the Branches is of a brownish Colour and spotted and yellowish within and tastes bitter and unpleasant The Wood is white and full of Pith The Leaves are broad round and nervous and somewhat like the Leaves of the Hasel-tree they are indented green shining and clammy It bears short brown Aglets like the Beech or Birch-tree It grows near Water The green Leaves of this Tree applied to Tumours discusses them and takes off Inflammations Being put into Travellers Shooes they ease Pain and remove Weariness A black Colour like Ink is made with the Bark of Alder rubb'd off with a rusty Iron and infus'd in Water for some Days Some use it to dye Black Alder in Latin Alnus nigra baccifera 'T is a small Tree which sends forth many streight Twigs from the Roots about three Yards high of the thickness of the Thumb divided into tender Branches The outward Bark is brown but sprinkled with Sky-colour'd Spots which being taken off another appears of a Saffron-colour The Substance of the Wood is clear and easily broken nigh the middle 't is brownish and has a great deal of Pith. The Leaves are somewhat round and end in an obtuse Point and are of a shining dark-green Colour The Flowers are small and palish The Berries are first green then red and at last black and of an unpleasant Taste 'T is often found in moist woody Places The yellow and middle Bark beaten with Vinegar cures the Itch in a few Days The inward Bark especially of the Root purges Watery Humours for which Reason 't is good in a Dropsie But it ought to be dried in the Shade because when it is green it occasions Vomiting And the Decoction of it ought to stand two or three Days before 't is used Alexanders in Latin Hippocelinum It has a thick Root that is white within it smells sweet and tastes acrid and somewhat bitter The Stalk is above a Yard high full branchy channell'd and somewhat red The Leaves are larger than the Leaves of Marsh-Smallage and the Pieces rounder They are of a deep Green they taste sweetish and like Garden-Smallage It has Tufts or Umbels of white Flowers The Seed is thick black and channell'd 'T is frequently used in Broths in the Spring-time to cleanse the Blood and strengthen the Stomach The Root pickled is a good Sauce Half a Dram of the Seeds powder'd and taken in White-wine provokes Urine Angelica in Latin Angelica The Herb it self but especially the Root and Seed are hot and dry It opens and attenuates and is Sudorifick and Vulnerary It moves the Courses hastens Delivery is good for Mother-fits and in malignant Diseases and for the Plague and it expels Poison The Root of it is allow'd by all Physicians to be very cordial and Alexipharmick For Preservation against the Plague the Root infus'd in Vinegar is to be held frequently to the Nose or chew'd in the Mouth For the Cure Take one Dram of the Powder of the Root alone or half a Dram mix'd with a Dram of Venice-Treacle every sixth Hour to provoke Sweat The Root or the Stalks candied are reckon'd very good being eaten in a Morning to prevent Infection They are also useful in cold Diseases of the Lungs and take off a stinking Breath Lozenges to be held in the Mouth in the Plague-time Take of the Extract of the Roots of Angelica and Contra-yerva each one Ounce of Extract of Liquorish three Drams of Flowers of Sulphure sublim'd with Mirrh five Drams of Oyl of Cinnamon eight Drops of fine Sugar twice the weight of all the Ingredients with the Mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth made in Scordium water make Lozenges See Dr. Hodges for the Prevention of the Plague in his Book of the London-Pestilence p. 231. Apple-tree in Latin Malus The English Apples being accounted the best in Europe I will mention particularly those that are most esteem'd amongst us First Those that are soon ripe and soon decay The Gineting the Margaret or Magdalene the King-Apple the Aromatick or Golden-Russeting the Flax-Apple the Spice-Apple the Summer-Queening the Gono-farther or Cat's-head the Good-Housewife or Bontradue the Giant-Apple the Pome-water the Summer-Pearmain the Kirton-Pippin or Holland-Pippin 't is called Broad-eye in Sussex the Orange-Apple the Summer-Belleboon the Paradise-Apple the Famagusta the Codling the Costard-Apple the Sops-in-Wine Secondly Winter-Apples and such as last long The Winter-Queening the Quince-Apple the Winter-Pearmain the Nonesuch the the Pealing the Leather-Coat the Winter-John the Pome-Roy the Lording the Julyflower-Apple the Pear-Apple the Greening Lones-Pearmain the Green-Russeting the Red-Russeting the Winter-Fillet or Violet the Winter-Belle or Bonne the Oaken-Pin the John-Apple or Deux Ans the Westbury the Winter-Reed the Flower of Kent the Winter-Chesnut the Maligar-Apple the Short-Tart the Pelmell the Thrift the Winter-Clary the Fig-Apple Thirdly The Apples that are best for making Cyder The Redstreak the Bromsberry-Crab the Golden-Pippin the Gennet-moil the Westbury-Apple the White and Red Mast-Apples the John-Apple the Vnder-Leaf the Winter-Fillet Elliots Stocken-Apple Bitter-Scale Claret-Wine-Apple Arrier-Apple Richards or Grange-Apple Coling-Apple Olive-Apple Fox-Whelp Pippins and Pearmains mix'd the Gilliflower The Vertues of Apples are various according to the different Tastes of them Those that are sowre and harsh are astringent and therefore are good in Fluxes of the Belly And when they are roasted they are proper Food for those that have Fevers Sweet Apples are somewhat hot and loosening Such as are a little acid are agreeable to the Stomach and chear the Heart Rotten Apples take off Inflammations and Swellings of the Eyes The Core of an Apple cut out and a Dram of Frankincense put in and roasted with the Apple and eaten opens Obstructions of the Lungs and is good for Difficulty of Breathing The same applied outwardly to the Side eases the Pain of it 'T is best to eat Apples two or three Hours after Meals The Altering Syrup of Apples Take of the Juice of fragrant Pippins two Quarts of the Leaves of Garden and Wild-Bugloss of the Flowers of Violets each one Pound boyl them in B. M. and clarifie them add seven Pounds of fine Sugar and a Pint of rose-Rose-water boyl them to a Syrup One Ounce of this Syrup taken Morning and Evening is good for melancholy People The Purging Syrup of Apples Take of the Juice and Water of fragrant Pippins each one Pint and an half of the Juice and Water of Borage and Bugloss each nine Ounces of the Leaves of Oriental Sena half a Pound of Anise and Fennel-seeds each three Drams of Dodder of Crete two Ounces of White Agarick and the best Rubarb each half an Ounce of Ginger and Mace each four Scruples of Cinnamon two Scruples of Saffron half a Dram Infuse the Rubarb with the Cinnamon a-part in White-Wine and Juice of Apples each two Ounces Infuse the rest of the Ingredients except the Saffron in the Waters above-mentioned the next Day pour on the Juices and put them on a gentle Fire take off the Scum and
the Alps which is a Specifick for this Disease and therefore we need not charge Children so strictly not to eat them They do indeed occasion Children's Heads to be scabby but it is because they eat immoderately of them And so any other Fruit would produce the same Effect A pleasant and generous Wine may be made of the Juice of the Berries press'd out and fermented with a little Sugar A Syrup made of the Juice is very good for Heat of Urine 'T is most commonly prescrib'd in Gargarisms to cure Sore Mouths Take of Bramble-tops of the Leaves of Columbine Cyprus and Sage each one Handful boyl them in two Quarts of Water wherein Iron has been quench'd till one is consum'd Add Allum one Dram and an half Hony of Roses one Ounce Make a Gargarism wherewith wash the Mouth often in a Day White Briony in Latin Brionia alba The Root is as thick as ones Arm white and fungous of a bitter and acâ—id Taste It sends forth pliant Twigs channell'd and somewhat hairy which spread themselves far and wide by the help of their Tendrels and climb up every thing that is near The Leaves are like Ivy-leaves but larger they are hairy and green The Flowers joyn'd together come out of the Wings of the Leaves and are of a whitish Colour It grows frequently in Hedges It purges strongly Watery and Phlegmatick Humours 'T is proper for the Diseases of the Spleen Liver and Womb for it opens the Obstructions of those Parts It drains the Water of Hydropical People by Vomit and Stool It provokes the Courses helps Delivery cures the Suffocation of the Womb and the Asthma Juglers and Fortune-tellers make wonderful Monsters of this Root which when they have hid in the Sand for some Days they dig up for Mandrakes and by this Imposture these Knaves impose on our Common People Conserve of White Briony-Roots taken twice a Day to the quantity of a Nutmeg for a long time cures the Falling-Sickness and Mother-Fits A piece of the Root put into the Pot the Sick drinks out of does the same The Compound-water of Briony is most in use I have used this Composition that follows with excellent Success in Women's Obstructions and it is undoubtedly much better in Hysterick Diseases than the common Compound-water of the London-Dispensatory Take of dried Briony-Roots beaten to a gross Powder two Ounces of the Leaves of Rue and dried Mugwort each half a pound Savine dried three quarters of an Handful of Featherfew Cat-mint and Penny-royal dried each half an Handful of the fresh yellow Pill of one Orange of Mirrh half an Ounce of Castor two Drams of the best Nants-Brandy one Quart Put them into a Glass and let them infuse six Days in warm Ashes then strain the Liquor off and keep it in a Glass-bottle well stopped The Dose is half a Spoonful to be taken in three Ounces of Penny-royal-water sweetned with Sugar Morning and Evening The Lees of Briony called in Latin Foecula Brioniae are made after the following manner Take what quantity of the Roots of Briony you please slice them and press out the Juice this being kept in Vessels unmov'd will in a few Hours depose the Lees or Foecula which being separated by pouring the Water away gently must be dried in a Glass-Vessel They are used in a Dropsie Common Brook-Lime in Latin Anagallis aquatica It grows commonly in little Brooks It heats and moistens moderately 'T is chiefly used in the Scurvy it powerfully expels the Stone of the Kidnies and Bladder it provokes the Courses and expels a dead Child Outwardly applied it cures Inflam'd Tumours and St. Anthony's Fire 'T is much of the same virtue with Water-cresses only not so strong Country-people cure Wounds with Brook-lime mix'd with a little Salt and a Spider's Web and applied to the Wound wrapp'd about with a double Cloth Brook-lime boyld in Water applied to blind Piles has presently eas'd the Pain when other Medicines would do no good Fabricius says he knew a large Ulcer that possess'd almost the whole Leg and reached almost to the Bone was cured in a Scorbutical Person only with Brook-lime boyl'd in Beer and applied twice a Day But it is most commonly used inwardly to cure the Scurvy Take of the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses and Scurvy-grass each half a Pint of the Juice of Oranges four Ounces fine Sugar two Pounds make a Syrup over a gentle Fire Take one Spoonful in your Beer every time you drink Broom in Latin Genista 'T is common in Sandy and barren Grounds It flowers at the Latter End of April 'T is Splenetick Nepthritick and Hepatick It expels the Stone and purges Watery Humours upwards and downwards by Stool and Urine Wherefore it is of great use in Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery And in the Dropsie and Catarrhs the Flowers the Seeds and Tops are in use The Leaves the Branches and Tops boyl'd in Wine or Water or the Juice of them are good in a Dropsie and all Obstructions of the Kidnies and Bladder for they partly purge watery and superflous Humours by Stool and partly by Urine One Dram of the Seed does the same The Flowers when they are green are commonly pickled and make an agreeable Sauce for they provoke Appetite and force Urine The Ashes are most in use and frequently commended in the Dropsie Take of the Ashes of Broom one Pound infuse them cold in two Quarts of Rhenish-Wine adding to it half an Handful of Common Wormwood Take four Ounces of the clear Liquor in the Morning at Four in the Afternoon and in the Evening every Day Broom-rape in Latin Orobanche 'T is two Foot high or more the Stalk is streight round and hairy pale or yellowish or brownish whereon are Leaves that are narrow and longish if they may be called Leaves for they seem rather the Beginning of Leaves They soon fade and Flowers succeed them which are on a Spike like the Flowers of Orchis but at a greater distance they are of a dull yellow Colour The Root is round and scaly and tastes very bitter The Flowers smell pretty well The Herb candied or the Root is of excellent use in Diseases of the Spleen and for Melancholy An Ointment made of it with Lard is good to discuss hard and Scirrhous Tumours Butcher's Broom in Latin Ruscus or Bruscus 'T is a Foot and an half high and sometimes three or four Foot high It has many tough Branches and is full of Leaves and they are like the Leaves of the Myrtle they are ridged nervous and prickly they have no Foot-stalks they are hard and strong and taste bitter At the Middle of the Leaf is plac'd a small Flower on a very short Foot-stalk When first it rises it represents a little Bunch of small Needles but being open'd three little broadish Leaves appear A round Fruit succeeds the Flower that is larger than the Berries of Asparagus 't is reddish and sweetish Under the Skin of it lie
two great yellow Seeds bunching out on one side and plain on the other They are very hard The Root is thick oblique and has many Fibres that are white and long like the Fibres of Asparagus The Root is one of the five opening Roots 'T is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Liver the Urine and the Courses The Syrup of the five opening Roots is much in use and is prepar'd in the following manner Take of the Roots of Butcher's-Broom Fennel Asparagus Parsly and Smallage each two Ounces fountain-Fountain-water three Quarts digest them hot then boyl them in B. M. to the Liquor pressed out hard and clarified add eight Ounces of Vinegar and five Pounds and an half of fine Sugar make a Syrup with a gentle Heat The Dose is two Spoonfuls in four Ounces of any proper distill'd Water Buck-thorn in Latin Rhamnus Catharticus This small Tree is common in the Hedges in some places The outward Bark is black there are two within one green the other yellow The Wood is pale and hard It has many Branches that are plac'd most commonly opposite one to another and it has hard ridged and long Thorns plac'd among the Leaves the Ends of the Branches being thorny also The Leaves are like the Leaves of a Crab-tree but smaller they are pointed of a dark Green indented and nervous and have an astringent Taste It has many small Flowers together of a light green Colour each consists of four Leaves The Berries succeed the Flowers Great Numbers of them are plac'd at the Roots of the Thorns upon pretty long Foot-stalks When they are ripe they are black and full of green Juice They have three or four triangular Grains which have a blackish Bark and a white Marrow that does not taste ill The Taste of the Berries is bitter and astringent and the Juice has a certain peculiar Taste The Berry of this Shrub yields three sorts of Colours Those that are gather'd in Harvest-time and dried and powder'd and infus'd with Water and Allum make a yellow or rather a Saffron-colour and is now in use for painting of Playing-Cards and Leather Those that are gather'd in the Autumn when they are ripe and black being pounded and kept in a Glass-Vessel afford a delicate Green which is called Sap-Green and is much used by Painters Those that remain on the Trees till the Feast of St. Martin make a red Colour The Berries are purging a Dram or a Dram and an half of them being taken at a time Some take fifteen or twenty of the Berries at a time But they work so powerfully