The Flowers are of a pale-yellow Colour Its Seeds are small round and blackish four most commonly in every Husk The Root is very small and full of Fibres or Threads which spread much in the Ground It grows amongst Bushes and in Hedges It dries is astringent and one of the chief Vulneraries inwardly taken or outwardly applied Drunk in Wine it is good for Ruptures It also expectorates Viscous Humours The Common Creeping Crow-foot in Latin Ranunculus pratensis The Root has many white Fibres The Leaves are placed upon very long Foot-stalks and have three Divisions and are most like the Leaves of Smallage they are cut in deep and indented about the Edges hairy on both sides of a dark-green Colour and sometimes spotted with white It has many small Stalks round hairy and concave that creep on the Ground and send down Roots from the Joints by Intervals The Flowers are placed upon long Foot-stalks they have five Leaves are yellow and shine as if they were varnish'd Many Seeds succeed the Flowers all joyn'd together make a a Bur They are black when they are ripe It grows in moist Grounds This Sort is not at all acrid and therefore may be applied to the Body without Danger The German-Women eat them in April when they are tender with other Herbs Round-rooted or Bulbous Crow-foot in Latin Ranunculus bulbosus The Leaves and Flowers are like the former It differs from it in these six Things 1. The Root is bulbous 2. The Stalks are upright and do not creep at all 3. The Leaves upon the upper Stalks are cut into smaller and longer Jags 4. The Leaves of the Cup when the Flower opens are turn'd back to the Foot-stalk 5. It flowers earlier Lastly The Heads of the Seeds are a little longer and each Seed not prickly at the top as is every Seed of the Creeping Crow-foot There are other Differences but these may suffice for the Distinction of them This grows every where in Pastures and is too frequent there This is called Devil's Crow-foot by Tragus Beggars make Soars upon their Flesh with this Plant to move Compassion The Water of the Root or the Infusion made in Spirit of Wine is praised in the Plague The Root of it burns violently and therefore must be used only externally 'T is of excellent Use for eating down and drying up hard Tumours It takes off long Warts and the like Camerarius says That if the Root be kept dry a Month it becomes sweet Nicholas Chesneaw commends the Juice of Crowfoot I suppose he means the Bulbous in Head-aches which says he wonderfully moves the Pain when it possesses a little Space Chuse that Sort whose Leaves are like the Leaves of Anemony and bites the Tongue when chewed beat the Leaves of it in a Marble Mortar and having applied a Plaster with an Hole in it as is made use of in the Application of a Caustick put it on the pain'd Part and apply the Leaves beaten with the Juice in them in the Hole of the Plaster and then put another Plaster over to keep them in and in the spaee of two Hours it will open the Skin especially if the Herb be gather'd in a Place where the Sun shines Note The Hair must be shaved and you must take care not to apply it near the Eyes He mentions many Observations of the Cure of the Head-ach by this Medicine He used it in the Gout with the same Success A Priest says he that had kept his Bed three Years with the Gout and was not able to walk was cured by applying Crowfoot to the Part most pained after the Manner above-mention'd One that was seized with the Plague and was in great danger was cured by two Issues made in the Groin with the Leaves of Crow-foot he having a Bubo there Ivy-leav'd Water Crow-foot in Latin Ranunculus aquaticus or Hederaceus albus The Stalks of it are round solid lie along and are jointed from the Joints whereof the Plant spreads it self much by many white Fibres The Leaves are placed at the Joints with pretty long foot-Foot-stalks they are triangular and somewhat like Ivy-leaves they are smooth shining and sometimes have a black Spot upon them The Flowers grow on the Stalks opposite to the Leaves they are small and have five sharp Leaves The Cup is divided into five parts and is white An Head of Seeds succeed the Flowers of the bigness of the common Vetch The Seeds are not sharp It grows plentifully in Brooks and Ditches that have Water in them especially on Sandy Ground The following Medicine is excellent for the Scurvy and Dropsie Take of the Tops of Alder Ivy-leav'd-Water-Crow-foot and Sage each one Handful infuse them one Night in White-wine and drink the Infusion Cuckow-pintle in Latin Arum It has a Tuberous Root and sends its Fibres every way into the Earth The Leaves are oblong triangular smooth at top and shining below and have sometimes black Spots upon them The Taste of the Root and Leaf is very biting The Stalk is about an Hand high on the top whereof the naked Pestel comes out from a long membranaceous Sheath and is oblong and of a dark-purple Colour The Berries are of a Vermilion Colour The Roots when they are young yield a Milky Juice The Root especially of that which is spotted green or dry taken to the quantity of a Dram is an excellent Remedy for Poyson and in the Plague Some add to it the like quantity of Treacle The Root boyl'd and mix'd with Hony cures all Flegmatick Humours of the Breast and is good for an Asthma It cures Ruptures and provokes Urine Women use the distill'd Water of the Root to beautifie their Faces but the Juice of the Root set in the Sun is much better The dried Root is an excellent Medicine for the Scurvy and is full as effectual in cold Diseases of the Spleen and Stomach especially for Wind. The Country-People about Maidstone in Kent use the Herb and Root instead of Soap The Compound-Powder of Wake-Robin is as follows Take of the Roots of Wake-Robin powder'd two Ounces of the Roots of Sweet-smelling Flag Pimpernel and Saxifrage each one Ounce of Crabs-eyes half an Ounce of Cinnamon three Drams of Salt of Wormwood and Juniper each one Dram Make a Powder Cucumber in Latin Cucumis The Seed of it is one of the four greater cold Seeds It cleanses opens and provokes Urine 'T is frequently used in Emulsions for Pleurisies and the Stone in the Kidnies The Flower of it is reckon'd good to clear the Skin 'T is generally reckon'd that the Substance of Cucumber is cold and moist and of an Excrementitious Juice and therefore to be used only by those whose Stomachs are strong But I says Schroder tho' my Stomach is not very strong having liv'd a Sedentary Life have eaten plentifully of Cucumbers for many Years as long as they are in Season and fit to eat yet never received the least Injury or Inconvenience by them though I
or spreading Roots The Way to make Bird-lime Pill as many of this sort of Trees as you have occasion for in June or July boyl the Bark seven or eight Hours together in Water till it is tender When it is boyl'd make an Heap with Fern strowing a Lay of one and a Lay of the other This sort of Position the Chymists call Stratum super stratum and mark it thus S. S. S. Let it ferment a Fortnight or three Weeks then take it out and beat it in a Mortar till it may be kneeded like Dough then wash it in Water it will soon be clean And so you will have pure Birdlime The Prickles of the Leaves boyl'd in Posset-drink wonderfully ease the Cholick and Pains in the Bowels With this a Gentlewoman cured her self and many others when other Medicines would do no good Common Hony-suckle or Wood-bind in Latin Periclymenum It heats and dries much 'T is Splenatick and very Diuretick 'T is chiefly used in an Asthma and for a Cough It dries moist and sordid Ulcers It cures Scabs and other Diseases of the Skin It helps Difficulty of Breathing and hastens Delivery and expels Gravel The distill'd Water and the Juice of it is in use The Leaves also are frequently used in Gargarisms but some think they are too hot and acrid for such an Use Hops in Latin Lupulus They preserve Beer and make it more wholsom and better tasted and render it Diuretick Beer purges the Blood is good in the Jaundice and for Hypochondriack Diseases But whether it expels Gravel or generates it is much disputed by some They that commend it for the Stone argue from its being hot and Diuretick They that condemn the use of it in the Stone say that it makes the Fits worse and that Ale on the contrary mitigates the Pain Besides they say that the Stone is much increas'd in England since the use of Hops But I agree with those that approve and commend the use of it in Beer for the Beer is thereby render'd more agreeable to the Stomach and promotes the Concoction of the Meat the better Nor does it avail any thing that Physicians forbid the use of Beer in the Stone and prescribe Ale for they do so only to lessen the Pain for which Intention Ale is very proper by reason of its Smoothness but it does no way conduce towards the Eradicating the Disease or Removing the Cause but rather promotes the Growth of it by its being clammy and apt to stick to it And it plainly appears by Mr. Graunt's Observations on the Bills of Mortality that fewer die of the Stone in London since Hops were so much used than before The Buds of Hops eaten in the Spring-time being first boyl'd and butter'd purge the Blood and loosen the Belly and open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Take of Black-Soap and fresh Hops each two Handfuls of Blue-Currants a quarter of a Pound beat them and mix them and apply them to the Wrists to cure a Quotidian-Ague White Hore-hound in Latin Marrubium album It has a single woody Root with many Fibres It has many Stalks a Foot high or higher they are downy four-square branchy and have many Leaves on them two opposite to one another at each Joint they are roundish wrinkly and indented and are placed on pretty long Foot-stalks The Flowers are whitish and very small they encompass the Stalk at the Joints and have short Foot-stalks or none at all Four Seeds joyn'd together succeed each Flower The Smell of the whole Herb is strong and somewhat offensive It grows near High-ways and amongst Rubbish The Juice of it mix'd with Hony is good for those that have Coughs and are Consumptive The Powder of it kills Worms Take of the Syrup of White Hore-hound two Ounces of Oyl of Tartar per deliquium one Scruple mix them Let the Sick take often of it a Spoonful at a time This is excellent in the Jaundice The Tops of it infus'd in Wine and drunk three Mornings is good to provoke the Courses and to expel the Secundine and to strengthen the Stomach and to cure an ill Habit of Body A Conserve of the Flowers made with Hony and an Ounce of it taken in the Morning for forty Days cured a Nobleman of a Scirrhus in his Liver when Chalybeats and other Medicines would do no good Horse-tail in Latin Equisetum The Root is small black jointed and creeping and has many small Fibres arising from the Joints It springs up with Heads somewhat like Asparagus which grow into hard rough hollow Stalks joynted at many places one within another At every Joint grows a Bush of rusty hard Leaves resembling an Horse-tail At the Tops of the Stalks come forth small Catkins like those of Trees 'T is very astringent and therefore is used to cure the Whites and Fluxes of Blood one Dram of the Powder of it or four Ounces of the Decoction of it in Wine being taken Night and Morning Three Spoonfuls of the distill'd Water taken two or three Mornings cures Bleeding and Ulcers of the Reins and Kidnies Outwardly applied it cures Wounds even when the Nerves are cut For Ulcers of the Lungs drink three Ounces of the Decoction made in Water or two Ounces of the Juice Morning and Evening A Dram of the Powder taken in three Ounces of Plantane-water Morning and Evening for some Days is commended for a Consumption Great Hounds-tongue in Latin Cynoglossum The Root is thick black without white within it smells worse than it tastes it has an odd sweet Taste The Stalks are about three or four Foot high they are divided into many Branches The first Year the Leaves are long and somewhat broad The second Year when it bears a Stalk they are sharp and pointed hoary soft and downy and stink The Flowers are of a sordid red Colour divided for some time into five pieces the Flowers and Seeds most commonly bend to one part and each is placed on a Foot-stalk an Inch long which has no Leaf The Leaves grow alternately to the Stalks without Foot-stalks It grows commonly amongst Rubbish and in Fields not cultivated It flowers in June It cools and dries 'T is used to stop Blood a Loosness a Gonorrhaea and Catarrhs An Ointment made of the Juice with Hony and Turpentine is much commended for old Fistulous Ulcers The Pill made of Hound's-tongue is compounded in the following manner Take of the Roots of Hound's-tongue dried of the Seeds of White Hen-bane and of Opium prepar'd each half an Ounce of Mirrh six Drams of Olibanum five Drams of Saffron Castor and Storax Calamite each one Dram and an half The Roots of Hound's-tongue the Seeds of Hen-bane and the Castor must be all powder'd together but the Myrrh the Saffron and the Olibanum must be powder'd a-part the Opium must be sliced small and dissolv'd in Rose-water afterwards you must add the Powders and with Syrup de Stecade make a Mass The Dose is one Scruple 'T is
