the Alps which is a Specifick for this Disease and therefore we need not charge Children so strictly not to eat them They do indeed occasion Children's Heads to be scabby but it is because they eat immoderately of them And so any other Fruit would produce the same Effect A pleasant and generous Wine may be made of the Juice of the Berries press'd out and fermented with a little Sugar A Syrup made of the Juice is very good for Heat of Urine 'T is most commonly prescrib'd in Gargarisms to cure Sore Mouths Take of Bramble-tops of the Leaves of Columbine Cyprus and Sage each one Handful boyl them in two Quarts of Water wherein Iron has been quench'd till one is consum'd Add Allum one Dram and an half Hony of Roses one Ounce Make a Gargarism wherewith wash the Mouth often in a Day White Briony in Latin Brionia alba The Root is as thick as ones Arm white and fungous of a bitter and acâ—id Taste It sends forth pliant Twigs channell'd and somewhat hairy which spread themselves far and wide by the help of their Tendrels and climb up every thing that is near The Leaves are like Ivy-leaves but larger they are hairy and green The Flowers joyn'd together come out of the Wings of the Leaves and are of a whitish Colour It grows frequently in Hedges It purges strongly Watery and Phlegmatick Humours 'T is proper for the Diseases of the Spleen Liver and Womb for it opens the Obstructions of those Parts It drains the Water of Hydropical People by Vomit and Stool It provokes the Courses helps Delivery cures the Suffocation of the Womb and the Asthma Juglers and Fortune-tellers make wonderful Monsters of this Root which when they have hid in the Sand for some Days they dig up for Mandrakes and by this Imposture these Knaves impose on our Common People Conserve of White Briony-Roots taken twice a Day to the quantity of a Nutmeg for a long time cures the Falling-Sickness and Mother-Fits A piece of the Root put into the Pot the Sick drinks out of does the same The Compound-water of Briony is most in use I have used this Composition that follows with excellent Success in Women's Obstructions and it is undoubtedly much better in Hysterick Diseases than the common Compound-water of the London-Dispensatory Take of dried Briony-Roots beaten to a gross Powder two Ounces of the Leaves of Rue and dried Mugwort each half a pound Savine dried three quarters of an Handful of Featherfew Cat-mint and Penny-royal dried each half an Handful of the fresh yellow Pill of one Orange of Mirrh half an Ounce of Castor two Drams of the best Nants-Brandy one Quart Put them into a Glass and let them infuse six Days in warm Ashes then strain the Liquor off and keep it in a Glass-bottle well stopped The Dose is half a Spoonful to be taken in three Ounces of Penny-royal-water sweetned with Sugar Morning and Evening The Lees of Briony called in Latin Foecula Brioniae are made after the following manner Take what quantity of the Roots of Briony you please slice them and press out the Juice this being kept in Vessels unmov'd will in a few Hours depose the Lees or Foecula which being separated by pouring the Water away gently must be dried in a Glass-Vessel They are used in a Dropsie Common Brook-Lime in Latin Anagallis aquatica It grows commonly in little Brooks It heats and moistens moderately 'T is chiefly used in the Scurvy it powerfully expels the Stone of the Kidnies and Bladder it provokes the Courses and expels a dead Child Outwardly applied it cures Inflam'd Tumours and St. Anthony's Fire 'T is much of the same virtue with Water-cresses only not so strong Country-people cure Wounds with Brook-lime mix'd with a little Salt and a Spider's Web and applied to the Wound wrapp'd about with a double Cloth Brook-lime boyld in Water applied to blind Piles has presently eas'd the Pain when other Medicines would do no good Fabricius says he knew a large Ulcer that possess'd almost the whole Leg and reached almost to the Bone was cured in a Scorbutical Person only with Brook-lime boyl'd in Beer and applied twice a Day But it is most commonly used inwardly to cure the Scurvy Take of the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses and Scurvy-grass each half a Pint of the Juice of Oranges four Ounces fine Sugar two Pounds make a Syrup over a gentle Fire Take one Spoonful in your Beer every time you drink Broom in Latin Genista 'T is common in Sandy and barren Grounds It flowers at the Latter End of April 'T is Splenetick Nepthritick and Hepatick It expels the Stone and purges Watery Humours upwards and downwards by Stool and Urine Wherefore it is of great use in Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery And in the Dropsie and Catarrhs the Flowers the Seeds and Tops are in use The Leaves the Branches and Tops boyl'd in Wine or Water or the Juice of them are good in a Dropsie and all Obstructions of the Kidnies and Bladder for they partly purge watery and superflous Humours by Stool and partly by Urine One Dram of the Seed does the same The Flowers when they are green are commonly pickled and make an agreeable Sauce for they provoke Appetite and force Urine The Ashes are most in use and frequently commended in the Dropsie Take of the Ashes of Broom one Pound infuse them cold in two Quarts of Rhenish-Wine adding to it half an Handful of Common Wormwood Take four Ounces of the clear Liquor in the Morning at Four in the Afternoon and in the Evening every Day Broom-rape in Latin Orobanche 'T is two Foot high or more the Stalk is streight round and hairy pale or yellowish or brownish whereon are Leaves that are narrow and longish if they may be called Leaves for they seem rather the Beginning of Leaves They soon fade and Flowers succeed them which are on a Spike like the Flowers of Orchis but at a greater distance they are of a dull yellow Colour The Root is round and scaly and tastes very bitter The Flowers smell pretty well The Herb candied or the Root is of excellent use in Diseases of the Spleen and for Melancholy An Ointment made of it with Lard is good to discuss hard and Scirrhous Tumours Butcher's Broom in Latin Ruscus or Bruscus 'T is a Foot and an half high and sometimes three or four Foot high It has many tough Branches and is full of Leaves and they are like the Leaves of the Myrtle they are ridged nervous and prickly they have no Foot-stalks they are hard and strong and taste bitter At the Middle of the Leaf is plac'd a small Flower on a very short Foot-stalk When first it rises it represents a little Bunch of small Needles but being open'd three little broadish Leaves appear A round Fruit succeeds the Flower that is larger than the Berries of Asparagus 't is reddish and sweetish Under the Skin of it lie
and the Reins It mitigates Acrimony and helps Expectoration and gently loosens Children's Bellies 'T is chiefly used for Coughs Hoarsness Consumption Pleurisie Erosions of the Bladder and Sharpness of Urine Syrup of Liquorish is made in the following manner Take of Green Liquorish cleansed and bruis'd two Ounces of White Maiden-hair one Ounce of Hyssop half an Ounce pour on them three Pints of hot Fountain-water let them stand in Infusion twenty four Hours strain it and clarifie it and with the best Hony and Fine Sugar each ten Ounces make a Syrup according to Art Liverwort in Latin Hepatica vulgaris The Root of it is as fine as Silk The Leaves are a Fingers-breadth and twice as long or longer above they are green or a little yellowish they are scaly like the Skin of a Serpent they have no Flowers The Stalk is white firm and juicy and about four Inches long upon which there is as it were a small Fungus It grows in shady wet places among Stones It tastes a little bitterish and astringent 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver and Bladder 'T is good in the Jaundice for the Itch and a Gonorrhaea Outwardly applied it stops Blood in Wounds Lovage in Latin Levisticum The Stalk is as high as a Man thick-jointed hollow and channel'd The Leaves are large and divided into Wings they are of a shining Green and of a strong Smell At the top of the Stalks and Branches are large Tufts of yellow Flowers The Seed is pretty large and flat The Root is thick and woody 'T is Alexipharmick Diuretick and Vulnerary It strengthens the Stomach and does good in an Asthma It forces the Courses and the Monthly Purgations and expels a dead Child It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and cures the Jaundice 'T is used outwardly in Baths and Cataplasms for the Womb. The Virtues of it are much the same with Angelica and Master-wort Half a Dram of the Seed provokes the Courses The Juice of the Leaves expels the After-birth Lung-wort in Latin Muscus arboreus It grows on old Oaks and Beeches in dark shady old Woods It has broad grayish rough Leaves variously folded crumpl'd and gash'd on the edges and sometimes spotted on the upper side It bears no Stalk nor Flower 'T is Drying and Astringent It stops Bleeding and cures fresh Wounds It stops the Courses and the Flux of the Belly The Powder the Syrup and the distill'd Water of it are commonly used for Diseases of the Lungs as Coughs Short Breath Consumptions and the like That which grows on an Oak is excellent in curing the Jaundice Take one Handful of it and boyl it in a Pint of Small Beer in a Pot well stopped till half is consum'd Take thirteen Spoonfuls of it warm Morning and Evening Lupines in Latin Lupinus sativus Inwardly taken it kills Worms But it is chiefly used outwardly in Cataplasms for Gangreens and malignant Ulcers and the like M. MAdder in Latin Rubia tinctorum 'T is used in Vulnerary Potions but whether it is Astringent or Opening is disputed They that count it Astringent prescribe it for the Bloody-Flux the Flux of the Courses and of the Hemorrhoids They that suppose it is Opening use it in the Jaundice for the Dropsie and Obstruction of Urine And perhaps it partakes of both Qualities first Opening and then Binding as is the Nature of Rubarb White Maiden-hair or Wall-Rue in Latin Adianâ—um album ' The Root is very small consisting of very small black Fibres It grows upon old Walls It has many Foot-stalks that are small and about half an Hand high and blackish about the Roots or brown they are elsewhere green and somewhat divided at top From the Extremities and Sides of these the Leaves grow they are channel'd and somewhat stiff and indented about the Edges the upper Part is green the Under sprinkled with red or brown Powder that seems fine and tastes somewhat sowre and astringent with a little mixture of Sweetness It grows in Cambridgshire on the Walls of Cherry-Hinton-Church It removes the Tartareous and Viscous Mucilage that is contain'd in the Lungs and therefore it is good for those that have Coughs and Short Breath and for others that have Pains in the Side or in the Kidnies or Bladder It gently provokes Urine and expels Stones and Gravel and is of great use in Children's Ruptures the Powder of it being given four Days together Take of Syrup of Maiden-hair and of Jujubes each three Ounces of Oyl of Flax fresh drawn two Ounces of Fine Sugar two Drams mingle them make a Lohoch Take half a Spoonful every other Hour This is good for Coughs and Pains of the Sides Common Mallow in Latin Malva vulgaris It mollifies eases Pain loosens the Belly mitigates Sharpness of Urine 'T is used outwardly in Cataplasms and Fomentations to ripen Tumours and to ease Pain and in Clysters to loosen the Belly in Nephritick Pains Three Ounces of the Decoction of the Leaves or the distill'd Water of them with one Ounce and an half of Syrup of Violets cure Heat of Urine presently Marsh Mallows in Latin Althaea It softens discusses eases Pain brings Tumours to Suppuration and corrects sharp Humours The Herb the Root and Seeds are all good for the same purpose 'T is chiefly used for Diseases of the Bladder and the Stone of the Kidnies and for an Asthma and Pleurisie 'T is also used in Clysters and Cataplasms The Syrup of Marsh-mallows is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows two Ounces of Meadow-grass Asparagus Liquorish Raisins of the Sun and Red Chich-Pease each one Ounce Tops of Marsh-mallows Mallows Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel Common Maiden-hair and Mont pelier-Maiden-hair of each of Handful of the four Lesser and Great Cold Seeds each two Handfuls wash and cleanse the Roots from their Dirt Pith and Strings and slice them and having boyld the Grass-Roots a quarter of an Hour first in eight Pints of Fountain-water put into the Decoction the Roots of Marsh-mallows and Asparagus and let them boyl well for half an Hour then add the Raisins cut and the Chich-pease whole when they have boyld a little while put in the Tops of the Mallows Marsh-mallows Pellitory and Pimpernel shred and boyl them about a quarter of an Hour among the rest after that add the Liquorish slic'd and the Maiden-hair cut and when they begin to boyl put in the cold Seeds thrust them down into the Decoction and take the whole off the Fire and strain them a quarter of an Hour afterwards then clarifie the Liquor with the White of an Egg add four Pounds of Sugar and boyl it over a moderate Fire to the Consistence of a Syrup Ointment of Marsh-mallows is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Roots of Marsh-mallows two Pounds Flax and Fenugreek-seeds of each one Pound of Fountain-water eight Pints let them infuse three Days then boyl them gently and press out the Mucilage whereof take
most remarkable by means whereof it does what it does One Dram of the Powder of the Root taken before the Fit cures Agues Spon in his Book of Fevers and Febrifuges says that Cinquefoil is a Plant somewhat bitter and very astringent whereby it strengthens the Fibres of the Stomach relax'd by a Fever and fixes and sweetens its Acid. Hippocrates used this Plant to cure Fevers But without doubt it was more effectual in Greece where Hippocrates liv'd than here For most Plants have more Virtue in hot Countries than in cold especially those that are somewhat Aromatick It has also been found by Experience that the Roots of it cure Ulcers of the Mouth Citrons in Latin Malus Citria Every part of the Citron the outward and inward Bark the Juice and Pulp and the Seeds are of great use in Physick The outward yellow Bark hath a curious Aromatick Smell and bitter Taste Being dried it is very Cordial and Alexipharmick It heats and corroborates a cold and windy Stomach It discusses Wind powerfully concocting and digesting crude Humours that are contain'd in the Stomach or Bowels Being chewed in the Mouth it cures a Stinking Breath promotes Concoction of the Meat and is good for Melancholy 'T is much commended for Hypochondriacal Diseases for Vapours Wind the Palpitation of the Heart Obstructions and Weakness of the Bowels The Powder of the outward Bark of Oranges and Limons is reckon'd good for the same Being candied 't is used for Second Courses And mixed with Cordial Electuaries 't is used against Contagion It loosens the Belly upon which Account an Electuary is made of it called the Solutive Electuary of Citron good to evacuate Flegmatick and Cold Humours It may be also safely given when Choler is mix'd with Flegm The Pulp or Juice tho' it be not so acid as the Juice of Limons yet is it much more cooling than that 'T is very proper in Burning and Pestilential Fevers to quench Thirst to suppress too great a Fermentation of the Blood to recreate the Spirits and quicken the Appetite 'T is also reckon'd good for a Giddiness in the Head The Seeds are Cordâ—â—l and Alexipharmick are good for the Biting of Scorpions and other venomous Creatures They strengthen the Heart and defend it from the Contagion of the Plague and Small-Pox They kill the Worms of the Stomach and Bowels provoke the Courses and cause Abortion They digest crude and watery Humours and dry