Cancer and is good for all Diseases of the Liver cleansing and cooling it It cureth the yellow Jaundice is used in Diet-drink to cool the Reins and help the Running thereof also female Diseases it wonderfully helps and Tettars Itch Ringworms c. Loose-strife or Willow-herb groweth by Water-sides and in moist Ground is under the Moon and is excellent for Wounds stops Bleeding in any part cureth the Bloody and all Fluxes being drank by Decoction It cures sore Mouths by gargling also Sores in Privities In Fenny Countries they burn it to kill Vermin Love-age is a Garden-plant and grows large it is under the Sun in Taurus hot in the 3d dry in the 2d degree 'T is a great opener and digester powerfully provokes the Terms and Urine If you take half a dram of the Root pouder'd in Whitewine it heats a cold Stomach helps Digestion easeth Gripes Cholick and Wind resists Poyson Infection and the Plague cures Agues Quinzay sore Throats if you gargle the Decoction it also helps Pleurisie The Juice dropt into the Eye helps the Sight and Redness Spots or Freekles it cures if you wash with it Lungwort groweth on Oak-trees is under Jupiter and cures a Cough Shortness of Breath Wheasing If boil'd in Wine or Water it cures Ulcers of Mouth Throat and Privities of both Sexes M Madder groweth in Gardens and Fields 't is used by Dyers and is under Mars It is of an opening nature leaving a strengthening quality behind It opens all Obstructions of Spleen Gall Liver Reins or Womb. 'T is excellent to cure yellow Jaundice or black Palsie Gout Melancholy c. also Bruises inward and outward if you boil and drink it in Water or Wine The Fume is good for Women to sit over that want their Terms it likewise clears the Skin of all Spots or Morphew Maiden-hair there are two sorts white and golden and grow on Stone-walls both under Mercury but temperate and much used in pectoral Decoctions helping old Coughs shortness of Breath yellow Jaundice provoke the Terms and Urine loosen the Belly stay Fluxes and Bleeding strengthen the Liver purifie the Blood and stop falling off the Hair the Head being wash'd with the Decoction Marshmallows grow in salt Marshes the common grow in all Fields are under Venus and open the Bowels and Reins being boil'd in Broth or otherwise are good in all Diseases of Urine Reins and Bladder hot Agues Gripes Cholick Pleurisy Excoriation Phthisick Falling-sickness helps Women to easie Travail taken either in Juice Syrup Decoction or Ointment It is good against stinging of Bees or Wasps Poyson Inflamation Sores St. Anthony's Fire Roughness of the Skin and Baldness if used in Decoction or Ointment It 's good against Cramp kings-Kings-Evil Convulsions Chincough Sunburn Bruises and all Pain and Aches A Person I know troubled with the Cholick drinks it in Watergruel every Morning and finds it beneficial maple-Maple-tree groweth in Fields and is under Jupiter A Decoction of the Leaf and Bark strengthens the Liver and Spleen opening their Obstructions purifies the Blood and cures sharp Pleuretick Pain in the Sides and the Cholick Marjoram both sorts grow in Gardens are under Mercury The Sweet is very good for the Head and to comfort the Brain taken any way it strengthens the Stomach opens Obstructions of Liver and Spleen Both sorts cure the Dropsy Cholick Jaundice Scurvy and all cold Afflictions such as Convulsion Palsy Deafness if drank in Tea distill'd Water or Juice the Pouder is good Snuff chew'd it draws Phlegm Marigolds grow in Gardens are under the Sun and the Flowers strengthen the Heart resist Plague Fevers Measles Small-pox Swellings and Inflamations being much used are good in Plaisters and so is the Water for all the Ails afore-mention'd Maudlin groweth in Gardens 't is under Jupiter and strengthens the Liver resists Corruption purifies the Blood much the same with Costmary Masterwort grows in Gardens is under Mars hot and dry in the 3d degree The Root is good in cold ailments of the Stomach preventing Rheums if boil'd in Whitewine curing Phthisick Fits of the Mother Dropsy Falling-sickness Green-wounds Gout Ulcers putrified Sores c. causeth Sweat resists Poyson