frequently used in Catarrhs and to cause Rest House-leek or Sin-green in Latin Sedum magus vulgare It does not grow spontaneously in England but it is commonly sown on Houses 'T is very Cooling and Astringent 'T is used inwardly in Bilious Fevers for it quenches Thirst and moderates the Heat the Juice of it being mix'd with Sugar Rags dip'd in the Juice or distill'd Water of it and applied to any Inflammation of the Body especially in the Frenzy are very beneficial The Juice of it cures Corns and Warts For Ulcers of the Matrix and Urinary Passage take of the Juice four Ounces and one Ounce of Litharge and the Yolks of two Eggs rub them a long time in a Leaden Mortar then make Application In Fevers when the Tongue is dry and chap'd dip a Leaf of it in Rose-water and apply it to the Tongue and repeat it often Take of the Juice one Spoonful of White-wine two Spoonfuls mix them together drop one or two Drops into the Eyes and apply a double Linnen Rag dipped in the same This is good for an hot Distillation on the Eyes Hyssop in Latin Hyssopus 'T is hot and acrid It attenuates opens and cleanses 'T is chiefly used in Diseases of the Lungs 'T is frequently applied outwardly to remove Blood that is setled in the Eyes A Bunch of it being boyl'd in Water and applied hot to the Eye is also very good for Bruises I. JAck-by-the-Hedge or Sauce-alone in Latin Alliaria It sends forth Stalks round channel'd and solid small and somewhat hairy three or four Foot high The Root is small woody and white and stinks like Garlick The Leaves are first round like Ground-Ivy but much larger but soon afterwards they are a little pointed and indented about the Edges they are of a pale Green and smooth and set on large Foot-stalks the Smell and Taste of them is not so strong as Garlick they are placed at a great distance upon the Stalks Disorderly upon the tops of the Stalks and Branches are many whitish small Flowers consisting of four small Leaves upon very short Foot-stalks in the midst whereof are Tufts of a Colour betwixt Yellow and Green The oblong and blackish Seed is contain'd in long Cods that are angl'd and divided by a Membrane that has two Valves It grows in Hedges and Ditches Country-people use it in Sauces When it is green it provokes Urine when dry it expels Poyson Being boyl'd in Wine or mix'd with Hony it cures old Coughs 'T is excellent for resisting Putrefaction Upon which Account the Herb it self beat up with Hony and the Juice boyl'd till it is thick are put into Cataplasms for Gangreens and other putrid and malignant Ulcers The Seed applied to the Bottom of the Belly cures Mother-fits The Seeds rub'd and put into the Nose provokes Sneezing and purges the Head The Herb boyl'd in Oyl and Water and taken inwardly relieves Asthmaticks Some boyl the Leaves in Clysters for the Cholick Nephritick Pains and the Stone 'T is like true Scordium in Virtue and Smell Fabricius Hildanus says he often found the Juice very good for Gangreens And none need wonder why the Ancients especially the Arabians substituted this Herb for Scordium not for that Scordium was unknown to them but because they found in a manner the same Virtues in this Plant. Besides Scordium does not grow in many Regions and so it must be had dry and obsolete whereas this Herb grows almost every where White Iessamin in Latin Jasminum album The Flowers are chiefly used to perfume Gloves The Oyl of it heals mollifies and opens and is used in Contractions of the Limbs and the like Iew's-ear in Latin Fungus sambucinus It grows to the Trunk of the Elder-tree Being dried it will keep good a Year Boyl'd in Milk or infus'd in Vinegar 't is good to gargle the Mouth or Throat in Quinsies and other Inflammations of the Mouth and Throat And being infus'd in some proper Water it is good in Diseases of the Eyes St. Iohn's-wort in Latin Hypericon It has a woody Root that is much divided and hath many stiff woody round reddish Twigs two Foot and an half high or higher and divided into many Branches The Leaves grow by Pairs opposite to one another and have no Foot-stalks they are smooth and full of Holes which may be plainly perceiv'd if you hold them up against the Sun they taste dry and astringent with some kind of Bitterness At the top of the Stalks and Branches grow yellow Flowers of five Leaves apiece with yellow Tufts in the middle which being bruis'd yield a bloody Juice After the Flowers come small round Heads wherein are contain'd small black Seeds It grows in Hedges and among Bushes 'T is an excellent Diuretick and Vulnerary Herb. A Decoction of it cures Tertian and Quartan-Agues It stops Spitting of Blood and expels Gravel A Tincture of the Flowers is excellent in a Mania And the Flowers infus'd in Spirit of Wine kill Worms The Compounded Oyl of the London-Dispensatory is much us'd and is made in the following manner Take one Pint of White-wine of the Tops and Flowers and Seeds of St. John's-wort four Ounces bruise them and infuse them three Days in a Pint of old Oyl of Olives in the Sun or upon a gentle Fire and then press it Note they must infuse in a Glass well stop'd There must be a second and third Infusion in the same Wine After the third Infusion boyl it till all the Wine is in a manner consum'd then strain it and add three Ounces of Turpentine and one Scruple of Saffron then boyl it a little and put it up for Use This is excellent for Bruises and Aches For Spitting of Blood Take of the Leaves of St. John's-wort Hart's-tongue Speed-well Mouse-ear and Ground-Ivy each one Handful of the Roots of Chervil and fresh Nettles each one Ounce boyl them in three Pints of Fountain-water to two add an Ounce and an half of Raisins of the Sun ston'd of Liquorish two Drams of the Byzantine Syrup two Ounces clarifie them with the White of an Egg and make an Apozem Take four or six Ounces twice or thrice a Day for a Month. Iuly-flowers in Latin Caryophyllus They are Cephalick and Cordial The Syrup is chiefly used and is made in the following manner Take of fragrant July-flowers the White being cut off one Pound pour on them a Quart of Spring-water and let them stand all Night then strain the Liquor and being gently warm'd dissolve therein four Pounds of the whitest Sugar without boiling it and make a Syrup Iuniper-tree in Latin Juniperus It spreads it self near the Ground The Leaves are like the Leaves of Furze but not so large nor so prickly they are always green they are stiff and smooth above they are seldom an Inch long and are very narrow The Branches are divided into many Twigs The Berries are many round and twice as large as Pepper when they are ripe they are blackish they taste
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-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
of this Drink for a pretty while he seldom heard of them any more Mr. Boyle prescrib'd one Ounce and an half of this Seed to a Gallon of Ale Celandine in Latin Chelidonium majus It has divers tender round light-green Stalks with greater Joints than ordinary in other Herbs they are very brittle branchy and have large tender long Leaves divided into many Parts and each of them cut in the Edges they are placed at the Joynts on both sides of the Branches of a dark-bluish green Colour above like Columbines of a pale bluish Green underneath They are full of yellow Sap which is of a bitter Taste and strong Smell At the tops of their Branches which are much divided grow yellow Flowers consisting of four Leaves After which come small long Pods with blackish Seeds therein The Root is pretty large at the Head shooting forth divers other long Roots and small Fibres reddish on the outside and full of yellow Sap within 'T is hot and dry It evacuates Choler by Urine and Stool and clears the Sight A Syrup made of the whole Herb is good in the Jaundice for Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Kidnies It cures a Tetter called in Latin Herpes Miliaris effectually it being anointed with the Juice The Juice or distill'd Water of it outwardly applied strengthens the Eyes and cures Ulcers But because the Juice is very acrid it must be mix'd with those things that will abate its Acrimony A great quantity of the Juice is made use of in the Composition of Aqua Mirabilis which is made in the following manner Take of Cloves Galangal Cubeds Mace Cardamoms Nutmeg Ginger each one Dram of the Juice of Celendine half a Pint of Brandy one Pint of White-wine three Pints infuse them twenty four Hours and then distil a Quart in B. M. Celendine grows in shady and rough Places and amongst Rubbish The Lesser Celandine or Pile-wort in Latin Chelidonium minus 'T is a little Plant about an Hand 's breadth which has yearly a new Root Leaf and Flower The Root is inspid and partly round as an Onion and partly consisting of many white Fibres from whence arises a small Stalk near the Earth white above of a light Purple and at the bottom is a Joint from whence arise two Leaves opposite one to another with long Stalks that have a broad Beginning and are of a fleshy Colour and end narrow and green They are somewhat like Ivy-leaves but softer less and rounder they shine and are nervous and have sometimes white Spots as also those two that arise from the Root The Leaves upon the Stalks are much indented like the Leaves of Creeping-Ivy and they are commonly plac'd alternately and hang upon short green Foot-stalks At the top of the Branches is plac'd one Flower resembling that of Crowfoot consisting of eight or nine small Leaves of a Golden shining Colour The Cup consists of three little short Leaves and has in the middle many yellow Threads A little Head cover'd with Pricks succeeds the Flower of a yellowish green Colour compos'd of the Seeds It flowers at the Latter End of March or the Beginning of April in May the Leaves and Flowers vanish the Roots shoot forth the next Spring It grows in Meadows near Ditches and chiefly in wet Grounds It cools and moistens and is chiefly us'd for the Jaundice Scurvy and Bleeding of the Hemorrhoids Outwardly applied 't is a Specifick for Excrescencies in the Fundament and is much commended for Cleansing the Teeth and for preserving them from Putrefaction The Lesser Centory in Latin Centaurium minus The Root is small white and woody it creeps awry 'tis full of Twigs without Juice and insipid It has most commonly but one Stalk nine Inches or one Foot high smooth and firm Some of the Leaves lie on the Ground others are plac'd on the Stalk by Pairs one opposite to another larger than the Leaves of St. John's-wort smooth and green They have three great Nerves very conspicuous on the Underside running according to their Longitude There are many Flowers joyn'd together at the top of the Stalk and Branches but they have no Foot-stalk they are expanded from a long Tube into five sharp pieces resembling so many Leaves and they have five yellow Tops The Cup of the Flower is compos'd of five narrow acute small Leaves Long starvling little Heads succeed the Flowers full of Seeds like Sand. It flowers in July and is common in dry Pastures Gallen by reason of the wonderful and great Virtue of this Plant wrote a whole Book of it 'T is Splenetick and Hepatick bitter without Biting 't is Cleansing Opening and Vulnerary 'T is good in the Jaundice in Suppression of the Courses in the Gout and for Worms and is a Specifick for the Biting of a Mad Dog The Decoction of it is us'd with Success in Tertian-Agues wherefore 't is called by some the Febrifuge-Plant 'T is one of the Ingredients of the Bitter Drink so much us'd by the London-Physicians which is made in the following manner Take of the Tops of the Lesser Centory of the Flowers of Camomile each one Pugil of the Roots of Gentian half a Scruple of the Leaves of Sena and Carduus-seed each one Dram of Salt of Worm-wood ten Grains boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to four Ounces A Decoction of the Tops of it takes off Pimples Spots Morphew and other Diseases of the Skin A Lee made of it cleanses the Hair and makes it white A Man almost destroy'd by the Jaundice was cured by drinking every Morning a strong Decoction of this Herb. It will not grow in Gardens Common Wild Charvil in Latin Cerefolium Silvestre It has a woody single white Root and very small Fibres 't is as thick as the Little Finger The Taste of it is somewhat acrid It has sometimes one sometimes more Stalks They are a Cubit and an half high or higher round channel'd smooth and empty and knotted with joints plac'd at a great distance and they belly out under the Joints The Branches come out alternately at each Joint from the Wings of the Leaves This is one of the Plants that are called Umbelliferous The Flowers are small and white and consist of five Leaves and so many white Threads The Seeds are oblong smooth and blackish when they are ripe of a sweet and Aromatick Taste The Leaves are softer and cut sharper than the Leaves of Parsly of an Aromatick Smell and Taste and of a pale-green Colour and sometimes a little red The Foot-stalks are often red and somewhat hairy Tho' we said the Leaves grow alternately upon the Stalks yet at the top they are plac'd by Pairs And from the Wings of these two Branches rise which is common to most other Umbelliferous Plants It flowers in May Soon after the Seed is ripe it withers away It springs again in the Autumn and is green all the Winter Charvil especially that which grows in Gardens is hot and dry and
