Take of the clarified Juice of Goats-Rue Sorrel Scordium and Citron each one Pound of London-Treacle two Ounces infuse them three Days and then distil them in Glass You may give two or three Ounces at a time Scurvy grass in Latin Cochlearia 'T is hot and dry and abounds with a Volatile Salt Upon which Account it renders the fix'd and crude Humours more Spiritous and Volatile It cures those Diseases that proceed from too great a quantity of fixed Salts but especially the Scurvy upon which Account it is call'd in English Scurvy-grass But because the Parts wherein the chief Virtue of this Plant consists are very Volatile and soon dissipated by boyling the Juice or an Infusion of the Herb is much more effectual than the Decoction The Scurvy is a Disease very frequent among those that live on the Sea-shore especially in the North and among such as feed chiefly upon Salt-fish Solenander says such kind of Plants grow in every Region by the Appointment of God Almighty which most agree with the People and Animals that are there bred Nay he says he could tell what were the Diseases of any Country by seeing the Herbs that were most common in it As Among the Danes and Dutch with whom the Scurvy is very frequent Scurvy-grass grows plentifully Take of Conserves of Scurvy-grass Roman Wormwood and Fumatory each two Ounces of the Powder of the Winteran-bark and of the Root of Angelica and of Wake-Robin each two Drams of the Species of the three Sanders one Dram and an half of Crabs-eyes powder'd one Dram of Salt of Wormwood two Drams make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Citron-bark Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening for the space of three Weeks drinking presently after it a quarter of a Pint of the following Anti-scorbutick Wine Take of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass four Handfuls of Horse-Radish sliced four Ounces of the Winteran-bark half an Ounce the outward Rinds of four Oranges and four Limons put them all into a Glass well stop'd add to them six Quarts of White-wine keep the Bottle in a cool place and pour the Liquor out as you use it Provide four Gallons of Small Ale and instead of Hops boyl three Handfuls of Pine-tops When the Beer has done Working in the Vessel hang in the Vessel a Canvas-bag with three Handfuls of Scurvy-grass in it four Ounces of the Roots of Sharp-pointed Docks prepar'd and the Rinds of four Oranges when it is clear drink of it for your ordinary Beer you must put Stones or Bullets into the Bag to make it sink But before you begin to take of these Medicines you must bleed once and purge twice The Spirits of Scurvy-grass Golden and Plain as they are called are much used by some Country-people but they are not near so effectual as the Anti-scorbutick Wine above-mention'd for indeed the best parts of the Scurvy-grass I mean the the Volatile Salts fly away and are lost in preparing the Spirit so that scarce any thing remains but Flegm and an empty Name See Dr. Willis of the Scurvy pag. 263. Says he there The Virtue evaporates by Boyling Self-heal in Latin Prunella The Root grows awry and has some pretty large Fibres The Stalk is nine Inches or a Foot high or higher hairy and four-square and creeps by Fibres that come from the lower Joints The Leaves are placed by Intervals upon long Foot-stalks they are like the Leaves of Marjoram or Basil but larger and hairy they are so finely indented about the Edges that it is scarce visible The Flowers are purple and are placed upon a Spike at top the Flower varies sometimes It grows every where among Pastures and flowers in June 'T is much of the same Virtue with Bugules 'T is used outwardly in Wounds and often in a Quinsie and other Diseases of the Mouth and Jaws A Gargarism being made of the Decoction or distill'd Water of it Shepherd's-purse in Latin Bursa pastoris 'T is sometimes an Hand a Foot sometimes three or four Foot high or higher It has a small strait white fibrous Root it tastes sweetish but nauseous The Leaves that come from the Root are oblong and sometimes whole but most commonly jagg'd deep the Jags ending in an Acute Point they are a little hairy and have Foot-stalks an Inch long or they are rather enlarg'd by degrees from a narrow Beginning for the uppermost upon the Stalks with a broad Basis grow without those Foot-stalks and are not jagg'd at all they have an Ear at each Side From the middle of the Leaves one two three or four or more Stalks rise divided into Branches placed alternately The Top-stalks and Branches run up as it were into long Ears of Flowers which are placed on small Foot-stalks about half an Inch long The Flowers are small and white compos'd of four small undivided Leaves with Threads bearing yellow Tufts When the Flowers fall the Foot-stalks increase to the length of an Inch and bear the Receptacles of the Seeds that are sharp at the Beginning and end in a large Purse divided into two Parts a great many small Seeds are contain'd in each Vessel they are reddish when they are ripe 'T is astringent and thickens wherefore 't is good for Bleeding at Nose a Tent made of Cotton being dip'd in the Juice of it and put up the Nostrils 'T is also proper in a Dysentery a Diarrhaea and for Bloody Urine and the immoderate Flux of the Courses 'T is outwardly used by the Common People to heal Wounds with good Success 'T is also put into Febrifuge Cataplasms for the Wrists Silver-weed in Latin Argentina This Plant takes its Name from the soft and Silver-Down of its Leaves The Root is sometimes single cover'd with a blackish Bark sometimes fibrous it tastes astringent It has many Leaves near the Earth they are like the Leaves of Agrimony and are deeply indented about the Edges It sends out on every Side Shoots whereby it increases wonderfully like Straw-berries The Flowers are yellow and consist of five roundish Leaves not indented and are placed single on long hairy Foot-stalks It grows frequently near Foot-paths and in moist Places where the Water has stagnated all the Winter It cools moderately and is very astringent Upon which Account it cures Spitting of Blood and the immoderate Flux of the Womb and Belly 'T is good for the Stone in the Kidnies and is very useful in curing Wounds and Ulcers ' 'T is much commended for easing the Pain of the Teeth and for removing the Putrefaction of the Gums 'T is good to asswage the Heat of Fevers which it does very powerfully being beaten with Salt and Vinegar and applied to the Soles of the Feet and the Arm-wrists The Women in England use the distill'd Water of it to take off Freckles Spots and Botches from the Face and when they are Sun-burnt The Root of it which they call Moors in Yorkshire about Settle are eaten by the Boys in Winter for