them up both within and without There is a strange Story of two that were condemn'd to be destroy'd by Serpents and as they were passing to Execution by chance a Person that had a Citron in his Hand gave it them to eat and soon after they were flung to the Serpents and were much bit by them but their Poyson made no Impression upon them and the Men escaped with their Lives Upon this Enquiry was made what they had eat or drunk And a Citron being the only thing that had been given them 't was order'd one of them should eat a Citron the next Day and that then they should be expos'd again to the Serpents He that had eaten the Citron escap'd as before the other soon perish'd And afterwards it was found by many Experiments that Citron was good against Poyson The Solutive Electuary of Citron of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Citron-peel candied of Conserve of the Flowers of Violets and Bugloss of the Species of Diatragacanth frigid and of Diagrydium each half an Ounce of Turbith five Drams of Ginger half a Dram of the Leaves of Sena six Drams of the Seeds of Sweet-Fennel one Dram of White Sugar dissolv'd in Rose-water and boyl'd up according to Art ten Ounces beat in a Brass-Mortar the Turbith and Ginger being first cut small the Sena Fennel and the Diagrydium must be pounded a-part and must be mix'd with a little of the Powder of Diatragacanth made fresh the Bark of the Citron must be pounded in a Marble-Mortar then add the Conserves pulp'd through a fine Sieve and boyl'd a little in the Sugar dissolv'd take it off the Fire and when it is just warm put in the Powders and last of all the Diagrydium and the Diatragacanth and of this Paste make Tablets Syrup of the Juice of Citrons of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Juice of Citrons strain'd one Pint let it stand till it is clear add to it of White Sugar clarified and boyl'd to the Consistence of Tablets two Pounds make a Syrup by boyling of it just up and no more Syrup of the Bark of Citrons is made in the following manner Take of the yellow Peel of Citrons ripe and fresh five Ounces of the Grains of Kerms or of their Juice two Drams of Fountain-water three Pints infuse them all Night in B. M. strain it add two Pounds and an half of White Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup according to Art in B. M. Half of it must be without Musk the other half must be Aromatiz'd with three Grains of Musk tied up in a Rag. Citruls in Latin Citrullus The Fruit of it is cold and moist and very fit to quench the Thirst wherefore the Italians refresh themselves in Summer-time with the Pulp of it 'T is good in Burning Fevers and for a dry Tongue The Seed of it is one of the Greater Cold Seeds Cloves in Latin Caryophyllus Aromaticus Cloves heat and dry The Indians two Days before they sell their Cloves place a large Vessel of Water in the Room where the Cloves are and it all soon evaporates and goes into the Cloves and so the weight of them is much increas'd Cloves perfume the Breath for which Reason the Indian Women frequently chew them and such like things They are said to clear the Sight and to take off Clouds from the Eyes They strengthen the Stomach and take off Vomiting and Nauseousness They provoke Venery and are good for all cold Diseases of the Brain as Apoplexies Lethargies Palsie or the like They are used to correct the Air by being burnt or eaten But the chief use of them is in the Kitchin for Sauces and the like They are also used to perfume Clothes an Orange being stuck full of them and put into the Chest to the Clothes Some put them into Wine or Beer and they impart to it a pleasant Smell and Taste They are put into a Bag or sow'd up in a Cloth and worn upon the Stomach to stop Vomiting and to take off Pains of the Stomach proceeding from a cold Cause Some powder their Heads with the Powder of them to take off Dulness and Pains of the Head Cloves candied taste very pleasantly and are proper for a cold Stomach Oyl of Cloves by Distillation is good for inward and outward use Oyl of Cloves per descensum is made in the following manner Take several large Drinking-glasses cover them with a Linnen Cloth and tie it round each of them leaving a Cavity
half A Gentlewoman cured several People of Dropsies only by giving the Juice of this Root She order'd them to take four Spoonfuls every Morning in six Spoonfuls of White-wine An Ounce of the fresh Juice has been used with good Success in a desperate Obstruction of the Belly It purges Flegm Water and Choler But it is now-a-days only used for Dropsies Take of the Roots of Florentine-Iris and Hermodactiles powder'd each six Drams of the Plaister Oxycroceum and of the Mucilages each two Ounces of the Resin of Pine one Ounce mix them and moisten them with Oyl of Worms and make a Plaster This is used for the Gout Take of the Roots of Florentine-Iris twelve Ounces of the Wood of Rhodim two Ounces of the Leaves of Marjoram three Drams of Cloves one Ounce of Limon-peel five Drams of Cyperus-root one Ounce of Sweet-smelling Flag six Drams of Damask-Roses four Ounces of Red Roses two Ounces of Benzoyn Styrax and Calamit each one Ounce of Labdanum half an Ounce make a gross Powder This is a sweet Powder and is very proper to sprinkle amongst Clothes to preserve them from the Moth. If all the aforesaid Ingredients are distill'd with Strong Beer in a common Still six Grains of Musk being tied up in a Rag and hang'd in the Receiver you will have a Perfum'd Water that is very fit for Funerals Jujubs in Latin Jujubae They are moderately hot and moist They attemperate the Sharpness of the Blood and are good for Diseases of the Breast and Lungs for Coughs Difficulty of Breathing for Diseases of the Reins and Bladder and for Heat of Urine The Syrup of Jujubs of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Jujubs number Sixty of the Flowers of Violets five Drams of Liquorish rasp'd and bruis'd of the Leaves of Maiden-hair and of French-Barly each one Ounce of the Seeds of Mallows five Drams of the Seeds of White Poppies Melons Lettice and of Quinces and Gum-Tragacanth tied up in a Rag by themselves each three Drams boyl them in three Quarts of Fountain-water till half is consum'd strain it and clarifie the Liquor and with two Pounds of White Sugar make a Syrup 'T is a good cooling Syrup and proper for Coughs Pleurisies and for Ulcers of the Lungs and Bladder 'T is an Ingredient in the Lohoch Sanans of the London-Dispensatory and of the Pectoral Decoction K. KErmes or the Scarlet Oak in Latin Ilex Coccigera This little Tree grows on stony Hills about Monopeliar and in other Parts of France and in Italy But Clusius says it does not every where bear the Grains of Kermes for he says they are only to be found in those Regions which are near the Mediterranean Sea where the Sun shines very hot and not always there neither for when the Shrub grows so big as to bear Acorns the Kermes will not grow on it and therefore the Inhabitants burn them up when they are about four Years old that young ones may come in their Room which afterwards yearly have the Grain of Kermes sticking to them on the Branch like small Peas of an Ash-colour These Grains are counted by Philosophers and Botanists the Spurious or Excrementitious Fruit of the Scarlet-Oak only But the learned and ingenious Dr. Martin Lister found such kind of Grains growing in England upon the tender Branches of Cherry-trees and supposes that they are not Excrescencies but the Work of some Insect for receiving as in a Nest its young ones The Grains serve for two Uses for Medicine and for Dying of a Scarlet Colour They are astringent and are used successfully for Wounds and wounded Nerves They are also of good use to prevent Miscarriage and used by the Physicians of Montpeliar for sudden Accidents and Acute Diseases as for an Apoplexy Palsie and the like They are also used for the Palpitation of the Heart for Fainting and for Melancholy The Confection of Kermes of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Juice of fragrant Apples and of the sweetest Water of Roses each one Pint and an half of the Syrup of the Grains of Kermes one Quart of Sugar one Pound boyl them almost to the Consistence of Hony then take it from the Fire and while it is hot add two Drams of Amber-Grease cut small and dissolv'd with some Drops of Oyl of Cinnamon which being well mix'd add the following things powder'd of choice Cinnamon and the best Wood of Aloes each six Drams of prepar'd Pearl two Drams of Leaf-Gold one Dram mix them according to Art The Syrup of Kermes mention'd in making Confection of Kermes is made in the following manner They beat the Grains in a Marble Mortar and pulp them through a Sieve and mix them with an equal quantity of Sugar this they call Conserve And by adding more Sugar Raw Silk the Juice of Apples and Rose-water they make a Syrup L. LArk-Spur in Latin Consolida Regalis The Juice of the Flowers and the distill'd Water clear the Sight and strengthen it And some say that looking always upon it does the same wherefore they take care to hang it always in sight 'T is successfully used in Vulnerary Potions a Decoction of the Flowers in Wine with a Dram of Saffron opens Obstructions Lead-wort in Latin Plumbago Plinii It cures Horses when they are galled and prevents Worms breeding in the Sores being bruis'd and applied Lignum-Aloes It heats and dries and comforts all the Bowels especially the Heart and Womb. It recreates the Vital and Animal Spirits and therefore is good for Fainting It kills Worms 'T is used frequently in Cordial Epithems Being chew'd in the Mouth and the Mouth wash'd with a Decoction of it it cures a Stinking Breath 'T is used for Perfumes and being dried and powder'd and sprinkled upon the Body it smells well A Dram of the Root taken inwardly removes superfluous Humours from the Stomach strengthens it and mitigates the Heat of it It eases the Pain of the Sides and Liver and does good in the Bloody-Flux and for the Gripes A piece of this Wood with the Gum sticking on it was presented to the Royal Society by the Honourable Mr. Boyle It tasted just like the Wood and the Colour of it was like pure Succotrine-Aloes 'T is said that a Milk flows from this Tree which is so virulent that if it chance to drop into the Eyes it occasions Blindness and if it fall upon any other part of the Body it causes Blisters and an Inflammation The true Lignum-Aloes grows in Malacca and in the Island Sumatra Take of Labdanum and Mastich each two Drams of Lignum-Aloes Storax-Calamit Cinnamon and Turpentine each one Dram of Myrtles and the Roots of Cyperus each half a Dram of the Juyce of Mint and Horse-tail extracted with Red Wine a sufficient quantity Make a Plaster to be applied to the Region of the Pubis and Perinaeum for an Incontinence of Urine Lignum-Colubrinum 'T is commended for expelling Poyson the
strain it then add four Pounds of White Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup the Infusion of Rubarb being put to it and the Saffron being tied up in a Rag and dipp'd often in it and squeez'd out This Syrup is a very proper Purge for melancholy People but will scarce purge enough by it self wherefore take two Ounces of it in three Ounces of the Decoction of Dodder which see among the Vertues of Dodder The Confection of Alkermes is made with Juice of Apples and the Ointment called Pomatum Cyder is good for the Scurvy Apricock-tree in Latin Malus Armeniaca The English Apricocks are better than the French or Italian and more wholsome than the Peach The Oyl of the Kernels is excellent for Inflammations and Swellings of the Hemorrhoids and for Pains of the Ears The Kernels eaten cure the Heart-burning White Arch-Angel in Latin Laminum album It has many fibrous Roots it creeps awry in the Earth like Mint the Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high four-square and pretty large but they are smaller near the Earth and weak so that they can scarce stand alone They are empty pretty hairy and branchy and have a few Joints and near the Earth seem of a Purple Colour when the Sun shines on them The Leaves are plac'd by Pairs opposite to one another like Nettles those on the Bottom-stalks are plac'd on long Foot-stalks those on the Top-stalks on short Foot-stalks and have a short soft Down The Flowers encompass the Stalks at the Joints they are white large and hooded without rather pale than white It flowers at the Latter End of April or the Beginning of May. One handful of the Herb beaten up with Hog's Lard and applied to King's-Evil-Swellings in the Neck or Throat discusses them A Conserve of the Flowers is much commended in the Whites But the Cure of them by the following Method is much safer and surer Bleed once and purge thrice with two Scruples of Pill Coch. Major Then take of Venice-Treacle one Ounce and an half of the Conserve of the yellow Pill of Oranges one Ounce of Diascordium half an Ounce of Candied Ginger and Nutmegs each three Drams of the Compound Powder of Crabs-eyes one Dram and an half of the outward Bark of the Pomegranate of the Root of Spanish Angelica of Red Coral prepar'd of the Trochisc de Terra Lemnia each one Dram of Bole-Armenick two Scruples of Gum-Arabick half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of dried Roses Make an Electuary Take the quantity of a large Nutmeg in the Morning at Five in the Afternoon and at Bed-time drinking upon it six Spoonfuls of the following Infusion Take of the Roots Elecampane Master-Wort Angelica and Gentian each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Roman-Wormwood of White Arch-Angel and the lesser Centory and Calamint each one handful of Juniper-berries one Ounce Cut them small and infuse them in five Pints of Canary Let them stand in Infusion and strain it only as you use it Stinking Arrach or Orrach in Latin Atriplex Olida 'T is easily known by its stinking Smell which is exactly like Old Ling. It grows in Places where there is Rubbish but it is not common A Conserve of the Leaves or Syrup made of the Juice is good for Mother-fits and Women's Obstructions the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Conserve being taken Morning and Evening or two Spoonfuls of the Syrup at the same Times But the following Plaster must be applied to the Woman's Navel Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams of Tacamahaca two Drams Mingle them and make a Plaster and spread it on Leather having an Hole cut in the middle The Woman must be also purg'd three or four times with the Pill Coch. Major viz. Take of the Pill Coch. Major two Scruples of Castor powder'd two Grains of the Peruvian Balsam four Drops Make four Pills to be taken at Five in the Morning and let her sleep after them After purging as above directed let the Woman take of the Conserve or Syrup as before mentioned thirty Days drinking presently after a Draught of Wormwood-Beer or Wine Or if she do not like the Conserve or Syrup let her take the following Pills for the space of a Month. Take of the Filings of Steel eight Grains of Extract of Wormwood a sufficient quantity Make two Pills let her take them in the Morning and repeat them in the Evening and so Morning and Evening drinking a small Draught of Wormwood-Beer presently after Common Arsmart in Latin Persicaria It has a single small woody white Root with many Fibres It has many Stalks a Foot or two Foot high solid round and smooth branchy and jointed When the Sun shines on them they are of a reddish Colour otherwise of a yellow Green The Leaves embrace the Stalks at the Joints and are plac'd on short Foot-stalks They are of a pale Green not spotted smooth They are like Peach-leaves The Flowers grow upon the upper Stalks and Branches in spiky Heads and are very small Some of them are useless no Seed succeeding them these consist of four Leaves Others are always shut and contain a pretty large three-square shining Seed that is black when 't is ripe and these are red without This Plant has an acrid and biting Taste It grows in watry Places and Ditches 'T is plainly hot and dry 'T is chiefly used outwardly in Wounds hard Swellings and old Sores The Water of Arsmart is of great use in the Stone of the Kidnies or Bladder a Draught of it being taken every Morning for two or three Months together A Country-Gentleman us'd a Load of this Herb in a Year to make the Water wherewith he cured many of the Stone The Root or Seed put into an aching hollow Tooth takes off the Pain There is scarce any thing more effectual to drive away Flies For whatever Wounds or Ulcers Cattel have if they are anointed with the Juice of Arsmart the Flies will not come near tho it is the Heat of Summer Artichoke in Latin Cinara The Germans and French eat the tender Stalks boyl'd with Vinegar and Butter And the Italians seldom boyl the Heads but eat them raw with Salt Oyl and Pepper They are said to provoke Venery to restore Nature and strengthen the Stomach A Decoction of the Buds provokes Urine Asarabacca in Latin Asarum It has many Heads shooting from the Roots whereon are many smooth Leaves every one upon a Foot-stalk by it self They are rounder and bigger than the Leaves of Violets and thicker and of a darker green shining Colour on the upper side and of a paler Green underneath Among the Leaves near the Earth are six-angled purplish Husks that are hairy and plac'd on short Foot-stalks these contain the Seeds that are like the Stones of Grapes They have within a white Marrow that tastes somewhat acrid It purges violently upwards and downwards Flegm and Choler 'T is Diuretick also and forces the Courses Wherefore