pale-yellow Colour and sometimes incline to a Purple The Leaves are sharp wrinkly prickly equal about the Edges and dispos'd in no Order The Seeds are like the Seeds of Viper-Bugloss It grows in watery Places or near Rivers and flowers in May. 'T is an excellent Wound-Herb is Musilaginous and Thickning and qualifies the Acrimony of the Humours 'T is used in all Fluxes especially of the Belly and for a Consumption The Flowers boyl'd in Red Wine are very proper for those that make a Bloody Urine Outwardly applied it stops the Blood of Wounds and helps to unite broken Bones wherefore 't is called Bone-set It eases the Pain of the Gout and cures Eating-Ulcers Take of the Root as much as you think convenient beat it in a Mortar till it is reduc'd to a Mass spread it on Leather and apply it to the Part affected This is excellent for Abating Gouty Pains and the Sciatica and for Pains in the Arms and has been also us'd for Venereal Pains with good Success Take of Comfrey-Roots half a Pound slice them and put them into an Earthen Pipkin with half a Pint of Alicant and half a Pound of Loaf-Sugar cover it with a Paper and bake it in an Oven as you do Apples Eat Night and Morning two or three Slices of the Comfrey and take a Spoonful or two of Syrup presently after This was prescrib'd for a Lady with Child that had her Courses immoderately by Doctor Willis And it has cured several others Sea Coralline in Latin Corallina 'T is one two or three Inches high hoary and of an Ash-colour sometimes yellowish reddish or whitish It has abundance of thin Branches jointed sometimes with small Twigs growing on the side It smells like a Fish the Taste also is saltish and unpleasant It cracks between the Teeth like Sand and is easily reduc'd to Powder by rubbing it with the Fingers It grows upon Rocks and on Shells and Stones near the Sea-side 'T is not soft when under Water as Caesalpinus writes Being grosly powder'd it kills and expels Worms Half a Dram is given to Boys not Ten Years of Age a Dram to grown People This is much commended for the Worms Take of Coralline and Calcin'd Hearts-horn each half a Scruple of Virginia-Snake-weed one Scruple make a Powder Let the Child take a third part of it Morning and Evening in a small Draught of the white Decoction Female Cornel Dog-berry or Gatter-tree in Latin Cornus foemina It grows commonly in Hedges The Wood of it is so very hard especially when it is dry that it can scarce be cut Some People make Oyl of the Berries for their Lamps Costmary in Latin Balsamita mas The Roots grow oblique like the Roots of Mint they are round and have many Fibres The Stalks are two or three Foot high channel'd branchy and of a pale-green Colour The Leaves are like the Leaves of Pepperwort and of the same Colour with the Stalks indented about the Edges but seldom jagged it has a very strong Scent and a very bitter Taste On the top of the Branches are Umbles or Tufts of Golden yellow Flowers somewhat like the Flowers of Tansie The Seeds are small oblong and flat It grows in Gardens It cures the Crudities of the Stomach Belchings Vomitings and a Stinking Breath the Gripes Heart-burning and Pain in the Head that is occasion'd by Fumes from the Stomach It opens Women's Obstructions and is good in the Stone The Juice and the Seed kill Worms 'T is supposed to be peculiarly good against the Malignity of Opium and other Poisons It cures Wounds presently An excellent Balsam for old Ulcers is prepar'd of this Herb and Adder's-tongue boy'ld in Oyl of Olives adding Wax and Rozen to bring it to a Consistence Cowslips in Latin Paralysis 'T is common in Pastures and flowers in April The Leaves and Flowers are us'd amongst Pot-herbs and in Sallets and are very agreeable to the Head and Nerves They are us'd in Apoplexies Palsies and Pains in the Joints The Juice of the Flowers takes off Spots and Wrinkles from the Face and other Vices of the Skin The Water of the Flowers the Conserve and the Syrup are Anodine and gently provoke Sleep and are very proper Medicines for weakly People The Juice of the Leaves and Flowers mix'd with an equal quantity of Red-Cow's Milk cured an inveterate Head-ach when other Medicines would do no good Take of Cowslip-water two Ounces of the Syrup of White Poppies one Ounce of the Juice of Limons fresh drawn two Spoonfuls make a Draught This is commonly used at Bed-time to cause Sleep Common-Garden Cresses in Latin Nasturtium hortense It flowers in May and June and when the seed is ripe withers quite away The Herb especially the Seed is acrid and hot for which Reason it opens attenuates and cleanses 'T is chiefly used for the Swelling of the Spleen for Obstructions of the Courses and to expel a dead Child It cuts the Tartareous Musilage of the Lungs and is good in the Scurvy 'T is outwardly used beat up with Lard to cure Scabs in the Head and other Parts of the Body 'T is used every where in Sallets with Lettice and other Herbs It qualifies the Coldness of the Lettice and comforts the Stomach and promotes Concoction by its Heat For Lethargies and sleepy Diseases there is nothing better than Cresses either boyl'd or eaten in Sallets For Children's Scabs or Scalded Heads nothing is so effectual and quick a Remedy as Garden-Cresses beat up with Lard for it makes the Scales fall in twenty four Hours and perfectly cures them if they continue the Use of it Water Cresses in Latin Nasturtium aquaticum It grows frequently in Brooks and watery Places It flowers chiefly in July and August and sometimes before 'T is much us'd in the Spring-time in Broths to purifie the Blood 'T is good in the Stone for it provokes Urine it opens Women's Obstructions and relieves those that are in Dropsies Spirit of Water-Cresses Take a large quantity of Water-Cresses beat them in a Marble Mortar press out the Juice dissolve some Leaven with it make an Heap and beat them well with your Hands then put them in a convenient Place for eight Days afterwards distil the Spirit in B. M. The Dose is one Spoonful or two in Winter-time for Scorbutical People The Spirit of Celandine Brooklime and Scurvy-grass may be made the same Way Take of Water-Cresses and Brook-lime each two handfuls Wood-Sorrel one Handful bruise them and put the Juice into a Pint of White-wine let it stand close stop'd till the Wine is clear Take two Spoonfuls of the clear Wine in your Beer every time you drink continue the Use of this for the space of three Weeks This is good for an hot Scurvy Cross-wort or Mugweed in Latin Cruciata It grows up in square hairy brown Stalks about a Foot high having four small broad and pointed hairy yet smooth yellowish green Leaves growing at every Joint each against the other cross-wise
Wenches use the Decoction of it too frequently when they think they are with Child 'T is good in the Dropsie and Jaundice Take of the Leaves of Asarabacca six seven eight or nine bruise them and pour upon them three Ounces of White-wine strain it Take it in the Morning or at Four in the Afternoon Drink large Draughts of Posset-drink after every time it vomits Or Take of the Powder of the Root one Dram or four Scruples Oxymel of Squils one Ounce and an half mingle them and take it in a draught of Posset-drink Use Posset-drink in the Working of it as above-directed The Ash-tree in Latin Fraxinus The Seed of the Ash powder'd and taken in Wine forces Urine The Juice of three or four Leaves taken every Morning makes those lean that are fat The Bark and the Wood dry and attenuate and are supposed to soften the hardness of the Spleen by a Specifick Quality The Juice of the Leaves and tender Twigs taken in the Morning daily in a small quantity is said to do good in Dropsies One Dram of the Seeds powder'd and taken in Wine is also beneficial in the Dropsie The Salt of it provokes Sweat and Urine Avens in Latin Cariophillata The Root grows oblique sending down sometimes thick Fibres into the Earth 'T is of an Aromatick taste and Smell like July-flowers Several Stalks rise from the same Root two Foot high or higher round hairy small and full of Pith garnish'd with Leaves plac'd alternately they are branchy at the top The Leaves that come from the Root are hairy and winged small Wings being here and there joyned to the Middle-rib The Extremity of the Leaf is cut in deep The Leaves that are on the Stalks consist of two Wings that are pretty large which adhere to the Stalk at the Basis of the Foot-stalk as if they were Ears and they have three Jags at the End almost like a Bramble The Flower does not come from the Bosom of the Leaf but grows opposite to it and has long Foot-stalks and five yellow Leaves like Tormentil The Cup is composed of ten Leaves five large five small Many yellow Threads stand round the Head which grows into a roundish Bur compos'd of a great many Seeds placed thick together each of them has a Tail that turns back at the End whereby they stick to Clothes It grows in Hedges and Bushes and flowers in May or June 'T is somewhat astringent it strengthens and discusses 't is Cephalick and Cordial and resists Poisons 'T is chiefly used inwardly to cure Catarrhs and for quickening the Blood when it is coagulated Wine wherein the Root has been infus'd has a fine pleasant Taste and Smell It chears the Heart and opens Obstructions The Root infus'd in Beer is excellent for strengthening the Joints and Bowels Two Ounces of the Root or an Handful of the Herb boyl'd in a Quart of Water or Posset-drink to the Consumption of a fourth Part has been us'd successfully in curing Agues especially Tertians being taken two Hours before the Fit or in the Fit B. BArbery-tree in Latin Berberis The Berries cool and are astringent they provoke Appetite and strengthen the Stomach and therefore the Conserve of them is frequently used in Fevers a Loosness and the Bloody Flux The inward Bark of the Branches and Root infus'd in White-wine is an excellent Remedy for the Jaundice The Juice of the Berries a Decoction of the Bark or the Juice of the Leaves mix'd with Vinegar cure the Pain of the Teeth occasioned by Fluxion The Conserve of it frequently taken cures Inflammations of the Mouth and Throat or the Mouth being gargled with some of the Conserve dissolv'd in Water and Vinegar Barley in Latin Hordeum The French-Barley is much used in Fevers and for Diseases of the Breast and for Heat of Urine A Pultis of Barley-meal and Butter is very Anodine and eases painful Tumours Barley-water Boyl two Ounces of French-Barley in Fountain-water change the Water twice boyl it the third time in a Quart of Water to a Pint and an half adding Liquorish half an Ounce Violet-leaves and Strawberry-leaves each one handful sweeten it with Sugar or Syrup of Violets The Cinnamon-water with Barley Infuse twelve Ounces of Cinnamon in four Quarts of Barley-water prepared by it self without the Liquorish and other Ingredients distill them in