of a Chesnut-colour It flowers at the Latter End of May or Beginning of June and grows frequently in Sandy and Gravelly Pastures When the Seed is ripe the Superficies withers immediately the Root remaining in the Ground Our Country-people eat the Root raw but when it is pill'd and boyl'd in fresh Broth with a little Peper it is pleasant Food and very nourishing and stimulates Venery Being mix'd with Medicines it helps those that spit Blood and void a Bloody Urine Egglentine or Sweet-Bryer in Latin Rosa silvestris odora It needs no Description its curious Smell will not let it be unknown The Virtues of the Flowers are much the same with Garden-Roses but more astringent wherefore they are of excellent use in Fluxes of the Womb. The Fruit of it is much commended for its Lithontriptick Virtue The Heads when they are ripe contain a Pulp of a pleasant acid Taste which without doubt is very useful in Fevers and to provoke Appetite The Conserve of it is commonly kept in the Shops and is very good for the hot Scurvy and for Spitting of Blood The Root is good for the Biting of a Mad Dog a sort of a Sponge grows from the Branches when they are broken or hurt which is of a reddish Colour which laid on the Pillow disposes to Sleep The Ashes of it cure the Heat of Urine and kill Worms Take of the Conserve of Hips and Wood-Sorrel each one Ounce Conserve of Berberies half an Ounce Cream of Tartar one Dram make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Limons Take the quantity of a Nutmeg thrice a Day This is good in Fevers Elder in Latin Sambucus Martin Blockwitz wrote a whole Book of the Virtues and Use of the Elder the Title of it is The Anatomy of the Elder The inner Bark of the Elder purges watery Humours wherefore it is good in Dropsies The tender Leaves boyl'd in Wine is likewise very good for the same purpose and more convenient for weakly People The inner Bark applied to Burns takes out the Fire The Flowers discuss mollifie and dissolve and are Sudorifick and Anodine Vinegar wherein the Flowers have been infus'd is very agreeable to the Stomach and excites Appetite and it cuts and attenuates gross and crude Humours The Berries are Alexipharmick and Sudorifick The Spirit drawn from the Berries provokes Sweat and therefore good in Fevers The Wine made of the Juice of them or the Juice mix'd with White or Rhenish-Wine does much Good in Dropsies The Seeds cleanse and purge violently by Vomit and Stool A Decoction of the middle Bark with Syrup of Poppies promotes Sweat But note That Narcoticks mix'd with Sweating Medicines do much provoke Sweating For Swellings in the Feet take of the Leaves as much as is sufficient boyl them in Oyl with Salt and foment them with it In St. Anthony's Fire a Fomentation is frequently used made of two Parts of Elder-water and one of Spirit of Wine This is commonly us'd in London with good Success My Father makes an Ointment of the Red-Lead-Plaster and Oyl of Elder which he frequently uses for Burns And I have found it very successful also in other Inflammations Elecampane in Latin Helenium Many Leaves long and broad come from the Root and bend towards the Earth they are acute at both Ends above of a pale Green under hoary indented about the Edges They have short Foot-stalks from the Centre whereof the Stalks rise sometimes one sometimes more they are streight hairy and reddish five or six Foot high with some Leaves thereon compassing them about at the Lower Ends they are branched towards the tops and bear great large Flowers like those of our Marigold of a Golden Colour The Root is very thick without brown within white and of an Aromatick Taste and smells sweet and pleasantly especially when dried It grows in moist Meadows and Pastures but it is not common It flowers in June and July The fresh Root being candied or dried and powder'd mix'd with Hony or Sugar is very good in a Difficulty of Breathing an Asthma and an old Cough Being taken after Supper it helps Concoction It is also commended as an excellent Preservative against the Plague Being taken in the Morning it forces Urine and the Courses Half a Pint of White-wine wherein the slic'd Roots have been infus'd three Days taken in the Morning fasting cures the Green-sickness A Decoction of the Root taken inwardly or outwardly applied is commended by some for Convulsions Contusions and the Hip-Gout The Roots boyl'd in Wine or the fresh Juice infus'd in it and drunk kills and expels Worms Wine that is every where prepar'd with this Root in Germany and often drunk wonderfully quickens the Sight Elecampane distill'd in common Water yields a Volatile Salt that smells and has the same Virtue with Salt of Harts-horn Take of the Roots of Elecampane well cleans'd from the Fibres as much as you please boyl them in Water till they are salt and pulp them through a Sieve whereof take one Part and of Hony two Parts boyl them to the Consumption of the Moisture This is a Preservative against the Plague Take of the Roots of Elecampane Oris and Liquorish each one Dram of the Flowers of Sulphure two Drams Hony a sufficient quantity to make an Electuary Oyl of Sulphure ten Drops make a Linctus This is good for an inveterate Cough Elm in Latin Vlmus The Leaves the Branches and the Bark are astringent The Leaves cure Wounds And rub'd with Vinegar they are good for a Leprosie The Bark boiled in Fountain-water almost to the Consistence of a Syrup and the third part of Aquavitae mix'd with it is an excellent Remedy for the Hip-Gout if the Part affected be fomented with it before the Fire The Water in the Bladders upon the Leaves clears the Skin it being wash'd with it and it betters the Complexion It helps Burstenness in Children Clothes being wet in the Water and applied but a Truss must be kept on also Take of the Bark of Elm six Drams of the Root of Liquorish half a Dram of Raisins of the Sun ston'd number twenty of Red Roses two Pugils boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a Pint and an half dissolve in it of Hony of Roses and Simple Oxymel each two Ounces make a Gargarism Endive in Latin Endivia The Root is fibrous and full of Milk The long broad Leaves like on the Earth they are like the Leaves of Lettice sometimes indented about the Edges The Stalk is two or three Foot high smooth channel'd empty and has many Branches and is crooked being cut it yields a Milk The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves they are Sky-colour'd and like the Leaves of Wild-Succory It grows in Gardens 'T is Cooling and the Water of it is used in Fevers and Inflammations Eringo or Sea-Holly in Latin Eringium marinum The Roots are very long and spread much they have an Aromatick Taste The Leaves are placed