Diuretick It provokes the Courses and is Lithontriprick It quickens the Blood when coagulated and disposes to Sleep 'T is used outwardly with great Success for the Cholick and Obstruction of Urine Used in Caraplasms it discusses Tumours and Clodded Blood like Solomon's-Seal 'T is chiefly us'd for Swellings and Hardness of the Paps Take of the Roots of Charvil Knee-holm Polypody of the Oak of each one Ounce of the Leaves of Water-Hemp Agrimony of the Oak of Jerusalem of Maiden-hair and Ground-Ivy each one Handful of the Seeds of Bastard-Saffron one Ounce of the Roots of Florentine-Flower-de-luce half an Ounce of the Seeds of Danewort five Drams of the Root of the Sweet-smelling Flag half an Ounce boyl them in two Quarts of Fountain-water to the Consumption of a third part then strain it and add one Ounce and an half of Sena and two Drams of Agarick Mechoacan and Turbith each half an Ounce of Yellow-Sanders one Dram and an half of the Roots of Lesser Galanga one Dram boyl them in a close Vessel two Hours then strain the Liquor and add two Ounces of the best Hony clarified with the White of an Egg make a purging Mead The Dose is six or eight Ounces twice or thrice a Week This is proper in a Dropsie of the Breast Cherries in Latin Cerasus Cherries when they are fresh loosen the Belly but when dry they bind Those that are sweet purge but they are offensive to the Stomach Sharp and harsh Cherries are Binding The distill'd Water of sharp Cherries and the Cherries themselves extinguish Feverish Heats and quench Thirst and create an Appetite And preserv'd with Sugar they are very grateful to the Stomach and reckon'd by the Women the best Sweet-Meats but by reason of the Abundance of their Moisture they cannot be kept long The Decoction of dried Cherries is excellent in Hipocondriack Diseases and many have been cur'd by this Remedy alone Sweet Cherries are peculiarly good for Diseases in the Head the Falling-sickness Apoplexy and Palsie A Lord that was seiz'd with an Apoplexy and was speechless three Days recover'd his Speech by takeing Spirit of Cherries In Stammering and other Vices of Speech wash the Mouth often with the Spirit of Black-Cherries for they are very Cephalick and do much strengthen the Muscles of the Tongue and the Spirits design'd for their Use The distill'd Water of sweet Black-Cherries is much commended and us'd for Children's Convulsions Take an equal quantity of this Water and the Water of Lime-tree-flowers The Dose is an Ounce or two Ounces according to the Age of the Child Wines and Potions are prepar'd of Cherries several Ways either by Distillation or Infusion or by mixing Sugar with the Juice and fermenting it In Italy they prepare a Potion with fresh Cherries which they call Marasco they drink it before it ferments 'T is sold there in Taverns in the Summer-time and is counted a good cooling Liquor The Oyl drawn from the Kernels in a Press is said to take Spots and Pimples from the Skin by anointing it And 't is reckon'd good for the Gout and Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder The Gum of Cherries diluted with Wine cures inveterate Coughs quickens the Sight and provokes Appetite 'T is counted also Lithontriptick drunk in Wine Some when they eat great quantities of Cherries swallow the Stones to prevent Surfeits which is a vulgar Errour for many times they lie long in the Stomach and do much hurt The Livers of Sparrows grow very big at Cherry-time The following Sorts of Cherries are much esteem'd here in England viz. The May-Cherry the Duke-cherry the Arch-Duke-Cherry the Flanders-Cherry the Red-Heart-Cherry the Carnation and the Amber-Cherry the Bleeding-heart and the Naples the Purple-Cherry the Black Orleance and the common Black-Cherry Luke Ward 's Cherry the Cluster-Cherry the Dwarf-Cherry and the Morello-Cherry Chesnut-tree in Latin Castanea It is a great and stately Tree as thick as an old Oak so very large sometimes that three Men with their Arms extended can scarce encompass the Trunk of it It has many Branches the small Twigs are of a Crimson Colour It has a smooth Bark spotted and blackish and sometimes of an Ash-colour but chiefly the Extremity of the Branches And when the Tree is young the Wood of it is strong and lasting but yet it bends with a Burthen and cracks much in the Fire and its Coals are soon extinguish'd It has large Leaves about two Inches broad and in length about five they are thin wrinkly and indented like a Saw with many transverse Veins sticking on the Back extended from the Middle-rib that is most remarkable Long hanging Buds precede the Fruit having yellow Tufts The Cups are prickly and like a Bur within they are hairy and as soft as Silk They contain two or three Nuts some but one ending sharp from a broad Basis they are about an Inch long flat on one side and bellying out on the other and are in shape something like the Heart The Nut is white solid and hard sweet and palatable especially when it is roasted It chiefly grows on Mountains and Rising Grounds There are Abundance of them in Italy where the People that live on the Mountains eat little else They bud at the Beginning of Spring and soon after flower The Fruit is ripe about the Latter End of September The good Nuts are known from the bad by putting them in Water for if they are sound and good they sink but if otherwise they swim We in England make of this Wood Bedsteads Chairs Tables Chests and other Furniture for Houses In some Places beyond Sea they make Bread and Frumenty of the Flower of the Nuts but such sort of coarse Diet is no way pleasing to the English who God be thanked have Plenty of wholsom Food and great Abundance of all things necessary They are either boyl'd whole in Water or roasted on the Fire or fry'd In Italy the Gentry and Citizens roast them under Ashes and having pill'd them mix a little Sugar and Juice of Oranges or Limons with them and so eat them for a Second Course But which way soever they are prepar'd they are windy and injurious to the Stomach and Head and to those that are subject to Cholical Pains and the Stone The Nuts are astringent and consequently do good in Fluxes of the Belly and for Spitting of Blood They are said to be good for Coughs being eaten with Hony fasting As also is an Electuary prepar'd with the Flower of them and Hony An Emulsion of Chesnuts made with the Decoction of Liquorish and a few White Poppy-seeds is good for Heat of Urine Chick-weed in Latin Alfine It cools and moistens moderately upon which Account it is good for Inflammations and against Heat either taken inwardly or outwardly applied as Purslan and the Lesser House-leek 'T is counted good for such as are in Consumptions and wasting Conditions Birds that are kept in Cages are much refreshed by this Herb when they loath their Meat
God who has dealt so bountifully with this Nation in giving the Kings of it at least from Edward the Confessor downwards if not for a longer Time an extraordinary Power in the miraculous Cures thereof This our Chronicle has all along testified and the Personal Experience of many Thousands now living can witness the same 'T is also useful in Cancers and Eating Ulcers The Powder of the dried Root applied to the Piles dries them up A Dram of it taken inwardly expels Worms The Water distill'd from the Root cures a Red Face An excellent Ointment is made of this Herb for curing the Itch It is composed as follows In May take the Herb with the Root and well wash'd and cleans'd beat them in a Mortar keep the Juice in a Glass well stop'd for a Year and when you would prepare the Ointment take of the Juice of Wax and Oyl equal parts and boyl them to an Ointment For the King's-Evil make the following Plaster Take one Pound of Lard melted over a moderate Fire then take of the Leaves of Fig-wort Hound's-tongue the Flowers of White Arch-Angel and Fox-glove cut them small and boyl them in the Lard Do the same three or four times till the Ointment be of a deep green Colour then add two Ounces of Turpentine and an Ounce of Verdigrease and a sufficient quantity of Wax and Rosin strain it and make a Plaster spread on Leather and apply it to the Part affected Filberd in Latin Corylus sativa The Nut is very pleasant but if many of them are eaten they occasion the Head-ach Wind in the Stomach Loosness and the Bloody-Flux Hoops are made of the Branches And Painters use the Coal of it to delineate Gun-powder was made of the Coals before the Coals of Alder were found more commodious for that Use Firr-tree in Latin Abies They say it grows plentifully on the Mountains in Scotland But I suppose the Tree that grows commonly there is that which is called by skilful Botanists Picea for that which we plant in our Gardens for the Firr-tree is the Picea as appears by the Characteristick Notes of the Picea for the Cone is slender and long and hangs downward and the rigid and prickly Leaves encompass the Branches disorderly Theophrastus says 't is propagated only by the Seed and that the Cutting off the Tops causes it to wither and die the same Year But we find by Experience that the Branches do not only grow but take Root and in time become Trees The Rosin of it is twofold First Liquid which comes from young Firr-trees This the Shops fasly call Venice-Turpentine Secondly Dry it is like Frankincense Thirty three stately Trees of this Kind make a fair Appearance on a little Hill near Waryton in Staffordshire two Miles from Newport The Branches and Tops are infus'd in Diet-drinks for the Scurvy with very good Success Sweet-smelling Flag in Latin Calamus aromaticus Officinarum It was first observ'd by Doctor Thomas Brown in the River Yare near Norwich It grows also spontaneously in other Parts of England viz. near Hedley in Surrey and in Cheshire 'T is easily known by its sweet Smell 'T is hot and dry 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Courses Liver and Spleen and in the Cholick it also provokes Urine The Root of it candied tastes very pleasantly and is grateful to the Stomach The Turks usually chew it in a Morning to prevent Contagion of corrupted Air. The Tartars carry it about with them and will not drink Water unless this Root has been infus'd in it Flax in Latin Linum sativum 'T is sown in the Fields The Oyl is chiefly in use for Medicine 'T is taken inwardly in a Quinsie Pleurisie Consumption and Cholick Outwardly used it mollifies hard Swellings and eases Pains it asswages the Swellings of the Belly Printers Ink is made of this Oyl and Lamb-black Purging or Wild Dwarf Flax or Mill-mountain in Latin Linum silvestre catharticum It has a small white woody Root and some Fibres It sends forth little Stalks that creep a little and then rise an Hand high or higher they are small jointed and reddish branchy at the top and bending downward The lower Leaves are roundish and have an obtuse Point the upper on the Stalks are plac'd by Pairs opposite to one another there are many of them they are small and half an Inch long smooth and without Foot-stalks The Flowers have five white Leaves and are placed on small Foot-stalks The Taste of the whole Plant is bitter and nauseous It flowers at the Beginning of June It grows commonly in dry and hilly Pastures The whole Herb infus'd in Whitewine for a whole Night over hot Ashes purges strongly Watery Humours Take of Purging-Flax one Handful of Sweet-Fennel-seeds two Drams boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to six Ounces add two Ounces of White-wine make a purging Potion Marsh-Flea-bane or Bird's-tongue in Latin Coniza palustris The Root is thick and spreads much sending forth hollow and crested Stalks three Foot high with many Joints and Branches bearing two long Leaves at each Joint which are indented about the Edges green on the upper side and grey or woolly underneath At the tops of the Stalks and Branches stand many small yellow Flowers together like those of Rag-wort The Seeds when ripe fly away with the Wind. It grows in the Fen-ditches and on the Banks in the Isle of Ely but not very common It grows chiefly near Stretbam-Ferry The Herb being spread under-foot or burnt in any Place will as it is believ'd drive away venomous Creatures and Fleas and kill Gnats wherefore 't is called Flea-bane Some prepare an Ointment of the Root and Leaves for the Itch. Flix-weed in Latin Sophia Chirurgorum It is two or three Foot high It has many hard woody Branches they are round and a little hairy The Leaves are cut small like Roman-Wormwood it tastes somewhat acrid The Flowers are many small and yellowish The Pods succeed the Flower they are about an Inch long and very small The Seed is very small and brown The Root is white It grows in stony and gravelly Places and on Stone-Walls and in untill'd Grounds A Dram of the Seed is very good for a Loosness And not only the Seed but the whole Herb is commended for the Fluxes of the Belly and the Bloody Flux 'T is used in Plasters for Wounds and sordid Ulcers In Yorkshire they use the Seed to expel Gravel with good Success Common Purple Flower-de-luce in Latin Iris vulgaris The Root hang'd in Wine or Beer preserves the Beer sweet and imparts a pleasant Taste and Smell to the Wine like Rasberries 'T is much us'd by Bakers to prepare Leaven for Wheaten Bread Many Virtues are attributed to the Root of this Plant by the Ancient and Modern Writers they are briefly describ'd as follows By Schroder 't is chiefly us'd for Coughs Difficulty of Breathing Obstructions of the Courses and Children's Gripes Being outwardly applied it