provokes Urine and the Courses and expels a dead Child Medlar-tree groweth in Orchards is under Saturn cold dry and binding When the Fruit is rotten it strengthens the retentive Faculty slayeth all Fluxes in Men Women or Children the Leaves boil'd do the same The Fruit eat by breeding Women stayeth their longing and prevents Miscarriage A Decoction of the Fruit and Leaves are good for a Woman to sit over who is troubled with too much flooding also hot apply'd to the Stomach it prevents Vomiting or Loathing The Stones pouder'd and drank in White-wine break and expel Stone and Gravel Melilot grows in Fields is under the Sun and is useful in a Poultice Oil Ointment Plaister Fomentation c. mollifying hard Tumors Swellings and Inflamations Apply'd outwardly to any griev'd Part it giveth Ease It hinders eating Ulcers spreading Its Flowers and Camomile are much of the same Nature and are used in Glysters to expel Wind The Juice dropt in the Eye taketh away Films clearing the Eyesight The Decoction drank preserves from the Apoplexy and cures Palsie and Falling-sickness Mint groweth in Gardens and is under Venus hot and dry in the 3d degree It strengthens the Stomach stays Vomiting and Hiccup resists-Poyson is good in Stone Gravel Spleen c. maketh a sweet Breath and expels Wind. Misseltoe is under the Sun hot and dry of a very penetrating nature both Leaf and Berry the Turpentine of it is excellent to soften hard Tumors and Imposthumes and if either be hung about the Neck it cureth Witchcraft The Berries are good for Diseases of the Head cause sneezing and make Birdlime Moneywort grows in moist Ground is under Venus and is dry and binding so good to stay all Fluxes in Men or Women Lask bleeding at Nose Ulcers c. taken inwardly or outwardly Moonwort grows in dry Ground where much Grass is 't is under the Moon cold dry and binding the Decoction stops Fluxes of Blood Terms and Vomiting healeth broken Bones green Wounds c. Some say this Herb will open Locks unshoe Horses with many suchlike Tricks Moss there are several sorts all under Saturn of a dry binding quality Oak-moss is most binding it stops Fluxes Vomiting Bleeding and cures Headach and Dropsy Motherwort grows in rich Ground and Gardens is under Venus and makes a cheerful Countenance there 's none better to drive out Vapours and Hypochondriack Melancholy it settles the Womb after Labour curing Trembling and Swooning if the Decoction be drank in Wine some time A dram of the Pouder drank in Wine causes speedy Labour provokes Urine and the Terms cureth Cramp cleanseth the Stomach of Phlegm and may be used in Syrup or Conserve It killeth Worms Mouse-ear grows in Ditches and Banks is under the Moon and the Juice or Decoction drank cures the Jaundice Gripes Stone Phthisick Dropsy Bloody-flux
Radâ—shes hawthorn-Hawthorn-tree grows in Hedges and is under Mars The Husks are good Food for Hogs the Haws dry'd pouder'd and drank in Whitewine are very good in the Stone and Gravel in Reins or Bladder and the Dropsy The distill'd Water of the white Flowers stay Loosness or Flux of the Belly and will draw out Thorns if you dip a Cloth therein and lay to the place or other things Hemlock grows in most waste places and is under Saturn cold and dry 'T is very cooling good in Inflamations withstands Lethargy bruised and apply'd to the Privities it cures a Priapism or involuntary erection of the Yard It 's very dangerous inwardly taken but you may apply it outwardly to Tumors St. Anthony's Fire c. It giveth ease to a Pin or Web in the Eye if you mix some of it with Bay-salt and apply it to the contrary Wrist 24 hours and cures in three times dressing Also the Root roasted in Embers and apply'd to Hand or Foot cures them And if by mistake you have eat a Root of this your Remedy is to drink a draught of good Wine or Vinegar before it strike to your Heart Hemp grows in Fields and is under Saturn The Seed expels Wind much used it drys up Nature boil'd in Milk it cures a hot and dry Cough it opens Obstructions cures the Jaundice Gout Inflamations Worms Lask c. and makes Hens lay all Winter Henbane groweth under Walls in