applied it cleanses Wounds and Ulcers The Powder of it is of excellent use for the Palpitation of the Heart for Mother-fits and Convulsions being taken in Small Beer and Posset-drink A Conserve made of the green Leaves is used for the same purpose Hemlock in Latin Cicuta 'T is very cold and supposed to be poysonous yet it is frequently used now-a-days for Tumours and Inflammations of the Spleen Some Physicians say it is hot Outwardly used it is Anodine A Cataplasm or the Plaster of Hemlock with Ammoniacum discusses powerfully hard Swellings and a Ganglion Twenty Grains of the Powder of the Root is an excellent Diaphoretick in Malignant Fevers Common Hemlock Wild-Ciceley or Cow-weed in Latin Ciâ—utaria vulgaris The Root is thick long and white especially within It has an acrid and Aromatick Taste The Stalks are three or four Foot high or higher as thick as the Thumb empty hairy and reddish The Leaves are like the Hemlock above-mention'd but they are broader and of a paler Green they shine and have a short Down but it is scarce visible The white Flowers are placed in a Circle and each of them consists of five Leaves the uppermost are larger than the rest A Pair of Seeds succeed each Flower they are long smooth and black when they are ripe It grows every where in Hedges and in Orchards and under Trees It springs in the Beginning of the Spring and flowers in May. In the Spring when the Leaves are tender Cows eat them greedily wherefore our Country-people call it Cow-weed J. Bauhinus says he knew two Families who thinking they had gather'd Parsnips by chance found these Roots in the Winter without Leaves for they are more like Parsnips than the Roots of the above-mention'd Hemlock and having eaten a few of them they were like to be suffocated and were senseless and mad and just like Anticks He cured them with Vomits And I remember a whole Family several Years ago was strangely surpriz'd at a Village called Huntington about two Miles from the City of Chichester in Sussex upon the like Occasion But some affirm that old Parsnips will cause the same Symptoms wherefore they call them Madnips Hemp in Latin Cannabis sativa The Seed of it boyl'd in Milk is good for a Cough And five or six Ounces of it taken cures the Jaundice An Emulsion of the Seeds does the same The Juice of the Herb and of the green Seed cures Pains and Obstructions of the Ears 'T is suppos'd by some that it extinguishes Venery but the Persians use it now-a-days fried and mix'd with Salt to provoke the same The Oyl of the Seeds mix'd with a little Wax is excellent to take out the Pain and Fire in Burns Galen reckons that the Virtues of Hemlock and Hemp are much the same Common Hemp-Agrimonr in Latin Eupatorium cannabinum The Root grows awry and has large whitish Fibres The Stalk is five or six Foot high streight round has Cotton on it and is purplish and full of white Pith it has an Aromatick Smell when it is cut and has many Wings There are many Leaves upon the Stalks three upon one Foot-stalk something like the Leaves of Hemp oblong pointed and indented about the Edges and of a bitter Taste The Flowers are placed on tufts compos'd of five or six small purple Flowers The Seeds when ripe fly away with the Down It grows on the Banks of Rivers and Brooks and near Standing-waters It flowers in July 'T is Epatick and Vulnerary 'T is chiefly used for an ill Habit of Body for Catarrhs and Coughs for Obstructions of Urine and the Courses It cures the Jaundice Take of the Leaves of Hemp Agrimony Hart's-tongue Speed-well Colt's-foot Mouse-ear and Sanicle each one Handful of the Roots of Madder and Charvil each one Ounce of Barley half an Ounce of Red Vetches half an Ounce of Raisins of the Sun one Ounce and an half boyl them in two Quarts of Fountain-water till half is consum'd sweeten it with Hony This is used in an Empyema Common Hen-bane in Latin Hyoscyamus vulgaris 'T is easily known by its stinking Smell The Leaves are soft downy fat and cut deep about the edges and are plac'd disorderly upon the Stalks which are two Foot high branchy thick and cover'd with a thick Down The Flowers scarce appear above the Husk they end in five round Points they grow one above another are of a dull yellow Colour somewhat pale towards the Edges they have many purplish Veins The Seed is of a greyish Colour and contain'd in an hard close Husk The Root is thick wrinkly white within and brown without and doth not stink so much as the Leaves It grows near most High-ways in untill'd Grounds amongst Rubbish and on fat Earth It cools and mollifies very much It disposes to Sleep eases Pain and mitigates Acrimony 'T is good for hot and sharp Defluxions of the Eyes It stops Eruptions of Blood and Overflowing of the Courses 'T is applied for Inflammation of the Testicles and other Parts Take of the Seeds of Hen-bane and White-Poppy each two Drams Conserve of Red Roses two Ounces make an Electuary Take the quantity of a Nutmeg This stops any Hemorrhage Take of the Seeds of Henbane and White-Poppy each half a Dram of Sugar of Roses three Drams of Syrup of Comfrey a sufficient quantity make an Electuary Take the quantity of a small Nutmeg drinking upon it a Draught of Tincture of Roses This is good for Bleeding at the Nose and Spitting of Blood Herb-Robert in Latin Geranium Robertianum It grows commonly in Hedges It has a small Root The Stalks are sometimes nine Inches sometimes two Foot high they are hairy knotted reddish especially about the Joints they branch out The Leaves come partly from the Root and partly from the Joints they are hairy and are plac'd on reddish hairy Foot-stalks and are divided almost like the Leaves of Feverfew they smell like Parsnips when they are rub'd and taste