B. M. Garden Basil in Latin Ocymum 'T is about nine Inches high and has many four-square Branches that are somewhat red and a little hairy The Leaves are like Pellitory-Leaves they are smooth some are indented some not They have a fragrant Smell but do not taste very well The Flowers are white or of a purplish Colour they smell sweet and are plac'd on long Spikes in Whirls The Seed is small and black The Root is woody black and fibrous It grows only in Gardens It comforts the Heart and expels Melancholy It cleanses the Lungs and moves the Courses 'T is an Ingredient of three Compound-Waters in the London-Dispensatory viz. Gilberts-water Briony-water and the Celestial-water Wild Basil in Latin Acinos It has but one thin Root with but a few Fibres The Stalks are one Hand high hairy red four-square branchy tho' near the Earth they seem round There are two Leaves at each Joint and their Foot-stalks are contrary one to another they are like wild Thyme but larger they are indented about the Edges are green above underneath whitish Their Nerves are conspicuous they are plac'd upon short Foot-stalks The Flowers are dispos'd like a Whirl at the top of the Stalks and Branches and shew themselves of a purple Colour The Cup is oblong channell'd big-bellied but narrow at the Neck It grows of its own accord upon chalky Hills and on dry and gravelly Ground It flowers in June The Virtue of it is not certainly known and indeed one would judge by the Smell and Taste that it had no great Virtue tho' Schwenckfeld says that 't is hot and dry and that it forces the Courses and the Birth and removes Melancholy Baulm in Latin Melissa 'T is reckon'd among the Cordial-Herbs It removes Melancholy and cheers the Heart 'T is much commended for Fainting and Beating of the Heart and for the Palsie and Falling-sickness and for other cold Diseases of the Brain Put the green Leaves into Canary-wine and drink a Glass or two at Meals it provokes the Courses and Child-bed-Purgations and is good for Mother-fits and cures a Stinking Breath For Madness Take one Handful of the Leaves cut them small and infuse them in four Ounces of Brandy add of prepar'd Pearl half a Dram the Dose is two Spoonfuls Morning and Evening This was counted a great Secret at Montpelier For Melancholy Take of the Conserve of Balm one Ounce of the Conserve of Bugloss and Borage-flowers each half an Ounce of Confection of Alkermes one Dram make an Electuary with the Syrup of the five opening Roots Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening for the space of a
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 an acrid and quick Taste The Flowers are plac'd in Whirls at every Joint and are of a pale purple or sky-colour and have a long Tube with a Lip divided into three Clefts and are plac'd upon pretty long Foot-stalks From the Wing of the Leaf on each side comes forth a common Foot-stalk oblong and small sustaining many small Flowers with little peculiar Foot-stalks The Cup of the Flower and the Seed-vessel is oblong narrow channel'd and contains four Seeds joyn'd together at the bottom they are very small and red It flowers late about Autumn It grows plentifully in Ditches and near High-ways and on Sandy and Barren Grounds 'T is hot and dry Stomachick and Uterine It provokes the Courses and Urine It opens the Liver and cures a Cough The Leaves relieve those that are bit by Serpents being infus'd in Beer or us'd outwardly in an Ointment A Decoction of them is good for those that are Short-breath'd Bursten or Grip'd It cures the Jaundice and resists Poyson The Herbs us'd in Drink with Salt and Hony kills Worms It cures an Elephantiasis if it be us'd frequently Take of the Leaves of Calamint Savoury and Lungwort each one Handful one large Leaf of Tobacco of Liquorish slic'd two Drams of the Roots of Elecampane of Polypody of the Oak prepar'd each two Ounces of Currants two Ounces of Sebestens number fifteen of the Seeds of Nettles one Dram and an half Boyl them in sweet Wine diluted to a Pint and an half with a Pound and an half of Sugar make a Syrup Let it be taken in the form of a Linctus or a Spoonful Morning and Evening This is good for an Asthma Calve's-snout or Snapdragon in Latin Antirrhinum 'T is a very curious Plant consisting of a small whitish Root The Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high round and hairy The Leaves are plac'd alternately they are somewhat red and fat under and taste a little acrid and bitterish The little Flowers come out of the Wings of the Leaves and they are of two Colours partly white and partly purple five or seven green hairy Leaves encompass the bottom of them This Plant is seldom us'd in Physick but is preserv'd in Gardens for the Beauty of its Flower Those Things that are affirm'd of the Virtue of this Plant against Apparitions Enchantments and Sorcery are frivolous superstitious and wholly fabulous Camomile in Latin Chamaemelum There is so much Camomile in Cornwall that you scent it as you ride there on the Road. It digests loosneth mollifies eases Pain provokes Urine and the Courses wherefore it is much us'd in the Cholick and for Convulsions that proceed from Wind. Among all the Plants that are us'd in Baths for the Stone none is so effectual as the Flowers of Camomile 'T is outwardly us'd in Paregorick Emollient and Suppurating Pultesses and for Clysters The Oyl of Camomile softens hard Swellings and discusses them and eases the Pain Some drink a Decoction of it for the Stone A Person that had the Stone and had tried many Medicines to no purpose was wonderfully releiv'd by the following Remedy I took says he two Handfuls of the Flowers of the Common Camomile which I infus'd in a Quart of Rhenish-Wine and digested them in hot Ashes two Hours then I strain'd the Liquor and added two Handfuls more of the Flowers and digested them as before and repeated the same a third time but the last time it must be infus'd no longer time than Asparagus or Fish are wont to be boyl'd in It is to be noted that this Decoction is render'd so salt that one would think a good quantity of Salt had been dissolv'd in it I took two or three Spoonfuls of this Decoction in a small Draught of hot Wine and by the Vse of this simple Medicine God be prais'd the dreadful Symptoms were mitigated and the Vreters relaxed so that some Stones came away by Vrine without any great Pain Afterwards I prescrib'd the same for several Others that were so afflicted who found also much Relief especially if they were plac'd in a Bath The Saltness he mentions in this Infusion is very remarkable Two or three Spoonfuls of the Juice of Camomile with a few Drops of Spirit of Vitriol given in Broth before the Fit comes generally cures Agues of all sorts Oyl of Camomile is made the same way that Oyl of Roses is Caraways in Latin Carum It has a long single Root as thick as the Thumb or thicker and white The Bulk of it is increas'd by some Fibres that grow to it which have an Aromatick Taste and are somewhat acrid It has many Stalks three or four Foot high channel'd smooth solid and jointed and sometimes divided into Branches The Leaves have a long-Foot-stalk that is like the Keel of a Ship but 't is narrow they grow partly from the Root and partly from the Wings of the Branches like Leaves of Wild-Carrot but they bear their Wings at a greater distance The Flowers are single small round whitish or reddish The Seed is oblong channel'd and of an acrid and Aromatick Taste It grows frequently in fat pleasant and green Fields and in Meadows that are sometimes water'd The Seed is Stomachick and Diuretick It expels Wind and helps Concoction provokes Urine and strengthens the Brain 'T is of great Use in the Cholick and for Giddiness in the Head and the like 'T is much us'd in the Kitchin for it is baked in Bread and mix'd with Cheese and boyl'd in Broths 'T is sold in the Shop Candied The Root when it is tender is as effectual as the Seed and eats more pleasantly than Parsnips Take of the Seeds of Caraways Coriander and Sweet Fennel each fifteen Grains of White Amber one Dram of the yellow Pill of Citron of the Flowers of Rosemary one Dram and an half of Nutmeg half a Dram of the finest Sugar three Ounces make a gross Powder of them all Take half a Spoonful of it after Meals to help Digestion Wild Carrot in Latin Daucus Offinarum 'T is Uterine and Diuretick 'T is chiefly us'd in Obstructions of the Courses in a Suffocation for the Pain of the Matrix and for a Flatulent Cholick the Hickop Obstruction of Urine and an old Cough The Seeds of it infus'd in Beer and drunk is much commended by some Modern Authors especially by Charlton for the Strangury and the Stone in the Kidnies Two Drams of the Seed infus'd in White-wine and drunk is good for Mother-fits The little purple Flower of it is counted a certain Remedy for the Falling-Sickness Mr. Boyle in his Book of the Vsefulness of Natural Philosophy says That discoursing once with an eminently learned and experienc'd Physician of the Anti-nephritical Virtue of the Seed of this Carrot fermented in Small Ale he smilingly told him That he found its Efficacy but too great for having prescrib'd it to some of his rich Patients who were wont frequently to have recourse to him for the Stone after the Vse
Ounces of Carduus-water one Pint and an half make an Infusion over a gentle Fire in a close Vessel two Hours then strain the Liquor and add to it two Ounces of the Syrup of Dandalyon and a Dram of the Spirit of Sal-Almoniack The Dose is five or six Spoonfuls three or four times a Day This is very good in Pleurisies and other Diseases that proceed from the Clamminess of the Blood and from its being coagulated Dane-wort in Latin Ebulus 'T is neither Tree nor Shrub but rather an Herb but it is so like Elder that it is called Dwarf-Elder 'T is seldom so high as a Man but most-commonly three Foot high and no higher The Stalk is green and channel'd and full of Pith like Elder which withers in Winter The Leaves are whiter and greater than those of the common Elder long and broad and cut in the Edges like a Saw The Leaves are placed by Couples and smell strong The Flowers are white tip'd with red and grow at the top of the Stalks in Tufts The Berries are black The Root is long and of the thickness of a Finger not woody It spreads much and grows commonly near High-ways and Ditches and Church-yards It flowers in June or July and the Betries are ripe in August and September 'T is said to have the same Virtues with Elder but they are stronger The Bark and Seeds purge Water wherefore they are good in Dropsies and other Diseases arising from watery Humours The Root likewise purges very strongly The Leaves of it as well as those of Elder applied to Burns cure them In Diseases of the Spleen Take four Ounces of the distill'd Waters of the Roots for the space of ten or twelve Days fasting Take of the Roots of Dwarf-Elder of our Flower-de-luce each one Ounce and an half of the Leaves of Soldanella and Hedge-Hyssop each one Handful of the Roots of Asarabacca and Wild Cucumbers each two Ounces of the Lesser Galangal six Drams of choice Jalap half an Ounce of Elaterium three Drams of Cubebs two Drams slice and bruise them and pour upon them three Pints of small Spirit of Wine Tartariz'd digest them in a close Vessel in a Sand-Furnace two Days strain it and let it stand till it is clear Take two or three Spoonfuls in a proper Vehicle This is an excellent Purge in a Dropsie Darnel in Latin Lolium album The Root is very fibrous The Straws are two or three Foot high like the Wheat-straw but a little less They have four or five Knots at each whereof are the Leaves they are narrower and greener than the Blade of Wheat they shine and are smooth fat channel'd and are spiky The Grain is less than Wheat and is included in a single brown Husk It grows too much amongst Wheat 'T is hot and dry It attenuates resolves and cleanses Being mix'd with Malt it makes the Beer heady And mix'd with Bread it occasions great Dulness It offends the Eyes by sending ill Vapours into the Head The Flower of it mix'd with other Medicines is commended by the Ancients for putrid Ulcers the Itch the Leprosie the King 's Evil Gangreens and the Hip-Gout Dill in Latin Anethum 'T is very like Fennel yet it differs from it in many things The Root is annual the Stalk is less and and lower for it is rarely three Foot high the Leaves are lighter colour'd and smell stronger and not so pleasant the Seed is broader of an acrid Taste and not so pleasant