that they are not to be given in Substance to weakly People The Syrup is most in use Take of the Juice of ripe and fresh Berries gather'd in September 2 Pounds let it clear by standing then add of Cinnamon and Nutmegs each three Drams infuse it in B. M. for the space of a Day then press them out and add a Pound and an half of White Sugar and make a Syrup in B. M. Bugle in Latin Bugula The Stalk is four-square empty and hairy an Hand or half a Foot high The Leaves are indented like the Leaves of the greater Water-Brooklime two are plac'd by Intervals opposite one to another of a Violet-colour or purple or green They taste at first sweet afterwards bitter and astringent The Flowers come out of the Wings of the Leaves in a short hairy Cup that is divided into five parts They are of a Sky and changeable Colour and of a sweetish Taste The Root is small and fibrous and tastes more astringent than the Leaves 'T is common in Woods and moist Meadows and flowers in May. The Virtues are much the same with those of Self-heal 'T is Vulnerary either taken inwardly or outwardly applied 'T is us'd in the Jaundice in Obstructions of the Liver and for Stoppage of Urine An Ointment made of the Leaves of Bugle Scabious and Sanicle bruis'd and boyl'd in Lard till they are dry and then press'd out is of excellent use for all sorts of Ulcers and Bruises and to heal Wounds 'T is one of the Ingredients for the Wound-Drink of the London-Dispensatory commonly called The Traumatick Decoction Bugloss in Latin Buglossum It has many Stalks coming from the same Root about three or four Foot high round and rough with ridgid Hairs 'T is branchy at the top whereon the Leaves grow without Foot-stalks They are many narrow oblong of a Sky-colour'd Green not wrinkl'd like Burrage they end in a sharp Point and are hairy on both sides and equal about the Edges from the Wings of the Leaves and sometimes at their Sides or lower or a little higher the Branches rise The Flowers come on the top of the Stalks and Branches from a Cup compos'd of five oblong norrow sharp hairy pieces the Flowers are less than those of Borrage and consist of one Leaf of a light purple Colour an oblong Thread grows up from the bottom of the Cup which is encompass'd with four Seeds that are of a russet Colour and wrinkled when they are ripe The Root lives many Years is black without and white within It flowers in June and July and the Summer after It has the same Virtues with Borrage The Flowers are of great use in Melancholy and Hypochondriack Diseases and are reckon'd among the four Cordial Flowers A Person was cured of the Falling-Sickness by the constant Use of the Flowers in Wine for half a Year Take of the Leaves of Bugloss Borrage Balm Fumitory Water-cresses and Brook-lime each four Handfuls of July-flowers Marrigolds Borrage-flowers and Cowslips each three handfuls the outward Barks of six Oranges and of four Limons All being cut and bruis'd pour upon them four Quarts of Posset-drink made with Cyder distill them in a cold Still and mingle all the Water Take three Ounces Night and Morning Bur-dock in Latin Bardana It has a single thick Root that grows deep in the Earth without black within white The Leaves are plac'd upon long Foot-stalks they are very large green above and hairy under they have a thick short Down they are not exactly round but a little longish and end in a sharp Point they have short small Prickles about the Edges that are scarce visible The Stalk is two Foot and an half high or higher thick round and hairy and of a purplish Colour and full of Pith the Leaves are plac'd on them alternately at small distances they branch out almost from the bottom The Flowers are plac'd on the top of the Stalks and Branches and come out of rough Heads or Burrs with crooked Prickles they are purplish the Burs are apt to stick to Clothes The Seed is pretty large oblong and of a brown Colour 'T is Drying Pulmonick Diuretick Diaphoretick Cleansing and somewhat Astringent 'T is good in an Asthma for the Stone and Spitting of Blood for old Sores and Swellings of the Spleen and of all other Parts in Gouty Diseases wherein it is peculiarly proper The Seed is an
Milk and therefore 't is called their Treacle But the often use of it is injurious partly by reason of the intollerable Stink but especially because it occasions the Head-ach and Drought and for that it hurts the Eyes and the Organs of all the the Senses Zacutus Lusitanus relates an Observation of an Old Man who travelling a long Way in the Snow was taken desperately ill the innate Heat of his Stomach being in a manner extinguish'd And when Zacutus had tried all hot Remedies to no purpose he at length according to Avicen's Directions gave him Dried Garlick mix'd with Hony and when he had used this four Days the Man found himself better and was quite recover'd by using it a Month. And Experience teaches the Northern People the Use of this Root for which Reason they eat it often Garlick beat with Lard and applied to the Soles of the Feet in the manner of an Ointment opens the Stoppages of the Lungs If Garlick be applied to the Soles of the Feet the Breath will stink of it but the Vapours penetrating the Habit of the Body do not occasion that Stink but Particles of the Garlick are mix'd with the Blood and together with it are brought to the Lungs and so are emitted by Expiration with the Sooty Effluvia of the Blood Take Cloves of Garlick pill'd four Ounces boyl them till they are soft change the Water twice pour the Water off and put the Garlick into a Vessel to which put Syrup of Vinegar half a pound stop it up close and set it in a Skillet with Water put Hay under the Vessel and boyl it for half an Hour Take four or five of the Cloves every Day and a Spoonful or two of the Syrup This is much commended for Coughs and the Worms Wild Germander in Latin Chamaedrys silvestris 'T is rooted with a great many Fibres The Branches bending to the Earth sometimes turn to Roots and so by creeping it increases The Stalks are sometimes two Foot high downy round small and weak to which the Leaves grow by Intervals opposite to one another without Foot-stalks they are indented hairy very green and wrinkly from a large Basis they grow by degrees pointed but not very sharp The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves and grow like an Ear and seem as if they had four Leaves tho' they have really but one for they are entire at bottom They are of a pleasant Sky-colour and shine and are streak'd with deep colour'd Lines and white in the Middle where is a very small Violet-Pillar with two Threads sustaining the white Tufts The Cup of the Flower has four Leaves The Flowers are placed upon short Foot-stalks coming from the Bosom of a small Leaf The Seed-vessels are flat and Twins like those of Speed-well 'T is hot and dry and somewhat bitter 'T is good for a Cough at the Beginning of a Dropsie for an ill Habit of Body the Green-sickness an hard Spleen the Strangury and Obstructions of the Bowels The Garden-Germander provokes Urine and Sweat powerfully upon which Account it is good in Fevers for the Scurvy and for the Blood when coagulated but especially for the Gout the Jaundice and Suppression of Urine It was commended to the Emperor Charles V. as an Arcanum for the Gout 'T is outwardly used for Eating Ulcers for the Piles the Itch and to dry Catarrhs 'T is frequently used in a Decoction to open Women's Obstructions 'T is called in Cambridgeshire English-Treacle Take of the dried Leaves of Germander Ground-Ivy and White Hoar-hound each one Handful of the Roots of Elecampane and Florentine-Flower-de-luce each one Ounce and an half of Anniseeds bruis'd two Ounces of Liquorish one Ounce and an half of Raisins of the Sun three Ounces hang all these in a Bag in a Glass that has a large Mouth and put three Quarts of Lime-water to it stop it close and set it in a cold Place pour out the Liquor as you use it The Dose is four Ounces thrice a Day This is good for Catarrhs and Ulcers of the Lungs Goat's-beard in Latin Tragopogon Any part of this Plant being cut yields a white Milk which soon turns yellow and clammy The Root is streight about the bigness of a Finger The Stalks are empty and branchy larger and stronger-than those of Scorzonera It has many Leaves that are like the Leaves of Leeks which are sometimes very broad sometimes long narrow and sharp The Flowers are placed on the top of the Stalks and Branches and consist of eight nine or ten green Leaves they are long and sharp above three Inches long of a deep purple or Sky-colour and at last turn into a soft Down to which the Seed adheres 't is two Inches long round streak'd and rough and black when ripe The Root boyl'd is reckon'd delicate Food 't is also used raw in Sallets It nourishes much and therefore good for Consumptive People 'T is used in Diseases of the Breast and for a Cough and Difficulty of Breathing 'T is supposed to expel the Stone and to force Urine The Juice of the Root and the distill'd Water of it do the same Goat's-Rue in Latin Galega It spreads a small white Root in the Earth The Stalks are four Foot high or higher channell'd empty and has many Branches The Leaves are like the Leaves of a Vetch they have a soft little Thorn at the end of them The Flowers are placed upon peculiar Twigs arising from the Wings of the Leaves they grow one above another like the many flower'd Vetch and are of a whitish Colour The Pods are round small long and upright wherein is contain'd the Seed 'T is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick It expels Poyson and cures the Plague 'T is used in Children's Convulsions a Spoonful of the Juice may be given at a time 'T is good for the Worms and for the Biting of Serpents The raw Herb or when it is boyl'd is also eaten in these Cases The distill'd Water of it is used to expel Contagion and in Children's Convulsions The Honourable Mr. Boyle commends it much from his own Experience in curing Pestilential and Malignant Diseases 'T is one of the Ingredients in the London-Plague-Water Take of the Roots of Angelica Master-wort Butter-bur and Peony each half a Pound of Athamantick Spikenard and of Scorzonera each four Ounces of Virginian Snake-weed two Ounces of the Leaves of Rue Rosemary Balm Carduus Benedictus Scordium Marigolds and their Flowers Dragons Goat's Rue and Mint each four Handfuls pour upon them four Gallons of the best Brandy let them infuse gently in B. M. the Vessel being close stop'd for three Days draw off four Gallons wherein hang in a Bag half an Ounce of Saffron to every Pint of this add an Ounce and an half of Fine Sugar Golden-rod in Latin Virga aurea The Root is brown and has many whitish Fibres and is jointed and grows awry The Stalks are stiff upright five or six Foot high channell'd a little hairy and full
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-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-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
and the Reins It mitigates Acrimony and helps Expectoration and gently loosens Children's Bellies 'T is chiefly used for Coughs Hoarsness Consumption Pleurisie Erosions of the Bladder and Sharpness of Urine Syrup of Liquorish is made in the following manner Take of Green Liquorish cleansed and bruis'd two Ounces of White Maiden-hair one Ounce of Hyssop half an Ounce pour on them three Pints of hot fountain-Fountain-water let them stand in Infusion twenty four Hours strain it and clarifie it and with the best Hony and Fine Sugar each ten Ounces make a Syrup according to Art Liverwort in Latin Hepatica vulgaris The Root of it is as fine as Silk The Leaves are a Fingers-breadth and twice as long or longer above they are green or a little yellowish they are scaly like the Skin of a Serpent they have no Flowers The Stalk is white firm and juicy and about four Inches long upon which there is as it were a small Fungus It grows in shady wet places among Stones It tastes a little bitterish and astringent 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver and Bladder 'T is good in the Jaundice for the Itch and a Gonorrhaea Outwardly applied it stops Blood in Wounds Lovage in Latin Levisticum The Stalk is as high as a Man thick-jointed hollow and channel'd The Leaves are large and divided into Wings they are of a shining Green and of a strong Smell At the top of the Stalks and Branches are large Tufts of yellow Flowers The Seed is pretty large and flat The Root is thick and woody 'T is Alexipharmick Diuretick and Vulnerary It strengthens the Stomach and does good in an Asthma It forces the Courses and the Monthly Purgations and expels a dead Child It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and cures the Jaundice 'T is used outwardly in Baths and Cataplasms for the Womb. The Virtues of it are much the same with Angelica and Master-wort Half a Dram of the Seed provokes the Courses The Juice of the Leaves expels the After-birth Lung-wort in Latin Muscus arboreus It grows on old Oaks and Beeches in dark shady old Woods It has broad grayish rough Leaves variously folded crumpl'd and gash'd on the edges and sometimes spotted on the upper side It bears no Stalk nor Flower 'T is Drying and Astringent It stops Bleeding and cures fresh Wounds It stops the Courses and the Flux of the Belly The Powder the Syrup and the distill'd Water of it are commonly used for Diseases of the Lungs as Coughs Short Breath Consumptions and the like That which grows on an Oak is excellent in curing the Jaundice Take one Handful of it and boyl it in a Pint of Small Beer in a Pot well stopped till half is consum'd Take thirteen Spoonfuls of it warm Morning and Evening Lupines in Latin Lupinus sativus Inwardly taken it kills Worms But it is chiefly used outwardly in Cataplasms for Gangreens and malignant Ulcers and the like M. MAdder in Latin Rubia tinctorum 'T is used in Vulnerary Potions but whether it is Astringent or Opening is disputed They that count it Astringent prescribe it for the Bloody-Flux the Flux of the Courses and of the Hemorrhoids They that suppose it is Opening use it in the Jaundice for the Dropsie and Obstruction of Urine And perhaps it partakes of both Qualities first Opening and then Binding as is the Nature of Rubarb White Maiden-hair or Wall-Rue in Latin Adianâ—um album ' The Root is very small consisting of very small black Fibres It grows upon old Walls It has many Foot-stalks that are small and about half an Hand high and blackish about the Roots or brown they are elsewhere green and somewhat divided at top From the Extremities and Sides of these the Leaves grow they are channel'd and somewhat stiff and indented about the Edges the upper Part is green the Under sprinkled with red or brown Powder that seems fine and tastes somewhat sowre and astringent with a little mixture of Sweetness It grows in Cambridgshire on the Walls of Cherry-Hinton-Church It removes the Tartareous and Viscous Mucilage that is contain'd in the Lungs and therefore it is good for those that have Coughs and Short Breath and for others that have Pains in the Side or in the Kidnies or Bladder It gently provokes Urine and expels Stones and Gravel and is of great use in Children's Ruptures the Powder of it being given four Days together Take of Syrup of Maiden-hair and of Jujubes each three Ounces of Oyl of Flax fresh drawn two Ounces of Fine Sugar two Drams mingle them make a Lohoch Take half a Spoonful every other Hour This is good for Coughs and Pains of the Sides Common Mallow in Latin Malva vulgaris It mollifies eases Pain loosens the Belly mitigates Sharpness of Urine 'T is used outwardly in Cataplasms and Fomentations to ripen Tumours and to ease Pain and in Clysters to loosen the Belly in Nephritick Pains Three Ounces of the Decoction of the Leaves or the distill'd Water of them with one Ounce and an half of Syrup of Violets cure Heat of Urine presently Marsh Mallows in Latin Althaea It softens discusses eases Pain brings Tumours to Suppuration and corrects sharp Humours The Herb the Root and Seeds are all good for the same purpose 'T is chiefly used for Diseases of the Bladder and the Stone of the Kidnies and for an Asthma and Pleurisie 'T is also used in Clysters and Cataplasms The Syrup of Marsh-mallows is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows two Ounces of Meadow-grass Asparagus Liquorish Raisins of the Sun and Red Chich-Pease each one Ounce Tops of Marsh-mallows Mallows Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel Common Maiden-hair and Mont pelier-Maiden-hair of each of Handful of the four Lesser and Great Cold Seeds each two Handfuls wash and cleanse the Roots from their Dirt Pith and Strings and slice them and having boyld the Grass-Roots a quarter of an Hour first in eight Pints of fountain-Fountain-water put into the Decoction the Roots of Marsh-mallows and Asparagus and let them boyl well for half an Hour then add the Raisins cut and the Chich-pease whole when they have boyld a little while put in the Tops of the Mallows Marsh-mallows Pellitory and Pimpernel shred and boyl them about a quarter of an Hour among the rest after that add the Liquorish slic'd and the Maiden-hair cut and when they begin to boyl put in the cold Seeds thrust them down into the Decoction and take the whole off the Fire and strain them a quarter of an Hour afterwards then clarifie the Liquor with the White of an Egg add four Pounds of Sugar and boyl it over a moderate Fire to the Consistence of a Syrup Ointment of Marsh-mallows is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Roots of Marsh-mallows two Pounds Flax and Fenugreek-seeds of each one Pound of fountain-Fountain-water eight Pints let them infuse three Days then boyl them gently and press out the Mucilage whereof take