astringent The Flowers are purple and consist of five Leaves they come from a Cup that is hairy of a deep red Colour and divided into five Parts The Beaks are sharp-pointed 'T is Vulnerary Inwardly taken or outwardly applied it stops Fluxes of Blood and resolves coagulated Blood It cleanses Wounds and Ulcers It expels Gravel and cures Cholical Pains 'T is also commended for Ruptures 'T is used outwardly in an Erisipelas and for Ulcers of the Mouth and Paps Country-people make a Decoction of it for Cattle when they void Blood by Urine Holly in Latin Agrifolium The Berries are useful in the Cholick for they purge gross and pituitous Humours by Stool ten or twelve being taken at a time This Tree is fittest to make Arbours in the Northern Parts especially for it will endure Cold very well it continues always green is very pleasant to the Sight and will bear Sheering It grows very slowly so that it will not be injurious to a Garden either by reason of its Luxuriant Branches
the Bark on gently move the Belly two or three being taken at Bed-time The Tree tap'd in the Spring yields a great quantity of Liquor but it is not so pleasant as that of the Birch-tree 'T is said to be peculiarly proper for Obstructions of the Courses The Nuts being infus'd in Water till the Skin of the Kernels comes off then infuse them two Days in Aqua vitae Take two or three of them daily in the Morning fasting for ten Days before the usual time of their Flowing The Oyl of the Nut mix'd with Oyl of Almonds is excellent in the Stone two or three Ounces of it may be taken inwardly at a time See Mr. Boyl of Specifick Remedies pag. 163. Wall-flower in Latin Leucoium luteum It grows every where on Walls The Flowers are cordial and good for the Nerves They ease Pain provoke the Courses expel the Secundine and a dead Child The Conserve of the Flowers the distil'd Water and the Oyl made of the Flowers by Infusion are in use for Apoplexies and Palsies The Oyl is very Anodine in Wounds and Inflammations of the Nervous Parts Way-faring-tree in Latin Viburnum It sometimes spreads much tho' it is not high The Wood of it is fungous and pithy The Branches are about a Finger thick and four Foot long or longer The Bark is of a dark-gray Colour but the Bark of the Branches is whitish The Leaves are somewhat like the Leaves of the Alder they are broad longish and thickish and indented about the Edges they are hairy and white like Meal especially below The Flowers are placed in Umbels and smell like the Flowers of Elder they are white and consist of five Leaves The Berries are first green then red and lastly black they are sweet and clammy Some Country-people eat them It grows commonly in Hedges The Leaves and Berries are dry and astringent They are used for Inflammations of the Throat and Almonds and for the Relaxation of the Vvula and to settle the Teeth when they are loose and also for Fluxes of the Belly A Decoction of the Leaves makes the Hairs black and prevents their falling Wheat in Latin Triticum The Juice of it is good to take off Spots The Flower mix'd with Bean-shell-water takes out Wrinkles from the Face A Cataplasm made with Water and Oyl and the Flower takes off the Hardness of the Breast and ripens Swellings The Bran cleanses the Hands and makes them soft and white Common Whitlow-grass in Latin Paronychia vulgaris It has a small fibrous Root and many Leaves that lie on the Ground they are scarce an Inch long they are pointed hairy sometimes green sometimes reddish and a little indented and taste somewhat astringent at first afterwards acrid It has sometimes one sometimes two or three Stalks or more they are round and about an Hand high and sometimes not so much they have no Leaves on them but they have many little white Flowers which consist of four Leaves they have small flat Pouches It grows on Walls and Houses Rue Whitlow-grass infus'd in Small Beer and drank for some Days cures King's-Evil-Swellings without any sensible Evacuation See Mr. Boyl of Specifick Remedies pag. 155. Take of Whitlow-grass half an Handful fry it with Flower and an Egg Take it in a Morning fasting for two Days This cures the Whites Winter-cherry in Latin Alkekengi The Berries are Diuretick Nephritick and Lithontriptick They are also good for the Jaundice they may be either infus'd in Wine or boylâ—d in Posset-drink or powder'd and taken in any Liquor One that took eight of the Cherries every Change of the Moon was cured of the Gout tho' before he was miserably afflicted with it Take of Chios-Turpentine two Drams of the Balsam of Tolu half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Troches of Alkakengi make Midling Pills Take four at Bed-time These Pills are good for the Stone in the Kidnies Winter-green in Latin Pyrola Five or six of its Leaves lie on the Ground they are like the Leaves of a Pear they are thick of a dark Green smooth and shining above The Foot-stalks are near an Hand long The Stalk is nine Inches high and angled and has on it some small sharp Leaves and a Spike of fine white Flowers consisting of five Leaves The whole Plant tastes bitter It grows in the North near Halifax 'T is an excellent Vulnerary Herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied Woodroof in Latin Asperula 'T is divided into many Joints The Root is small and creeps on the top of the Earth sending down Capillary Fibres The Stalks are small four-square an Hand or nine Inches high The Leaves are placed on the Joints like those of Madder they are larger than Cleaver-leaves and of a lighter Green they shine a little and are a little hairy The Stalk is divided at the top into two or three Branches upon which the Foot-stalks sustain the little Flowers that smell sweet and are compos'd of four small Leaves The Seeds are small and very hairy and in shape like a Kidny they stick to the Clothes as the Seeds of Clevers do It grows in hilly Woods and among Bushes It flowers in May. 