excellent Lithontripick being powder'd and taken in Small Beer or Posset-drink The Leaves are applied outwardly to old Sores and to Burns The Seed powder'd and taken forty Days together cures the Hip-Gout 'T is said it provokes Venery Take of the Seeds of Bur-dock two Drams of Wild-Carrot-Seeds one Dram of Salt of Amber one Dram of Oyl of Nutmegs half a Scruple Balsamum Capivii a sufficient quantity make small Pills take four Morning and Evening This is a good Diuretick Medicine But the Root is chiefly us'd Take of the Roots of Bur-dock three Ounces of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of the Wood of Guaiacum three Ounces of the Bark of the same one Ounce of the Roots of Notty China three Ounces of Sassaphras one Ounce and an half of Harts-horn and Ivory rasp'd each one Ounce of Red and White Sanders and of the sweet-smelling Flag each six Drams of Raisins of the Sun ston'd one Handful of the Seeds of Anise and Fennel each half an Ounce Infuse them in eight Quarts of Fountain-water for twenty four Hours in B. M. and cover the Vessel close then boyl it with a gentle Fire till a third part of the Liquor is is consum'd towards the latter end of Boyling add of the Tops of Eye-bright Betony dried Sage and of the Cordial-Flowers each one Pugil of Woody Cassia half an Ounce of Nutmegs number two strain it for use Take half a Pint four times a Day Burnet in Latin Pimpinella vulgaris sive minor It has a long slender brown Root with some Fibres The Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high angl'd branchy and of a light red Colour At the top of the Branches are small Heads from whence arise small purplish Flowers The Seeds are short and four-square It has many long wing'd Leaves that lie on the Ground which consist of several small roundish Leaves green above and grayish underneath finely indented about the edges and set on each side of a Middle-rib It grows commonly on chalky Ground and in hilly Pastures 'T is Cordial and Alexipharmick The green Herb is put into Wine to chear the Heart and it renders it very pleasant by imparting an Aromatick Smell and Taste to it 'T is a good Preservative against the Plague and other contagious Diseases 'T is also astringent Of excellent use in immoderate Fluxes of the Courses and Belly and in all Hemorrhages and to dry and heal Wounds and Ulcers and the Biting of a Mad Dog The following Water was much us'd in the last London-Plague Take of the Tops of Burnet Rosemary Wormwood Sun-Dew Mugwort Dragon's Scabious Agrimony Balm Carduus Betony the Lesser Centory one Handful each of the Roots of Tormentil Angelica Peony Zedoary Liquorish and Elecampane each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Sage Celandine and Rue of the Leaves and Flowers of Marigolds each one Handful cut them and infuse them three Days in four Quarts of the best White-wine then distil them carefully and keep the Water for use The Dose was four Spoonfuls Butter-bur or Pestilent-wort in Latin Petasitis First it sends forth a Stalk about nine Inches high that is concave and downy with narrow sharp Leaves on it At the top is a long spiked Head of Flowers of a purplish Colour When the Flowers fade and the Stalks die large Leaves succeed like the Leaves of Colts-foot but twice or thrice as large or larger hook'd near the Foot-stalk they are almost round and indented about the Edges The Root is thick and bitter and creeps much It grows in moist places and near the Banks of Rivers the Spike and Flower flourish in April 'T is much us'd in Pestilential Fevers 'T is also reckon'd good in Coughs and for an Asthma It expels the broad Worms of the Belly and provokes Urine and the Courses 'T is outwardly applied to Bubo's and Malignant Ulcers 'T is us'd also to provoke Sweat and to expel Malignity Take of the Root of Bur-dock Virginian Snake-weed and Contrayerva each one Dram of Cochinell and Saffron each half a Dram make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram to be taken in a proper Water Butterwort or Yorkshire-Sanicle in Latin Pinguicula The Root has some white Fibres that are pretty large considering the smalness of the Plant. It does not grow deep Six or seven of the Leaves lie on the Earth and sometimes more of a pale yellow Green they look greasie and shine as if they were besmear'd in length two Inches and in breadth about one they are somewhat blunt at the Ends the Edges are smooth the upper part of the Leaf is cover'd with a very short Down which is scarcely seen Some Foot-stalks about an Hand high arise amongst the Leaves at the top of each is plac'd one purplish Flower of one Leaf divided into five parts It grows in marshy Places and on moist Hills The Leaves bruis'd and applied cure fresh Wounds Country-People cure Chaps in Cows Dugs and Chaps and Swellings on their Hands by anointing them with the fat Juice of this Herb. The Welsh make a Syrup of it wherewith they purge themselves They also boyl the Herb in Broth for the same purpose for it purges Flegm very briskly They also make an Ointment of it which is of excellent use for Obstruction of the Liver The Leaves beat and applied to Parts affected with Pain ease the Pain 'T is reckon'd Vulnerary and very good for Ruptures in Children C. CAbbage in Latin Brasica Warts anointed with the Juice of it are taken off in the space of fourteen Days The Leaves boil'd in Wine and applied to Ulcers and the Leprosie do much good And so great is the Virtue of it that the Urine of those that feed on it is very useful and proper for curing the Fistula Cancer Tetters and such like Diseases At the Beginning of an Inflammation of the Jaws when we design to cool and repel we make use of the Liquor of it A Person so over-run with the Scurvy that he could scarce go or stand and had Spots all over his Breast and Legs was cured by drinking daily three Pints of Wine wherein four handfuls of Red Cabbage had been infus'd with half a Dram of Ginger and two Drams of Cinnamon For a Pain in the Side apply a Leaf of it besmear'd with Butter hot to the Part affected having first sprinkl'd Powder of Cumin-seed upon it 'T is said Cabbage prevents Drunkenness Sea Cabbage or Colewort in Latin Brasica Marina It grows every where almost on the Sea-shore in England Our People in such places eat it preferring it before Garden-Cabbage Field Calamint in Latin Calamintha It springs up yearly with many Stalks which are two Foot high small four-square stiff and hairy they look reddish in Sunny Places they are branchy and bend downward The Leaves by Intervals are opposite one to the other small hairy with here and there a Jag they smell as strong as Penny-royal and almost as strong as Water-mint they are for the most part triangular
of a Chesnut-colour It flowers at the Latter End of May or Beginning of June and grows frequently in Sandy and Gravelly Pastures When the Seed is ripe the Superficies withers immediately the Root remaining in the Ground Our Country-people eat the Root raw but when it is pill'd and boyl'd in fresh Broth with a little Peper it is pleasant Food and very nourishing and stimulates Venery Being mix'd with Medicines it helps those that spit Blood and void a Bloody Urine Egglentine or Sweet-Bryer in Latin Rosa silvestris odora It needs no Description its curious Smell will not let it be unknown The Virtues of the Flowers are much the same with Garden-Roses but more astringent wherefore they are of excellent use in Fluxes of the Womb. The Fruit of it is much commended for its Lithontriptick Virtue The Heads when they are ripe contain a Pulp of a pleasant acid Taste which without doubt is very useful in Fevers and to provoke Appetite The Conserve of it is commonly kept in the Shops and is very good for the hot Scurvy and for Spitting of Blood The Root is good for the Biting of a Mad Dog a sort of a Sponge grows from the Branches when they are broken or hurt which is of a reddish Colour which laid on the Pillow disposes to Sleep The Ashes of it cure the Heat of Urine and kill Worms Take of the Conserve of Hips and Wood-Sorrel each one Ounce Conserve of Berberies half an Ounce Cream of Tartar one Dram make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Limons Take the quantity of a Nutmeg thrice a Day This is good in Fevers Elder in Latin Sambucus Martin Blockwitz wrote a whole Book of the Virtues and Use of the Elder the Title of it is The Anatomy of the Elder The inner Bark of the Elder purges watery Humours wherefore it is good in Dropsies The tender Leaves boyl'd in Wine is likewise very good for the same purpose and more convenient for weakly People The inner Bark applied to Burns takes out the Fire The Flowers discuss mollifie and dissolve and are Sudorifick and Anodine Vinegar wherein the Flowers have been infus'd is very agreeable to the Stomach and excites Appetite and it cuts and attenuates gross and crude Humours The Berries are Alexipharmick and Sudorifick The Spirit drawn from the Berries provokes Sweat and therefore good in Fevers The Wine made of the Juice of them or the Juice mix'd with White or Rhenish-Wine does much Good in Dropsies The Seeds cleanse and purge violently by Vomit and Stool A Decoction of the middle Bark with Syrup of Poppies promotes Sweat But note That Narcoticks mix'd with Sweating Medicines do much provoke Sweating For Swellings in the Feet take of the Leaves as much as is sufficient boyl them in Oyl with Salt and foment them with it In St. Anthony's Fire a Fomentation is frequently used made of two Parts of Elder-water and one of Spirit of Wine This is commonly us'd in London with good Success My Father makes an Ointment of the Red-Lead-Plaster and Oyl of Elder which he frequently uses for Burns And I have found it very successful also in other Inflammations Elecampane in Latin Helenium Many Leaves long and broad come from the Root and bend towards the Earth they are acute at both Ends above of a pale Green under hoary indented about the Edges They have short Foot-stalks from the Centre whereof the Stalks rise sometimes one sometimes more they are streight hairy and reddish five or six Foot high with some Leaves thereon compassing them about at the Lower Ends they are branched towards the tops and bear great large Flowers like those of our Marigold of a Golden Colour The Root is very thick without brown within white and of an Aromatick Taste and smells sweet and pleasantly especially when dried It grows in moist Meadows and Pastures but it is not common It flowers in June and July The fresh Root being candied or dried and powder'd mix'd with Hony or Sugar is very good in a Difficulty of Breathing an Asthma and an old Cough Being taken after Supper it helps Concoction It is also commended as an excellent Preservative against the Plague Being taken in the Morning it forces Urine and the Courses Half a Pint of White-wine wherein the slic'd Roots have been infus'd three Days taken in the Morning fasting cures the Green-sickness A Decoction of the Root taken inwardly or outwardly applied is commended by some for Convulsions Contusions and the Hip-Gout The Roots boyl'd in Wine or the fresh Juice infus'd in it and drunk kills and expels Worms Wine that is every where prepar'd with this Root in Germany and often drunk wonderfully quickens the Sight Elecampane distill'd in common Water yields a Volatile Salt that smells and has the same Virtue with Salt of Harts-horn Take of the Roots of Elecampane well cleans'd from the Fibres as much as you please boyl them in Water till they are salt and pulp them through a Sieve whereof take one Part and of Hony two Parts boyl them to the Consumption of the Moisture This is a Preservative against the Plague Take of the Roots of Elecampane Oris and Liquorish each one Dram of the Flowers of Sulphure two Drams Hony a sufficient quantity to make an Electuary Oyl of Sulphure ten Drops make a Linctus This is good for an inveterate Cough Elm in Latin Vlmus The Leaves the Branches and the Bark are astringent The Leaves cure Wounds And rub'd with Vinegar they are good for a Leprosie The Bark boiled in Fountain-water almost to the Consistence of a Syrup and the third part of Aquavitae mix'd with it is an excellent Remedy for the Hip-Gout if the Part affected be fomented with it before the Fire The Water in the Bladders upon the Leaves clears the Skin it being wash'd with it and it betters the Complexion It helps Burstenness in Children Clothes being wet in the Water and applied but a Truss must be kept on also Take of the Bark of Elm six Drams of the Root of Liquorish half a Dram of Raisins of the Sun ston'd number twenty of Red Roses two Pugils boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a Pint and an half dissolve in it of Hony of Roses and Simple Oxymel each two Ounces make a Gargarism Endive in Latin Endivia The Root is fibrous and full of Milk The long broad Leaves like on the Earth they are like the Leaves of Lettice sometimes indented about the Edges The Stalk is two or three Foot high smooth channel'd empty and has many Branches and is crooked being cut it yields a Milk The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves they are Sky-colour'd and like the Leaves of Wild-Succory It grows in Gardens 'T is Cooling and the Water of it is used in Fevers and Inflammations Eringo or Sea-Holly in Latin Eringium marinum The Roots are very long and spread much they have an Aromatick Taste The Leaves are placed
of a fungous Pith. The Leaves that come from the Roots and those that grow on the Stalks are placed alternately on long Foot-stalks and sometimes they have none at all or very short ones Those that are at bottom are almost an Hand 's breadth and about twice as long but here in England they are not so long nor so broad The uppermost are of a dark-Green hairy on both sides and indented about the edges The Flowers are many and grow on the tops of the Stalks and on peculiar Foot-stalks arising from the Wings of the Leaves they are yellow and at last turn into a kind of Down It grows commonly upon Heaths and in Hilly Woods and Groves It flowers in August The Flowers sometimes vary 'T is an excellent Wound-herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied 'T is Lithontriptick and Diuretick Two Drams of the Powder being taken in White-wine hot every Morning 'T is very cleansing and drying 'T is good in the Obstructions of the Bowels and for those that are inclin'd to a Dropsie and for stopping all Fluxes of the Womb or Belly and inward Bleedings Goos-berry-bush in Latin Grossularia It loves cold Places It flowers in April the Fruit comes forth in May and is ripe in June and July The Fruit is very agreeable to the Stomach Being boyl'd in Broth before they are ripe they do good in a Fever They provoke Appetite and stop the Fluxes of the Belly They also cure a Gonorrhea and the Whites They are outwardly applied for Inflammations and St. Anthony's Fire But before they are ripe many of them must not be eaten for they occasion the Cholick and Gripes Wine is made of them when they are ripe in the following manner The Berries being put into a Tub they pour upon them a sufficient quantity of hot Water and then covering the Vessel very close they let them stand three Weeks or a Month till the Liquor is impregnated with the Juice and Spirit of the Berries then they draw it out and put it into Bottles with Sugar which they keep close stop'd till the Liquor is well mix'd and fermented with the Sugar and so it becomes a generous Wine Goose-grass or Cleavers in Latin Aparine This Herb beat up with Lard cures the King's-Evil The distill'd Water stops the Flux of the Belly and is good in the Jaundice The distill'd Water or the Herb cut small and boyl'd in a sufficient quantity of Wine and drunk is an excellent Remedy for the Stone and Gravel The Herb dried with the Spleen of a Calf in a Furnace is accounted very excellent for Tumours of the Spleen and Hypochondriack Winds Take of the Leaves of Cleavers Plantane and Brook-lime each four Handfuls bruise them and pour upon them three Ounces of Aqua Lumbricorum and three Ounces of Aqua Raphani Composit then strain them This is to be taken twice a Day at Eight in the Morning and Five in the Afternoon This is good in a Dropsie Groncil or Grouncel in Latin Lithospermum The Root is about the thickness of the Thumb woody and Perennial and has some Fibres on the Sides It has many Stalks two or three Foot high streight firm round rough and