Ditches Dunghills c. and is under Saturn It powerfully resists Heat Inflamations in the Eyes or in any other part used either in Decoction Seed or Juice It asswages Inflamations in Womens Breasts or Mens Cods and the Gout Oil of the Seed helps Pain in the Ears or Deafness A Decoction of the Herb kills Lice cures the Toothach cools the Reins in the French Pox and healeth Chilblains or kibed Heels It is not to be taken inwardly being poysonous but outwardly used by distill'd Water Juice Decoction Plaister Ointment or Oil Smoak'd in Tobacco it cures the Toothach The Juice mix'd with the Hares Blood sew'd in a Hare's Skin and buried will draw all the Hares that way Lemery's Curiosities p. 83. Hedge-Hyssop they grow by Water-sides and in wet Ground are under Mars and violent Purgers of Choler and Phlegm unless well corrected then they are good against Dropsy Gout Sciatica c. Outwardly apply'd to the Navel they kill Worms and are excellent good for Ulcers and old Sores Hellebore black groweth in Gardens wet Grounds and Woods is under Saturn and by simpathy cureth Melancholy by purging it cureth Madness and a Quartan Ague the Falling-sickness black Jaundice and yellow the Gout Leprosy Convulsions and provokes the Terms The English sort is much milder than that which is brought from abroad the Farriers use it much It is naturally of a poysonous quality therefore to be corrected 20 grains inwardly taken is sufficient for one time but let that be corrected with half so much Cinamon Some rowel Cattle by boring a hole in their Ear and putting a bit of the Root therein which cures 'em in 24 hours if they are poyson'd The Root pouder'd and made up with Honey and Wheat-flour kills Rats and Mice The white does the same White Hellebore and sweet Marjoram of each a like quantity pouder'd and snuffed up the Nose cures Pain in the Head if it proceed from a cold Cause Use it with a Physician 's Advice Herb-Robert grows by Way-sides in Banks and is under Venus It 's good to break the Stone and Gravel stops the Terms and Bleeding healeth all green Wounds and Ulcers in the Privities or elsewhere Herb True-love groweth in Woods and corners of Corn-fields is under Saturn and expels Poyson prevents Plague and Infection cureth Fevers Cholick Witchcraft Wounds Ulcers Swelling of Cods c. by taking a dram of the Root or Berry pouder'd every day in Wine or Posset-drink It also caseth the Cholick and the Leaf cures green Wounds Hyssop grows in Gardens is under Jupiter but hot and dry in the 3d degree It is very opening and good against a Cough Wheasing Short-breath gross Humors Jaundice Dropsy c. It opens Obstructions is good for sore Throats Quinzay Tooth-ach Noise in the Ears and Falling-sickness The Oil cureth Itching killeth Lice and is excellent in a Consumption taken either in distill'd Water Decoction Oil or Pouder Hops grow in low Grounds mostly under Mars are very opening cleanse the Blood Spleen Liver and Reins from Stone or Gravel and provoke Urine A Decoction helps Scab Itch Tettar and other ails provokes the Terms cures yellow Jaundice and bad Complexion Beer is more opening than Ale but as Ale is sweet 't is consequently more nourishing and fattening Young Hop-tops are very good boil'd Horehound grows in high Ground is govern'd by Mercury very opening If decocted when dry or the Juice of the green Herb mix'd with Honey it is a Remedy for Wheasing or Short-breath or a Consumption thro' long Sickness it resists Poyson provokes the Terms is good against Venom of Beasts Jaundice Ulcers c. but excellent to strengthen the Liver and in Distempers asthmatical Horse-tail groweth in wet Ground is under Saturn cold dry and binding The smooth is the best sort 't is very powerful in stopping of Blood either inward or outward by drinking the Juice Decoction or distill'd Water it stops the Lask or Flux the Terms pissing of Blood internal Ulcers Excoriation of the Bladder Stone Wounds Ruptures Strangury Cough Inflamations Pimples red Face and all Breakings-out Ulcers of the Privities of Man or Woman it soon conglutinateth the Lips of Green-wounds Housâ—leek groweth on Houses or Walls