'T is used for Obstructions of the Liver and Gall-bladder and to cool an hot Liver It procures Mirth as they say being put into Wine and gives it a pleasant Taste for which Reason 't is frequently used among the Germans Common Wormwood in Latin Absinthium vulgare It strengthens the Stomach and Liver excites Appetite opens Obstructions and cures Diseases that are occasion'd by them as the Jaundice Dropsie and the like 'T is good in long putrid Fevers it carries off vitious Humours by Urine it expels Worms from the Bowels and preserves Clothes from Moths The Juice the distill'd Water the Syrup the fixed Salt and the Oyl of it are used but the Wine or Beer seems to be the best It strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite opens Obstructions and provokes Urine The Simple Water is more Languid and of less Virtue The fixed Salt if it be wholly separated from the other Parts by the force of the Fire differs nothing in my Opinion neither in Taste nor Virtue from the Fixed Salt of any other Plant. A Scruple or half a Dram of the Salt according to the Strength and Age of the Sick taken in a Spoonful of the Juice of Limon scarce ever fails to cure Vomiting Green Wormwood bruis'd and mix'd with Lard and applied cures Tumors of the Kernels of the Throat and the Quinsie THE Exotick or Foreign PHYSICAL PLANTS AC ACacia It grows in Egypt The Juice of it press'd from the Cods before they are ripe or from the Flowers or Leaves is used to strengthen the Eyes and to take off the Inflammation of them and to cure Ulcers of the Mouth and Ears and for Chaps of the Lips The Juice reduc'd to a Powder after it has been wash'd in a Decoction made with the Juice or the Leaves or Flowers and sprinkl'd on
vomited up This little Tree grows only in that part of Arabia Foelix which is situated betwixt the Tropicks And the Arabians take such Care that it should not be planted any where else that they destroy the Vegetative Virtue of the Seed either by boyling or burning it before they will part with it out of their Hands And they are much in the right for they get infinite Treasure by this one Commodity Upon which Account at least it may be called Arabia Foelix No one can imagine how many Thousand Bushels of it are exported yearly 'T is frequently used through all the Provinces of the Turkish Empire Vestingius says there are some Thousands of Coffee-houses in Grand Cayre And it is as commonly used in Africa and Barbery and lately in Europe Certainly in England the King hath a great Revenue by it for I believe there may be now as many Coffee-houses in London as in Grand Cayre Besides in other Parts of England there is scarce a Town of Note but hath one or more Coffee-houses in it Coloquintida in Latin Colocynthis 'T is a violent Medicine It purges thick and glutinous Flegm and other Humours from the remotest parts of the Body as from the Head Nerves Joints and the like for which reason it is commended and is used successfully for inveterate Head-aches an Apoplexy Falling-sickness Vertigo Asthma Cough cold Diseases of the Joints Flatulent Cholicks a Dropsie and the like But before it is used it ought to be well powder'd and fat and Lubricating things ought to be mix'd with it to attemperate the Acrimony of it 'T is an Ingredient of the Pill Cochiae majores and minores and of the Pill Rudii of the Pill Eduobus and of the Fetid Pill and of the Pill of Hermodactils and of some others The Troches of Alhandel are made of it in the following manner Take of the Pulp of Coloquintida that is white and smooth and freed from the Seeds and cut small and well rub'd with Oyl of Sweet Almonds and at two Days end finely powder'd ten Ounces of the Gums Arabeck Tragacanth and Bdellium each six Drams infuse the Gums for three or four Days in a sufficient quantity of Rose-water till they are quite melted and then with the said Pulp and part of the Musilage of the Gums make Troches which must be dried in the Shade and made up again with the rest of the Musilage Contrayerva in Latin Drakena radix The Root of it is Alexipharmick The Powder of it is an excellent Remedy against all Poysons except Sublimate It expels Worms and cures Agues Clusius gave it the Name of Drakena because Sir Francis Drake gave it him Take of the Powder of the Roots of Contrayerna Virginian-Snakeweed and Butter-bur each one Dram of Cochinelle and Saffron each half a Dram mingle them and make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram in a convenient Vehicle This is a sweating Medicine and is proper to expel Malignity Coral in Latin Corallium 'T is of a stony dense Substance and looks very fine when it is polish'd 'T is commonly believ'd that it is soft when it is under Water but that is a vulgar Error for those who fish for it say that it is as hard and stony under Water as it is above only it is cover'd with a soft Mossy Bark It hath an astringent Virtue especially when it is burnt and reduc'd to a Powder It stops all Fluxes of the Belly and of the Womb and the Running of the Reins but whether it comforts the Heart or prevents Children's Convulsions as 't is said is uncertain 'T is used outwardly for Ulcers which it incarns 'T is also used to clear the Sight Nurses in England hang it about Children's Necks to promote Cutting of the Teeth for by reason it is soft and cold Children love to have their Gums rub'd with it and so the Eruption of the Teeth is render'd more easie But we do not believe it doth conduce any thing by an occult Quality to the easie Breeding or Cutting of the Teeth Tincture of Coral is much commended in Pestilential Fevers Coral is prepar'd by grinding it on a Marble to a fine Powder and this is called prepar'd Coral 'T is used for the Bloody-Flux a Loosness the Flux of the Hemorrhoids and the Courses and for all other Distempers that are occasion'd by an Acrimony of Humors this being an Alcali that destroys it The Dose is from ten Grains to a Dram in Knot-grass-water or some other proper Liquor Dissolution of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of Coral ground fine on a Marble put it into a large Matrass and pour upon it as much distill'd Vinegar as will rise the breadth of four Fingers above the Matter there will happen a great Effervescency which being over set it in Digestion in warm Sand for two Days stirring the Matrass from time to time leave the Coral to settle at bottom and decant the clear Liquor into a Bottle Pour again so much distill'd Vinegar on the Remainder as before and leave it two Days in Digestion separate the clear Liquor and continue to add more distill'd Vinegar and to draw off the Impregnation until all the Coral is in a manner dissolv'd then mix your Dissolutions and pour them into a Glass-Cucurbite or else into an Earthen one evapotate in Sand two thirds of the Liquor or till there appears upon it a very fine