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-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
Courses and for Spitting of Blood and is good for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Mouth and Throat When it is ripe it loosens the Belly quenches Thirst and excites Appetite The Syrup of it is much in use for Gargarisms as is also Hony of it Take of Spring-water a Quart Julep of Roses one Ounce and an half Hony of Mulberries six Drams Rose-Vinegar one Dram of Spirit of Vitriol a sufficient quantity to sharpen it Make a Gargarism White Mullein or High-Taper in Latin Verbascum album vulgare It has many large woolly Leaves at the Root It has most commonly but one Stalk four or five Foot high round hairy stiff and full of Pith. The Flower has but one Leaf divided into five obtuse Jags they stand in a long Spike and are commonly of a yellow Colour The Seed is small and brownish The Root is white single woody and sends forth some large Fibres from the Sides 'T is used for Diseases of the Breast for a Cough and Spitting of Blood and for the Gripes Outwardly the Leaves and Flowers are used for easing Pain especially of the Piles The Leaves applied to the Soles of the Feet a few Days before the usual Time of Purgation gently provokes the Courses The following Drink was prescrib'd by a learned Physician for a Lady that was afflicted with the King's-Evil Take of Mullein St. John's-wort Agrimony and Betony each three Handfuls Shavings of Firr six Handfuls boyl them in six Gallons of Ale She drank of it constantly Dusty Mushrome or Puff-balls in Latin Fungus pulverulentus The Dust is very drying and astringent It stops Blood in Wounds and dries old Ulcers and stops the Flux of the Hemorrhoids It certainly cures Chilblains when they are broken The Sore being dried with a Rag apply the dusty Side and let it lie on till they are well if it chance to rub off apply it again This I have often used and it never fail'd me The Dust is very prejudicial to the Eyes Mustard in Latin Sinapi It provokes Appetite is good for Mother-fits the Falling-sickness Lethargy Palsie and all other Diseases of the Head being put up the Nostrils or applied in the manner of a Clyster It provokes Urine and the Courses and is an Incentive to Venery It cures Catarrhs and removes Hoarsness It loosens the Belly and discusses Tumours The Seed of it beat in a Mortar and mix'd with White-wine preserv'd the Lives of many Hundreds that were highly Scorbutical and in a languishing Condition in a certain Town that was long besieg'd and reduc'd to so great Want that the Inhabitants were forc'd to eat nasty and unwholsom Things whereby they became diseased and many died before they thought of Mustard which grew plentifully in the Town-Ditch which being used as above-said recover'd them all Take of Mustard-seed bruis'd two Drams of the Roots of Garlick one Ounce of Black-Soap two Ounces of Black-Salt one Ounce make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Soles of the Feet This is useful in Fevers to draw the Humours from the Head Hedge Mustard in Latin Erysimum The Root is white woody and single and tastes acrid seldom so thick as the Little-Finger The Leaves are jagg'd and hairy and like Shepherd's-purse but they are blunt at the Ends. The Stalk is about three Foot high hairy and branchy The Flowers are small and yellow and consist of four small Leaves they are placed on long Spikes flowering by degrees The Cods are short scarce a Finger long round hairy and grow flat to the Stalk upon short Foot-stalks they end sharp It grows upon Walls and among Rubbish and in Hedges A Decoction of it in Wine is good in the Cholick The Syrup of it is much in use and is made in the following manner Take of fresh Hedge-Mustard Roots and all six Handfuls of the Roots of Elecampane Colt's-foot with the Juice in it of Liquorish each two Ounces of the Leaves of Borrage Succory and Maiden-hair each one Handful and an half of the Cordial-Flowers of Rosemary and Betony each half an Handful of Anise-seeds half an Ounce of Raisins of the Sun cleansed two Ounces infuse them a whole Day in Water and Mead each two Pints and an half of the Juice of Hedge-Mustard clarified eight Ounces boyl them in B. M. To two Quarts of the Juice pressed out hard and clarified add four Pounds and an half of Fine Sugar Make a Syrup in B. M. according to Art This is an excellent Medicine for Coughs and other Diseases of the Lungs Myrtle-tree in Latin Myrtus 'T is astringent The Leaves and Berries are seldom used inwardly now-a-days yet they may be used for a Loosness and Spitting of Blood The distill'd Water of the Flowers has a delicate Scent The Syrup of Myrtles is made in the following manner Take of the Berries two Ounces and an half of White and Red Sanders of Sumach Balaustians of Haw-thorn-berries and Red Roses each one Ounce and an half Medlars sliced half a Pound beat them and boyl them in eight Pints of clear Water till half is consum'd strain it and add of the Juice of Quinces and acid Pomegranates each six Ounces then make a Syrup with four Pounds of Sugar the Juices must be put in at last Take of plantane-Plantane-water and cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordeated each four Ounces of distill'd Vinegar half an Ounce of true Bole and Dragon's-blood each half a Dram of London-Laudanum three Grains of Syrup of Myrtles one Ounce and an half mingle them and make a Julep Take five or six Spoonfuls every Night at Bed-time This is commended for Bleeding at the Nose N. Navel-wort in Latin Umbilicus veneris It has a tuberous Root and small Fibres The Leaves are fat thick and round and full of Juice and taste clammy It has two or three Stalks that are half a Foot high or higher The Tops sometimes divide themselves into Branches It has Flowers almost from Bottom to Top they are hollow like a Bell and of a whitish Colour The Seeds are small like the Seeds of Purslain It grows commonly on old Walls 'T is cold and moist and somewhat astringent 'T is good for Inflammations and St. Anthony's Fire The Leaves and Roots eaten are supposed to be good in the Stone and to force Urine 'T is also good for the King's-Evil Kibes and Chilblains being used in an Ointment Nep-Calmint in Latin Mentha Cattaria It has a woody Root The Stalks are three or four Foot high or higher four-square hairy and reddish near the Earth in other parts hoary they are full of Branches and bear at every Joint two broad Leaves like Balm but longer pointed softer and whiter they taste hot and smell like Mint The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves on the top of the Stalks and Branches many together in large Tufts and are of a light purple Colour 'T is hot and dry 'T is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Womb for Barrenness and to hasten Delivery and to help Expectoration 'T
black purplish Colour full of Juice and of the bigness of a Grape having within many white Seeds The Berries and Leaves are Cooling and Drying The Berries are used inwardly in the Plague and Malignant Diseases and upon being poyson'd The Leaves are used outwardly in Pestilential Buboes and other hot Tumours and in old Ulcers Parsly in Latin Petroselinum The Root and Herb expel Wind provoke Urine and the Courses and open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and are good in the Dropsie and Jaundice The Seed is good for the same Diseases and for an old Cough and against Poyson The whole Herb outwardly applied dissolves hard Tumours and dries away Milk being applied to the Breasts Take of Parsly-seeds three Drams of Winter-Cherry-berries N. vi boyl them in a Pint of Milk and make Posset-drink Take six Ounces at a time sweeten'd with an Ounce of Syrup of Marsh-mallows This is good in the Stone Parsly-piert in Latin Percepier The Root is woody small and has a few small Fibres It has many small round hairy Stalks about an Hand high The Leaves are roundish divided into three Parts and are deeply jagged somewhat like Dove's-foot tho' less and hairy they are placed alternately the lower Leaves have Foot-stalks the upper have none at all or those that are are very short above they are of a light Green below they are whitish The Flowers are so small they can scarce be seen And the Seed is very small It delights in Sandy and Fallow Grounds and amongst Corn. It forces Urine violently and expels Gravel a Dram of the dried Herb being taken in White-wine It may be also eaten raw as a Sallet or pickled and eaten in Winter for Sauce Garden Parsnip in Latin Pastinaca latifolia sativa The Root is very nourishing and palatable It fattens and is a Provocative to Venery It opens attenuates and cleanses Cow Parsnip in Latin Sphondilium The Root is white and single and grows deep in the Earth of a sweet Taste and somewhat acrid It has a great Nerve within The Leaves that come from the Root are placed on long hairy Foot-stalks they are long and large and deeply cut about the Edges The Stalk is single round channel'd and about four Foot high The Flowers grow in Tufts they are white and consist of five Leaves It grows in moist Pastures and near Hedges The Root is Emollient and asswages Tumours The Seed is excellent for Hysterick Fits Peach-tree in Latin Malus Persica The Fruit has a sweet and pleasant Smell and refreshes the Spirits The Leaves boyled in Beer or Milk kill Worms and expel them The Water of the Flowers takes Spots from the Face The Syrup is a very proper Purge for Children and is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Flowers one Pound infuse them a whole Day in three Pints of warm Water then press them out add the same quantity of Flowers five times to the same Liquor and infuse them as before then add two Pounds and an half of Fine Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup The Pear-tree in Latin Pyrus Pears are agreeable to the Stomach and quench Thirst But they are best baked Dried Pears stop Fluxes of the Belly The following Pears are most esteem'd in England The Bon-Christien Summer and Winter the Butter-Pear the Green-Bury the Violet the Dove the Great Musk Amadot Rounselet Messieur Jean Great Sovereign Blood-Pear Windsor-Pear Green-field-Pear Dionier Great Bergamot Virgalous Roshea Red-Catharine Double-flower'd Pear Pease in Latin Pisum All sorts of Pease are windy and therefore are injurious to all that have windy Stomachs and are troubled with Spleen-wind Raw Green Pease are good for the Scurvy Pellitory in Latin Parietaria It cleanses and cools 'T is used for the Stone and Difficulty of Urine and for Coughs and in Clysters for Pains in the Belly Womb and Reins 'T is outwardly used for Tumours St. Anthony's-fire and for Burns Take of the Juice of Pellitory three Ounces of the Juice of Limons and Oyl of Almonds each half an Ounce mingle them Take it Morning and Evening for two Days This is good for the Stone in the Kidnies Penny-Royal in Latin Pulegium 'T is used to provoke the Courses and to help Delivery 'T is good for Coughs for the Gripes the Stone Jaundice and Dropsie A Spoonful of the Juice given to Children is an excellent Remedy for the Chin-Cough For an Hoarsness take six Ounces of the Decoction of it sweeten'd at Bed-time The fresh Herb wrap'd in a Cloth and laid in a Bed drives away Fleas but it must be renewed once a Week Peony in Latin Paeonia The Roots and Seeds of Male-Peony are much used in Physick They are used for Diseases of the Head and for Obstructions of the Courses and Child-bed-Purgations and to ease the After-pains The Roots are hang'd round the Neck to cure the Falling-sickness The Compounded peony-Peony-water and the Syrup of it are much in use The Compounded Water is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Lillies of the Valley fresh one Pound infuse them in four Gallons of Spanish Wine Take of the Flowers of the Lime-tree half a Pound of Peony-flowers four Ounces infuse them two Days then distil them till they are dry in B. M. in the distil'd Water infuse two Ounces and an half of the Roots of Male-Peony of White Dittany and Long Birth-wort each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Misleto of the Oak and Rue each two Handfuls of the Seeds of Peony ten Drams of Rue three Drams and an half of Castor two Scruples of Cubebs and Mace each two Drams of Cinnamon one Ounce and an half of Prepar'd Squills three Drams of Rosemary-flowers six Pugils of Stechas and Lavender each four Pugils of Betony July-flowers and Cowslips each eight Pugils add four Quarts of the Juice of Black-Cherries and distil them in a Glass The Syrup is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Roots of both Peonies at Full Moon each one Ounce and an half slice them and infuse them in white-wine for the space of a Day of Contrayerra half an Ounce of Sermountain six Drams of Elk-hoof one Ounce of Rosemary with the Flowers one Handful of Betony Hyssop Wild-Marjoram of Ground-pine and Rue each three Drams of the Wood of Aloes of Cloves of the Seeds of the Lesser Cardamoms each two Drams of Ginger and Spikenard each one Dram of Stechas and Nutmegs each two Drams and an half infuse them warm a Day in three Quarts of the distill'd Water of the Roots of Peony boyl them to four Quarts strain it and add four Pounds and an half of Fine Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup Pepper-wort in Latin Lepidium The Root is of the thickness of a Finger or thicker 't is white it has an acrid hot Taste it creeps in the Earth It has many Stalks about four Foot high round smooth and full of Pith they are branchy and less than the Little Finger and are cover'd