as that of Fennel the Tufts of Flowers are yellow but not so large It grows in Gardens and springs yearly from its Seed But it grows no where spontaneously in England as I know of The Herb but especially the Seed digests discusses and ripens Tumours increases Milk disposes to Sleep lessens Venery cures Vomiting and the Hickops 'T is said to be offensive to the Eyes which seems strange to me for that it is very like Fennel both in Quality and outward Appearance and it expels also Wind And Fennel is allow'd by all to be good for the Eyes The tender Tops and the Root when fresh provoke Urine and so very good for those that are afflicted with the Stone Our People are wont to put the Seeds and Leaves into Pickle of Cucumbers to better the Taste and Smell and to correct the Coldness Take of the Oyl of the Seeds of Dill four Drops of Oyl of Almonds half an Ounce mingle them for a Draught This is excellent for the Hickops when they proceed from a cold Cause Dittander in Latin Lepidium latifolium The Root is of a Finger's thickness and thicker white of an acrid and hot Taste which soon vanishes It creeps in the Earth It has many Stalks four Foot high sound smooth and full of Pith branchy less than the Little Finger and cover'd with Sky-colour'd Dust which may be easily wiped off The Leaves are long and broad but end sharp they are smooth fat of a dull green Colour and plac'd alternately they are indented about the Edges Those which come from the Root and are on the bottom of the Stalk are prop'd by long Foot-stalks The little Flowers are plac'd on the top of the Stalks and Branches they consist of three white Leaves there are many of them The small Seed-vessels succeed the Flowers they are fat and pointed Gardiners dislike it because it spreads so much The Women in Suffolk boyl it in Beer to facilitate Delivery The Herb is acrid The Root eases the Pain of the Teeth Sharp-pointed Dock with curled Leaves in Latin Lapathum acutum crispum The Root is single and has sometimes Sprigs it grows deep in the Earth without brown and within yellow The Leaves are narrow and long and of a dull colour curl'd and crooked about the Edges especially near the Foot-stalks The Flowers are small hanging down upon long Foot-stalks and many Whirls The Seed is of a Chesnut-colour It grows on untill'd Grounds and in Courts especially in moist Places Sharp-pointed Dock in Latin Lapathum acutum The Leaves are shorter than the former the Lower grow narrow by degrees from a broad Beginning and are less than the other The Stalk is small stiff and sometimes crooked The Whirls of the Flowers are not so thick the Flowers are smaller and the Seeds not half so large It grows in moist Places and near Water and commonly in Ditches and Hedges The Root of Sharp-pointed Dock is much commended for the Itch And infus'd in Beer is excellent for the Scurvy and the Jaundice The Powder of the Seeds strengthen the Liver and stop all Fluxes of the Belly Provide four Gallons of Small Ale instead of Hops boyl in it three Handfuls of the Tops of Pines or Firr after it has done Working in the Vessel put into a Canvas-bag three Handfuls of Scurvy-grass four Ounces of the Root of Sharp-pointed Dock prepar'd and the Peels of four Oranges hang the Bag in the Vessel with something to sink the Bag After it has stood a
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
in Emulsions with other Seeds for a Pleurisie The tender Leaves the Prickles being cut off are boyl'd with Pot-herbs and eat very well 'T is kept in Gardens and is used in Sallets and the like Take of the Water of Ladies-Thistle ten Ounces of Eratick Poppy-water three Ounces of the Syrup of the same one Ounce of Prepar'd Pearl one Dram mix them Take six Spoonfuls every fourth Hour This Julap is used in a Peripneumonia or Inflammation of the Lungs The Blessed Thistle in Latin Carduus Benedictus The whole Plant is very bitter except the Root This Thistle was called Blessed or Holy for its excellent Virtues It was sent out of India to Frederick III. Emperor tho' it was afterwards found to grow of its own accord in Europe The Decoction of it is best 'T is commended for the Falling-sickness for Giddiness in the Head and Deafness also for the Cholick for the Stone in the Kidnies and for the Hip-Gout But it is chiefly prais'd for its Virtue against the Plague either taken inwardly for Prevention or to cure it by provoking Sweat or outwardly applied to break the Buboes Our People use it commonly in Posset-drink to promote Sweating And by taking a large quantity of it they cleanse the Stomach by Vomiting There is scarce any thing better for curing Putrid Ulcers A Woman whose Breasts were quite consum'd by a Cancer was restor'd to Health by the distill'd Water of it and by sprinkling the Powder of the Leaves on the Ulcers A Girl that took Poyson was cured by the use of this Water when Treacle and other Alexipharmicks would do no good 'T is also much commended for the Scurvy Take of Carduus-water compounded and Scordium-water each three Ounces Treacle-water two Ounces make a Julap Take six Spoonfuls every sixth Hour This is good in the Plague Thorn-Apple in Latin Stramonium An Ointment made of the Juice of the Leaves and Lard is very good for Burns and Scalds The Seed powder'd and taken in Beer occasions Madness for twenty four Hours Thieves give it to those they intend to rob And Wenches give half a Dram of it to their Lovers in Beer or Wine Some are so well skill'd in Dosing of it that they can make Men mad for as many Hours as they please Thorow-wax in Latin Perfoliata The Root is single white and woody and tastes sweet It has one small stiff smooth round channel'd concave jointed Stalk a Foot or two Foot high of an Aromatick Smell when it is cut or broken The Leaves are almost oval smooth and bluish Little Nerves run obliquely from the Centre of the Leaf to the Circumference of it The Stalk passes through the Leaf which is divided into Branches at top whereon stand Tufts of small yellow Flowers The Seed is small and blackish The Decoction of the Herb in Wine or the Leaves powder'd are given for Ruptures and Contusions 'T is also used for the King's-Evil for Fractures and an Erysipelas Throat-wort in Latin Trachelium The Root is white and sweet The Stalks are three or four Foot high or higher about the thickness of the Little Finger they are channel'd hairy and purplish The Leaves are placed alternately on the Stalks they are hairy and like the Leaves of Nettles the Under are placed on long Foot-stalks the Upper on short ones The Flowers are like a Bell and of a bluish Colour The whole Plant especially the Root is astringent and drying and therefore the Decoction of it is good to be used at the Beginning of Ulcers and Inflammations of the Mouth and Tonsils and for other Diseases that require astringent Remedies Wild Thyme in Latin Serpyllum It grows on Hills and dry Grounds 'T is hot and dry It forces the Courses and Urine 'T is Cephalick Uterine and Stomachick 'T is good for Spitting of Blood and Convulsions and for Gripes Outwardly applied it cures Head-aches and Giddiness and disposes to Sleep Toad-flax in Latin Linaria lutea vulgaris It creeps much with white hard woody Roots It has many Stalks a Foot or two Foot high they are smooth and bluish they have many sharp narrow Leaves plac'd disorderly they are branchy at top The yellow Flowers are placed on a Spike at the top of the Branches each on a short Foot-stalk The Seed is round The whole Plant tastes bitterish and a little acrid A small Glass of the distill'd Water with a Dram of the Powder of Ground-Elder mix'd with it evacuates Urine powerfully in a Dropsie The Water also purges by Stool and cures the Jaundice but especially the Decoction of the Herb in Wine which also opens Obstructions of the Liver The Water or the Juice drop'd into the Eyes cure Inflammations and Redness of them Rags dip'd in the Water cleanse Ulcers And the Juice takes off Spots from the Face Take of the Herb and Flowers a sufficient quantity boyl them with Lard till it is very green and make an Ointment When you use it mix a Yolk of an Egg with it This is good to take off the Pain of the Piles Tobacco in Latin Nicotiana It resists Putrefaction provokes Sneezing is Anodyne Vulnerary and vomits Being smoak'd it stops Catarrhs disposes to Rest takes off Weariness and suppresses Mother-fits and is a good Preservative against the Plague A Gargarism of it cures the Tooth-ach and dissolves Tumours of the Uvula A Bath of it or the green Leaves applied cure a Leprosie the Itch and Lice It heals Wounds and cleanses Ulcers and cures Burns The Smoaking of Tobacco strengthens the Stomach helps Concoction and gently moves the Belly But it is not good for People of an hot Constitution The Pain of the Teeth is cured by stopping those that are hollow with Calcin'd Tobacco For the Palsie Take the green Leaves and infuse them in Malaga-Wine and rub the Parts well with it after Sweating This is the best outward Remedy for a Palsie A Nobleman that was extreamly fat was reduc'd to an ordinary Size by chewing Tobacco which also does good in an Asthma 'T is of great use in Camps where there is many times Scarcity of Victuals and Cholicks and the like The Fume of Tobacco blown up into the Bowels is a most effectual Clyster in the Cholick It also cures Mother-fits and Fainting being blown upon the Matrix The Greater Tooth-wort in Latin Dentaria major The Root is soft white and juicy and consists of many Scales The Stalk is about as thick as the Little Finger nine Inches high or higher round and juicy easily broken cover'd with a thin Membrane and full of a juicy Pulp It has some Membranaceous Ears like Leaves placed by Intervals It has many gaping light purplish Flowers that hang on short Foot-stalks The Seed is round 'T is excellent for Ruptures for inward Wounds and for Diseases rising from Defluxions two Drams of the Powder being taken in Broth for forty Days together Tormentil in Latin Tormentilla The Root is sometimes as thick as the Thumb sometimes it grows streight sometimes
Species of Hyera Picra one Ounce of Canary-wine one Pint keep them close stopped in a Glass and shake it every Day till it is deeply tinctur'd let it stand till it is clear Four or five Spoonfuls more or less may be taken at a time according to the Strength of the Body It strengthens the Stomach quickens the Appetite opens Obstructions and purges Choler Flegm and Melancholy Pulvis Thuraloes is made in the following manner Take of Frankincense one Dram of Aloes half a Dram make it of the Consistence of Hony with the White of an Egg when you use it mix with it Hare-down apply it to the Wound and bind it on This is frequently used to stop Bleeding Amomum It heats dries and is astringent It disposes to Rest takes off Pain Being applied to the Fore-head it concocts and discusses Inflammations and the Tumour called Meliceres Mix'd with Basil and applied it relieves those that are bitten by Vipers it cases those that have the Gout it takes off Inflammations of the Eyes The Decoction of it is also good in the Stone of the Kidnies and the Gout 'T is mix'd with Antidotes and Precious Ointments and that was the chief Use the Ancients made of it Take of the Seeds of Angelica skin'd one Pound and an half of Sweet Fennel and Liquorish each four Ounces of Raisins ston'd one Pound of the Leaves of Mugwort and Balm each four Handfuls of Carduus and Penny-royal each two Handfuls of the Seed of Amomum four Ounces of Milk and Wine six Quarts distil them according to Art This is a Prolifick Water Anacardium Occidentale Cajou dictum 'T is called by some Cajou or Cassu-tree From the Fruit of it is press'd out a Liquor which being duly fermented becomes Vinous and Intoxicating The Fruit roasted is much better than Chesnuts and tastes as pleasantly as Almonds When it is raw it cannot be eaten safely for it takes off the Skin of the Mouth and occasions great Pain it being very acrid and rough But when Water or Wine with a little Salt is mix'd with it the Acrimony is much abated and it becomes very palatable It strengthens the Stomach and helps Fermentation and takes off Vomiting and Nauseousness The Indians use them being a little toasted to provoke Venery The Juice of it stops a Loosness and cures a Diabetes The Oyl of it is much used by Painters and makes a very lasting Black It also cures the Itch and other Vices of the Skin It grows plentifully in Malabar Anacardiums or Malacca-beans in Latin Anacardium The Arabians