Skin filtrate this Impregnation and keep it in order to make the Salt and Majestery as I shall shew by and by The Dissolution may be given for the same Purposes as the Salt The Dose is from ten to twenty Drops in some proper Liquor Red Coral is generally used because it is thought to have more Virtue than the rest Majestery of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Impregnation of Coral made with distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Viol or Matrass and drop into it the Liquor of the Salt of Tartar made per Deliquium a Curd will appear which will precipitate to the bottom in a very white Powder decant the clear Liquor and wash your Powder five or six times with Water dry it It is that which is called the Majestery of Coral Great Virtues are attributed to it It fortifies the Heart resists Poyson stops the Bloody-Flux and all other Hemorrhagies The Dose is from ten to thirty Grains in some proper Liquor Salt of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Dissolution of Coral made of distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Glass-Cucurbite or Earthen Pan and evaporate in Sand all the Moisture there will remain at hottom a Salt of Coral keep it in a Viol well stopped 'T is given for the same Reason as the Majestery is The Dose of it is less being from five to fifteen Grains Simple Syrup of Coral of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Red Coral four
them all according to Art and then add to each Pound of this Confection two Ounces of Venice-Treacle and Mithridate This is the Orvictan so much cried up by some G. GAlangal in Latin Galanga major The Root of it is good in all Cases wherein Ginger is used and it is wont to be candied like Ginger It provokes Appetite as Capers and Olives do The fresh Root of either of them cut into Slices is boyl'd with Flesh and Fish for the same purpose 'T is also eaten raw with Oyl Salt and Vinegar with Fish and Flesh to help Concoction 'T is used in the cold Diseases of Men and Beasts 'T is Cephalick Cardiack and Stomachick It strengthens the Stomach and takes off Sowr Belching Being chew'd in the Mouth it discusses Wind and cures a Stinking Breath It does good in the Cholick heats the Reins and provokes Venery Candied with Sugar it is good for cold Diseases of the Head and Nerves It cures the Head-ach and eases the Pain of the Limbs 'T is good for the Palpitation of the Heart used with the Juice of Plantane The Powder of it taken in good Wine or Balm-water or in the Juice of Borrage cures Fainting proceeding from a cold Cause The Germans use to give it to those that are about to be Let Blood to chew it in their Mouths to prevent Fainting It grows spontaneously in Malabar and Java Galbanum 'T is a fat Juice but cannot be dissolv'd with Oyl in Water it may 'T is of a middle Nature betwixt a Gum and a Resin for it will burn like Resin and dissolve in Water like a Gum. 'T is of a yellow Colour and of a soft Substance like Wax It tastes bitterish and acrid and smells very strong The chief use of it is to mollifie and digest 'T is used inwardly to provoke the Courses to hasten Delivery to expel the Secundine and a dead Child 'T is also outwardly used in Child-bearing for the Courses for Mother-fits and for Giddiness The Fume of it is good in the Falling-sickness for Mother-fits and for Fainting and the like 'T is said by some of the Ancients that he that washes his Hands with a Solution of it may safely handle Serpents But the Truth of it may be well doubted Take of Galbanum and choice Myrrh each one Dram and an half of Castor sixteen Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Balsam of Peru Make twelve Pills of each Dram Give three at Bed-time drinking upon them three or four Spoonfuls of Compound-Briony-water Continue the use of these Pills thirty Days These Pills are very proper in Hysterick Diseases Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams Tacamahaca two Drams mingle them make a Plaster to be applied to the Navel This Plaster is very proper in Hysterick Diseases 'T is an Ingredient of several Plasters of the London-Dispensatory as of the Plaster of Ammoniacum Barbarum Magnum of the Plaster of Cinnabar and of the Compound Diachylon of the Plaster of Mucilages of the Divine Plaster and some others The way to purifie it is to dissolve it in Vinegar then passing it through a Cloth all the Moisture is to be evaporated away over the Fire By this means it is cleans'd indeed from Straws and some other Impurities that are contain'd in it But then part of its Volatile Spirits is evaporated at the same time and in them consists its greatest Virtue while some others are fix'd by the Acid which always hinders the Motion of Volatiles Wherefore I would never advise this Purification I had rather after chusing it as clean as may be only powder it in a Mortar to mix it with what may be thought fit for tho' there should be some little Straws in it they would never be able to alter the nature of the Remedy or diminish its Virtue so much as does the Destruction of its Volatile Salts by the Vinegar But because it is too moist to be powder'd you must first cut it into little Slices and dry it in the Sun 'T is a Tear of the Herb called Faerula Common Great Gentian in Latin Gentiana major The Root of it which is chiefly used is Alexipharmick 'T is used in the Plague and other Contagious Diseases for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and the like 'T is good for a Dropsie Mother-fits Weakness of the Stomach the Worms Agues and for the Biting of a Mad Dog 'T is frequently used outwardly to dilate Ulcers and to make Issues run The Compound-water of Gentian of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Gentian cut one Pound and an half of the Leaves and Flowers of the Lesser Centory each four Ounces infuse them for the space of eight Days in six Quarts of White-wine and then distil them in B. M. This Water is a good Preservative against Ill Air and and Contagious Diseases It opens Obstructions of the Liver strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and helps Digestion 'T is good for the Jaundice and opens Women's Obstructions The Extract of Gentian is also much in use The Root powder'd and made into an Electuary with Conserve of Orange-peels and Conserve of Hips strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and expels Wind and