with a gray Powder that is easily rub'd off The Leaves are long broad and end sharp they are smooth fat and of a dull green Colour they are plac'd alternately and are indented about the Edges Those that come from the Root and are at the bottom of the Stalks have long Foot-stalks The Flowers are very small they are white and consist of four Leaves they are placed on very small Foot-stalks It grows near the Banks of Rivers but it is rare The Leaf is acrid and hot The Herb bruised and applied cures the Hip-Gout Boyl'd in Beer it hastens Delivery 'T is commended for a Leprosie Take of Garden-Scurvy-grass-leaves and of the Leaves of Rocket and Pepperwort each six Handfuls of the Roots of Sweet-smelling Flag the Lesser Galangal Zedoary Florentine Iris Elder and Wake-Robin each four Ounces of the Winteran-Bark and Jamaica-Pepper each three Ounces of Juniper-berries four Ounces of Cloves Ginger and Nutmegs each one Ounce bruise and cut them and pour on them four Quarts of Rhenish-wine distil them in a common Still and mix all the Water together Take three Ounces Night and Morning This is commended in an Anasarca Periwinele in Latin Vinca per vinca It spreads it self much by its Twigs that creep on the Ground The Root is fibrous many small round green and jointed Twigs root again by Fibres that come from the Joints The Leaves grow out of the Joints by Pairs opposite to one another like the Leaves of Lawrel but much less they are sharp stiff and smooth and hang on short Foot-stalks above they shine and are of a deep green Colour they taste astringent and bitterish below they are of a lighter Colour The Flower is placed on a Foot-stalk that comes from the Joints two Inches long one Flower on one Foot-stalk 'T is like the Jessamine-flower in shape and is of a Violet-colour A Milky Line runs from Bottom to Top through all the Jags A forked Cod succeeds the Flower and contains oblong Seeds It grows in Hedges and Ditches 'T is a famous Vulnerary 'T is used in Fluxes of the Belly for Dysenteries the Piles Bleeding at Nose and for Wounds with Fluxion 'T is used outwardly for Overslowing of the Courses for Loosness and Pains of the Teeth The Leaves of this Herb put upon Paper that will easily receive Moisture and sowed to it with fine Flax betwixt and perfum'd with Frankincense cured a Scrophulous Tumour in a short time which continued obstinate under the Use of other Remedies for the space of a whole Year Male Pimpernel in Latin Anagallis mas It has a white single Root with small Fibres The Stalks are an Hand or half an Hind high four-square smooth encompass'd by two Leaves opposite to one another they are placed by Intervals and without Foot-stalks the Underside of the Leaf is spotted with many dark-brown Specks The Flowers come out singly from the Wings of the Leaves and are placed upon oblong Foot-stalks and are divided almost to the bottom into five sharp Pieces resembling so many Leaves The Cup is also compounded of five acute Pieces The Seminal Vessels are almost spherically round they are pretty large and full of Seeds The whole Plant has an acrid Taste It grows in Gardens and Fields It flowers late about the midst of Summer 'T is moderately hot and dry 'T is counted Vulnerary and is used inwardly and outwardly It does much good in the Plague being boyl'd in Wine But the Sick must go to bed and must be well cover'd as soon as he has drank a moderate Draught of it that he may sweat A Woman cured many that were troubl'd with a Pin and Web in their Eyes with the distill'd Water of it In a Consumption and for Purulent Spitting let the Sick drink every Day Morning and Evening twelve Spoonfuls of the distill'd Water mix'd with an equal quantity of Red Cows Milk and sweeten'd with Fine Sugar This is an approv'd Remedy 'T is frequently used for the Gripes of New-born Children It also moves the Courses Willis commends the Decoction of it as a Specifick for Madness The Pine-tree in Latin Pinus The Bark and Leaves cool and bind wherefore they are good in Dysenteries and Fluxes of the Courses A Decoction or Infusion of the Tops in Beer or some other proper Liquor is reckon'd very good for the Stone of the Kidnies and Bladder and for the Scurvy and Diseases of the Breast The Nuts have a delicate Taste and are good for Coughs and Consumptions and for Heat of Urine They increase Milk and provoke Venery Plantain in Latin Plantago 'T is a Vulnerary Herb. 'T is used in Fluxes of the Belly for Spitting of Blood Running of the Reins involuntary Urine and for immoderate Fluxes of the Courses 'T is outwardly used to cleanse and heal Wounds and Ulcers The Juice by it self or mix'd with the Juice of Limon is an excellent Diuretick Half a Dram of the Seeds taken daily in Broth or in an Egg is good to prevent Miscarriage Take twelve Handfuls of Plantain-leaves six Ounces of the fresh Roots of Comfrey press out the Juice of the Leaves and beat the Roots in a Stone-Mortar mix the Roots and the Juice and with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make an Electuary Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Night and Morning This is an excellent Remedy for Spitting and Vomiting Blood Take of plantain-Plantain-water two Ounces of Rubarb powder'd two Scruples of yellow Myrobalans powder'd one Scruple Syrup of dried Roses half an Ounce mix them and give it in the Morning two Hours after let some Broth be taken This is excellent for an immoderate Flux of the Courses Plum-tree in Latin Prunus There are several Kinds of them the Sowre bind the Sweet move the Belly The Electuary of Plums called Electuarium Diaprunum is made of Damascenes in the following manner Take of fresh and ripe Damascenes one Hundred boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water till they are soft then pulp them through a Sieve boyl an Ounce of Violet-flowers in the Liquor gently then strain it and add two Pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup then add a Pound and an half of the Pulp above-mention'd of the Pulp of Cassia and Tamarinds strain'd and dissolv'd in a small quantity of the Liquor each one Ounce boyl it again stir it continually adding the following Powders Sanders Red and White Rubarb of each three Drams of Red Roses Violets of the Seeds of Purslain of Endive and Barberries of Gum-Tragacanth and the Juice of Liquorish each two Drams of the Greater Cold Seeds each one Dram Make an Electuary according to Art This Medicine is cold and moistening and good in Fevers Polypody in Latin Polypodium The Root is reckon'd among Purging Medicines but it purges very gently 'T is very proper in Obstructions of the Mesentery Liver and Spleen for the Scurvy and Hypochondriack Diseases 'T is generally used in Decoctions with other purging Medicines Take of the Root of Polypody of the Oak
half an Ounce of Dodder of Thyme three Drams of Sena half an Ounce of Tamarinds six Drams of Coriander-seeds three Drams of Yellow Sanders two Drams boyl them in fourteen Ounces of fountain-Fountain-water till four Ounces are consum'd add two Drams of Agarick and one Dram and an half of Rubarb strain it and clarifie it and add two Ounces of the purging Syrup of Apples Take six Ounces once in three or four Days This is proper for Melancholy People Take of the Roots of Polypody Bugloss Scorzonera Bark of Tamaris and Roots of Cappars each half an Ounce of Spleen-wort one Handful and an half of Agrimony Maiden-hair Balm Dodder and Tops of Hops each half an Handful of Flowers of Broom and Borage each two Pugils the Parings of four Pippins boyl them with a Chicken in spring-Spring-water for thin Broth Take a good Draught Morning and Evening with fifteen Grains of Cream of Tartar dissolv'd in it and fast two Hours after This is good in Hypochondriack Diseases The Poplar-tree in Latin Populus The Bark of Poplar especially of the White Poplar or Abele-tree is used inwardly and outwardly for the Hip-Gout for the Strangury and Burns Women use the Buds of Black Poplar to beautifie and thicken their Hair They are good also to ease Pain The Ointment is good for hot Swellings to ease the Pain of them And being applied to the Nostrils and Temples it disposes to Sleep 'T is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Buds of the Black Poplar a Pound and an half of the Leaves of Violets and Navelwort each three Ounces of new and unsalted Lard clear'd from the Skin and wash'd two Pounds beat them and mingle them and infuse them together in May add the following Herbs bruis'd of the tender Tops of Brambles of the Leaves of Black Poppy Mandrake Hen-bane Night-shade Lettice House-leek Greater and Lesser Bur-dock each three Ounces after the Tenth Day pour on them a Pint of Rose-water boyl them over a gentle Fire stirring them continually till all the superfluous Moisture is consum'd then strain it and keep it for use Red Poppy or Corn-Rose in Latin Papaver Rheas The Flowers cool and asswage Pain and dispose to Sleep They are chiefly used in Fevers for Pleurisies and Quinsies and other Diseases especially of the Breast that need Cooling Medicines And for immoderate Fluxes of the Courses the Powder the distill'd Water the Syrup and the Conserve of them are in use but the Syrup is most in use and is made in the following manner Take of the fresh Flowers of Red Poppies two Pounds pour upon them two Quarts of hot fountain-Fountain-water press them out the next Day and infuse the same quantity of Flowers in the Liquor as before strain it and with a quantity of Sugar equal in weight to the Liquor make a Syrup according to Art Surfeit-water is made in the following manner Take what quantity of Brandy you please steep a good quantity of Red Poppies therein the black Bottoms being first cut off when the Colour is extracted press them out and put in fresh and so do till the Brandy has a very deep Tincture then put in Nutmegs Cloves Ginger and Cinnamon of each two Drams to a Quart of the Brandy you may add some Fine Sugar if you think fit Keep it close stop'd 'T is good for Surfeits for Wind or Illness of the Stomach White Poppy in Latin Papaver album The Seeds are used in Emulsions The best Diacodium is made of the Heads and Seeds in the following manner Take fourteen Ounces of the Heads of White-Poppies well dried infuse them twenty four Hours in eight Pints of fountain-Fountain-water boyl them well then press them out and put a Pound and an half of Sugar to the Liquor then boyl it to a Syrup The Juice of Poppies thicken'd is called Opium I mean that which flows out of it self the Head being cut for the Juice that is press ' out is called Meconium which is much weaker than Opium The Turks sow White-Poppies in Fields as we do Wheat and every one carries some about him in War and Peace A certain Jew declar'd that forty Camels laden with it come yearly from Paphlagonia Cappadocia Galatia and Cilicia A Turk can take a Dram at a time without any Injury The best Opium is bitter and hot and of a yellow Colour It recreates the Spirits and provokes Venery Liquid Laudanum is made in the following manner Take of Spanish Wine one Pint of Opium two Ounces of Saffron one Ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves powder'd each one Dram infuse them together in B. M. for two or three Days till the Liquor has a deep Tincture strain it and keep it for use The Dose is sixteen Drops Matthews's Pill is made in the following manner Take of Salt of Tartar prepar'd with Niter four Ounces of Oyl of Turpentine eight Ounces mix them and let them stand in a moist and cold place eight nine or ten Months or more till the Salt has taken up thrice its weight of Oyl and is become one thick Mass like Soap in the mean time you must stir it often and add the Oyl as it incorporates Take of this Soap six Ounces of the best Opium two Ounces of Black and White Hellebore powder'd and of Liquorish each two Ounces mix them exactly adding as much Oyl of Turpentine as is sufficient to make a Mass for Pills which must be kept moist with Oyl of Turpentine The Dose is ten Grains The Opiat-plaster is made in the following manner Take of the Great Diachylon four Ounces of Quick-silver two Ounces of Opium one Ounce mingle them according to Art This is good to ease Pain Primrose in Latin Primula veris. 'T is hot and dry and of an astringent Taste 'T is very good for Flegmatick and Melancholy Diseases and for Fluxes of the Belly and to strengthen the Stomach English Prunes or Plums call'd Bullace in Latin Prunus The White and Black are Cooling and Astringent They are good for Fluxes of the Belly The Flowers are Cathartick The Gum dissolv'd in Vinegar cures Tetters Ropy Wine is cured in the following manner Take the Fruit beat and dry it in the Air put more or less of it into the Vessel according to the quantity of Wine it must be well stirr'd about and then the Vessel must be stop'd up for eight or ten Days and you will find it soon recover'd The following Plums are most esteem'd The Red Blue and Amber Primordian the Violet-Plum Red Blue and Amber the Matchless the Black and Green Damascene the Morocco the Barbary the Myrobolane-Plum the Apricock-Plum the Cinnamon-Plum the Great Mogul and Tawny-Plum the White Red and Black Pear-Plum the Green Osterly-Plum the Muscle-Plum the Catalonia-Plum the White and Black Prunella the Bonum Magnum the Wheaten-Plum the Cluster-Plum the Queen-Mother-Plum the Maiple-Plum the Imperial-Plum the Peach-Plum the Pease-Cod-Plum the Date-Plum White Yellow and Red the Nutmeg-Plum the Turky-Plum the Prince-Plum ripe
last the Lammas-Plum the White Pear-Plum and Damascens Pumpion in Latin Pepo 'T is cold and very moist It provokes Urine the Nourishment of it is very small The Seed is one of the four greater Cold Seeds Purflain in Latin Portulaca 'T is cold and moist It provokes Appetite It cures Heat of Urine and Running of the Reins The Juice mix'd with Oyl of Roses cures Burns and Inflammations 'T is good for Coughs and Shortness of Breath Q. QVince-tree in Latin Malus Cydonia The Fruit is very agreeable to the Stomach 'T is astringent and cures Spitting of Blood the Bloody-Flux and all other Fluxes The Mucilage of the Seeds extracted with Spawn of frog's-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
and Sun-setting whether the Heavens are clear or cloudy The Roots of Succory the middle Bark of the Elder the Twigs of Bitter-sweet Wormwood and the Roots of Sharp-pointed Dock cure a Dropsie and Obstructions with expedition and expel Wind. Syrup of Succory with Rubarb is much in use and is an excellent Purge for Children and is made in the following manner Take of Whole Barly of the Roots of Smallage Fennel and Sparagus each two Ounces of Succory Dandelion Smooth South-thistle and Endive each two Handfuls of Garden-Lettice Liverwort Fumatory and the Tops of Hops each one Handful of Venus-hair White Maiden-hair Spleen-wort Liquorish the Seed of Winter-Cherry and Dodder each six Drams boyl these in six Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water till two Quarts be consum'd strain the Liquor and put in six Pounds of White Sugar boyl it a while then add six Ounces of Rubarb and six Drams of Spikenard put into a Bag which must be infus'd a while in the hot Liquor then strain it and boyl it to the Consistence of a Syrup succory-Succory-water is also in use Sun-dew in Latin Ros solis Many Leaves come from a small fibrous Root they are placed on long Foot-stalks that are hairy above they are almost round like an Ear-picker a little concave and of a pale-green Colour with a small red Fringe round them they have always a Dew on them in the hottest Day From the middle of the Leaves rise up two or three round small reddish Stalks of an Hand or half a Foot high they have no Leaves on them It has many whitish Flowers placed one above another on short Foot-stalks Oblong Seminal Vessels in shape and bigness like Wheat succeed the Flowers they are full of Seeds It grows plentifully in Sir William Goring's Park near Petworth in Sussex and in many other places Botanists differ about the Virtue of this Plant Some commend it for a Consumption the Plague-wounds and the Falling-sickness But others with good Reason forbid the inward use of it for it is so Caustick that being put on the Skin it will cause Ulcers 'T is very injurious to Sheep for it burns up their Lungs and gives them a deadly Cough Upon which Account it is called the Red-Rot A Strong-water made with it was formerly much in use Many superstitious Things are reported of this Plant which I designedly omit T. TAmarisk in Latin Tamariscus 'T is excellent for Diseases of the Spleen A Decoction of the Bark stops the Courses and an immoderate Flux of the Hemorrhoids It settles the Teeth when they are loose and eases the Pain of them and is good for Ulcers of the Mouth for the Leprosie Itch and other Ulcers for Melancholy the Black-Jaundice and a Dropsie occasion'd by an hard and obstructed