say that Anacardiums are hot and dry to the fourth Degree and that they are of a Caustick Nature and will exulcerate the Skin and take off Warts But Experience contradicts them They strengthen the Brain and Animal Spirits and dry and heat gently They comfort the Stomach They are counted by all an excellent Medicine to quicken the Memory It groweth in many Parts of India Anime Gummi 'T is two-fold Oriental and Occidental The Occidental is the Tears or White Resin of a Tree growing in New-Spain 'T is somewhat like Frankincense it has a pleasant and sweet Smell 'T is not so clear and shining as the Oriental The chief use of Anime Gummi is External in cold and painful Diseases of the Head and Nerves for Catarrhs and Flatulent Diseases also for Diseases of the Joints the Palsie Contusions and the like 'T is mix'd with Plasters for the same use Anise in Latin Anisum The Seed is chiefly used the Herb it self but rarely and the Root of it never It heats dries is Cephalick Epatick Pneumonick and Stomachick 'T is used for Wind in the Stomach a Cough and the like 'T is more agreeable to the Stomach than any other Medicine that is used to expel Wind it has less Acrimony and is sweeter The Ancients extoll'd it wonderfully for a cold and moist Stomach wherefore they used it in Pains of the Head proceeding from the Stomach for Watchings and a Loosness occasion'd by Crudities It provokes Urine and stimulates Venery 'T is baked with Bread and candied and so used It expels Wind and cures a Stinking Breath The Oyl of it is used against Wind and for a Cough proceeding from a cold Cause Anise-seed-water is good for those that are Short-breath'd and that are troubled with Heart-burning Heurnius says That the Powder or Decoction of it is better in the Cholick and Difficulty of Urine than the Oyl which they are to take notice of that value nothing but Chimical Preparations A Scruple of the Seed powder'd grosly is good for the Gripes in Children In Flatulent Hickups let the Sick always chew the Seed The same is good for the Cholick Take of the double Flowers of Camomile thirty Handfuls cut them and beat them and infuse them in five Quarts of Camomile-water and eight Quarts of Spanish Wine mix'd twenty four Hours press them out and infuse again twenty Handfuls of the Flowers as before press them out infuse again a third time twelve Handfuls of the Flowers add two Ounces of the yellow Pill of fresh Oranges two Ounces and an half of the Leaves of Roman Wormwood Centory Penny-royal Wild Marjoram of the Seeds of Dill two Ounces of the Seeds of Annise Fennel Caraways Cummin Blessed Thistle Mary's Thistle each one Ounce and an half of the Berries of Lawrel and Juniper each half an Ounce of Nutmegs three Ounces having digested them a sufficient time distil them according to Art Two or three Spoonfuls of this Water may be taken at a time for the Cholick and Wind in the Stomach Take of the Flowers of Brimstone one Part of Oyl of Annise-seeds four parts digest them till the Brimstone is dissolv'd and till the Balsam is red This is called Balsam of Sulphure annisated 'T is good for Coughs and Obstructions of the Lungs and Consumptions If the Sick hath not a Fever five or six Drops may be taken at a time mix'd with Sugar The following Electuary was frequently used by Dr. Coish who was an excellent Practitioner and a Man of good Reputation in London Take of Annise-seeds finely powder'd of the Powder of Liquorish each three Drams of the Flower of Sulphure one Dram and an half with two Ounces and an half of the best Hony make an Electuary to which add fifteen Drops of Balsam of Sulphure and ten Drops of Oyl of Annise-seeds This is excellent for Coughs and at the Beginning of Consumptions Take two Drams of it in the Morning and at Bed-time Balls for Colds in Horses are made in the following manner Take of the Powders of the Seeds or Fenugreek Annise Cummin Bastard-Saffron Elecampane of the Leaves of Colt's foot and Flower of Sulphure each two Ounces of Juice of Liquorish dissolv'd in half a Pint of White-wine one Ounce of Oyl of Olives and Hony each eight Ounces of Januen's Treacle twelve Ounces of Oyl of Annise-seeds one Ounce mingle them all together and with a Pound and an
Hardness of the Spleen Gum-Tragacanth It flows from the Root being cut That which is brought to us is glutinous white or yellow and of a sweetish Taste The Water wherein it is infus'd becomes clammy and mucilaginous It opens Obstructions and attemperates Acrimony It is used in Medicines for the Eyes and for Coughs and Hoarsness and Distillations in a Linctus with Hony A Dram of it being dissolv'd and taken in a proper Liquor mix'd with Burnt Hart's-horn and a little Allum eases the Pain of the Kidnies and Erosions of the Bladder 'T is good for the Bloody-Flux in Clysters And dissolv'd in Milk or Rose-water it takes off Redness of the Eyes and stops sharp Distillations on them A Mucilage is made of it in Water to form other Medicines for instance Troches 'T is an Ingredient of the Syrup of Hysop of the London-Dispensatory which is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Smallage Parsly Fennel Liquorish cut each ten Drams of Jujebs and Sebestians each fifteen pair of Raisins cleans'd one Ounce and an half Figs and fat Dates of each number Ten of the Seeds of Mallows Quinces and of Gum-Tragacanth tied up in a Rag each three Drams of Hysop moderately dried ten Drams of Maiden-hair six Drams all being prepar'd infuse them twenty four Hours in eight Pints of Barly-water then boyl them in B. M. and strain them out hard to the clear Liquor add six Pounds and an half of Fine Sugar make a Syrup in B. M. It corroborates the Breast and Lungs and is excellent for Coughs H. HEdge-Hysop or rather Water-Hysop in Latin Gratiola 'T is an excellent Remedy to purge Watery and Cholorick Humours which it draws from the most remote Parts and evacuates them by Vomit and Stool and by consequence must be of good use in a Dropsie for the Yellow Jaundice and for Pains of the Hips It may be taken in Powder or green in a Decoction But because it works so violently it ought to be corrected with Ginger Sal Gemma Cinnamon or the like 'T is very bitter and kills Worms and carries off the Matter occasioning them Being bruis'd and applied it cures Wounds quickly It grows in Germany and Italy and some Parts of France Heliotrope in Latin Heliotropium majus The Herb cures Warts being rub'd upon them 'T is very effectual in a Carcionoma and for Gangrenous Ulcers and King's-Evil-Swellings The Leaves sprinkled with Rose-water and applied to the Head ease the Pain of it A Decoction made of the Leaves and Cummin expels Gravel and kills Worms Hermodactyls in Latin Hermodactylus Botanists do not agree about Hermodactiles of the Shops Some say they are the Roots of Colchicum Others deny it And the more Learn'd and Skilful make them to be different things Take of Hermodactiles powder'd half a Dram of Aloes-Succotrine one Scruple of Powder of Cummin six Grains make Pills according to Art Or Take of White-wine three Ounces of Hermodactiles powder'd two Drams of Powder of Ginger one Scruple mingle them and let them stand in Infusion all Night strain it and add an Ounce and an half of Syrup of Betony and make a Draught Maggravius mentions these Pills and this Potion amongst his Phlegmagoges Plaster of Hermodactiles of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Plaster called Diachalcitis eight Ounces of Burgundy-Pitch melted and strain'd four Ounces of White Venice-Soap and New Yellow Wax each three Ounces of Butter of Oranges one Ounce of the Seeds of Cummin and Hermodactiles each one Ounce and an half of the Leaves of dried Wormwood of the Flowers of Camomile and of Florentine-Orris each half an Ounce powder fine those Things which are to be powder'd and make a Plaster according to Art Hypocistis or Rape of Cistus in Latin Orobranche It grows from the Roots of all the Sorts of Cistus 'T is very effectual for all Fluxes as of Blood the Fluxes of Women and for Celiack and Dysenterick Diseases 'T is also good to strengthen any Part. 'T is now-a-days prepar'd in the following manner They beat the fresh Flowers and press out the Juice and thicken it in the Sun and keep it for use Take of Conserve of Roses and of the Roots of the Greater Comfrey each two Ounces of Seal'd Earth Bole-Armoniack Dragon's-Blood Red Coral of the Lapis Hematites and Troches de Carrabe of each one Dram of Hypocistis the Grains of Kermes and the Seeds of Plantane each one Scruple with equal parts of Syrup of Poppies and Myrtles make an Opiate of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening drinking upon it a little Plantane-water This is used for Voiding of Blood by Urine J. JAlap in Latin Jalapium The Root of it is like Mechoacan but it is cover'd with a black Bark and is brownish within It comes to us sliced from India It tastes gummy but not unpleasant 'T is stronger than the common White Mechoacan for it purges Watery Humours better A Dram of the Powder of it may be given at a time The Purgative Quality resides in the Resin Resin or Magistery of Jalap is made in the following manner Put a Pound of Jalap grosly powder'd into a large Matrass pour upon it Spirit of Wine Alcoholiz'd until it be four Fingers above the Matter stop the Matras with another whose Neck enters into it and luting the Junctures with a wet Bladder digest it three Days in a Sand-heat the Spirit of Wine will receive a red Tincture decant it and then pour more upon the Jalap proceed as before and mixing your Dissolutions filtrate them through Brown Paper put that which you have filtrated into a Glass-Cucurbite and distil in a Vaporous Bath two thirds of the Spirit of Wine which may serve you another time for the same Operation pour that which remains at the Bottom of the Cucurbite into a large Earthen Pan fill'd with Water and it will turn into a Milk which you must leave a Day to settle and then separate the Water by Inclination you will find the Resin at bottom like unto Turpentine wash it several times with Water and dry it in the Sun it will grow hard like common Resin powder it fine and it will become white keep it in a Viol. It purges Serosities 'T is given in Dropsies and for all Obstructions The Dose is from four to twelve Grains mix'd in an Electuary or else in Pills The Resins of Turbith Scammony and Benjamin may be drawn after the same manner If you use sixteen Ounces of Jalap you will draw an Ounce and six Drams of Resin You must observe to give the Resin of Jalap always mix'd with something else that may separate its Parts for if it be taken alone it will be apt to adhere to the Membrane of the Intestines and so cause Ulcers by its Acrimonious Quality Moreover Apothecaries should observe to mix it in a little Yolk of an Egg when they would dissolve it in a Potion for it sticks to
