornings together An injection against Wormes in the Eares Take of Centory the lesser VVormwood Harehound and Calamint of each an Ounce Boyle them in a sufficient quantity of water to halfe add unto a pint of the strayning half a pound of Hony or lesse and keep it for your use The Dose The Dose in powder is from halfe a dram to a dram and a halfe The juyce to halfe an Ounce Of such things as are made thereof Centory-water Extract of Centory Salt of Centory CHAP. 94. De Ceterach of Ceterach The Names IT is called in Latine Ceterach Asplenum and Splenium because it helps the Spleene also Scolopendrium and Scolopendria from the likenesse of a VVorme so called in the English Spleene wort Milt-wast and Scale-ferne The temperament It is hot and dry in the first degree or second of subtile parts and somewhat drying The Duration It will keepe a yeare or two The inward use It is generally used for the infiâ—mities of the Spleene and some report the Swine in Candy by feeding on it are found without spleenes It helpeth the Strangury and Stone in the Bladder the yellow Jandes and the Hicket Matthiolus saith that if a dram of the dust that is on the back of the Leaves be mixed with halfe a dram of Amber in powder and taken with the juyce of Purslâ—w or Plantine it will helpe the running of the reines speedily and that the hearbe and root being boyled and taken helpeth all melancholy Diseases and those also which rise from the French disease The distilled water is good against the Stone both in the Reines and Bladder and the Lye made of the ashes thereof being drunke for some time together helpeth Splenetick persons The manner of administring it It is given in powder and in Decoction but it must not be boyled long for then the strength doth evaporate The outward use It is used in outward remedies for the same purpose as is before mentioned The hurtfull quality It is hurtfull for Women that desire Children for it hindereth conception The Dose It is given in powder from halfe a dram to a dram in Decoction from two drams to half an Ounce Of such Medicines as are made thereof Syrup of Ceterach The distilled water CHAP. 95. De Chinae radice of China Root The Names IT is called in Latine China China radix and Chinaea radix in English China Root and Chine The Temperament It is moderately hot and dry The Duration This Roote will keepe good many yeares The inward Vse It is much commended for the French Disease and is profitable in Agues whether quotidian or intermittent or pestilentiall and also Hectickes and Consumptions to rectifie the evill disposition of the Liver the inveterate paines in the Head and Stomack and strengtheneth it and to dry up rheumes to help the Jandise and Ruptures in children or others by drying up the humours which is the cause thereof It helpeth also the Palsy and all other diseases of the Joynts and Bladder the Goute Sciatica and the Rodes also and Ulcers of the Yard Scabs and Leprosy Scirrous and watery tumours and is good in all cold and melancholy griefes and very usefull in the Dropsy and Green-sicknesse Some say it provokes lust The manner of administring it It is given in Decoction and some boyle it in broth with a chicken tyed up in thin slices in a Linnen-cloath A decoction of China Roote Take of China Roote cut in thin slices one Ounce and a halfe put it into a gallon of faire water and let it stand covered a night and day then boyle it gently till about halfe the water be consumed straine it and give about foure Ounces thereof in bed for diverse mornings together if need be The hurtfull quality It is not to be used in very hot and dry bodies The Dose The Dose in broth is from two drams to foure drams according to the quantity of water you provide CHAP. 96. De Chamedry of Germander The Names IT is called in Latine Chamaedrys that is a small or low Oke from the likenesse of the Leaves thereof though lesser therefore some call it Aevercula minor in English Germander or English Treacle The temperament It is hot and dry in the third degree and of thin parts The duration It will keepe good being dry a yeare The inward Vse Some say it purgeth choller It is good for coughs taken with Hony for those whose spleene is become hard for those that can hardly make water and helpeth those that are falling into a Dropsey in the beginning of the disease especially if a decoction be made thereof when it is greene and drunke It brings downe the termes helps to expell the dead childe and taken with Vineger doth wast or consume the Spleene It is effectuall against any poyson paines of the side and cureth both Quartaine and Tertian Ague as also the Cramp if the Decoction thereof be taken for some dayes together it is good against the Diseases of the Braine as paines of the Head Falling-sicknesse Melancholly Lethargy Palsie Gout and for those that are Sottish through the dulnesse of the spirits a dram of the seed taken in powder doth purge Choller by Urine and is thereby good for the yellow Jaundise and killeth wormes so will the tops of them when they are in flower steeped a day and a night in a draught of White-wine and drunke in the morning It is commended against the Plague and Pestilence The manner of Administring it It is given in powder and Decoction you may make the Decoction as of Mugwort The outward use It is good against venome and stinging of venemous Creatures being bruised and applyed used with Hony it cleanseth old and foule Ulcers and the juyce mixed with Hony and put into the eyes taketh their dimnesse and moistnesse the juyce also dropped into the eares killeth wormes therein The decoction thereof stayeth the whites in women if they sit therein while it is warme and likewise easeth the passions of the Mother being boyled in Vineger and applyed to the Stomach with a little Leaven stayeth vomitings that rise not from hot causes