Spleen Take of Steel one Ounce of the Middle-bark of the Ash Tamarisk Roots of Capers each half an Ounce of Sassafras and Juniper each six Drams of the Roots of Elecampane Angelica Galangal Sweet-smelling Flag each two Drams Shavings of Harts-horn Ivory Yellow Sanders each three Drams the Leaves of Wormwood Ground-pine Spleen-wort Dodder Balm Germander each two Pugils the Flowers of Bugloss Borage Scabious Broom each one Pugil of Cinnamon half an Ounce Cloves Ginger Mace Nutmegs each two Drams beat them grosly and pour on them two Quarts of White-wine and infuse them in a Glass well stopped in B. M. three or four Days strain it and take four Spoonfuls every Morning This is good for Melancholy and Pains in the Stomach Common Tansie in Latin Tanacetum 'T is Vulnerary Uterine and Nephritick 'T is used for the Worms the Gripes and the Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder for Obstruction of the Courses Wind and a Dropsie The Juice of it applied to the Hands and Feet cure the Chaps of them Scabby Ulcers and the Itch. A Conserve of the Leaves and Tops resists Putrefaction purifies the Blood and opens Obstructions One was cured of an Obstinate Dropsie by the Decoction of it Take of the Conserve of Tansie Fumatory Wood-Sorrel each two Ounces of the Compounded Powder of Wake-Robin three Drams of Ivory Crabs-eyes and Coral prepar'd each one Dram of Yellow Sanders powder'd and of the Wood of Aloes each half a Dram of Salt of Steel one Dram of Salt of Wormwood one Dram and an half of the Syrup of the Five Opening Roots a sufficient quantity make an Electuary Take the quantity of a Chesnut Night and Morning This is good for the Scurvy and to strengthen the Blood Tarragon in Latin Dracunculus hortensis 'T is used frequently in Sallets to correct cold Herbs and the Crudities of them 'T is good for those that have cold Stomachs It procures Appetite and expels Wind. It provokes Urine and the Courses and opens Obstructions Being chew'd it evacuates Flegm and so eases the Pain of the Teeth 'T is also Sudorifick Teasel Fuller's-Thistle or Venus's Basin in Latin Dipsacus The Roots of it boyl'd in Wine cure Ulcers of the Fundament called Rhagades and Warts The Water that is receiv'd in the hollowness of the Leaves is good for Inflammations of the Eyes It also takes off Spots from the Face and beautifies it Boyl'd in Wine it purges by Urine But Cloth-workers use it chiefly Dwarf-Carline Thistle in Latin Carduus acaulis The Leaves lie on the Ground in a Circle they are of a green Colour and very prickly they are cut in deep and are hairy they have either no Stalks at all or but one an Inch or an Inch and an half high The little Heads are oblong and not at all prickly The Flowers are purple The Root is as long as the Little Finger and has some thickish Fibres and grows awry 'T is of a reddish Colour especially within and tastes somewhat Aromatick It grows commonly on Hills and in dry Places and on Stony Grounds on the Downs in Sussex 'T is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick It prevents and cures the Plague if it be taken in time 'T is Diuretick and good in a Dropsie Philip Melancton when he was afflicted with Hypochondriack Pains used this Herb and commended it much Milk Thistle or Ladies-Thistle in Latin Carduus Mariae The Leaves have white Spots they are long and broad and very prickly The Stalk is channel'd downy and five or six Foot high and is divided into many Branches The Brush is so prickly that it cannot be handled The Root is long and thick It grows frequently in Hedges and Ditches 'T is supposed to have the same Virtue with the Blessed Thistle called commonly Carduus But it is oftner used in the Kitchin than for Medicine The Decoction of it is used with good Success in Obstructions of the Liver of the Bowels and of Urine wherefore it is good in the Jaundice for the Dropsie and the Stone in the Kidnies The distill'd Water of it cures the Diseases of the Sides 'T is chiefly used outwardly in Eating Ulcers Rags being dip'd in the Water and applied to the Sores The Seed is frequently used
awry it has reddish Fibres and is of an astringent Taste The Stalks lie on the Ground having many short Leaves sometimes they grow upright and are two Foot high they are small hairy and reddish The Flowers are small and yellowish and consist of four Leaves Note the Leaves are like the Leaves of Cinquefoil but longer and less dented It dries and is very astringent wherefore there is no Remedy more proper for Fluxes of the Belly and Womb than the Roots of Tormentil Besides they are Diaphoretick and Alexipharmick wherefore they are used in all Medicines for the Plague and Malignant Diseases especially when Fluxes of the Belly accompany them Moreover they are mix'd with Vulnerary Potions Ointments and Plasters for they cure old and putrid Ulcers Half a Dram or a Dram of the Extract of Tormentil is much commended for curing an Epidemick Dysentery Rubarb being used before if there be occasion A Woman that was wont to miscarry after the Second Month was cured in the following manner She was purg'd and took Sage with her Meat and Drink and as much of the following Powder as would lie on a Groat was given at a time Take of Cochinele Prepar'd Pearl and Tormentil-roots each one Dram of Mastick half a Dram mingle them and make a Powder The following Plaster was applied to the Loins and the Os sacrum Take of the purest Labdanum one Ounce and an half of Galls Oak-Moss Bole-Armoniack Cypress-Nuts Seal'd-Earth Mirtles Red Roses Dragon's-blood and Balaustians each half an Ounce of Ship-Pitch two Ounces of Turpentine six Ounces make a Plaster After the use of these things she went out her Time and had a lusty Child and after that more Marsh Trefoil or Buckbeans in Latin Trifolium palustre It grows commonly in Marishes and watery Places and is much commended in the Scurvy and for Pains in the Limbs The Leaves are boyl'd in Beer and it is taken twice or thrice a Day but because it is very bitter 't is best taken in a Syrup Turnep in Latin Rapum It forces Urine and is a Provocative to Venery The Juice and Broth wherein they are boyl'd cure Quartan-Agues Raw Turneps cure the Scurvy-Roasted under Ashes and applied behind the Ears they cure the Head-ach and the Pain of the Teeth They are applied to Ulcers of the Legs and to Swellings of the Breast and for Scrophulous and Scorbutick Tumours with good Success The Broth of them makes a good Gargarism for Sore Mouths Half a Dram of the Seed is used at a time to excite Venery and in Malignant Diseases to expel Venom Take of sliced Turneps and of White Sugar each half a Pound put them into an Earthen Pot making a Lay of one and a Lay of the other cover it with Paper and bake it with Bread when it is drawn press out the Juice and keep it for use Take a Spoonful Morning and Evening This is good for Coughs and at the Beginning of Consumptions Tutsan in Latin Androsaemum vulgare The Root is thick woody reddish and has long Fibres The Stalks are woody three or four Foot high round reddish smooth and crested They have two large Leaves at every Joint green above whitish below The Flowers are yellow and consist of five Leaves they are placed on long Foot-stalks After the Flowers come Heads of Seeds first greenish then reddish and last of a purple Colour The Juice is reddish It stops Blood and is an excellent Vulnerary Plant taken inwardly or outwardly applied V. GArden Valerian in Latin Valeriana hortensis The Root and Herb are very Diuretick Half a Spoonful of the Powder of the Root before the Stalk springs taken once or twice in Wine Water or Milk relieves those that are seiz'd with the Falling-sickness And Sylvius reckons it more effectual in this Case than the Roots of Male-Peony The Leaves bruis'd are commonly applied to slight Wounds upon which Account it is called Cut-finger It purges upwards and downwards Common Vervain in Latin Verbena vulgaris So many Virtues are attributed by Authors to this Plant that it would tire one to reckon them up 'T is Cephalick and Vulnerary 'T is used for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and in the Stone for Diseases of the Eyes and Breast for the Gripes the Bloody-Flux a Tertian Ague to heal Wounds and to hasten Delivery 'T is outwardly used for the Head-ach Pain of the Teeth Redness and Weakness of the Eyes for a Quinsie and for Swellings of the Glandules of the Jaws for the Falling of the Fundament for cleansing Ulcers and for Pains of the Spleen 'T is reckon'd a Specifick for Pains of the Head from whatever Cause they proceed The distill'd Water is applied outwardly to the Head and four Ounces are taken inwardly with four Drops of Spirit of Salt Forestus says he knew Two who were cured of the Head-ach only by hanging the green Herb about their Necks when many other Medicines were used to no purpose Violet in Latin Viola The Leaves are cooling The Flowers moisten cool and mollifie They are reckon'd among the Cordial-Flowers They are chiefly used in Fevers to abate the Heat and to ease the Pain of the Head occasion'd by it and for Coughs and Pleurises The Seed is Lithontriptick The Syrup is most in use and is made in the following manner Take of the Flowers of fresh Violets one Pound of clear hot Water two Pints and an half keep it close cover'd in an Earthen Glaz'd Pot a Day then press it out and add to two Pints of the strain'd Liquor four Pounds of Sugar take off the Scum as it rises and make a Syrup without boyling Viper's-grass in Latin Scorzonera The Root is eaten with Meat and is as sweet as Parsnips 'T is much used for the Biting of Venomous Creatures in Pestilential Fevers for Melancholy Palpitation of the Heart the Falling-sickness Giddiness Obstructions of the Bowels Diseases of the Womb for the Jaundice and at the Beginning of a Dropsie Take of the Roots of Scorzonera and Angelica each six Drams of the Leaves of Wood-Sorrel with the Roots two Handfuls of Rasp'd Hart's-horn and Ivory each half an Ounce of Liquorish two Drams boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to one Pint and an half to the strain'd Liquor add of Compounded scordium-Scordium-water and of the cold cordial-Cordial-water of Saxony each three Ounces of Syrup of Rasberries three Ounces mingle them make an Apozem of which take three Ounces or four at pleasure This is much used in Fevers W. WAlnut-tree in Latin Juglans The outward Bark dried vomits strongly The Catkins are a gentler Vomit The fresh Nuts move the Belly The Dry are hot and hard to digest they increase Choler and cause a Cough The Juice of the outward Bark gargl'd in the Mouth is very useful in a Relaxation of the Almonds and for an Inflammation of the Throat A Decoction of the outward Bark of the green Nut forces Worms out of their Holes The green and unripe Nuts candied with
two Ounces of the Juice of Briony and Smallage each three Ounces boyl them to the Consumption of the Juices then add of Ointment of Marsh-mallows and Gum-Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar and strain'd each one Ounce of the Seeds of Daucus and Spikenard each one Dram and an half of yellow Wax a sufficient quantity make an Ointment When you use it add a little Vinegar of Roses This is commended for Obstructions of the Liver Oyl of Capers of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Bark of the Roots of Capers one Ounce of the Bark of Tamarisk of the Leaves of the same of the Seeds of the chaste Tree of Spleen-wort and of the Roots of Cyperus each two Drams of Rue one Dram of ripe Oyl of Olives one Pint of the sharpest Vinegar and of fragrant White-wine each two Ounces cut them and steep them two Days and boyl them gently in B. M. and when the Wine and Vinegar are consum'd strain it and keep it for use This Oyl is very proper for Hardness Pain and Obstructions of the Liver or Spleen and also for the Rickets Capers grow in Sandy Ground and amongst Rubbish at Rome and Florence and other Parts of Italy Cardamoms in Latin Cardamomum They have a gentle Heat that is very agreeable to Nature They provoke Urine and the Courses and open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and especially of the Mesentery in which Obstructions they do Wonders they are also good to help Concoction They are an Ingredient in the Compound-water of Worm-wood of the London-Dispensatory Carthamus or Bastard-Saffron The Flowers bruis'd are used instead of Sauce and they colour the Meat of a Saffron-colour They loosen the Belly and are good in the Jaundice But the chief use of the Flowers is for dying of Silks and Cloth Some adulterate Saffron by mixing it with these Flowers The Seed of it bruis'd and taken in Broth purges clammy Flegm by Vomit and Stool upon which Account it is reckon'd amongst Flegmagoges 'T is very good for the Breast and is excellent for expelling Wind wherefore it is very good for Cholicks and an Anasarca But it is offensive to the Stomach and therefore Stomachicks ought to be mix'd with it as Annise-seeds Galangal Cinnamon and the like The Operation of it should be quicken'd by adding things that are acrid as Cardamoms Ginger Sal Gemmae and the like The Dose of it in Infusion is from three Drams to six Hofmannus says the Husk should be taken off with a Knife tho' it be difficult for the beating of it with a Pestle loses the Oyly Substance wherein the Virtue lies The Electuary called Diacarthamum of the London-Dispensatory Take of the Species of Diatragacanth frigid half an Ounce of the Pulp of Preserv'd Quinces one Ounce of the Marrow of the Seeds of the Bastard-Saffron half an Ounce of White Ginger two Drams of Diagrydium powder'd a-part three Drams of White Turbith six Drams of Manna two Ounces of Solutive Hony of Roses strain'd and Sugar-candy each one Ounce of Hermodactils half an ounce of White Sugar boyl'd to the Consistence of a solid Electuary ten Ounces and an half when it is hot mix with it the Hony Manna and the Pulp of Quinces then add the Powders and make a solid Electuary to be formed into Tablets Cassia Fistula Alexandrina in English Ordinary Purging Cassia The Egyptians use to walk in a Morning where Cassia grows especially at Sun-rising for then the Cassia smells very pleasantly The Pulp of Cassia purges Choler and watery Humours 'T is good in outward and inward Heats It attemperates the Blood and renders it more pure It wonderfully helps Diseases of the Breast occasion'd by a Distillation of sharp Humours The Egyptians use the Pulp with Sugar-candy and Liquorish for Diseases of the Bladder and Reins And by the frequent use of it they preserve themselves from the Stone three Drams of it being taken three Hours before Dinner But Fallopius and Fabritius Hildanus think it is not safe giving of it in Heat of Urine for they say it increases the Disease by drawing Water to the Part affected Two Inconveniences attend the use of it It dissolves the Tone of the Stomach by its Moisture and then it breeds Wind wherefore it is not to be used to those that have moist Stomachs or are Hypondriacal or troubl'd with Wind unless it be corrected by Carminatives or Stomachicks as with Cinnamon Mastick or the like But Hofmannus says 't is best not to use it in Hypochondriacal People by reason of the Weakness of their Intestines Cassia is used for all Coughs Difficulty of Breathing and an Asthma 'T is used outwardly in hot Pains of the Joints Pains of the Head after Eating are best cured by taking Cassia after Eating Cassia is made much use of in the Purging Electuaries of the London-Dispensatory Extract of Cassia for Clysters is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Violets Mallows Beets Mercury Pelitory of the Wall Flowers of Violets each one Handful make a Decoction in a sufficient quantity of Water adding at the end the Flowers of Violets whereby the Cassia may be extracted and the Canes wash'd within then take of the Cassia extracted by this Decoction and boyl'd to a Consistence one Pound of Brown Sugar one Pound and an half boyl them up to an Electuary according to Art The Electuary called Dia-Cassia with Manna is made in the following manner Take of Damask-Prunes two Ounces of the Flowers of Violets one Ounce and an half of fountain-Fountain-water a Pint and an half boyl them according to Art till half is consum'd strain it and dissolve in it of the Pulp of Cassia six Ounces of Violet-Sugar and Syrup of Violets each four Ounces of the Pulp of Tamarinds one Ounce of Sugar-candy one Ounce and an half of the best Manna two Ounces mingle them and make an Electuary according to Art 'T is a good cooling Purge Cassia extracted without Sena Take of Prunes number Twelve of the Leaves of Violets one Handful of Barly cleans'd and the Seeds of Annise and of Bastard-Saffron and of Polypody of the Oak each five Drams of Maiden-hair Thyme and Dodder each half an Handful of Raisins stoned half an Ounce of the Seeds of Fennel two Drams of the Seeds of Purslain and Mallows each three Drams of Liquorish half an Ounce make a Decoction of these in a sufficient quantity of Water in the strain'd Liquor dissolve two Pounds of the Pulp of Cassia and one Ounce of Tamarinds add three Drams of Cinnamon and one Pound of the best Sugar boyl it to the Consistence of an Electuary This is good when the Body is Feverish for it cools and purges gently An Ounce and an half of it may be taken at a time Cassia is an Ingredient in the Lenitive Electuary of the London-Dispensatory 'T is made in the following manner Take of Raisins stoned of Polypody of the Oak fresh Oriental Sena