Wood Bark and Root mix'd together is given for this purpose but the Root is best It grows in Malabar Lignum-Molucense 'T is found in the Molucca's and is kept in Gardens and is so much esteemâ—d by the Inhabitants that they will not let a Stranger see it The Seed of it is used to catch Birds they mix it with boyl'd Rice and lay it out for the Birds to eat it and as soon as they have tasted it they fall asleep and are stupid and if they eat greedily of it it kills them To rouse them that are asleep they dip their Heads in cold Water and so they recover The Wood reduced to Powder with a File and taken inwardly or outwardly applied expels Poysons It cures the Biting of Vipers and Serpents ten Grains of it being taken in Rose-water It also cures Wounds made by poysonous Arrows The strongest Man must take but half a Scruple of it When it is used for Purging the Party that takes it must make but a small Supper the Night before It purges all Humours but especially gross clammy and melancholy Humours 'T is good for long Quartan-Agues and for Continual Fevers for the Iliack Passion the Cholick Wind a Dropsie and for Gravel and for Difficulty of Urine for Pains of the Joynts a Scirrhus and the King's-Evil It kills all sorts of Worms and restores lost Appetite Acâ—sta observ'd the great use of it in inveterate Pains of the Head an Hemicrania Apoplexy Noise of the Ears the Gout and for Diseases of the Stomach and Womb and for an Asthma If it work too much let the Party drink a Draught of a Decoction of Rice Lignum-Nepbriticum It comes from Countries that are moderately hot as is Mexicana 'T is used for Diseases of the Reins and for Difficulty of Urine And the Water of it is good for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen The Water of it is made in the following manner They cut the Wood small and infuse it in clear Fountain-water and keep it in the Vessel till all the Water is drunk then they put on fresh Water and so they repeat it as long as the Wood will tincture the Water In the space of about half an Hour the Wood imparts a light Sky-colour to the Water which grows deeper in time 'T is also good in Fevers and for the Cholick Take of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of China three Ounces of Saxifrage one Ounce of Nephritick Wood two Ounces of Hart's-horn and Ivory rasp'd half an Ounce of White Sanders half an Ounce of the Roots of Parsely Grass Knee-holm and Eringo each one Ounce of Liquorish two Ounces of Dates ston'd number Six of Caraway and Coriander-seeds each three Drams infuse them in seven Quarts of Fountain-water boyl it according to Art and Aromatize it with the Wood of Cassia Limon in Latin Malus Limonia Limons are more acid than Oranges or Citrons and therefore it is probable the Juice is colder 'T is proper for all those Uses that Citron is but it is not so effectual against Poysons yet is it more powerful in hot Diseases it quenches Thirst and lessens Feverish Heats The Juice of it is very proper to lessen the Stone and to cleanse the Urinary Passages The Syrup of the Juice of Limons is good for the Stone and Obstructions of the Kidnies It quenches Thirst is used in Burning Fevers and it strengthens the Heart and Stomach It restrains the Effervescence of Choler and is used with good Success to stop Vomiting the Hickups and to take off a Burning Fever The Peel of Limons as well as of Oranges is candied with Sugar for Sweet-meats and the small ones are also candied whole for various Uses The distill'd Water of Limons as well as of Citrons is reckon'd an excellent Cosmetick Secret Letters are writ with the Juice of Limons which may be read when they are held to the Fire The Juice imparts a curious Purple Colour to Conserve of Roses or Violets 'T is also much used to change Colours or to fix them For Nephritick Diseases Take of the Wood of Oak rasp'd one Ounce of Fountain-water three Quarts of the Juice of Limons four Ounces infuse them twenty four Hours upon hot Ashes and afterwards boyl it to the Consumption of a third part strain it The Dose is six Ounces 'T is excellent for an hot Intemperies of the Liver for Ulcers of the Reins and for Heat of the Urine but especially it evacuates salt viscid Flegm from the Reins and Bladder the Cause of Heat of Urine and Strangury Limons are brought to us from Spain and Italy Liquid-Amber 'T is the Resin that flows from a vast Tree that hath Leaves like Ivy-leaves The Indians call it Ocosolt When the Spaniards first enter'd into those Parts where these Trees grow they call'd them Spice-bearing Trees 'T is much used in Physick It heats strengthens resolves and is Anodine It comforts the Brain the Head being anointed with it and cures all sorts of Pains proceeding from a cold Cause It strengthens the Stomach procures Appetite and helps Concoction Much of it is used to perfume Gloves 'T is good in all cold Diseases to resolve Tumors to open Obstructions of the Womb to asswage the Tumors of it and to provoke the Courses Some cut the Wood in small pieces and boyl it and take off the Fat which swims at top and sell it for true Oyl And this is sold by some Apothecaries for Liquid-Storax M. MAce in Latin Macis 'T is the Covering or the Nutmeg and is very Aromatick and full of much Spirituous Heat and is therefore good for cold Diseases 'T is much of the same Virtue with the Nutmeg but because its Parts are finer it works more powerfully and is more penetrative Mandrake in Latin Mandragora 'T is Male and Female It grows spontaneously in hot Countries as Spain and Italy and the like in Woods and shady Places Mandrakes are reckon'd amongst Narcotick Medicines Some have question'd whether the Apple of it were wholesom or no. But Faber Lynceus Botanick Professor at Rome a very learned Man and of good Reputation says that both the Pulp and the Seed may be safely eaten Now seeing the Apples of the Mandrake are fit to be eaten and smell well why should we seek for any other Interpretation for the Hebrew Word Dudaim which Reuben brought to his Mother Leah And seeing it was the Opinion of the Ancients that the Seeds of the Mandrakes purged the Womb 't is very probable that Rachel knowing this Virtue of them desir'd the Mandrakes that her Womb being purg'd she might be render'd capable to conceive and to bear Children as well as her Sister Leah and her Maid Zilpha The Bark of the Root which is brought to us from abroad especially from Italy is Narcotick but it is seldom used inwardly 'T is outwardly used for Redness and Pains of the Eyes for an Erisipelas hard Tumors and the King's-Evil Manna The best comes from Calabria It sweats out of the Branches and
frequent and excessive use both of the Nuts and Bark occasions Sleepy Diseases for they are very Narcotick Upon which Account what Tavernier relates is not improbable namely That when these Nuts are ripe the Birds of Paradise flock together to the Molucca-Islands to eat them just as Thrushes flock to France at the time of the Vintage but they pay dearly for their dainty Food for when they have eaten greedily of them they are seized with a Giddiness and fall to the Ground as if they were drunk and when they lie on the Ground the Ants eat off their Legs And Lobelius mentions an Observation of an English Lady with Child that long'd for Nutmegs and eat twelve of them upon which shew grew delirous or was rather intoxicated but having slept a good while and Repelling Medicines being applied to her Head she recover'd The Wounds of a Soldier were soon cured by eating Nutmegs Wedelius also commends them for curing of Wounds John Bauhinus having drunk cold Water too freely on the Apennine Mountains was seiz'd with violent Pains in his Bladder and his Scrotum was swell'd with the Wind tho' he never was bursten'd before or after and when he thought he should have died by reason of the Violence of the Pain his Fellow-Traveller gave him Nutmegs and he eat four of them presently and by the Blessing of God was freed of his Pains Nutmegs chew'd and swallow'd do much good for a Palsie of the Parts that serve for Swallowing An Oyl express'd from the fresh Nuts beat and made hot in a Frying-pan is good for the Gripes and Nephritick Pains being taken inwardly in some hot Liquor Children's Navels being anointed with it when they are grip'd are eas'd thereby 'T is also good for Pains of the Nerves and Joints proceeding from Cold. The Temples being anointed with it it disposes to Rest The best Nutmeg is that which is weighty Oyl of Nutmegs is made in the following manner Take sixteen Ounces of good Nutmegs beat them in a Mortar until they are almost in a Paste and put them upon a Boulter cover them with a piece of strong Cloth and an Earthen Pan over that put your Cloth over a Kettle half fill'd with Water and set the Kettle upon the Fire that the Vapour of the Water may gently warm the Nutmegs when you find upon touching the Pan it is so hot that you cannot endure your Hand upon it you must take off the Boulter and putting the Matter into a Linen Cloth take its four Corners and tie them quickly together put them into a Press between a couple of warm Plates set the Pan underneath and there will come forth an Oyl which congeals as it grows cold press the Matter as strongly as you are able to draw out all the Oyl then keep it in a Pot well stop'd This Oyl is very Stomachick being applied outwardly or else given inwardly The Dose is from four Grains to ten in Broth or some other convenient Liquor This is call'd Oyl of Nutmegs by Expression which is an Ingredient in the following Apoplectick Balsam Take of Oyl of Nutmegs by Expression two Ounces Oyl of Rosemary Marjoram Sage Thyme Hysop and Angelica each one Dram Oyl of Cinnamon half a Dram of Oyl of Amber half a Scruple of Oyl of Rhodium one Dram of the Oyl of Rue Limons Oranges and Cloves each one Scruple of Peruvian Balsam half an Ounce of Tincture of Benzoin of Civet Chymical Oyl of Nutmegs of Tincture of Cloves each half a Dram of Amber-grease two Drams of Musk one Dram put all the Oyls together in a Glass for use the longer they have been mix'd the better they are Then take ten or twenty Drops and grind them with the Oyl of Nutmegs half an Hour then drop the same number of Drops as before get up the Mixture together with a piece of Horn or with a Knife then let it stand two Hours to ferment then put thirty Drops of the Oyls more to it and grind it with the Mixture half an Hour cover it with a Paper and let it stand all Night in the Morning grind it with the Balsam of Peru for half an Hour then warm a Brass Mortar and Pestle and cut or scrape into it your Amber-grease add to it thirty Drops of your Mixture of Oyls grind them together for a quarter of an Hour then add thirty Drops more of the Oyls afterwards put it out on one side of the Stone and on the other side put the Musk mix it by degrees with the Oyls and Amber-grease till it be all dissolved then put to it the Civet and grind it with the Musk and Amber-grease for a quarter of an Hour mix all by degrees with the former Composition and ferment them two Hours then put it up and keep it for use Take of Alabastrian Ointment and of Ointment of Roses each two Ounces of Opium one Dram of Saffron one Dram of Oyl of Nutmegs one Dram mingle them and make an Ointment anoint the Temples and Forehead with it 'T is good for the Head-ach Take of Saffron powder'd two Scruples of the Ointment of the Flowers of Oranges and of Oyl of Sweet Almonds each one Ounce of Oyl of Nutmegs by Expression half a Dram mingle them and make an Ointment Anoint Children's Breasts in Colds and other Diseases of the Lungs with this Ointment Nux Vomica 'T is Narcotick and Virulent and worse than Opium Being powder'd and mix'd with Meat it kills Cats and Dogs O. OAK of Jerusalem in Latin Botrys The Herb powder'd and mix'd with Hony is good for an Ulcer of the Lungs It provokes the Courses and expels a dead Child Take of this Herb of Hedge-Mustard and of Nettles each two Handfuls of Colt's-foot one Handful and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water in B. M. to a Quart of the clear Liquor strain'd add the Juice of Turnips par'd and boyl'd in Fountain-water change the Water twice and when they are soft press out the Juice gently add of this Juice having clear'd it self by standing one Pint fine Sugar three Pounds boyl it to a Syrup in B. M. when there is occasion to use it Olive-tree 'T is a Tree of a moderate Bigness it grows slowly and lasts long some say two hundred Years It grows in Italy and France and other Places Tho' Olives when they are ripe are black and taste acrid bitter and nauseous yet the Oyl that is press'd from them is most commonly Pellucid and a little yellowish It tastes sweet and pleasant but that which is freest from Colour and Taste is reckon'd the best The Leaves of Olives cool dry and are astringent They are chiefly used outwardly for Fluxes of the Belly of the Courses for an Herpes and the like and with Medicines for the Eyes So great is the use of the Oyl both for Meat and Medicine that it would take up too much time to mention all Galen Dioscorides Pliny and others both Ancient and Modern