branchy It has many Leaves plac'd disorderly they are long narrow and end in a sharp Point and have no Foot-stalks Those that are at the top of the Stalks and Branches are broader and shorter and of a deeper Green The little Flowers are placed on short Foot-stalks and come from the Wings of the Leaves they are white and consist of one Leaf divided into five blunt pieces The Cup is hairy and consists of five narrow Jags Four Seeds succeed each Flower they are of an Ash-colour very hard and look as if they were polish'd It grows near Hedges in dry Grounds near High-ways and in Bushes It flowers in May and June The Seed of it cleanses the Reins and provokes Urine breaks the Stone and expels it Two Drams of the Seed or more may be given at a time Matthiolus prescribes it for Women in Labour in a Woman's Milk Ground-pine in Latin Chamaepytis vulgaris 'T is a small Plant of the breadth of an Hand and rarely above an Inch or two Inches high The Root is long woody and single The little Stalk is round hairy and somewhat red near the Earth in other Places green inclining to a yellow as also are the Leaves which are placed at small Distances at the Knots by Pairs opposite to one another they are hairy and resemble the Claws of a small Bird they taste and smell like Pitch and Rosin The Flowers proceed from the Wings of the Leaves are yellow and have a broad Lip divided into two parts the Upper has red Spots instead of an Hood they have Threads of a light Purple The Seeds are placed in little Cups four and four in a Rank and they are three-square The Tube of the Flower bellies out and serves instead of a Seed-vessel It grows in Till'd Grounds but is rare in England It strengthens the Nerves incides opens and is Diuretick and provokes the Courses It expels a dead Child and the After-birth and works so powerfully that Women with Child are wholly forbid the use of it because it occasions Miscarriage Boyl'd in Wine or powder'd and made into Pills with Hermodactyls and Venice-Turpentine does much Good in a Dropsie Outwardly used it cures Ulcers by cleansing them and taking off the Hardness Take of Ground-pine and Worm-wood each two Handfuls of Scurvy-grass ten Handfuls of Mountain-Sage six Handfuls six Oranges sliced put all into a Pye made of two parts of Barly-meal and one of Rye bake it and after shred it all small then put it into a Bag and hang it in five Gallons of Midling Ale After six Days drink of it for your ordinary Drink This was used with excellent Success to a Person that was afflicted with the Gout and Scurvy Groundsel in Latin Erigeron This grows every where in the Fields and Gardens and in Courts too frequently all the Year The Juice of the Herb taken in Beer or a Decoction of it with Hony vomits gently Outwardly applied it is good for the Inflammations of the Paps and for the King's-Evil 'T is very probable that it may be useful against Worms for Farriers use it as a present Remedy for the Botts H. HArt's-tongue in Latin Phillitis It has many black Capillary Roots It has six eight or ten long Leaves nine Inches or a Foot long and about two Inches broad of a curious shining Green above below streak'd with small and somewhat long brownish Marks The Bottoms of the Leaves are a little bowed on each side of the Middle-rib It smells strong and tastes rough It grows in moist stony and shady Places especially on Mountains and in Wells and Caves It grows in great Abundance by Walberton near Arrundel in Sussex 'T is used chiefly in Swellings of the Spleen for the Flux of the Belly and for Spitting of Blood Outwardly
half an Ounce of Dodder of Thyme three Drams of Sena half an Ounce of Tamarinds six Drams of Coriander-seeds three Drams of Yellow Sanders two Drams boyl them in fourteen Ounces of Fountain-water till four Ounces are consum'd add two Drams of Agarick and one Dram and an half of Rubarb strain it and clarifie it and add two Ounces of the purging Syrup of Apples Take six Ounces once in three or four Days This is proper for Melancholy People Take of the Roots of Polypody Bugloss Scorzonera Bark of Tamaris and Roots of Cappars each half an Ounce of Spleen-wort one Handful and an half of Agrimony Maiden-hair Balm Dodder and Tops of Hops each half an Handful of Flowers of Broom and Borage each two Pugils the Parings of four Pippins boyl them with a Chicken in Spring-water for thin Broth Take a good Draught Morning and Evening with fifteen Grains of Cream of Tartar dissolv'd in it and fast two Hours after This is good in Hypochondriack Diseases The Poplar-tree in Latin Populus The Bark of Poplar especially of the White Poplar or Abele-tree is used inwardly and outwardly for the Hip-Gout for the Strangury and Burns Women use the Buds of Black Poplar to beautifie and thicken their Hair They are good also to ease Pain The Ointment is good for hot Swellings to ease the Pain of them And being applied to the Nostrils and Temples it disposes to Sleep 'T is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Buds of the Black Poplar a Pound and an half of the Leaves of Violets and Navelwort each three Ounces of new and unsalted Lard clear'd from the Skin and wash'd two Pounds beat them and mingle them and infuse them together in May add the following Herbs bruis'd of the tender Tops of Brambles of the Leaves of Black Poppy Mandrake Hen-bane Night-shade Lettice House-leek Greater and Lesser Bur-dock each three Ounces after the Tenth Day pour on them a Pint of Rose-water boyl them over a gentle Fire stirring them continually till all the superfluous Moisture is consum'd then strain it and keep it for use Red Poppy or Corn-Rose in Latin Papaver Rheas The Flowers cool and asswage Pain and dispose to Sleep They are chiefly used in Fevers for Pleurisies and Quinsies and other Diseases especially of the Breast that need Cooling Medicines And for immoderate Fluxes of the Courses the Powder the distill'd Water the Syrup and the Conserve of them are in use but the Syrup is most in use and is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Flowers of Red Poppies two Pounds pour upon them two Quarts of hot Fountain-water press them out the next Day and infuse the same quantity of Flowers in the Liquor as before strain it and with a quantity of Sugar equal in weight to the Liquor make a Syrup according to Art Surfeit-water is made in the following manner Take what quantity of Brandy you please steep a good quantity of Red Poppies therein the black Bottoms being first cut off when the Colour is extracted press them out and put in fresh and so do till the Brandy has a very deep Tincture then put in Nutmegs Cloves Ginger and Cinnamon of each two Drams to a Quart of the Brandy you may add some Fine Sugar if you think fit Keep it close stop'd 'T is good for Surfeits for Wind or Illness of the Stomach White Poppy in Latin Papaver album The Seeds are used in Emulsions The best Diacodium is made of the Heads and Seeds in the following manner Take fourteen Ounces of the Heads of White-Poppies well dried infuse them twenty four Hours in eight Pints of Fountain-water boyl them well then press them out and put a Pound and an half of Sugar to the Liquor then boyl it to a Syrup The Juice of Poppies thicken'd is called Opium I mean that which flows out of it self the Head being cut for the Juice that is press ' out is called Meconium which is much weaker than Opium The Turks sow White-Poppies in Fields as we do Wheat and every one carries some about him in War and Peace A certain Jew declar'd that forty Camels laden with it come yearly from Paphlagonia Cappadocia Galatia and Cilicia A Turk can take a Dram at a time without any Injury The best Opium is bitter and hot and of a yellow Colour It recreates the Spirits and provokes Venery Liquid Laudanum is made in the following manner Take of Spanish Wine one Pint of Opium two Ounces of Saffron one Ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves powder'd each one Dram infuse them together in B. M. for two or three Days till the Liquor has a deep Tincture strain it and keep it for use The Dose is sixteen Drops Matthews's Pill is made in the following manner Take of Salt of Tartar prepar'd with Niter four Ounces of Oyl of Turpentine eight Ounces mix them and let them stand in a moist and cold place eight nine or ten Months or more till the Salt has taken up thrice its weight of Oyl and is become one thick Mass like Soap in the mean time you must stir it often and add the Oyl as it incorporates Take of this Soap six Ounces of the best Opium two Ounces of Black and White Hellebore powder'd and of Liquorish each two Ounces mix them exactly adding as much Oyl of Turpentine as is sufficient to make a Mass for Pills which must be kept moist with Oyl of Turpentine The Dose is ten Grains The Opiat-plaster is made in the following manner Take of the Great Diachylon four Ounces of Quick-silver two Ounces of Opium one Ounce mingle them according to Art This is good to ease Pain Primrose in Latin Primula veris. 'T is hot and dry and of an astringent Taste 'T is very good for Flegmatick and Melancholy Diseases and for Fluxes of the Belly and to strengthen the Stomach English Prunes or Plums call'd Bullace in Latin Prunus The White and Black are Cooling and Astringent They are good for Fluxes of the Belly The Flowers are Cathartick The Gum dissolv'd in Vinegar cures Tetters Ropy Wine is cured in the following manner Take the Fruit beat and dry it in the Air put more or less of it into the Vessel according to the quantity of Wine it must be well stirr'd about and then the Vessel must be stop'd up for eight or ten Days and you will find it soon recover'd The following Plums are most esteem'd The Red Blue and Amber Primordian the Violet-Plum Red Blue and Amber the Matchless the Black and Green Damascene the Morocco the Barbary the Myrobolane-Plum the Apricock-Plum the Cinnamon-Plum the Great Mogul and Tawny-Plum the White Red and Black Pear-Plum the Green Osterly-Plum the Muscle-Plum the Catalonia-Plum the White and Black Prunella the Bonum Magnum the Wheaten-Plum the Cluster-Plum the Queen-Mother-Plum the Maiple-Plum the Imperial-Plum the Peach-Plum the Pease-Cod-Plum the Date-Plum White Yellow and Red the Nutmeg-Plum the Turky-Plum the Prince-Plum ripe
last the Lammas-Plum the White Pear-Plum and Damascens Pumpion in Latin Pepo 'T is cold and very moist It provokes Urine the Nourishment of it is very small The Seed is one of the four greater Cold Seeds Purflain in Latin Portulaca 'T is cold and moist It provokes Appetite It cures Heat of Urine and Running of the Reins The Juice mix'd with Oyl of Roses cures Burns and Inflammations 'T is good for Coughs and Shortness of Breath Q. QVince-tree in Latin Malus Cydonia The Fruit is very agreeable to the Stomach 'T is astringent and cures Spitting of Blood the Bloody-Flux and all other Fluxes The Mucilage of the Seeds extracted with Spawn of Frog's-water is an excellent Gargarism in Fevers The Syrup of Quinces is made in the following manner Take of the Juice six Pints boyl half away add three Pounds of Sugar and make a Syrup The Dose is one Ounce in some proper Water Marmalade of Quinces is made in the following manner Pare the Quinces cut them and take out the Core weigh them and put them into cold Water take the same quantity of Sugar and dissolve it with a little Water boyl it and take off the Scum then put in the Quinces and set them on a gentle Fire close cover'd till they are of a good Colour then uncover them then increase the Fire and boyl them to a Jelly R. RAdish in Latin Raphanus sativus 'T is oftner used in the Kitchin than for Medicine but it is good for the Stone and to force Urine It strengthens the Stomach and helps Concoction Horse Radish in Latin Raphanus Rusticanus It provokes Appetite but it hurts the Head It expels Gravel and forces Urine and is commended for Coughs and is reckon'd a Specifick in the Scurvy The Compounded Water of it is much in use and is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea-Scurvy-grass gather'd in the Spring-time each six Pounds beat them and press out the Juice mingle with it the Juice of Water-cresses and Brook-lime each a Pint and an half of the best White-wine four Quarts twelve Limons sliced of the fresh Roots of Briony four Pounds of Horse-Radish-roots two Pounds of Wake-Robin-roots half an Ounce of Winteran Bark and Nutmegs each four Ounces infuse them three Days and then distil them The Dose is two Ounces Take one Spoonful of the Shavings of Horse-Radish-roots twelve Leaves of Scurvy-grass twenty Raisins of the Sun stoned put them into a Quart of Beer let them stand close stop'd all Night drink of it the next Day at Meals and at any other time This has done much good in the Scurvy Common Rag-wort in Latin Jacobaea vulgaris The Root has many large white Fibres that stick fast in the Ground It has many times several Stalks and sometimes but one they are round channel'd sometimes smooth sometimes downy three Foot high and sometimes higher divided at the top into Branches It has many long and large green Leaves lying on the Ground of a dark-green Colour rent and torn in the Sides into many Pieces The Leaves on the Stalks are the same The Flowers are yellow and consist of many Leaves when they are ripe they turn into Down The Seed is very small It cures Ulcers Inflammations and a Fistula Being applied hot to the Belly in form of a Cataplasm it cures the Gripes Raspberry-bush in Latin Rubus Idaeus The Berries are very cordial and taste very well The Syrup of it is very good in Fevers and is made in the following manner Take of the Clarified Juice and of Sugar equal Parts make a Syrup Take of the Syrup of Rasp-berries and July flowers each two Ounces of the Juice of Kermes one Ounce make a Mixture Take a Spoonful every Morning This is a Cordial for Women before Delivery Rest-harrow or Camock in Latin Anonis It spreads its Root far and near they are white and hard to break The Stalks are woody and three or four Foot high round hairy and reddish sometimes it has Prickles and sometimes not The Flowers grow at the top like Pease-blossoms Small round Cods contain the Seeds The Bark of the Root and the Root it self provokes Urine and expels Gravel and eases the Pain of the Teeth and opens Obstructions of the Liver being infus'd in Wine or boyl'd in Posset-drink and taken inwardly for some time Rie in Latin Secale 'T is the next Corn in goodness to Wheat Bread made of it is black and heavy and hard to digest and it purges and gripes those that are not used to it but it keeps moist longer than Wheaten Bread The course Flower of it put into a Cloth and applied to the Head cures inveterate Head-aches and so applied is good for Mad People Rocket or Winter-Cresses in Latin Barbarea It has an oblong white thick Perennial Root of an acrid Taste The Stalks are a Cubit high channel'd strong and full of Pith with many Wings wherein the Leaves are lesser than those of Radish and resembling the Leaf of Cresses at the Extremity of it by extream Jags they are of a dark-green Colour and shine they do not taste so quick as the Root From the Wings of the Leaves towards the Top-stalks come many small Branches whereon as also on the Top-stalk small yellow Flowers consisting of four Leaves run up into long Ears The Cods are small round and about an Inch long pressed to the Stalks wherein are small Seeds of a brown Colour The whole Plant is smooth The Flowers are placed on short Foot-stalks It grows near Ditches and Rivers and Running-waters and sometimes also on plow'd Grounds It flowers in May and June 'T is acrid and hot and much of the same Virtue with Cresses 'T is mix'd with Sallets especially in the Winter-time when Cresses are scarce wherefore 't is called Winter-Cress 'T is good in the Scurvy The Juice of it is mix'd with Ointments to cleanse sordid and impure Ulcers The Seed is Lithontriptick and Diuretick Wild Rocket in Latin Eruca sylvestris The Root is white thick and long and has many Stalks with many Wings they are channel'd and a little hairy The Leaves are cut in like Dandelion they are smooth and of a deep green Colour and taste hot The Flowers are yellow It has long angled upright Cods The Seeds are like the Seeds of Wild Mustard they are acrid and bitterish It grows upon and about Walls and among Rubbish 'T is hot and dry 'T is chiefly used to stimulate Venery and for Preservation against Apoplexies Outwardly applied it extracts Splinters of Bones The Rose in Latin Rosa There are several sorts of Roses The Red Rose the Damask-Rose the Damask-Province-Rose the Dog-Rose the Pimpernel-Rose the Greater Apple-Rose the Single Cinnamon-Rose the Double Cinnamon-Rose the Wild Briar or Muscovy the Virginian Briar-Rose the White Rose the Musk-Rose the Ever-green Rose the Single Yellow Rose the Double Yellow Rose the Monthly Rose the Monday-Rose the Franc-fort-Rose the Hungarian Rose the York and Lancaster