is under Jupiter cooling and full of Juice so good for Heats inward or outward in Face Eyes or elsewhere You may make a Posset and strain the Juice into it Some say it preserves the House from Fire It cures Agues being drank all hot defluxions of sharp salt Humours in the Bowels and immoderate flux of the Terms It allayeth Inflamations helpeth Scalds Burns Shingles eating and fretting Ulcers helpeth Headach and heat of the Brain In Deliriums for want of Sleep being apply'd to the Forehead and Temples 't is excellent The Leaf bruised and laid on the crown of the Head stops Nose-bleeding and if you rub any place sâ—â—â—ng with Nettle or Bee it speedily cures it Hounds-tongue groweth on Highway-sides and under Hedges is govern'd by Mercury and is good for all Defluxions of Rheums on the Lungs or Stomach Eyes or Teeth The Root is used in Pills the Juice boil'd in Hogs-lard is good to anoint the Head and preserve the Hair from shedding it cures shortness of Breath Scalds Piles Ulcers Wounds c. it stops Humours from coming into Sores Mizaldus says that put into your Shoes no Dog will bark at you Holly-tree groweth in Heaths and Gardens and is under Saturn The Berries are chiefly physical and expel Wind greatly ten or twelve of 'em eat ripe They purge the Body from Phlegm or Sâ—ime
Corn-fields and is under Mars 'T is hot and dry in the 3d degree very opening to the short-breath'd good against Poyson and Infection provokes the Terms killeth Worms cures Lethargy Phlegm Vapours Dropsy Cramp Falling-sickness c. 'T is very bad for the Brain but excellent against the Bite of a mad Dog the Decoction drank 40 Days in Whitewine and a Clove or two bruised and laid to the place but assoon as bit wash it well with Salt and Water Vinegar or your own Water or Spirit of Wine Mr. Cole saith That Garlick Onions Leeks and Lettice nay I believe Cucumber too if used in too great a quantity are poysonous but moderately are as wholsom as any Gentian or Felwort or Baldmony there 's two sorts under the dominion of Mars they both strengthen Nature against Poyson and Plague and cure biting of mad Dogs The Pouder drank in Whitewine hinders Fainting and Swooning taken in Pouder or Decoction it restores a lost Appetite opens Obstructions of the Liver The Herb infus'd in a Glass of Wine refreshes Travellers that are cold in their Joints thro' bad Lodging It helps all inward Pain Cramp Bruises by Falls Sâ—itch c. 'T is not proper to give to Women with Child for diverse Reasons It provokes Urine breaks the Stone frees the Body from Ulcers King-Evil Ague and Worms The Decoction is to be used inwardly and outwardly It cureth also Bots in Cattle and a venom'd Udder by washing with the Decoction Gillyflowers Clove grow in Gardens are under Jupiter and pretty temperate strengthening both the Heart and Brain so consequently good There are both a Syrup and Conserve made of 'em to be had at the Apothecaries and taking a little now and then strengthens much a Consumptive Person it 's good against Fevers and expels Poyson Germander grows in Gardens is under Mercury and quickens the Apprehension much Taken in Decoction or Electuary it cures Coughs Obstructions in the Spleen cleanses the Reins provokes the Terms drives out a dead Child cures Agues Poyson Ulcers Falling-sickness Headach Melancholy Palsie Dulness of Spirit yellow Jaundice Worms and maketh a good Complexion Gladwin stinking grows in high and low Ground and sometimes in Gardens or by Wood-sides 't is under Saturn The Flowers Stalk and Root decocted in Wine purges Choler and Phlegm from Head and Stomach the Juice of the Herb sâ—â—ffed up causeth Sneezing so doth the Pouder This Herb helps Gout Convulsion Gripes Fluxes Strangury provokes the Terms opens Obstruction of Urine Spleen c. It heals Wounds broken Bones Kings-Evil Itch Scab difficulty of breathing and cures all Skin-deformities Gill see Alehoof Golden Rod grows in Woods and open places is under Venus and is excellent to restore decay'd Beauty 't is good against the Stone in the Kidneys taken dry or in Decoction cureth Bloody-flux Terms and Ruptures it stops it cures Ulcers sore