they are best boyl'd and when they are green as are Pease and Beans but they are windy They provoke Venery they cleanse open incide digest provoke Urine and lessen the Stone but they hurt the Bladder when it is ulcerated They gently move the Belly The Broth of them doth good in the Jaundice A Decoction of them kills Worms moves the Courses expels the Child and breeds Milk In Cataplasms they cure the Swellings under the Ears called Parotides and Inflammations of the Testicles and Malignant Ulcers We most commonly make use of them only in Difficulty of Urine But Practitioners should take care that they do not use them too often to those that have Ulcers in those Parts They are sown every where in Italy Spain and France Take of the Root of Liquorish four Scruples of Marsh-mallows Grass and Rest-harrow each half an Ounce of the Berries of Winter-Cherries number Twenty of Red Chick-pease four Ounces of Currants one Ounce of the four greater Cold Seeds one Scruple of Barly two Handfuls boyl them in the Water of Winter-Cherries Rest-harrow Strawberries and Flowers of Beans each one Pint and on half to the strain'd Liquor add four Ounces of the Syrup of Marsh-mallows A Person that was grievously afflicted with the Stone in the Bladder was much reliev'd by taking of this Decoction daily for the space of seventeen Weeks Cinnamon in Latin Cinnamomum The Diversity of the Nature of this Tree is wonderful for from the Bark of the Root is distill'd Camphir and its Oyl from the Bark of the Trunk Oyl of Cinnamon from the Leaves ' Oyl of Cloves from the Fruit an Oyl like the Oyl of Juniper mix'd with a little of Cinnamon and Cloves Of these is boyl'd up a fat thick Oyl like Wax fit to make Plasters Ointments and Candles 'T is hard and clear and of a fragrant Smell The Inhabitants use it in Ointments to ease Pain but they dare not make Candles of it for none are permitted to use Candles besides the King of the Country The Leaves of it smell more like Cloves than Cinnamon The Bark of the Root given in a Decoction or the Powder of it taken with Sugar and Hony is good for a Cough The Bark of the Twigs used in a Decoction is good for the Wind. The same given in Powder with hot Water eases the Pain of the Belly and stops a Flux arising from Cold. Our People use it successfully boyl'd in Milk or Posset-drink to stop a Loosness A Decoction of it in Red Wine stops an immoderate Flux of the Courses The Juice of the Leaves given with Sugar and Pepper do good for Pains of the Belly and the Flatulent Matter of the Reins The Powder of the Leaves with Sugar are good for Giddiness of the Head As also are the Flowers taken with Sugar in cold Water The Oyl which is drawn from the Bark of the Root hath many excellent Virtues 'T is very good in all Paralytick Diseases being used outwardly in time 'T is a present Remedy for the Gout presently asswaging the violent Pain of the Parts as soon as they are anointed with it It doth also good taken inwardly 'T is also of excellent use taken inwardly for curing an Asthma and other Diseases of the Lungs 'T is also good to correct the Malignity of Fevers It forces Sweat and is very proper to be used in Gangrens Mortifications and Malignant Ulcers for Pains of the Limbs of the Belly and of the Eyes and for Tumors of the Members proceeding from Cold and Flegmatick Humours It restores the Sense of Parts that are stupified 'T is good for Rheums The Oyl of the Bark of the Tree is good for Diseases of the Stomach and for the Gripes The Water of Cinnamon is counted Cordial The Oyl of the Leaves is good in the Cholick and very proper in the Palsie Cinnamon is good for all Obstructions and for Diseases of the Breast Oyl or Essence of Cinnamon and its Aetherial-water is made in the following manner Bruise four Pounds of good Cinnamon and infuse it in six Quarts of hot Water leave it in digestion in an Earthen Vessel well stop'd two Days pour the Infusion into a large Copper Limbeck and fitting a Receiver to it and luting close the Junctures with a wet Bladder distil with a pretty good Fire three or four Pints of the Liquor then unlute the Limbeck and pour into it by Inclination the distil'd Waters you will find at bottom a little Oyl which you must pour into a Viol and stop it close distil the Liquor as before then returning the Water into the Limbeck take the Oyl you find at the bottom of the Receiver and mix it with the first Repeat this Cohobation until there rises no more Oyl then take away the Fire Tincture of Cinnamon is made in the following manner Take what quantity of bruised Cinnamon you please put it into a Matrass and pour upon it Spirit of Wine one Fingure above it stop your Matrass close and set it in Digestion in Horse-dung four or five Days the Spirit of Wine will be impregnated with the Tincture of Cinnamon and become red separate it from the Cinnamon and after it is filtrated keep the Tincture in a Viol well stop'd 'T is an admirable Cardiack it fortifies the Stomach and rejoyces all the Vital Parts It may be used like Cinnamon-water in a little smaller Dose Cinnamon-water is made in the following manner Take of bruised Cinnamon a Pound and an half Spanish Wine a Quart infuse the Cinnamon in the Wine twenty four Hours then distil them in a Limbeck draw off three Pints of strong-Strong-water sweeten'd with Sugar and keep it for use 'T is good in a weak Stomach and is Cordial Syrup of Cinnamon of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Cinnamon beaten a little three Ounces infuse it three Days in hot fountain-Fountain-water afterwards distil it in B. M. take a Pint of this Water of Clarified Sugar boyl'd over a gentle Fire to the Consistence of Tablets have a Pound Make a Syrup The Cinnamon-tree and the Cassia-tree seem to be the same The Cinnamon-tree grows as commonly in the Island of Zeiland in the Hedges and Woods as the Hazel-tree doth in our Country and the Inhabitants value it no more for they commonly make Fires of it and cut it for any common use Common Cinque-foil or Five-leav'd Grass in Latin Pentaphyllum Vulgatissimum 'T is Vulnerary and Astringent It stops Fluxes of the Belly Bleeding at Nose and the Hemorrhoids 'T is good for Spitting of Blood and a Cough 'T is also commended for a Palsie a Consumption the Gout and Jaundice 'T is also reckon'd good for the Stone and Erosions of the Kidnies for Ruptures and Fevers 'T is used outwardly for the Eyes when they are inflam'd the Juice of it being drop'd into them And also for Loosness of the Teeth and putrid Gums It cleanses also malignant Ulcers The Astringent Virtue of it is
most remarkable by means whereof it does what it does One Dram of the Powder of the Root taken before the Fit cures Agues Spon in his Book of Fevers and Febrifuges says that Cinquefoil is a Plant somewhat bitter and very astringent whereby it strengthens the Fibres of the Stomach relax'd by a Fever and fixes and sweetens its Acid. Hippocrates used this Plant to cure Fevers But without doubt it was more effectual in Greece where Hippocrates liv'd than here For most Plants have more Virtue in hot Countries than in cold especially those that are somewhat Aromatick It has also been found by Experience that the Roots of it cure Ulcers of the Mouth Citrons in Latin Malus Citria Every part of the Citron the outward and inward Bark the Juice and Pulp and the Seeds are of great use in Physick The outward yellow Bark hath a curious Aromatick Smell and bitter Taste Being dried it is very Cordial and Alexipharmick It heats and corroborates a cold and windy Stomach It discusses Wind powerfully concocting and digesting crude Humours that are contain'd in the Stomach or Bowels Being chewed in the Mouth it cures a Stinking Breath promotes Concoction of the Meat and is good for Melancholy 'T is much commended for Hypochondriacal Diseases for Vapours Wind the Palpitation of the Heart Obstructions and Weakness of the Bowels The Powder of the outward Bark of Oranges and Limons is reckon'd good for the same Being candied 't is used for Second Courses And mixed with Cordial Electuaries 't is used against Contagion It loosens the Belly upon which Account an Electuary is made of it called the Solutive Electuary of Citron good to evacuate Flegmatick and Cold Humours It may be also safely given when Choler is mix'd with Flegm The Pulp or Juice tho' it be not so acid as the Juice of Limons yet is it much more cooling than that 'T is very proper in Burning and Pestilential Fevers to quench Thirst to suppress too great a Fermentation of the Blood to recreate the Spirits and quicken the Appetite 'T is also reckon'd good for a Giddiness in the Head The Seeds are Cordâ—â—l and Alexipharmick are good for the Biting of Scorpions and other venomous Creatures They strengthen the Heart and defend it from the Contagion of the Plague and Small-Pox They kill the Worms of the Stomach and Bowels provoke the Courses and cause Abortion They digest crude and watery Humours and dry them up both within and without There is a strange Story of two that were condemn'd to be destroy'd by Serpents and as they were passing to Execution by chance a Person that had a Citron in his Hand gave it them to eat and soon after they were flung to the Serpents and were much bit by them but their Poyson made no Impression upon them and the Men escaped with their Lives Upon this Enquiry was made what they had eat or drunk And a Citron being the only thing that had been given them 't was order'd one of them should eat a Citron the next Day and that then they should be expos'd again to the Serpents He that had eaten the Citron escap'd as before the other soon perish'd And afterwards it was found by many Experiments that Citron was good against Poyson The Solutive Electuary of Citron of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Citron-peel candied of Conserve of the Flowers of Violets and Bugloss of the Species of Diatragacanth frigid and of Diagrydium each half an Ounce of Turbith five Drams of Ginger half a Dram of the Leaves of Sena six Drams of the Seeds of Sweet-Fennel one Dram of White Sugar dissolv'd in Rose-water and boyl'd up according to Art ten Ounces beat in a Brass-Mortar the Turbith and Ginger being first cut small the Sena Fennel and the Diagrydium must be pounded a-part and must be mix'd with a little of the Powder of Diatragacanth made fresh the Bark of the Citron must be pounded in a Marble-Mortar then add the Conserves pulp'd through a fine Sieve and boyl'd a little in the Sugar dissolv'd take it off the Fire and when it is just warm put in the Powders and last of all the Diagrydium and the Diatragacanth and of this Paste make Tablets Syrup of the Juice of Citrons of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Juice of Citrons strain'd one Pint let it stand till it is clear add to it of White Sugar clarified and boyl'd to the Consistence of Tablets two Pounds make a Syrup by boyling of it just up and no more Syrup of the Bark of Citrons is made in the following manner Take of the yellow Peel of Citrons ripe and fresh five Ounces of the Grains of Kerms or of their Juice two Drams of fountain-Fountain-water three Pints infuse them all Night in B. M. strain it add two Pounds and an half of White Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup according to Art in B. M. Half of it must be without Musk the other half must be Aromatiz'd with three Grains of Musk tied up in a Rag. Citruls in Latin Citrullus The Fruit of it is cold and moist and very fit to quench the Thirst wherefore the Italians refresh themselves in Summer-time with the Pulp of it 'T is good in Burning Fevers and for a dry Tongue The Seed of it is one of the Greater Cold Seeds Cloves in Latin Caryophyllus Aromaticus Cloves heat and dry The Indians two Days before they sell their Cloves place a large Vessel of Water in the Room where the Cloves are and it all soon evaporates and goes into the Cloves and so the weight of them is much increas'd Cloves perfume the Breath for which Reason the Indian Women frequently chew them and such like things They are said to clear the Sight and to take off Clouds from the Eyes They strengthen the Stomach and take off Vomiting and Nauseousness They provoke Venery and are good for all cold Diseases of the Brain as Apoplexies Lethargies Palsie or the like They are used to correct the Air by being burnt or eaten But the chief use of them is in the Kitchin for Sauces and the like They are also used to perfume Clothes an Orange being stuck full of them and put into the Chest to the Clothes Some put them into Wine or Beer and they impart to it a pleasant Smell and Taste They are put into a Bag or sow'd up in a Cloth and worn upon the Stomach to stop Vomiting and to take off Pains of the Stomach proceeding from a cold Cause Some powder their Heads with the Powder of them to take off Dulness and Pains of the Head Cloves candied taste very pleasantly and are proper for a cold Stomach Oyl of Cloves by Distillation is good for inward and outward use Oyl of Cloves per descensum is made in the following manner Take several large Drinking-glasses cover them with a Linnen Cloth and tie it round each of them leaving a Cavity