they are best boyl'd and when they are green as are Pease and Beans but they are windy They provoke Venery they cleanse open incide digest provoke Urine and lessen the Stone but they hurt the Bladder when it is ulcerated They gently move the Belly The Broth of them doth good in the Jaundice A Decoction of them kills Worms moves the Courses expels the Child and breeds Milk In Cataplasms they cure the Swellings under the Ears called Parotides and Inflammations of the Testicles and Malignant Ulcers We most commonly make use of them only in Difficulty of Urine But Practitioners should take care that they do not use them too often to those that have Ulcers in those Parts They are sown every where in Italy Spain and France Take of the Root of Liquorish four Scruples of Marsh-mallows Grass and Rest-harrow each half an Ounce of the Berries of Winter-Cherries number Twenty of Red Chick-pease four Ounces of Currants one Ounce of the four greater Cold Seeds one Scruple of Barly two Handfuls boyl them in the Water of Winter-Cherries Rest-harrow Strawberries and Flowers of Beans each one Pint and on half to the strain'd Liquor add four Ounces of the Syrup of Marsh-mallows A Person that was grievously afflicted with the Stone in the Bladder was much reliev'd by taking of this Decoction daily for the space of seventeen Weeks Cinnamon in Latin Cinnamomum The Diversity of the Nature of this Tree is wonderful for from the Bark of the Root is distill'd Camphir and its Oyl from the Bark of the Trunk Oyl of Cinnamon from the Leaves ' Oyl of Cloves from the Fruit an Oyl like the Oyl of Juniper mix'd with a little of Cinnamon and Cloves Of these is boyl'd up a fat thick Oyl like Wax fit to make Plasters Ointments and Candles 'T is hard and clear and of a fragrant Smell The Inhabitants use it in Ointments to ease Pain but they dare not make Candles of it for none are permitted to use Candles besides the King of the Country The Leaves of it smell more like Cloves than Cinnamon The Bark of the Root given in a Decoction or the Powder of it taken with Sugar and Hony is good for a Cough The Bark of the Twigs used in a Decoction is good for the Wind. The same given in Powder with hot Water eases the Pain of the Belly and stops a Flux arising from Cold. Our People use it successfully boyl'd in Milk or Posset-drink to stop a Loosness A Decoction of it in Red Wine stops an immoderate Flux of the Courses The Juice of the Leaves given with Sugar and Pepper do good for Pains of the Belly and the Flatulent Matter of the Reins The Powder of the Leaves with Sugar are good for Giddiness of the Head As also are the Flowers taken with Sugar in cold Water The Oyl which is drawn from the Bark of the Root hath many excellent Virtues 'T is very good in all Paralytick Diseases being used outwardly in time 'T is a present Remedy for the Gout presently asswaging the violent Pain of the Parts as soon as they are anointed with it It doth also good taken inwardly 'T is also of excellent use taken inwardly for curing an Asthma and other Diseases of the Lungs 'T is also good to correct the Malignity of Fevers It forces Sweat and is very proper to be used in Gangrens Mortifications and Malignant Ulcers for Pains of the Limbs of the Belly and of the Eyes and for Tumors of the Members proceeding from Cold and Flegmatick Humours It restores the Sense of Parts that are stupified 'T is good for Rheums The Oyl of the Bark of the Tree is good for Diseases of the Stomach and for the Gripes The Water of Cinnamon is counted Cordial The Oyl of the Leaves is good in the Cholick and very proper in the Palsie Cinnamon is good for all Obstructions and for Diseases of the Breast Oyl or Essence of Cinnamon and its Aetherial-water is made in the following manner Bruise four Pounds of good Cinnamon and infuse it in six Quarts of hot Water leave it in digestion in an Earthen Vessel well stop'd two Days pour the Infusion into a large Copper Limbeck and fitting a Receiver to it and luting close the Junctures with a wet Bladder distil with a pretty good Fire three or four Pints of the Liquor then unlute the Limbeck and pour into it by Inclination the distil'd Waters you will find at bottom a little Oyl which you must pour into a Viol and stop it close distil the Liquor as before then returning the Water into the Limbeck take the Oyl you find at the bottom of the Receiver and mix it with the first Repeat this Cohobation until there rises no more Oyl then take away the Fire Tincture of Cinnamon is made in the following manner Take what quantity of bruised Cinnamon you please put it into a Matrass and pour upon it Spirit of Wine one Fingure above it stop your Matrass close and set it in Digestion in Horse-dung four or five Days the Spirit of Wine will be impregnated with the Tincture of Cinnamon and become red separate it from the Cinnamon and after it is filtrated keep the Tincture in a Viol well stop'd 'T is an admirable Cardiack it fortifies the Stomach and rejoyces all the Vital Parts It may be used like Cinnamon-water in a little smaller Dose Cinnamon-water is made in the following manner Take of bruised Cinnamon a Pound and an half Spanish Wine a Quart infuse the Cinnamon in the Wine twenty four Hours then distil them in a Limbeck draw off three Pints of Strong-water sweeten'd with Sugar and keep it for use 'T is good in a weak Stomach and is Cordial Syrup of Cinnamon of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Cinnamon beaten a little three Ounces infuse it three Days in hot Fountain-water afterwards distil it in B. M. take a Pint of this Water of Clarified Sugar boyl'd over a gentle Fire to the Consistence of Tablets have a Pound Make a Syrup The Cinnamon-tree and the Cassia-tree seem to be the same The Cinnamon-tree grows as commonly in the Island of Zeiland in the Hedges and Woods as the Hazel-tree doth in our Country and the Inhabitants value it no more for they commonly make Fires of it and cut it for any common use Common Cinque-foil or Five-leav'd Grass in Latin Pentaphyllum Vulgatissimum 'T is Vulnerary and Astringent It stops Fluxes of the Belly Bleeding at Nose and the Hemorrhoids 'T is good for Spitting of Blood and a Cough 'T is also commended for a Palsie a Consumption the Gout and Jaundice 'T is also reckon'd good for the Stone and Erosions of the Kidnies for Ruptures and Fevers 'T is used outwardly for the Eyes when they are inflam'd the Juice of it being drop'd into them And also for Loosness of the Teeth and putrid Gums It cleanses also malignant Ulcers The Astringent Virtue of it is
them are eaten they intoxicate when they are dry They stop Spitting of Blood and are good for the Bloody-Flux A Decoction of them is a very astringent Gargarism Boyl'd in Wine they take off Proud Flesh and Cicatris'd Ulcers A Decoction of it makes the Hair black And being taken inwardly it cures Diseases of the Reins and Bladder When they are ripe they are good for an Hoarsness and Coughs Difficulty of Breathing a Pleurisie and a Peripneumonia They are an Ingredient of the Pectoral Decoction of the London-Dispensatory Take of Dates cleansed number Ten of Raisins of the Sun three Ounces boyl them in Oxycrate afterwards beat them and add of Camomile-flowers and of the Flowers of Melilot and Red Roses each one Pugil of Spikenard and Camel's-Hay each one Dram of the Seed of Smallage and Parsly each half a Dram of Endive and Purslain each one Dram and an half of the Oyl of Wormwood and Roses each one Ounce of Barly-meal two Ounces make a Pultis This is used for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Liver Dittany of Crete in Latin Dictamnus Creticus It hath all the Virtues that Penny-royal has but it is much more effectual for it expels a dead Child not only by taking of it inwardly but also by outward Application and by Fume 'T is said that the Goats in Crete when they are wounded by Darts extract them and so are cured by feeding on it It has moreover a Purgative Quality Being applied to the Soles of the Feet or any other Part of the Body it draws out Thorns It also eases the Pain of the Spleen The Root of it tastes hot and hastens Delivery And so great is the Virtue of this Herb that the Smell of it drives away Venomous Creatures and kills them if they but touch it But this seems improbable The Juice of it applied to Wounds made by a Sword or by the Biting of Venomous Creatures is a present Remedy if at the same time it be also taken inwardly Hippocrates counts it the best Remedy to expel the Secundine and a False Conception Being taken in Wine it provokes the Courses and hastens Delivery so powerfully that it ought not to be kept in the Chamber or near where Big-belly'd Women are A Woman that was in a desperate Condition by reason of a dead Child was soon deliver'd by taking the Powder of the Leaves of this Herb. Take of Dittany of Crete one Dram of Safâ—ron one Scruple of Gromwel Annise-seed and Misleto of the Oak each three Drams beat them and infuse them twenty four Hours and then boyl them a little in good White-wine Give four Ounces of this Decoction at a time This is much commended by Quercetan for a Suppression of the Courses Dragon's-blood in Latin Sanguis Draconis 'T is a Gum or Rosin of a deep red Colour Being held to the Fire it soon melts And if it be cast upon the Fire it flames If it be rub'd upon any thing it makes it red but it mixes difficulty with Oyl and Water 'T is of an astringent Virtue and is frequently used in the Bloody-Flux and for other Fluxes for Spitting of Blood and to settle the Teeth when they are loose Gold-smiths and Jewellers make use of it for Foils for their Precious Stones and Jewels And Glasiers paint Glass red with it Take of the Water of Orange-flowers of Plantain and of Roses each one Ounce of Syrup of Coral or for want of it of dried Roses one Ounce of Sal Prunella one Dram of Dragon's-blood half a Scruple make a Potion This is used for an immoderate Flux of the Child-bed-Purgations Take of Amber and Mastich two Drams of Dragon's-blood Lapis Haematitis and Red Coral each one Dram of Balaustians and the Seeds of Plantane of Crocus Matis Astringent one Ounce powder them all and with a sufficient quantity of Peruvian Balsam and Syrup of Quinces make a Mass for Pills The Dose is half a Dram or a Dram Morning and Evening These Pills are used for the Virulent Running of the Reins But they must be given only at the Declination of it when there only appears a little thin waterish Humour which glues the Entrance of the Vrethra for if you give them sooner you may stifle the Matter and so cause an Hernia Humoralis if after the Gonorrhaea be cured you suspect you have not enough secur'd the Patient from the Malignity you must purge him Dragon's-blood comes from one of the Canary-Islands called Portus Sanctus near the Madera's E. EBony in Latin Ebenus The Wood is as black as Pitch and as smooth as polish'd Ivory 'T is good for the Diseases of the Eyes Many sorts of things are made of it as Cases Chests Combs Frames for Pictures and Looking-glasses and the like An English Man that was frequently seiz'd with Flatulent Convulsions was cured by using a Decoction of Ebony for the space of forty Days whereby he did sweat much White Ellebore or Hellebore in Latin Helleborus albus The Root of White Hellebore which is only in use in Physick purges very violently upward and downward yet it may be used says Tragus being infus'd twenty four Hours in Wine or Oxymel and afterwards dried Half a Dram of it so prepar'd may be given in Wine to Mad and Melancholy People But either of the Hellebores says Gesnâ—r may be used inoffensively being boyl'd to a Syrup with Hony and Vinegar and are very useful for many Flegmatick Diseases especially of the Breast and Head as an Asthma Difficulty of Breathing and the Falling-sickness They wonderfully purge the Belly the Urine and all the Passages In the Use of White Hellebore two Things are chiefly to be minded First That the Diseases are very obstinate And Secondly That the Patient hath sufficient Strength to bear the Operation Wherefore the Root ought not to be given to Old Men Women or Children or to such as are weakly and costive in the Body And the Hellebore ought to be well prepar'd The old Way of giving of it was with Horse-Radish which they used three Ways for either they stuck the Roots into Horse-Radish and continu'd them in it twenty four Hours and afterwards the Roots being taken out they gave the Horse-Radish Or they infus'd the Horse-Radish stuck with the Roots in Oxymel in B. M. and gave only the Oxymel Or they left the Horse-Radish so prepar'd all Night and in the Morning infus'd it in Oxymel having first cast away the Hellebore and then they gave the Oxymel But Parkinson says the best Way of preparing it is to infuse it in the Juice of Quinces or to roast it under Ashes in a Quince If upon taking Hellebore there is danger of Suffocation the eating of Quinces or the taking the Juice or Syrup of it is a present Remedy The Root boyl'd in Vinegar and retain'd a while in the Mouth takes off the Pain of the Teeth A Decoction of it made in Lee kills Lice aad cleanses the Head from Scurf it being wash'd with it