helps Concoction Ginger in Latin Zinziber It grows in all the Provinces of India 'T is candied green in India and is good for Old People and such as are cold and flegmatick and for such whose Stomachs do not concoct well especially when it is fresh candied 'T is also good for Viscid Flegm of the Lungs The Indians use the Leaves of Ginger in Broths and for the Kitchin They also use the Roots of it green with Oyl and Salt mix'd with other Herbs Fresh Ginger is reckon'd by them an excellent Remedy for Cholical Pains and for the Caeliack and Lientaerick Passions 'T is also good for long Diarrhaea's proceeding from Cold and also for Wind and the Gripes and the like But it is to be noted that they who are of a hot Constitution ought not to use it whether they are sick or well for it inflames the Blood and opens the Orifices of the Veins But Ginger and Pepper are more used in the Kitchin than in Physick 'T is mix'd with purging Medicines that are strong to correct them It cleanses the Lungs and Stomach strengthens the Brain and clears the Sight when it is dulled by moisture It strengthens the Stomach and is mix'd with Antidotes 'T is an Ingredient in the Cardiack Syrup of the Cardiack Julep of the London-Dispensatory Goards in Latin Curcurbitae It quenches Thirst provokes Urine lessens Seed and extinguishes Venery 'T is used in Meats prepar'd in the following manner They boyl the inner and white Substance with the unripe and soft Seeds afterwards they cut them small with Onions and boyl them with Salt and Butter and then they are much like Headed Cabbage cut and boyl'd They are very good for lean People The Italians cut
of strong Cinnamon-water and soon after if the Vomiting be stop'd let him take the Jesuit's-powder For Infants whose tender Age can scarce bear this Remedy in any other Form at least so much of it as may be sufficient to cure the Disease I prescribe the following Julap Take of Black-Cherry-water and Rhenish-wine each two Ounces of the Jesuit's-powder three Drams of Syrup of July-flowers one Ounce mingle them and make a Julap give a Spoonful or two according to the Age of the Child every fourth Hour till the Disease is cured dropping into every other Dose if there be a Loosness a Drop or two of Liquid Laudanum As to Diet let the Sick eat and drink what his Stomach craves Summer-Fruits and cold Liquors only excepted and let him drink Wine moderately for his ordinary Drink by which alone I have recover'd some whose Bodies by reason of the frequent Returns of the Ague have always eluded the Salutiferous Virtue of the Bark The Disease being taken off all manner of Evacuations are carefully to be avoided for the gentlest Purge nay a Clyster only of Milk and Sugar will be apt to occasion a Relapse But this excellent Bark does not only cure Agues 't is also frequently used by the best Physicians for Continual Fevers in the Gout and for Hysterick Diseases and the Fever that accompanies Consumptions commonly called the Hectick Fever the Bark being given in Infusion and sweeten'd with Syrup of Rasberries But if with an Hectick Fever the Consumptive Patient be also afflicted with a Loosness which commonly ends the Tragedy the following Pills are of excellent use Take of the Lemnian Earth half a Scruple of Bole-Armoniack twelve Grains of the Pill de Stirace one Dram and an half of the Jesuit's-powder half an Ounce of Syrup of July-flowers a sufficient quantity make fourscore Pills let him take five every six Hours during the Loosness dringing upon them seven Spoonfuls of the following Julap Take of the Aqua-lactis Alexiteria twelve Ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated three Ounces of Dr. Stephens's Water and Epidemick-water each two Ounces of Diacodium three Ounces The following Medicine is commended for a Consumption Take of the Peruvian Bark one Ounce of the Balsam of Tolu three Drams of Cochinel one Scruple boyl them in a Pint of Carduus Benedictus-water strain it and add of Syrup of Rasberries and Epidemick-water each two Ounces Take four Spoonfuls twice a Day Some adp to the Infusion of this Bark the Lesser Centory Wormwood Charvil Juniper-berries the Bark of the Alder-tree Saxifrage Salt of Tartar and divers other Ingredients but the Basis of all is the Peruvian Bark the rest of the Ingredients do no great Good Tincture of the Peruvian Bark is made in the following manner Put into a Bolt-head four Ounces of good Bark grosly powder'd pour upon it Spirit of Wine four Fingers high above the Matter fit to it another Matrass in order to make a double Vessel lute well the Junctures and place your Vessel to digest in Horse-dung or in a Vaporous Bath four Days stir it from time to time the Spirit of Wine will load it self with a Red Colour unlute the Vessels filtrate the Tincture through Brown Paper and keep it in a Viol well stopped 'T is a Febrifuge to be given in Agues three or four times a Day after the Fit and to be continued for a Fortnight The Dose is from ten Drops to a Dram in some proper Liquor as in Centory-water Juniper Wormwood-Water or Wine If you put new Spirit of Wine to the Matter which remains in the Matrass and set it in Digestion as before you will draw more Tincture but it will not be so strong as the other wherefore you must give it in a larger Dose Extract of Peruvian Bark is made in the following manner Put to infuse warm twenty four Hours eight Ounces of Peruvian Bark in a sufficient quantity of distill'd Water of Nuts afterwards boyl the Infusion gently and strain it make a strong Expression of the Residence put it to infuse in new Water of Nuts boyl it and strain it as before mix together what you have strain'd let them settle and decant the clear Liquor and evaporate it in a Glass or Earthen Vessel set in a Sand-heat unto the Consistence of thick Hony It has the same Virtues as the former The Dose is from twelve Grains to half a Dram in Pills or dissolv'd in Wine Sir Robert Tabar was the first that found out the true Dose or Quantity of it for curing Agues for he did not stand upon Scruples but gave Drams and Ounces of it and so it answer'd his End and render'd him and the Bark famous Being once requir'd by some Physicians to desine what an Ague was he answer'd That an Ague was a Disease that he could cure and they could not 'T is to be noted that the Bark when it is old is as effectual to cure Agues as when it is fresh and in