Mouths and fastens loose Teeth 't is also good for green Wounds and old Sores makes a good Gargle to wash the privy Parts or Throats of Men or Women Goatsbeard Tragapogon boil'd when young makes a curious Dish to eat warming the Stomach and restoring a lost Appetite Goutwort grows by Walls Hedges and in Gardens is under Saturn and is a fovereign Remedy for all Gouts inwardly or outwardly taken nay tho' it be but carried about one it prevents that painful Disease Gromell there are diverse sorts in Gardens it is under Venus and is good for Gravel Stone or Strangury provoking Urine The Seed is of the greatest vertue being bruis'd and put in Whitewine Posset-drink or Broth and a dram or two drank it opens all Obstructions and causes a speedy Delivery Gooseberry-bush grows in Gardens is under Venus the ripe Berries create an Appetite cool hot Stomachs stay Longing c. a Decoction of the Leafs and Fruit cool all Inflamations and St. Anthony's Fire The Berries ripe cool the Stomach Liver Reins and sharp Urine Ground-Ivy see Alehoof Winter-Green is a Herb that groweth in Woods northward 't is under Saturn and is an excellent Herb for a Green Wound especially healing it quickly by only the green Leaf being bruis'd and apply'd Made into an Ointment 't is very good for Wounds The Juice inwardly taken cures Ulcers in the Reins and Neck of the Bladder stops the Terms stays all Fluxes and Loosnesses and cureth Fistula's c. Groundsel groweth on Bank-sides and other places is under Venus and is friendly in outward Applications It causeth Vomiting if inwardly taken allays Heat Inflamations Swellings Imposthumes c. ripens Tumors purgeth Choler cures the Jaundice opens Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Reins cures Falling-sickness Cholick Sciatica and provokes the Terms 'T is an excellent â—oultice-Herb for Womens sore Breasts or Privy Parts A handful shred and put in a Paper-bag prick'd full of holes about 4 inches square and apply'd being first put into fine Sarseneâ— or Linen that it may not fall out to the Pit of the Stomach 2 or 3 hours before the Fit cures Agues H Hearts-ease grows in Gardens and Fields on barren Grounds and is under Saturn cold and slimy This Herb decocted strongly or the Herb and Flower distill'd is a powerful Remedy for the French Pox and such Antivenerians are the best Cure for that Disease much better than fluxing The Herb is good against Venery and the Spirit of it is good for Convulsion-fits in Children Pleurisie Falling-sickness Scabs Itch Scurf c. Hartichokes grow in Kitchen-gardens are under Venus They promote Venery yet are good Food and Physick for those that are troubled with nightly Pollutions by stopping the Seminal Vessels the Stalks or Roots boil'd in Whitewine and drank cleanseth the Reins wonderfully brings away stinking Urine and cures the Running of the Reins Harts-Tongue is found in dry Ground among Trees and Bushes is under Jupiter and strengthens the Liver much 't is fit to keep in Syrup â—lwaies by you It is good in Diet-drink against all Obstructions of the Liver Spleen Reins c. It cureth Diarrhoea's Dysenteries and all immoderate Fluxes The distill'd Water or Decoction is good against Hiccups Belching and Heart-passion also against biting of venomous Beasts corrupted Gums c. Haslenut groweth in Hedges is under Mercury the Kernels press'd like Almonds will yield a kind of Milk which being mix'd with Honey cures an old Cough and Distillations from the Head The Shells and Husks dry'd and pouder'd mixt with Claret and drank stops all Fluxes Hawkweed Sowthistle groweth about Way-sides and Fields is under Saturn and of a cooling quality it takes away cholerick Heat and bilous Overflowings in the Stomach it cureth Agues and Fevers helps Digestion if you drink the Concoction in White-wine It cures Dropsy Phlegm Cholick Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen hinders nightly Pollution cooleth the Reins resists Poyson and stinging of Serpents 't is good for the Eyes cures Burns Ulcers Inflamations St. Anthony's Fire Heat salt Phlegm Convulsions c. it cures Freekles and Morphew Horse-Radish see