the edges and of a dull green Colour The Flowers are placed on long Spikes that come from the Wings of the Leaves they are small and yellow Short hanging wrinkl'd Cods succeed them that are black when they are ripe The Seed is yellowish It flowers in June and July and grows amongst Bushes and sometimes with Corn. It digests mollifies and eases Pain for which purposes it is commonly used in Plasters and Cataplasms To ease the Pain in a Pleurifie the following Fomentation has been used with good Success Take of the Herb Melilot and true Pellitory each two Handfuls of Betony one Handful make a Decoction and apply it to the Breast often Melon in Latin Melo They are cold and moist and apt to putrifie in the Stomach and to occasion Fevers and Gripes The Seed is one of the Great Cold Seeds Take of Seeds of Melons and Pumpions each half an Ounce of the Seeds of White-Poppy two Drams eight Sweet Almonds blanch'd beat them in a Marble-Mortar and pour on them gradually a Pint and an half of Barly-water strain it and sweeten it with Fine Sugar make an Emulsion This is used to cure Heat of Urine Common English Mercury or All-good in Latin Bonus Henericus The Root is thick and yellowish and has some Fibres 't is acrid and bitter It sends forth many Stalks that are channel'd partly erect and partly supine they have a small Down on them and are a Foot or two Foot high The Leaves are triangular like Orache or Cuckow-pint above they are smooth under sprinkl'd with fine Flower they are placed upon long Foot-stalks joyn'd alternately to the Stalks they taste somewhat nitrous The little Flowers are placed on the Top-branches in Clusters on an Ear they are yellow and have Threads the come out of a five-leav'd Cup they are so very small that the Parts of them can scarce be discern'd The Seeds are small and black when they are ripe and in Figure like a Kidny they are either included in Membranaceous Bladders or in the Flowers It grows in Courts and Cross-ways and amongst Rubbish and also frequently with Pot-herbs It flowers in April and May. 'T is excellent for cleansing and healing sordid Ulcers The Leaves boyl'd with Pot-herbs and eaten render the Body loose It kills the Worms that are in the putrid Ulcers of Four-footed Beasts being bruised and applied to the Ulcers The whole Herb used in form of a Cataplasm mitigates the Pain of the Gout and there is no Danger to be fear'd from the Use of it in this Case for it does not repel but discusses and digests and besides is Anodine Which Qualities are rarely found in one Simple Take of Common English Mercury green without the Flowers four Handfuls of Camomile and Elder-flowers dried two Handfuls beat them grosly and boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Elder-water till they are very tender then mix with them of Gum-Caranna and Camphor each half an Ounce make a Cataplasm for the Gout Take of the Leaves of Mercury Marsh-mallows and Pellitory each one Handful of the Flowers of Camomile one Pugil of Carraway Cumin-seeds and Laurel-berries each one Ounce boyl them in clear Posset-drink to twelve Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add three Ounces of Hony of Mercury and two Drams of Hierapicra mingle them and make a Carminative Clyster This is useful in the Cholick Dog 's Mercury in Latin Cynocrambe It has many small fibrous Roots that are Perennial and pliant of a nauseous sweetish Taste both the Male and Female creep in the Ground they are fill'd with an hard Nerve like the Fibres of Hellebore It has many Stalks round and jointed they have large Spaces betwixt the Joints they are a Foot high and without Branches near the Earth they are of a purple Colour The Leaves are placed by Pairs upon the Joints one opposite to another and are two or three Inches long those that are below are much less and are sharp-pointed and indented about the Edges they have short Foot-stalks they have a nauseous Taste The Foot-stalks come from the Wings of the Leaves The little Flowers are of a greenish Colour and consist of three Leaves It grows commonly in Woods and Hedges and other shady Places Prevotius in his Book of Medicines for the Poor ranks it amongst those things that evacuate Serosities gently Milfoil in Latin Millefolium The Stalks are sometimes two Foot high and higher they are small stiff round channel'd hairy and full of Pith and divided at top into Twigs Many long Leaves lie on the Ground which are finely cut into many small Parts finer than Tansie they are a little indented about the edges The Leaves on the Stalks are smaller and finer near the tops where stand Tufts of small white Flowers with a yellowish Thrum in the middle of a strong Smell but not unpleasant The Root is woody fibrous and blackish It stops Blood 'T is used for Bleeding at the Nose and for all Fluxes 'T is outwardly applied for Bleeding at the Nose and for the Head-ach and to heal Wounds and Ruptures Milk-wort in Latin Polygala The Root is woody white of a bitterish Taste and somewhat Aromatick It has many Stalks some upright and some creeping they are about an Hand in length and somewhat reddish It has many Leaves that grow alternately The little Flowers are placed on a Spike and are of a Sky-colour and sometimes white and of other Colours The Leaves that grow on the Stalks are oblong and sharp those that lie on the Ground are roundish It grows commonly in dry Pastures An Handful of it infus'd in Wine all Night purges Choler by Stool very much Mint in Latin Mentha It strengthens the Stomach takes off Crudities and the Hickops stops Vomiting and expels Wind. Two Ounces of the Water taken often stops Vomiting Outwardly applied it takes off the Hardness of the Breasts and dissolves Curdl'd Milk and prevents the Breeding of it The distill'd Water cures the Gripes in Children The Smell of it strengthens the Brain and preserves the Memory Take of Black-Cherry-water and Balm-water each three Ounces Dr. Stephens's Water one Ounce and an half Spirit of Mint three Drams Confection of Alkermes two Drams of Syrup of Mint a sufficient quantity make a Julep The Dose is five Spoonfuls This is good for Pains of the Stomach and for Fainting Misleto in Latin Viscus It grows on Apple-trees Pear-trees and Crab-trees on Ashes and Oaks that which grows on the Oaks is most esteem'd It grows also on the Barberry-tree and the Hasel Bird-lime is made of the Berries The Wood is chiefly used for the Falling-sickness and is counted a Specifick for it 'T is also used for Apoplexies and Giddiness 'T is taken inwardly or hang'd about the Neck In all which Diseases 't is reckon'd very prevalent by Ancient and Modern Physicians The Powder of it also cures a Pleurisie and forces the Courses Some think that the Misleto that grows on the Hasel-tree is better for the
Falling-sickness and other Diseases of the Head than that which grows on the Oak Henricus ab Steers thinks it does not grow on Hasel-trees till they are about an Hundred Years old A young Lady having been long troubled with an almost hereditary Falling-Sickness and after having been wearied by Courses of Physick prescrib'd her by the famousest Doctors that could be procured without at all mending but rather growing worse so that sometimes she would have in one Day eight or ten dismal Fits was cured only by the Powder of true Misleto given as much as would lie on a Six-pence early in the Morning in Black-Cherry-water or in Beer for some Days near the Full-Moon Mony-wort or Herb-Two-pence in Latin Nummularia major vulgaris It has many long slender Branches that creep on the Ground with two Leaves at each Joint opposite to one another they are almost as round as a Penny but that they are pointed a little at the Ends they are smooth and of a yellowish green Colour they taste dry and astringent From the Wings of the Leaves come forth large yellow Flowers two most commonly at every Joint they consist of five sharp Leaves The Seed is very small and scarce visible 'T is dry astringent and vulnerary The Flowers and Leaves beat and applied to Wounds and Ulcers cure them Taken in Wine they cure Dysenteries and other Fluxes and the Whites and inward Wounds and Ulcers especially of the Lungs But it is most of all commended for Ruptures in Children the Powder of it being taken inwardly or the Herb being outwardly applied Moon-wort in Latin Lunaria It springs up with one dark-green thick fat Leaf standing upon a small Foot-stalk about an Inch high But when it is in Flower it has a small tender Stalk about three Inches high The upper part of it on each Side is divided into five or seven Parts and sometimes more resembling an Half-moon On the top of the Stalk are many Branches of small long Tongues much like the spiky Head of Adder's-tongue of a brownish Colour The Root is small and fibrous The Ointment of it used to the Region of the Reins is counted a certain Cure in the Bloody-Flux Cup Moss in Latin Muscus pyxidatus 'T is of an Ash-colour and like a Cup. The Powder of it given in Posset-drink or Small Beer cures the Hooping-Cough by a Specifick Quality A Scruple of it must be given Night and Morning Or Take an Ounce of the Moss boyl it in a Quart of some Pectoral Water till half is consumed then strain it and make a Syrup with Sugar-Candy 'T is good for the same Moss of a dead Man's Scull It being put up the Nostrils stops Bleeding 'T is common in Ireland The Honourable Mr. Boyle was cured of a violent Hemorrhage by the use of it Mother-wort in Latin Cardiaca 'T is commended by some for Diseases of the Heart but it is peculiarly good for Hypochondriack Diseases It provokes the Courses and Urine and cleanses the Breast of Flegm and kills Worms A Spoonful of the Powder of it taken in Wine hastens Delivery wonderfully A Decoction of it or the Powder mix'd with Sugar is very good in a Palpitation of the Heart and for Hysterick and Hypochondriack Diseases Farriers use it with good Success in Diseases of Horses and other Cattel Creeping Mouse-ear in Latin Philosella repens It grows every where in barren Pastures It creeps on the Ground by Strings that root and so it spreads they contain a bitter Milk The Leaves are like the Ear of a Mouse with long Hairs on them above they are green below white they taste dry Pale yellow Flowers are placed on each Stalk which is small hairy and about an Hand and an half high It flowers in June and July and sometimes in May. 'T is very Astringent Drying and Vulnerary wherefore it is used successfully in Wound-drinks Plasters and Ointments It cures Dysenteries and other Fluxes of the Belly and stops Vomiting and cures Children's Ruptures and is excellent in the Stone Some commend it for the Jaundice and Swellings of the Spleen and at the Beginning of a Dropsie 'T is also commended for a Chin-cough Take Wild-Thyme one Handful Sassafras sliced one Ounce Hyssop-water two Pints and an half infuse them on a gentle Heat for six Hours afterwards strain it and sweeten it with Syrup of Mouse-ear Give some Spoonfuls of it oft in a Day Or Take Cup-moss powder'd one Ounce White Sugar-candy two Ounces make a Powder Give one Scruple twice in a Day in a Spoonful of Syrup of Mouse-ear Let the Children continue the use of these things nine Days at least if the Cough does not go off before Mug-wort in Latin Artemisia The Root is about the bigness of a Finger and creeps awry sending down sometimes large white Fibres of an Aromatick Taste and somewhat sweet The Stalks are four or five Foot high of the thickness of a Finger round channel'd strong and stiff of a purple Colour and with short Down on them and full of Pith. They have many Leaves placed alternately at the tops they are branchy the Leaves have an Aromatick Smell somewhat like Lavender they are jagged white above hoary underneath The Flowers are yellowish The Seeds are small and inclosed in round Heads 'T is frequently used by Women inwardly and outwardly in all the Diseases peculiar to them Three Drams of the Powder of the dried Herb taken in Wine is an excellent Remedy for the Hip-Gout The green Herb or the Juice of it taken in some convenient Liquor is of great use for those that have taken too much Opium The Syrup of Mug-wort is made in the following manner Take of Mug-wort two Handfuls of Penny-royal Calamint Wild-Marjoram Balm Unspotted Arâ—mat Cretick Dittany Savine Marjoram Ground-pine Germander St. John's wort Feverfew with the Flowers the Lesser Centaury Rue Betony Vipers Bugloss each one Handful the Roots of Fennel Smallage Parsly Asparagus Knee-holm Saxifrage Elecampane Cyperus-grass Madder Flower-de-luce and Peony of each one Ounce of Juniper-berries of the Seeds of Lovage Parsly Smallage Annise Nigella of Cubebs of the true Costus Woody-Casia the Sweet-smelling Flag the Roots of Asarabacca Pyrethrum and Valerian each half an Ounce having cleans'd cut and beat these things infuse them twenty four Hours in twelve Pints of clear Water distil them in B. M. and draw off eight Pints of Water put what remains in the Still into a Press and strain it boyl six Pounds of White Sugar in a sufficient quantity of the strain'd Liquor clarified with the White of an Egg to the Consistence of Tablets then add the Water before distill'd and make a Syrup according to Art and Aromatise it with Cinnamon and Spikenard Mulberry-tree in Latin Mâ—rus The Leaves are much used in Italy Sicily Spain and France to nourish Silk-worms The Fruit of the Black Mulberry before it is ripe cools dries and is very astringent and therefore proper for a Loosness the Bloody-Flux the Flux of the