one respect much better for the Purgative Quality which is observ'd to be in the fresh Bark goes off in time Spon in his Book of Observations Sur les Fievres les Febrifuges says That by diligent Search he had found that the Peruvian Bark did not come from the Trunk or Branches but from the Root for he had tried some of the Bark of the Trunk and Branches that was sent to him and it was not at all bitter Which Observation may be of some use to those in our World who endeavour to find a Succedaneum for it I says he have made some Trials in this Matter The Bark of the Root of the Peach-tree is very rough and a little bitter upon which Account it is undoubtedly very proper for a Loosness The Bark of the Roots of the Ash is also rough and pungently acrid by reason of abundance of Salt contain'd in it which gives it its Febrifuge Virtue Lastly The Bark of the Roots of the Black-Cherry-tree is rough and bitter and therefore the Powder of it given in a Quartan-Ague lessens the Fits but does not quite take them off Yet says he I do not question but that it will cure Fevers being given orderly and in a due quantity Florentine Iris in Latin Iris Florentina The Root of it hang'd in Wine or Beer keeps the Beer sweet and imparts a pleasant Smell to the Wine and makes it taste as if Rasberries were mix'd with it 'T is also much used by Bakers to make Leaven for Wheaten Bread Many Virtues are attributed by Ancient and Modern Authors to this Plant. 'T is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Lungs for a Cough Asthma Obstructions of the Courses and for Children's Gripes Outwardly used with Hellebore and Hony it cleanses the Skin from Spots 'T is frequently used in Sweet Powders for the Hair 'T is also good for the Dropsie and the Jaundice it purges Water powerfully The Juice of the Root is given for this purpose from half an Ounce to an Ounce and an
that is dry 107 Tooth-ach 10. 23. 110 Throat sore 160 Trembling of the Limbs 243 Troches of Agarick 196 Troches of Alhandal 245 Troches of Myrrh 301 Tumours to discuss 343 Tumours to ease them 13 Tumours to eat them down 56 Tumours of the Hands and Feet that itch 140 Tumours inward 50 Tumours Oedematous 214 Tumours to ripen them 65 118. 121 Tumours Scrophelous 148 188 V. VEnomous Creatures to drive away 86 Venery to provoke 11. 17 Vinegar of Roses 159 Vinegar of Squills 331 Viscous Humours to expectorate them 55 Vlcers 26. 30. 35. 51 175 Vlcers putrid 22. 183 Vlcers hot 50 Vlcers malignant 34 Vlcers of the Lungs 50. 93 322 Vlcers corroding 51. 182 Vlcers of the Bladder 62 273 Vlcers of the Paps 102 Vlcers of the Mouth 102 237 Vlcers of the Reins 105 273 Vlcers Fistulous 106 Vlcers of the Matrix ibid. Vlcers of the Vrinary Passages 107 Vlcers that are Cancerous 113 Vlcers Pocky in the Fundament 166 Vlcers of the Privy Parts 196 Vlcers to dilate them 262 Vlcers painful in the Fundament 276 Vlcers that are Gangrenous 280 Vlcers to cicatrize them 318 Vlcers to keep them open 330 Volatile Salt like that of Hart's-horn and endued with the same Virtues 73 Vomits 11. 183. 332 Vomiting to stop 19. 21. 23 130. 299 Vomiting Blood 112. 150 Vrine Involuntary 3. 149 252 Vrine to provoke it 4. 11 12. 16. 30. 33. 38. 136 156 Vrine Heat of it 13. 24 127. 118 Vrine the Passages to cleanse 295 Vrine bloody 20 Vvula fallen 191 Swellings of the Vvula 185 316 W. WArts 20. 34. 56. Watching 209 Water-Gruel 141 Weariness to remove 3 Whites 8. 47 Wind how to expel 16. 38 143. 209 Wind in the Stomach 77 Wind Hypochondriack 96 Wine how to make it taste pleasantly 13 Wine to colour it 22 Worms to kill 17. 52. 80 164. 312 Wound-Herbs 1. 51. 148 163. 168 Wounds 10. 26. 258. Wounds to cleanse them 88 Wounds with Fluxion 184 Wounds of the Head 274 Wounds to heal them 33 49. 169 Wounds inward 114 FINIS ADVERTISEMENT EExellent Purging Pills prepar'd by the Author are to be sold by Mr. Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard They cure the Scurvy the most reigning Disease of this Kingdom They purge the Head Breast Stomach and Reins and cleanse the Blood and are a very proper Purge for those that cannot confine themselves when they want Purging but are forc'd to go abroad about their Business The Price of each Box is 1 s. 6 d. With Directions for Use Books printed for Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard COllections of Acute Diseases in five Parts 1. Of the Small Pox and Measles 2. Of the Plague and Pestilential Fevers 3. Of Continual Fevers 4. Of Agues a Pleurisie Peripneumonia Quinsie and the Cholera Morbus 5ly and Lastly Of the Bloody-Flux Miscarriage of Acute Diseases of Women with Child a Rheumatism Bleeding at Nose Apoplexy Lethargy and several other Diseases A Collection of Chronical Diseases viz. the Cholick the Bilious Cholick Hysterick Diseases the Gout and the Bloody Urine from the Stone in the Kidnies Promptuarium Praxeos Medicae seu Methodus Medendi praescriptis Celeberrimorum Medicorum Londinensium concinnata Et in Ordinem Alphabeticum digesta All Three published by the Author of this Herbal The General History of the Reformation of the Church written in Latin by John Sleidan faithfully Englished To which is added A Continuation to the End of the Council of Trent By E. Bohun Esq In Folio Pains afflicting Humane Bodies Their various Difference Causes Parts affected Signals of Danger or Safety shewing the Tendency of Chronick and Acute Diseases for a seasonable Prevention of fatal Events With a Tract of Issues and Setons By E. Maynwaring M. D. Octavo Pia Desideria or Divine Addresses In Three Parts 1. Sighs of the Penitent Soul 2. Desires of the Religious Soul 3. Extasies of the Enamour'd Soul Illustrated with 47 Cuts Written in Latin by Herm. Hugo English'd by Edm. Arwaker Octavo The Art of Catechizing or The Compleat Catechist In Four Parts 1. The Church-Catechism resolv'd into easie Questions 2. An Exposition of it in a continued full and plain Discourse 3. The Church-Catechism resolv'd into Scripture-Proofs 4. The whole Duty of Man reduced into Questions Fitted for the meanest Capacities the weakest Memories the plaintest Teachers and the most uninstructed Learners Lately published Country-Conversations Being an Account of some Discourses that happen'd in a Visit to the Country last Summer on divers Subjects chiefly of the Modern Comedies of Drinking of Translated Verse of Painting and Painters of Poets and Poetry