Ounces dissolve it with the Heat of a Bath in a Pint of the Juice of Barberries clarified it must be put into a Matrass well stop'd and having digested it three or four Days pour off that which is dissolv'd and pour on more Juice as before and so proceed till all the Coral is dissolv'd add a Pound and an half of Sugar to one Pint of this Juice and boyl it gently to a Syrup in B. M. Compound Syrup of Coral is made in the following manner Take of Red Coral ground fine upon a Porphyry-stone with a little rose-Rose-water six Ounces of the clear Juice of Limons freed from its Flegm in B. M. sixteen Ounces of the clear Juice of Barberries eight Ounces of sharp White-wine Vinegar and of clear Juice of Wood-Sorrel each six Ounces mingle them and put them into a Viol stop'd close with a Cork and a Bladder shaking it daily till it hath digested eight Days in a Bath or Horse-dung then filtrate and take of it a Pint and an half and of the Juice of Quinces half a Pint of Sugar of Roses twelve Ounces mingle them make a Syrup according to Art in a Bath adding of Syrup of Gillyflowers sixteen Ounces keep it for use Syrup of Coral is very cooling 'T is good in Fevers for Fluxes the Running of the Reins the Whites in Women and for Spitting of Blood Coral grows plentifully in Spain and Catalonia sometimes the Branches of it are so large as to weigh three or four Pounds Coral-tree in Latin Arbor Corallii Sheaths for Swords and Knives are made of the Root of it The Leaves powder'd and boyl'd to the thickness of an Ointment cure Venerial Buboes and asswage the Pain of the Bones Rub'd and applied to the Temples they ease the Head-ach and cure Ulcers The Cork-tree in Latin Suber The Bark of it rub'd in hot Water stops a Flux of Blood The Ashes of it do the same But it is chiefly used to Anchors for Ships and for Fishing-Tackling and to stop Bottles In some part of Spain they make Tiles of it to cover their Houses It grows in Spain and in some other Places Costus It heats much forces Urine and the Courses and is good for Diseases of the Womb. Half an Ounce of it taken in a proper Liquor is good for the Biting of Vipers It stimulates Venery and expels broad Worms by reason of the Bitterness that is in it Cotton in Latin Gossipium 'T is commonly used to line Clothes to keep out the Cold And there is no sort of Flax so soft and white as it is As to its use in Physick being burnt it stops Bleeding especially Wounds The Marrow of the Seed wonderfully relieves those that are subject to Coughs and Difficulty of Breathing It increases Seed and is a Provocative to Venery The Oyl of the Pith of the Seed takes off Spots from the Skin The Down fired and put under the Nostrils prevents Mother-fits It grows in the Island of Crete betwixt Jerusalem and Damascus where there are whole Fields Sown with it Couhage or Cow-itch in Latin Phaseolus Zurratensis The Bristles of the Cods occasion violent Itching Indian Cress in Latin Nasturtium Indicum The Flowers of it smell and look very pleasantly in Sallets 'T is good for a weak and cold Stomach and for Wind. It grows in Peru. Crown-Imperial in Latin Corona Imperialis It came from Constantinople but it grows now frequently in our Gardens here in England and flowers in April and sometimes in March if that Season of the Year be warmer than ordinary The Turks use the Drops in the Flower to make them vomit And some use them to hasten Delivery Cumin in Latin Cuminum The Seed of it resolves and discusses Wind and therefore is good in the Cholick for a Timpany and a Vertigo Taken in Sweet Wine it relieves those that are afflicted with a Difficulty and Heat of Urine Boyl'd with Figs in Wine it cures a Cough and cleanses the Breast 'T is conveniently baked with Bread for it helps Concoction and dissipates Wind. But the frequent use of it in a large quantity renders the Countenance pale It cures a Stinking Breath The Chymical Oyl of it is excellent for Wind and Uterine Diseases An Empirick had mighty Success by pouring some Drops of it upon a Toast and applying it to the Navel 'T is sown in abundance in the Island of Melita The Plaster of Cumin of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Seeds of Cumin of Lawrel-berries and Yellow Wax each one Pound of Rosin of the Pine two Pounds of common Rosin two Pounds of Oyl of Dill half a Pound mingle them and make a Plaster 'T is good for Windy Ruptures and the like Cubebs in Latin Cubebae Cubebs are like Pepper and sometimes a little larger They heat and dry They strengthen the Stomach when it is oppress'd with Wind or Flegm They purge the Breast by carrying off clammy and gross Humours They releive the Spleen and expel Wind and cure cold Diseases of the Womb. Being chew'd with Mastick often they strengthen the Brain and draw Flegm from the Head Being infus'd in Wine they provoke Venery and heat the Stomach they cleanse the Urinary Passages and expel Gravel from the Reins and Bladder They are an Ingredient in the Compound Spirit and Water of Worm-wood of the London-Dispensatory Sweet Cyperus in Latin Cyperus longus The Root of it is Stomachick and Uterine 'T is chiefly used in provoking Urine and the Courses It takes off Crudities of the Stomach and cures the Dropsie at the Beginning and the Cholick and cures a Stinking Breath being chew'd in the Mouth Being bruis'd and boyl'd or infus'd in Oyl and applied to the Reins it expels Gravel and provokes Urine If the Roots are powder'd and mix'd with Hony and Sugar and a little Wine and boyl'd together and then cut into Slices and infus'd in Broth they taste like Candied Ginger The Twigs and Roots dried in the Sun and sprinkled with Vinegar and beat to pieces perfume Clothes The Spanish and Italian Women use the Roots of it so prepar'd for Perfumes One Dram of the Powder of the Root with a Spike of Lavender hastens Delivery and expels the Secundine Take of the Roots of Elecampane Sweet-smelling Flag and Cyperus each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Mint Sage Marjoram Calamint and Wormwood each half an Handful of Cyperus-nuts Myrtles Galls and Balaustians each one Dram of Red Roses one Pugil boyl them in equal parts of Smith's Water and Red Wine to a Quart in the strain'd Liquor dissolve one Ounce of Salt and Allum foment the Region of the Pubis and Perinaeum hot Morning and Evening This is commended for an Incontinence of Urine D. DAte-tree in Latin Dactylus 'T is astringent and is used for Fluxes of the Belly and the Whites It stops Bleeding and cures Wounds The Fresh are more astringent than the Dry but they occasion the Head-ach and if many of
half A Gentlewoman cured several People of Dropsies only by giving the Juice of this Root She order'd them to take four Spoonfuls every Morning in six Spoonfuls of White-wine An Ounce of the fresh Juice has been used with good Success in a desperate Obstruction of the Belly It purges Flegm Water and Choler But it is now-a-days only used for Dropsies Take of the Roots of Florentine-Iris and Hermodactiles powder'd each six Drams of the Plaister Oxycroceum and of the Mucilages each two Ounces of the Resin of Pine one Ounce mix them and moisten them with Oyl of Worms and make a Plaster This is used for the Gout Take of the Roots of Florentine-Iris twelve Ounces of the Wood of Rhodim two Ounces of the Leaves of Marjoram three Drams of Cloves one Ounce of Limon-peel five Drams of Cyperus-root one Ounce of Sweet-smelling Flag six Drams of Damask-Roses four Ounces of Red Roses two Ounces of Benzoyn Styrax and Calamit each one Ounce of Labdanum half an Ounce make a gross Powder This is a sweet Powder and is very proper to sprinkle amongst Clothes to preserve them from the Moth. If all the aforesaid Ingredients are distill'd with Strong Beer in a common Still six Grains of Musk being tied up in a Rag and hang'd in the Receiver you will have a Perfum'd Water that is very fit for Funerals Jujubs in Latin Jujubae They are moderately hot and moist They attemperate the Sharpness of the Blood and are good for Diseases of the Breast and Lungs for Coughs Difficulty of Breathing for Diseases of the Reins and Bladder and for Heat of Urine The Syrup of Jujubs of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Jujubs number Sixty of the Flowers of Violets five Drams of Liquorish rasp'd and bruis'd of the Leaves of Maiden-hair and of French-Barly each one Ounce of the Seeds of Mallows five Drams of the Seeds of White Poppies Melons Lettice and of Quinces and Gum-Tragacanth tied up in a Rag by themselves each three Drams boyl them in three Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water till half is consum'd strain it and clarifie the Liquor and with two Pounds of White Sugar make a Syrup 'T is a good cooling Syrup and proper for Coughs Pleurisies and for Ulcers of the Lungs and Bladder 'T is an Ingredient in the Lohoch Sanans of the London-Dispensatory and of the Pectoral Decoction K. KErmes or the Scarlet Oak in Latin Ilex Coccigera This little Tree grows on stony Hills about Monopeliar and in other Parts of France and in Italy But Clusius says it does not every where bear the Grains of Kermes for he says they are only to be found in those Regions which are near the Mediterranean Sea where the Sun shines very hot and not always there neither for when the Shrub grows so big as to bear Acorns the Kermes will not grow on it and therefore the Inhabitants burn them up when they are about four Years old that young ones may come in their Room which afterwards yearly have the Grain of Kermes sticking to them on the Branch like small Peas of an Ash-colour These Grains are counted by Philosophers and Botanists the Spurious or Excrementitious Fruit of the Scarlet-Oak only But the learned and ingenious Dr. Martin Lister found such kind of Grains growing in England upon the tender Branches of Cherry-trees and supposes that they are not Excrescencies but the Work of some Insect for receiving as in a Nest its young ones The Grains serve for two Uses for Medicine and for Dying of a Scarlet Colour They are astringent and are used successfully for Wounds and wounded Nerves They are also of good use to prevent Miscarriage and used by the Physicians of Montpeliar for sudden Accidents and Acute Diseases as for an Apoplexy Palsie and the like They are also used for the Palpitation of the Heart for Fainting and for Melancholy The Confection of Kermes of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Juice of fragrant Apples and of the sweetest Water of Roses each one Pint and an half of the Syrup of the Grains of Kermes one Quart of Sugar one Pound boyl them almost to the Consistence of Hony then take it from the Fire and while it is hot add two Drams of Amber-Grease cut small and dissolv'd with some Drops of Oyl of Cinnamon which being well mix'd add the following things powder'd of choice Cinnamon and the best Wood of Aloes each six Drams of prepar'd Pearl two Drams of Leaf-Gold one Dram mix them according to Art The Syrup of Kermes mention'd in making Confection of Kermes is made in the following manner They beat the Grains in a Marble Mortar and pulp them through a Sieve and mix them with an equal quantity of Sugar this they call Conserve And by adding more Sugar Raw Silk the Juice of Apples and rose-Rose-water they make a Syrup L. LArk-Spur in Latin Consolida Regalis The Juice of the Flowers and the distill'd Water clear the Sight and strengthen it And some say that looking always upon it does the same wherefore they take care to hang it always in sight 'T is successfully used in Vulnerary Potions a Decoction of the Flowers in Wine with a Dram of Saffron opens Obstructions Lead-wort in Latin Plumbago Plinii It cures Horses when they are galled and prevents Worms breeding in the Sores being bruis'd and applied Lignum-Aloes It heats and dries and comforts all the Bowels especially the Heart and Womb. It recreates the Vital and Animal Spirits and therefore is good for Fainting It kills Worms 'T is used frequently in Cordial Epithems Being chew'd in the Mouth and the Mouth wash'd with a Decoction of it it cures a Stinking Breath 'T is used for Perfumes and being dried and powder'd and sprinkled upon the Body it smells well A Dram of the Root taken inwardly removes superfluous Humours from the Stomach strengthens it and mitigates the Heat of it It eases the Pain of the Sides and Liver and does good in the Bloody-Flux and for the Gripes A piece of this Wood with the Gum sticking on it was presented to the Royal Society by the Honourable Mr. Boyle It tasted just like the Wood and the Colour of it was like pure Succotrine-Aloes 'T is said that a Milk flows from this Tree which is so virulent that if it chance to drop into the Eyes it occasions Blindness and if it fall upon any other part of the Body it causes Blisters and an Inflammation The true Lignum-Aloes grows in Malacca and in the Island Sumatra Take of Labdanum and Mastich each two Drams of Lignum-Aloes Storax-Calamit Cinnamon and Turpentine each one Dram of Myrtles and the Roots of Cyperus each half a Dram of the Juyce of Mint and Horse-tail extracted with Red Wine a sufficient quantity Make a Plaster to be applied to the Region of the Pubis and Perinaeum for an Incontinence of Urine Lignum-Colubrinum 'T is commended for expelling Poyson the
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-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-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
as if the Powder of Sulphure were flung upon the Flame Some think that the Bark so press'd into the Eyes clears the Sight Neck-laces and Bracelets to number the Prayers are made of small Oranges that fall off and they smell very pleasantly The Seeds kill the Worms in Children The Seeds being set in the Earth little Trees spring for a Year which are eaten in the manner of Sallets they taste very pleasantly and strengthen the Stomach and create an Appetite For the Worms Take an Orange bore an Hole in it and press out the Juice then fill it with equal parts of Oyl of Flax the Juice of Wormwood and Rue adding a little Treacle and Flower of Lupins and let them boyl a while Anoint the Pulse the Temples the Nostrils and the Navel with this Linament and you will find wonderful Success Conserve of Oranges is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the yellow Peel of Oranges beat them well in a Stone-Mortar and add thrice the weight of Fine Sugar beat it up to a Conserve This is good for a cold Scurvy and for Pains and Wind in the Stomach Syrup of Oranges is made in the following manner Take of the Juice strain'd and clarified by standing one Pint of White Sugar clarified and boyl'd up to the Consistence of Tablets two Pounds let it just boyl up and so make a Syrup orange-Orange-water is made in the following manner Take of the yellow Peel of half an Hundred of the best fresh and well-colour'd Oranges infuse them four or five Days in three Quarts of Sack and two Quarts of Nants-Brandy put a Pound of Loaf-Sugar into it to sweeten it Orchis It heats and moistens and tastes sweet 'T is chiefly used for a Provocative to Venery it comforts the Womb and helps Conception Take of the Salt of Satyrion half a Scruple in Malaga-Wine often after the Flux of the Courses This has made many Women fruitful Diasatyrion of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Orchis three Ounces Dattes bitter Almonds Indian-Nuts Pine-Nuts Fistich-Nuts Ginger candied Eryngo-Roots candied each one Ounce of Cloves Galangal Long and Black Pepper each three Drams of Amber-grease one Scruple of Musk two Scruples of Penids four Ounces of Cinnamon and Saffron each half an Ounce of Malaga-Wine three Ounces of Nutmegs Mace Grains of Paradise each two Drams of Ash-tree-Keys the Belly and Loins of Scinks of Facticious Borax and Benzoin each three Drams of the Wood of Aloes and Cardamoms each two Drams of the Seeds of Nettles Onions and of the Roots of Avens each one Dram and an half mingle them and make an Electuary according to Art with two Pints and an half of the Syrup of Ginger preserv'd This Electuary is frequently used for a Provocative to Venery Oyster-green or Sea-Wrake in Latin Fucus Marinus All kinds of Wrake cool and dry and are good for Inflammations being used fresh P. PAnax-Herculis This Herb being cut especially in the Root the Juice flows out in the Summer-time which is call'd Opopanax 'T is good for Wounds It mollifies digests discusses Wind purges thick and clammy Flegm from the remote Parts from the Head Nerves and Joints The best is yellow without and white or yellowish within it tastes very bitter and smells strong 't is of a fat Consistence dissolves easily in Water and is light and friable The Roots of Panax-Herculis are good for all cold Diseases of the Breast for Pains of the Stomach and Obstructions of the Bowels for Diseases of the Reins Bladder Womb and Breast They are good for Pains of the Head Giddiness the Falling-Sickness Convulsions the Palsie an Asthma for Coughs the Jaundice and a Dropsie They expel Wind provoke Urine and the Courses hasten Delivery and expel Gravel A Decoction of them is good for the Hip-Gout Take of Opopanax one Dram of Spike-Nard powder'd half a Scruple of Diagridium four Grains with Syrup of Staecha's make Pills These Pills purge Flegm Pellitory of Spain in Latin Pygrethrum 'T is reckon'd an excellent Remedy for the Palsie of the Tongue and Loss of Speech The Root is very biting and hot Being chew'd in the Mouth it cures the Pain in the Teeth Round Black Pepper in Latin Piper Rotundum Nigrum It grows in most of