it into pieces and boyl it in Broth. It tastes well and yields a laudable Juice and we suppose it is a convenient Diet for Feverish People for it cools and mollifies 'T is much of the same Virtue with Cucumber The fresh Leaves applied to the Breasts of Women in Child-bed lessens the Milk The Seeds are reckon'd among the four Greater Cold Seeds For Redness of the Face Take of the Kernels of Peaches four Ounces of the Seeds of Goards two Ounces make an Oyl of them by Expression wherewith anoint the Face Menstruous Women by only looking on young Goards kill them But this seems fabulous Canary Grass in Latin Phalaris It grows as well in Spain and France as in the Canaries The Seed and the Juice of the Herb and the Leaves taken inwardly are commended for Pains in the Bladder Common Dog Grass or Couch-Grass in Latin Gramen caninum 'T is a tall Grass sometimes four or five Foot high It expels Gravel Silvius says that Sheep and Oxen that are troubled with the Stone in the Winter-time are freed from it in the Spring by eating Grass Cotton Grass in Latin Gramen Tomentosum It grows in marshy and watery places and is easily known by the Cotton on it 'T is very astringent and is used for making Candles and the like Oat Grass in Latin Gramen Avenaceum 'T is found in May in the Hedges and narrow Ways Tragus says a Decoction of it in White-wine used for some Days is an excellent Remedy for the Worms in Children Guaiacum in Latin Lignum sanctum In curing the French-Pox there is no Medicine better or surer than the Decoction of Guaiacum for if the Cure be manag'd as it ought and the Decoction be taken in due time 't is a certain Cure for this Disease 'T is also good in a Dropsie for an Asthma the Falling-sickness for Diseases of the Bladder and Reins and for Pains in the Joints and for all Diseases proceeding from cold Tumors and Wind. The Spaniards learnt the use of it from the Indians For a certain Spaniard having taken the Disease from an Indian Woman was much afflicted with Venereal Pains and having an Indian Servant who practis'd Physick in that Province he gave his Master the Decoction of it whereby his Pains were eased and his Health restored And by his Example many other Sapniards were cured So that in a short time this way of Cure was known all over Spain and soon after every where else The Pox that is the Disease of the West-Indians ininfected the Europeans in the following manner In the Year 1493. in that War of the Spaniards at Naples with the French Columbus return'd from his first Voyage which he had undertaken for the Discovery of the New World and having found some Islands he brought thence Men and Women to Naples where His Catholick Majesty was Having then made Peace with the French King both the Armies having free Intercourse and Ingress and Egress at pleasure the Spaniards had first Conversation with the Indian Women and the Indian Men with the Spanish Women And then it crept afterwards into Italy and Germany and lastly into France and so over all the World At first it had many Names The Spaniards thinking they were infected by the French called it the French-Pox The French supposing they got it at Naples called it the Neopolitan Disease And the Germans thinking they receiv'd it from the Spaniards called it the Spanish Disease But others more properly termed it the Indian Malady for from thence it first came The Way of preparing this Decoction together with the Method of taking it is as follows Take of the Wood cut small twelve Ounces of the Bark of it beaten two Ounces infuse it in six Sextaries of Water in a large Earthen Pot twenty four Hours the Pot must be close stop'd boyl it with a gentle Fire to the Consumption of four Sextaries of the Water when it is cold strain it then put upon the same Wood eight Sextaries of Water and boyl it to the Consumption of two Keep it a-part The Way of giving it is as follows The Sick being purged according as his Physician shall think fit he must be put into a warm Chamber and let him go to bed in the Morning and take ten Ounces of the first Water hot and being well cover'd he must sweat two Hours then being well rub'd let him change his Linnen and put on his Clothes well warm'd four Hours after give him Raisins and Almonds with Bread twice baked whereof let him eat moderately and drink as much as is sufficient of the Second Water Eight Hours after he hath eaten let him take again ten Ounces of the first Water hot and let him sweat two Hours and be cleansed from his Sweat as before an Hour after the Sweat give him the Almonds and Raisins and the Bread twice bak'd for his Supper and let him drink of the Second Water Let him observe this Method for the first fifteen Days unless his Strength be much impair'd for if so he must be allow'd a roasted Chicken besides the things above-mention'd Those that are weakly and cannot bear so strict a Diet must be allow'd also a roasted Chicken after nine Days But if the Sick be so very weakly that he cannot bear at all the fore-mention'd Diet he must eat Chicken sparingly at the Beginning increasing his Meals by degrees After fifteen or sixteen Days purge with ten Drams of the Pulp of Cassia or some such Medicine and on the same Day let him drink of the Second Decoction On the Seventeenth Day let him return to the Method above describ'd let him take Morning and Evening the Water of the First Decoction sweat and be dieted as before only instead of a Chicken let him eat half a Pullet and towards the End somewhat more Let him continue the same Diet to the Twentieth Day at which time being well cloath'd let him walk about his Chamber afterwards purge him again and let him continue the use of the Decoction forty Days more and let him observe an orderly Diet and abstain from Women and Wine But if he nauseate the Decoction let him drink Water wherein Annise and Fennel have been boyl'd let him eat a small Supper and to be sure let him forbear Flesh then This Method some think will eradicate the worst sort of Pox But others hold there is no other Way of curing it when it is deeply rooted than by the use of Mercury The incomparable Chyrurgeon Mr. Wiseman mentions it frequently in his excellent Treatise of the French-Pox Take of Guaiacum four Ounces of the Bark of the same two Ounces of Sarsaparilla eight Ounces of the Wood of Saxifrage one Ounce and an half of the Shavings of Hart's-horn and Ivory each six Drams infuse them all Night in ten Quarts of Fountain-water then boyl them in a Vessel close stop'd to the Consumption of a third part add at the End of the Leaves and Roots of Soap-wort
have treated largely of it One was ask'd when he was above an Hundred Years old by what Means he kept up the Vigour of his Mind and Body He answer'd By taking Wine inwardly and by using of Oyl outwardly Cardan mentions three Things which prolong Life Milk Hony and Oyl But he does not mean that the Oyl should be used outwardly but be taken inwardly with Meat Aristotle said that Oyl and Salt should be always had in Readiness for that they much conduced to a long Life The best Oyl for the Recovery of Health is that which is made of Olives before they are ripe and then 't is call'd Omphacinum Of this they make Ointments and many other Compositions Oyl of Ripe Olives is hot and moistens moderately The Old is hotter than the New It mollifies digests is vulnerary and loosens the Belly an Ounce of it being taken in hot Beer It takes off the Dryness of the Breast cures the Gripes opens the Urinary Passages cleanses and heals them when they are sore 'T is outwardly used for Clysters and hot Tumours and the like Mix'd with warm Water and taken inwardly it vomits and therefore is used against Poysons Schroder says that in Westphalia they usually give Oyl daily with hot Beer to those that are wounded and they take so much of it that their very Sweat smells of it A Toast dip'd in Oyl and well moisten'd with it and taken daily in the Morning keeps the Body open All sorts of Insects being besmear'd with Oyl die presently The Reason is plain for it stops the Pores whereby they breath Oyl cleanses the Hands from Pitch and Clothes when they are pitch'd Opium-seed White of Poppies in the First Part this Herbal Opium is a Tear which distils of it self or by Incision of the Heads of the Poppies 'T is found frequently in Greece in the Kingdom of Cambaia and the Territories of Grand-Cairo in Egypt There are three Sorts of it the Black the White and the Yellow The Inhabitants of those Countries keep this Opium for their own use and send us only the Meconium which is nothing else but the Juice of the Poppy-heads drawn by Expression which is not near so good as the true Opium The best Opium comes from Thebes or else from Grand-Cairo Chuse it black inflamable bitter and a little Acrimonious It s Smell is disagreeable and stupefactive Extract of Opium is made in the following manner Cut into Slices four Ounces of good Opium and put it into a Boult-head pour upon it a Quart of Rain-water well filter'd stop the Boult-head and setting it in the Sand give your Fire by degrees then increase it to make the Liquor boyl for two Hours strain it warm and pour it into a Bottle take the Opium which remains undissolv'd in the Rain-water dry it in an Earthen Pan over a small Fire and putting it into a Matrass pour upon it Spirit of Wine to the heighth of four Fingers stop the Matrass and digest the Matter twelve Hours in hot Ashes afterwards strain the Liquor and there will remain a Glutinous Earth which is to be flung away evaporate both these Dissolutions of Opium separately in Earthen or Glass-Vessels in a Sand-heat to the Consistence of Hony then mix them and finish the drying this Mixture with a very gentle Heat to give it the Consistence of Pills or of a solid Extract 'T is the most certain Soporifick that we have in Physick It allays all Pains which proceed from too great an Activity of the Humours 'T is good for the Tooth-ach applied to the Tooth or else to the Temple-Artery in a Plaster 'T is used to stop Spitting of Blood the Bloody-Flux the Flux of the Courses and Hemorrhoids for the Cholick for hot Defluctions of the Eyes and to quiet all sorts of Griping Pains The Dose of it is from half a Grain to three Grains in some convenient Conserve or else dissolv'd in a Julap Those that accustom themselves to the use of Opium must increase the Dose of it or else it will have no Effect on them Helmont's Liquid Laudinum is made in the following manner Take of Opium four Ounces cut it into Slices dry it in a gentle Heat then take a Quart of the Juice of Quinces mix one quarter of the Juice with Opium rub it very well in a Glass-Mortar let it dissolve as much of the Opium as it will bear decant it off and pour on as much more fresh Juice rub it as before continue so doing till the Opium is dissolv'd but keep out a little of the Juice to mix with four Spoonfuls of Yeast then put it to the rest of the Liquor and place it in a wide-mouth'd Glass cover'd with Paper in the first Degree of Heat on a degestive Furnace to ferment let it continue four Days or so long as it ferments when it has done fermenting take it off the Furnace and decant it from the Faeces that which will not decant filter through Paper then add to this Tincture an Ounce of Saffron two Ounces of Cinnamon half an Ounce of Nutmegs and half an Ounce of Cloves the Cinnamon and Nutmegs must be powder'd grosly set it on the Degestive Furnace again in the same Degree of Heat and let it stand three or four Days then filter your Tincture through Paper and put it into a Cucurbite put on an Head and Receiver draw off half that which remains in the Cucurbite you must filter it again lest any Dregs should remain at the bottom Put it up in a Glass for use Oranges in Latin Malus Aurantia The Nobility and Gentry in England value the Trees much and keep them in their Gardens for a fine Shew and some of them bring Fruit to Maturity but by reason of the Coldness of our Climate the Product is no way suitable to the Charge They are kept in Houses in the Winter-time to defend them from the Injuries of the Weather But they grow in great abundance in Sicily Italy and Spain and in other Places The Flowers are much esteem'd for their good Smell which they retain a long while The distill'd Water of them is also very fragrant and is not only pleasant but useful too against the Plague and Contagious Diseases The Spaniards give it to Women in hard Labour with a little Penny-royal-water The Bark is more bitter and therefore hotter than the Bark of Citron Being candied it kills the Worms in Children It also strengthens the Heart and Stomach and is good for those Diseases Citrons are prescrib'd for The Juice is not so sharp as that of Limons or Citrons yet it is cooling and tastes pleasantly It creates an Appetite and extinguishes Thirst and therefore is of good use in Fevers Oranges are excellent for curing the Scurvy The Oyl press'd out of the Bark is of a fiery quality as will appear to any one that shall press the fresh Juice near a Candle for the Drops like Dew that fly out will flame and crackle just
of Venice-Treacle and one Dram of Mithridate and four Ounces of strong Angelica-water mingle them The Dose is one Spoonful at a time for Preservation against the Plague and three at a time to cure it Pitch in Latin Pix 'T is the Resin of the Pine of the Firr-tree and some other Trees which is distill'd by Fire and boyl'd to a Consistence Pitch used in the manner of a Plaster pulls up Hairs by the Roots It mollifies suppurates discusses Swellings and incarns Ulcers Tar cures the Mange in Cattel and their Wounds and Ulcers and keeps the Fly from them In Norway they use Tar that is made of the Firr with good success in Malignant Fevers they mix it with Beer and drink it And they count dry Pitch a present Remedy for the Gout But the chief use of Pitch is for Shipping Lamb-Black is nothing but the Smoak of Pitch they that make it have Rooms that keep in all the Smoak and so they collect it Take of Liquid Pitch and of the Balsam of Tolu each twenty six Grains of Chios-Turpentine one Scruple with Powder of Crab's-eyes make a Mass whereof make Midling-Pills take three in the Morning and at Bed-time drinking upon them six Spoonfuls of the following Julap Take of Hysop-water one Pint of Ground-Ivy-water six Ounces of the Tincture of the Balsam of Tolu one Dram and an half of White Sugar-candy a sufficient quantity These Pills are good in a Consumption The Plane-tree in Latin Platanus Orientalis Vera. The tender Leaves boyl'd in Wine and used in the manner of an Ointment stops Fluxions on the Eyes The Bark boyl'd in Vinegar is used for Pains of the Teeth but now-a-days it is not used in Physick The Lord Bacon that excellent Man whom all the World admires planted several of these Trees near Verulam Poley-Mountain in Latin Polium Montanum It provokes Urine and the Courses is good for Dropsies and the Jaundice and the Biting of Venomous Creatures 'T is an Ingredient in Treacle and Mithridate Sylvius commends it much for the Falling-sickness because it abounds with a Volatile Salt Pomegranate in Latin Malus Punica sive Granata It grows in France Italy and Spain The Apples are reckon'd to contain a good Juice that is agreeable to the Stomach but it yields little Nourishment Pomegranates with respect to their Taste are distinguish'd into Sweet Acid and Vinous The Sweet and the Syrup of them is used for Cronical Coughs and a Pleurifie but it is not good in Fevers because it occasions Wind and increases the Heat The Acid are cold and Astringent and Stomachick wherefore they and the Syrup of them are used to quench Thirst for Fevers the Running of the Reins for Ulcers of the Mouth and the like The Vinous are of a middle Nature betwixt Acid and Sweet they are Cordial and Cephalick and chiefly used for Fainting and Giddiness and the like The Juice is press'd out of these Apples for the aforesaid Uses and being fermented and clear'd is call'd Wine The Flowers are very astringent wherefore they are frequently used for Fluxes of all kinds The Powder of them being sprinkled upon Ulcers soon Cicatrises them and cures Ulcers of the Mouth The Bark is of the same Nature with the Flowers and is used to tan Leather and to make Ink instead of Galls A Decoction of it in Wine taken inwardly kills Worms especially those which are call'd Ascarides The Kernels cool and bind especially those of the Acid Apple In short the Flowers the Bark the Kernels and the Leaves are proper where there is need of Binding Syrup of Pomegranates of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of White Sugar a Pound and an half of the Juice of Pomegranates clarified a Pint make a Syrup in B. M. Caesalpinus says that the Juice press'd from the Pomegranate and the Peel of it purges yellow Choler But this must be understood of the Sweet Apples Take of Pomegranate-peel half an Ounce of Red Roses two Pugils boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Cow's Milk in half a Pint of the strained Liquor dissolve half an Ounce of Diascordium Make a Clyster This Dr. Sydenham commends much in a Loosness to stop it Potatoes in Latin Battata They are boyl'd or roasted under Ashes and eat better than our Turnips They grow in the New World and the neighbouring Islands from whence they were brought to Spain and from thence to other Parts of Europe Mock Privet in Latin Phillyrea The Leaves of it are astringent and a Decoction of them cures Ulcers of the Mouth And being taken inwardly it provokes Urine and the Courses Mock-Privet is much used to make Hedges in Gardens and is planted in Walks Psylium in English Flea-wort It grows commonly about Montpeliar and in Italy It evacuates yellow Choler and by its Mucilage blunts the Acrimony of the Humours and is therefore commended in a Dysentery and the like But it is suppos'd to be offensive to the Stomach and occasions Faintness if it be taken often For Pains proceeding from Inflammations of the Eyes Take of the Mucilage of the Seed of Flea-wort and Quinces made in Plantane and Rose-water each one Ounce and mix'd with five Grains of Camphire in the White of an Egg drop it into the Eyes When the Palate Uvula or Tongue are excoriated Purslain or Flea-wort-water does good Violent Pains of the Head proceeding from an hot Cause which other Remedies could not mitigate have been happily eas'd with an Epithem made of the Mucilage of the Seeds of Flea-wort extracted in Rose-water and mix'd with a little Vinegar Take of the Mucilage of the Seeds of Flea-wort or of Quinces extracted with the Water of Lettice or Roses half an Ounce of Syrup of Violets Limons or Pomegranates one Ounce and an half mingle them Let the Sick take a little by Intervals and hold it in his Mouth This is good for an Heat Drought or Foulness of the Tongue or Jaws Pulsatilla 'T is a Vulnerary Herb. The distill'd Water of it is excellent for cleansing and curing Wounds The Root of it is much commended by some for a Preservative from the Contagion of the Plague and against Poysons and for the Biting of Venomous Creatures two Drams of it being taken in Wine 'T is also mix'd with Antidotes But Tragus says that the Root dried provokes Sneezing and that being chew'd in the Mouth raw it evacuates Flegm Which argues that it is not gentle nor sweetish as Matthiolus says R. COmmon Reed in Latin Arundo Vallatoria The Root of it boyl'd in Water or Wine and taken inwardly provokes the Courses and Urine The Decoction of it in Wine takes off the Scurf from the Head the Head being wash'd therewith The green Leaves bruis'd and applied cures St. Anthony's Fire and other Inflammations Reeds are strowed in the Chambers of those that have Fevers to keep them cool The Juice of the Root mix'd with an equal quantity of Hony and Goat's Suet takes off the Spots
occasion'd by the Small-Pox The Pith applied to the Fore Part of the Head and the Feet provokes Sweat powerfully if the Party that uses it keeps his Bed and is well cover'd The Root beat and applied draws out Thorns from the Flesh Rubarb in Latin Rhabarbarum It grows in China It purges gently yellow Choler and clammy Flegm 'T is a Specifick for the Liver It cures the Jaundice a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux 'T is reckon'd to purge first and bind afterwards 'T is commonly order'd to be torrefied but it certainly lessens the Virtue of it For Fevers proceeding from Obstructions Take two Drams of Rubarb or one for Infants slice it and tye it up in a Rag and infuse it in a Pint of Succory-water The Dose is four Ounces You must preâ—s the Rag wherein the Rubarb is every Morning Montanus says he cured all sorts of Fevers with this Remedy For the Hectick Fever in Children and to purge them upon other Accounts Take of choice Rubarb slic'd two Drams put it into a Glass-Bottle containing a Quart of Small Beer or any other Liquor the Child usually drinks of stop the Bottle close This Medicate Beer must be used in the Day and Night and at Meals When it is drunk up a Quart more must be put upon the same Rubarb Which also being drunk off a Quart more must be put upon it as before After which the Rubarb commonly loses its Virtue But lest the Beer first put on should be too much impregnated with the Cathartick Quality of the Rubarb and so purge too much 't is best to add another Pint presently after the first is drunk but afterwards fresh Beer must not be added till the whole Bottle is taken Syrup of Rubarb of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Rubarb and of the Leaves of Sena each two Ounces and an half of Violets one Handful of Cinnamon one Dram and an half of Ginger half a Dram of the Waters of Bettony Succory and Bugloss each a Pint and an half mix them and let them stand warm all Night strain the Liquor and boyl it to a Syrup with two Pounds of Fine Sugar adding to it at last four Ounces of Syrup of Roses Solutive An Ounce or more of it may be taken at a time The Troches of Rubarb are made in the following manner Take of choice Rubarb ten Drams of the Juice of Maudline thicken'd and of Bitter Almonds each half an Ounce of Red Roses three Drams of the Roots of Asarabacca Madder Indian Spike of the Leaves of Wormwood Annise and Smallage each one Dram make Troches according to Art with Wine wherein Wormwood hath been boyled or with the Juice of Maudline clarified A Dram of them may be taken at a time Extract of Rubarb is made in the following manner Bruise six or eight Ounces of good Rubarb and infuse it twelve Hours warm in a sufficient quantity of Succory-water so as the Water may be four Fingers above the Rubarb let it just boyl and pass the Liquor through a Cloth infuse the Remainder in so much more Succory-water as before then strain the Infusion and express it strongly mix your Impregnations or Tinctures and let them settle filtrate them and evaporate the Liquor in a Glass-Vessel over a very gentle Fire until there remains a Matter that has the Consistence of thick Hony this is called Extract of Rubarb The Dose is from ten Grains to two Scruples in Pills or dissolv'd in Succory-water The best sort of Rubarb is that which being broke appears of a Nutmeg-colour within Its Virtues are so many and so great that if they were sufficiently known and Men could generally use it without that Nauseousness which too commonly attends it Mankind would have infinitely less need than they have of the Art of Physick in most Cases and Men might perhaps preserve themselves from most Diseases without any other Help Ryce in Latin Oryza It grows in East-India and is their chief Corn. It delights much in moist and wet Ground and therefore they perpetually water it so that those that reap it are forc'd to go up to the Knees in Water 'T is very much eaten with Meat so that all the Oriental Nations live upon it almost 'T is easie to concoct and tastes very pleasantly being boyl'd in Milk or in fat Broth. 'T is good Food for those that are troubled with the Bloody-Flux a Loosness and the like Some think that the feeding upon it often makes them fat and therefore Lean Women eat it often boyl'd in Milk S. SAge of Jerusalem in Latin Pulmonaria Maculosa 'T is commonly used with Pot-herbs 'T is cordial and good for the Lungs 'T is much of the healing Nature of Comfrey 'T is chiefly used for Ulcers of the Lungs and for other Diseases of them as a Consumption Spitting of Blood and the like 'T is used outwardly for Wounds 'T is an Ingredient in the Magisterial-Water of Snails of the London-Dispensatory Sanders in Latin Santalum There are three sorts of it White Yellow and Red. These Woods are Epatick and Cordial They are chiefly used for Fainting Palpitation of the Heart and Obstructions of the Liver They are used outwardly in Epithems for Catarrhs Head-ach Vomiting and for an hot Intemperies of the Liver The Arabians and most of the Modern Physicians hold that Sanders are cold But John Bauhinus and others judge they are hot by their Effects and Taste Great quantities of the White and Yellow Sanders are used in India for almost all the Inhabitants wash their Bodies with Water wherein they have been infus'd having been first pounded in a Stone-Mortar and then they suffer it to dry on And this they do to cool their Bodies and to perfume them for the Indians are much delighted with sweet Smells Red Sanders cools and binds White Sanders powder'd and taken in an Egg or infus'd all Night upon hot Ashes in Red Wine and taken inwardly stops the Flux The Species of the three Sanders of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of all the Sorts of the Sanders and Red Roses each three Drams Rubarb Ivory Juice of Liquorish and Purâ—lain-seeds of each two Drams and fifteen Grains of Gum-Arabick Tragacanth of the Seeds of Melons Cucumbers Citruls Goards and Endive of each one Dram and an half of Camphyr one Scruple make a Powder according to Art 'T is used for Obstructions of the Liver for the Jaundice and for Weakness of the Stomach and Bowels Sarsaparilla It consists of fine Parts and is Sudorifick 'T is a Specifick for the French-Pox for Pains in the Limbs and for curing Ulcers and Cronical Diseases that proceed from gross and clammy Humours and for such as depend on the Nerves 'T is also used for the King's-Evil and the like Take of Sarsaparilla ten Ounces of the Roots of China four Ounces of fresh Roots of Female Fern three Ounces of White Sanders two Ounces of Harts-horn and Ivory rasp'd
the Branches is of a brownish Colour and spotted and yellowish within and tastes bitter and unpleasant The Wood is white and full of Pith The Leaves are broad round and nervous and somewhat like the Leaves of the Hasel-tree they are indented green shining and clammy It bears short brown Aglets like the Beech or Birch-tree It grows near Water The green Leaves of this Tree applied to Tumours discusses them and takes off Inflammations Being put into Travellers Shooes they ease Pain and remove Weariness A black Colour like Ink is made with the Bark of Alder rubb'd off with a rusty Iron and infus'd in Water for some Days Some use it to dye Black Alder in Latin Alnus nigra baccifera 'T is a small Tree which sends forth many streight Twigs from the Roots about three Yards high of the thickness of the Thumb divided into tender Branches The outward Bark is brown but sprinkled with Sky-colour'd Spots which being taken off another appears of a Saffron-colour The Substance of the Wood is clear and easily broken nigh the middle 't is brownish and has a great deal of Pith. The Leaves are somewhat round and end in an obtuse Point and are of a shining dark-green Colour The Flowers are small and palish The Berries are first green then red and at last black and of an unpleasant Taste 'T is often found in moist woody Places The yellow and middle Bark beaten with Vinegar cures the Itch in a few Days The inward Bark especially of the Root purges Watery Humours for which Reason 't is good in a Dropsie But it ought to be dried in the Shade because when it is green it occasions Vomiting And the Decoction of it ought to stand two or three Days before 't is used Alexanders in Latin Hippocelinum It has a thick Root that is white within it smells sweet and tastes acrid and somewhat bitter The Stalk is above a Yard high full branchy channell'd and somewhat red The Leaves are larger than the Leaves of Marsh-Smallage and the Pieces rounder They are of a deep Green they taste sweetish and like Garden-Smallage It has Tufts or Umbels of white Flowers The Seed is thick black and channell'd 'T is frequently used in Broths in the Spring-time to cleanse the Blood and strengthen the Stomach The Root pickled is a good Sauce Half a Dram of the Seeds powder'd and taken in White-wine provokes Urine Angelica in Latin Angelica The Herb it self but especially the Root and Seed are hot and dry It opens and attenuates and is Sudorifick and Vulnerary It moves the Courses hastens Delivery is good for Mother-fits and in malignant Diseases and for the Plague and it expels Poison The Root of it is allow'd by all Physicians to be very cordial and Alexipharmick For Preservation against the Plague the Root infus'd in Vinegar is to be held frequently to the Nose or chew'd in the Mouth For the Cure Take one Dram of the Powder of the Root alone or half a Dram mix'd with a Dram of Venice-Treacle every sixth Hour to provoke Sweat The Root or the Stalks candied are reckon'd very good being eaten in a Morning to prevent Infection They are also useful in cold Diseases of the Lungs and take off a stinking Breath Lozenges to be held in the Mouth in the Plague-time Take of the Extract of the Roots of Angelica and Contra-yerva each one Ounce of Extract of Liquorish three Drams of Flowers of Sulphure sublim'd with Mirrh five Drams of Oyl of Cinnamon eight Drops of fine Sugar twice the weight of all the Ingredients with the Mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth made in Scordium water make Lozenges See Dr. Hodges for the Prevention of the Plague in his Book of the London-Pestilence p. 231. Apple-tree in Latin Malus The English Apples being accounted the best in Europe I will mention particularly those that are most esteem'd amongst us First Those that are soon ripe and soon decay The Gineting the Margaret or Magdalene the King-Apple the Aromatick or Golden-Russeting the Flax-Apple the Spice-Apple the Summer-Queening the Gono-farther or Cat's-head the Good-Housewife or Bontradue the Giant-Apple the Pome-water the Summer-Pearmain the Kirton-Pippin or Holland-Pippin 't is called Broad-eye in Sussex the Orange-Apple the Summer-Belleboon the Paradise-Apple the Famagusta the Codling the Costard-Apple the Sops-in-Wine Secondly Winter-Apples and such as last long The Winter-Queening the Quince-Apple the Winter-Pearmain the Nonesuch the the Pealing the Leather-Coat the Winter-John the Pome-Roy the Lording the Julyflower-Apple the Pear-Apple the Greening Lones-Pearmain the Green-Russeting the Red-Russeting the Winter-Fillet or Violet the Winter-Belle or Bonne the Oaken-Pin the John-Apple or Deux Ans the Westbury the Winter-Reed the Flower of Kent the Winter-Chesnut the Maligar-Apple the Short-Tart the Pelmell the Thrift the Winter-Clary the Fig-Apple Thirdly The Apples that are best for making Cyder The Redstreak the Bromsberry-Crab the Golden-Pippin the Gennet-moil the Westbury-Apple the White and Red Mast-Apples the John-Apple the Vnder-Leaf the Winter-Fillet Elliots Stocken-Apple Bitter-Scale Claret-Wine-Apple Arrier-Apple Richards or Grange-Apple Coling-Apple Olive-Apple Fox-Whelp Pippins and Pearmains mix'd the Gilliflower The Vertues of Apples are various according to the different Tastes of them Those that are sowre and harsh are astringent and therefore are good in Fluxes of the Belly And when they are roasted they are proper Food for those that have Fevers Sweet Apples are somewhat hot and loosening Such as are a little acid are agreeable to the Stomach and chear the Heart Rotten Apples take off Inflammations and Swellings of the Eyes The Core of an Apple cut out and a Dram of Frankincense put in and roasted with the Apple and eaten opens Obstructions of the Lungs and is good for Difficulty of Breathing The same applied outwardly to the Side eases the Pain of it 'T is best to eat Apples two or three Hours after Meals The Altering Syrup of Apples Take of the Juice of fragrant Pippins two Quarts of the Leaves of Garden and Wild-Bugloss of the Flowers of Violets each one Pound boyl them in B. M. and clarifie them add seven Pounds of fine Sugar and a Pint of Rose-water boyl them to a Syrup One Ounce of this Syrup taken Morning and Evening is good for melancholy People The Purging Syrup of Apples Take of the Juice and Water of fragrant Pippins each one Pint and an half of the Juice and Water of Borage and Bugloss each nine Ounces of the Leaves of Oriental Sena half a Pound of Anise and Fennel-seeds each three Drams of Dodder of Crete two Ounces of White Agarick and the best Rubarb each half an Ounce of Ginger and Mace each four Scruples of Cinnamon two Scruples of Saffron half a Dram Infuse the Rubarb with the Cinnamon a-part in White-Wine and Juice of Apples each two Ounces Infuse the rest of the Ingredients except the Saffron in the Waters above-mentioned the next Day pour on the Juices and put them on a gentle Fire take off the Scum and