the Provinces of India especially Malaca Java and Sumetra There is so much of it in those Places that it serves the whole World The Plant is so weak that it cannot stand by it self and if it has no Tree to climb upon it falls to the Ground like Hops White Round Pepper in Latin Piper Rotundum Album There is no difference betwixt the Plants as there is none betwixt the Vines that bring White and Red Grapes All sorts of Pepper heat provoke Urine concoct and discuss being taken inwardly and used outwardly they take off the Shaking Cold Fit of Agues and are good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures Pepper hastens Delivery and is suppos'd to hinder Conception being applied after Copulation 'T is good for Coughs and all Diseases of the Breast Mix'd with Hony 't is best for a Quinsie It takes off the Gripes being taken with the tender Leaves of Laurel It draws Flegm from the Head being chew'd with Raisins and it excites Appetite and helps Concoction Mix'd with Pitch it discusses King's-Evil Swellings and is good for Cold and Crude Stomachs There is a great difference betwixt Taking of it whole and in Powder for the Powder causes the Hickups and inflames all the Bowels They therefore that take it to help their Stomachs should swallow it whole And it is best to season Bak'd Meats with Whole Pepper for when it is powder'd it sticks to the Coats of the Stomach and occasions in some Constitutions the Heart-burning and the Hickups 'T is used outwardly in Gargarisms and Sneezing-Powders It takes off the Pain of the Teeth and asswages the Swelling of the Uvula and is good for cold Diseases of the Nerves Pepper and the Oyl of it is mightily commended for Quartan-Agues by several good Authors Oyl of Pepper outwardly used is an excellent Rememedy for a Palsie Not only the Berries which are properly call'd Pepper are so biting but also the whole Plant. The Indians use Long Pepper in Ointments for Pains of the Members proceeding from Cold and against Poysons and for Giddiness of the Head Catarrhs and Dimness of Sight with good Success The Common Sort of People in India use when their Stomachs have been a long while weak to drink Water wherein a good quantity of Pepper has been infus'd And they draw a very fiery Spirit from fresh Pepper which they use for the same purpose Pepper with a cluster'd Tail and Long Oriental Pepper have much the same Virtues with these describ'd Take of Malaga-Sack three Pints of Rue Ginger and Long-Pepper cut each two Drams of Nutmegs one Dram boyl them to the Consumption of a third part strain it and add two Drams
occasion'd by the Small-Pox The Pith applied to the Fore Part of the Head and the Feet provokes Sweat powerfully if the Party that uses it keeps his Bed and is well cover'd The Root beat and applied draws out Thorns from the Flesh Rubarb in Latin Rhabarbarum It grows in China It purges gently yellow Choler and clammy Flegm 'T is a Specifick for the Liver It cures the Jaundice a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux 'T is reckon'd to purge first and bind afterwards 'T is commonly order'd to be torrefied but it certainly lessens the Virtue of it For Fevers proceeding from Obstructions Take two Drams of Rubarb or one for Infants slice it and tye it up in a Rag and infuse it in a Pint of Succory-water The Dose is four Ounces You must preâ—s the Rag wherein the Rubarb is every Morning Montanus says he cured all sorts of Fevers with this Remedy For the Hectick Fever in Children and to purge them upon other Accounts Take of choice Rubarb slic'd two Drams put it into a Glass-Bottle containing a Quart of Small Beer or any other Liquor the Child usually drinks of stop the Bottle close This Medicate Beer must be used in the Day and Night and at Meals When it is drunk up a Quart more must be put upon the same Rubarb Which also being drunk off a Quart more must be put upon it as before After which the Rubarb commonly loses its Virtue But lest the Beer first put on should be too much impregnated with the Cathartick Quality of the Rubarb and so purge too much 't is best to add another Pint presently after the first is drunk but afterwards fresh Beer must not be added till the whole Bottle is taken Syrup of Rubarb of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Rubarb and of the Leaves of Sena each two Ounces and an half of Violets one Handful of Cinnamon one Dram and an half of Ginger half a Dram of the Waters of Bettony Succory and Bugloss each a Pint and an half mix them and let them stand warm all Night strain the Liquor and boyl it to a Syrup with two Pounds of Fine Sugar adding to it at last four Ounces of Syrup of Roses Solutive An Ounce or more of it may be taken at a time The Troches of Rubarb are made in the following manner Take of choice Rubarb ten Drams of the Juice of Maudline thicken'd and of Bitter Almonds each half an Ounce of Red Roses three Drams of the Roots of Asarabacca Madder Indian Spike of the Leaves of Wormwood Annise and Smallage each one Dram make Troches according to Art with Wine wherein Wormwood hath been boyled or with the Juice of Maudline clarified A Dram of them may be taken at a time Extract of Rubarb is made in the following manner Bruise six or eight Ounces of good Rubarb and infuse it twelve Hours warm in a sufficient quantity of Succory-water so as the Water may be four Fingers above the Rubarb let it just boyl and pass the Liquor through a Cloth infuse the Remainder in so much more succory-Succory-water as before then strain the Infusion and express it strongly mix your Impregnations or Tinctures and let them settle filtrate them and evaporate the Liquor in a Glass-Vessel over a very gentle Fire until there remains a Matter that has the Consistence of thick Hony this is called Extract of Rubarb The Dose is from ten Grains to two Scruples in Pills or dissolv'd in Succory-water The best sort of Rubarb is that which being broke appears of a Nutmeg-colour within Its Virtues are so many and so great that if they were sufficiently known and Men could generally use it without that Nauseousness which too commonly attends it Mankind would have infinitely less need than they have of the Art of Physick in most Cases and Men might perhaps preserve themselves from most Diseases without any other Help Ryce in Latin Oryza It grows in East-India and is their chief Corn. It delights much in moist and wet Ground and therefore they perpetually water it so that those that reap it are forc'd to go up to the Knees in Water 'T is very much eaten with Meat so that all the Oriental Nations live upon it almost 'T is easie to concoct and tastes very pleasantly being boyl'd in Milk or in fat Broth. 'T is good Food for those that are troubled with the Bloody-Flux a Loosness and the like Some think that the feeding upon it often makes them fat and therefore Lean Women eat it often boyl'd in Milk S. SAge of Jerusalem in Latin Pulmonaria Maculosa 'T is commonly used with Pot-herbs 'T is cordial and good for the Lungs 'T is much of the healing Nature of Comfrey 'T is chiefly used for Ulcers of the Lungs and for other Diseases of them as a Consumption Spitting of Blood and the like 'T is used outwardly for Wounds 'T is an Ingredient in the Magisterial-Water of Snails of the London-Dispensatory Sanders in Latin Santalum There are three sorts of it White Yellow and Red. These Woods are Epatick and Cordial They are chiefly used for Fainting Palpitation of the Heart and Obstructions of the Liver They are used outwardly in Epithems for Catarrhs Head-ach Vomiting and for an hot Intemperies of the Liver The Arabians and most of the Modern Physicians hold that Sanders are cold But John Bauhinus and others judge they are hot by their Effects and Taste Great quantities of the White and Yellow Sanders are used in India for almost all the Inhabitants wash their Bodies with Water wherein they have been infus'd having been first pounded in a Stone-Mortar and then they suffer it to dry on And this they do to cool their Bodies and to perfume them for the Indians are much delighted with sweet Smells Red Sanders cools and binds White Sanders powder'd and taken in an Egg or infus'd all Night upon hot Ashes in Red Wine and taken inwardly stops the Flux The Species of the three Sanders of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of all the Sorts of the Sanders and Red Roses each three Drams Rubarb Ivory Juice of Liquorish and Purâ—lain-seeds of each two Drams and fifteen Grains of Gum-Arabick Tragacanth of the Seeds of Melons Cucumbers Citruls Goards and Endive of each one Dram and an half of Camphyr one Scruple make a Powder according to Art 'T is used for Obstructions of the Liver for the Jaundice and for Weakness of the Stomach and Bowels Sarsaparilla It consists of fine Parts and is Sudorifick 'T is a Specifick for the French-Pox for Pains in the Limbs and for curing Ulcers and Cronical Diseases that proceed from gross and clammy Humours and for such as depend on the Nerves 'T is also used for the King's-Evil and the like Take of Sarsaparilla ten Ounces of the Roots of China four Ounces of fresh Roots of Female Fern three Ounces of White Sanders two Ounces of Harts-horn and Ivory rasp'd
each one Ounce and an half infuse them twelve Hours in ten Quarts of Barly-water then boyl it to the Consumption of a third part adding towards the latter end Raisins of the Sun ston'd half a Pound then strain it and add an Ounce of Fine Sugar to every Pint of the Decoction and a Dram of Coriander-seeds Keep it in Stone-Bottles well stop'd in a Cellar Take of Sarsaparilla powder'd two Ounces of the Inner Resinous Wood of Guaiacum half an Ounce of Hart's-horn burnt and the Troches of Vipers each one Ounce of Yellow Sanders Tormentile and Amber each half an Ounce of Diaphoretick Antimony the weight of all the rest make an Electuary with equal Parts of Syrup of Rasberries and the Altering Syrup of Apples The Dose is one Dram drinking upon it a Draught of the Decoction of Sarsa to provoke Sweat The two Medicines above-mention'd are used for the Cure of the French-Pox Sassafras It grows in Florida and in other Regions of America The Decoction of the Wood of the Root and of the Bark is much used 'T is good for the Hip-Gout and for Obstructions and is counted excellent for pale Virgins 'T is much used for the French-Pox It expels Wind from the Womb takes off Crudities provokes the Courses wonderfully and cures barrenness and makes lean People fat Many use the Water or Decoction of it to prevent the Plague and other Contagious Diseases 'T is good for Wind and cold Diseases of the Stomach It helps Concoction stops Vomiting and is very good for cold Diseases of the Breast It cures the Head-ach expels Gravel takes off the Heat of Urine cures a Stinking Breath and stops Catarrhs Take of Sassafras six Drams of Sarsaparilla four Ounces of the inner Resinous Wood of Guaiacum three Ounces of the Bark of the same one Ounce of the Roots of Bur-dock Scorzonera Contrayerva Tormentil and Butter-bur of each one Ounce and an half infuse them in two Quarts of Small White-wine upon hot Ashes for twenty four Hours then add six Quarts of Fountain-water and boyl it half away put in also of Annise-seeds Sweet-Fennel-seeds and Coriander-seeds each three Drams of Liquorish two Ounces strain it for use Electuary of Sassafras of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the most fragrant Wood of Sassafras two Ounces boyl it in three Pints of common Water till half is consum'd towards the End add half an Ounce of Cinnamon grosly powder'd strain it and with two Pounds of Fine Sugar boyl it to a thick Syrup then add of Cinnamon powder'd one Dram of Nutmegs powder'd half a Scruple of Amber-grease thirty two Grains of Musk three Grains ten Leaves of Gold and four Drops of Spirit of Vitriol Make an Electuary according to Art It opens Obstructions stops Defluxions helps Concoction expels Wind and Gravel and is generally good for Diseases that proceed from cold crude and thin Humours A Dram of it may be taken at a time Saw-wort in Latin Seratula 'T is called so because the Leaves are indented like a Saw Taken in Wine 't is good for Ruptures and Bruises and a Dram of the Powder of the Root taken in hot Wine does the same A Decoction of it in Wine cleanses Ulcers wonderfully and incarns and cicatrises them It eases the Pain of the Piles they being fomented with it The Leaves and the Root beat together and applied cures Wounds and Bursten Bellies Scammony in Latin Scammonium The best comes from Antioch 't is clear splendid melts easily and breaks easily is not very weighty being touched with the Tongue it grows milky when it is broken 't is yellowish but that which we have commonly is of an Ash-colour and looks ill because it is not the Liquor or Tear flowing from the Plant but the Juice press'd out It purges strongly Cholerick Watery and Sharp Humours from the remote Parts and therefore is frequently used for such Purposes The Dose is from six Grains to a Scruple But it is most commonly used mix'd with some other thing The Preparation of Scammony is in the following manner Put the Powder of Scammony into a Quince made hollow cover'd with Paste and baked in an Oven or roasted under Ashes take out the Scammony and being so prepar'd 't is called Diagridium There is another Preparation of it with Sulphure Take of Scammony powder'd as much as you please put it upon a Paper hold the Paper over Live Coals whereupon Brimstone is cast till the Scammony melts or grows white and this is called Sulphurated Scammony Diagridium is an Ingredient in the Golden Pill and of the Pill Cochia Major Scammony is an Ingredient in the Pill Cochia Minor of the Pill De Lapide Lazuli of the Pill of Opopanax of the Pill Rudii and of the Pill Sine-quibus Take of Calcin'd Hart's-horn three Grains of Mercurius Dulâ—is fifteen Grains one Drop of Oyl of Sulphure being drop'd upon it Diagridium nine Grains Cinnamon two Grains Spirit of Hart's-horn three Drops mingle them make a Powder to be taken in the Pap of a Roasted Apple once a Week This is a proper Purge for Children that are troubled with Worms Scammony is also an Ingredient of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses of the London-Dispensatory Scottish Scurvy-grass Sea-Coal-wort or Sea-bind-Weed in Latin Soldanalla Marina The Herb is Acrid and injurious to the Stomach it purges violently but because of its Acrimony 't is boyl'd in fat Broth. 'T is peculiarly proper to evacuate Water in a Dropsie 'T is also good in the Scurvy 'T is corrected with Cinnamon Mace Ginger and Annise-seeds and the like 'T is given sometimes in Substance and then the Dose is from half a Dram to a Dram. Take of the Leaves of Scottish Scurvy-grass half an Ounce of Annise-seeds one Scruple boyl them in Flesh-Broth for one Dose Take of the Powder of Scottish Scurvy-grass one Dram of Spike and Mace each half a Scruple mingle them Either of these Medicines is used to purge Water Sebestens or Assyrian Plums in Latin Myxa sive Sebesten They grow in Egypt and Asia They are much used in Diseases of the Lungs for Coughs joyned with Heat and Drought for Difficulty of Breathing a Pleuresie a Peripneumonia an Hoarsness and for a Catarrh They are an Ingredient in the Pectoral Decoction of the London-Dispensatory and in the Syrup of Hysop Sena It grows in Syria Persia and Arabia and from thence is carried into Egypt to Alexandria from whence it is brought to us It purges Choler Flegm and Melancholy but it is flatulent and is apt to disturb the Stomach and Bowels 'T is corrected with Cinnamon Galangal and Ginger 'T is given in Substance from half a Dram to one Dram and an half and in Infusion from two Drams to five Great Virtues are attributed to it by the Ancient and Modern Physicians It cures the Head-ach is good for Madness the Falling-sickness a Palsie and the Itch and the like It chears the Heart quickens the Sight helps Hearing
and opens Obstructions of the Bowels Take of the Leaves of Sena cleans'd a sufficient quantity put them into a Glass-Bottle and pour upon them so much Aqua-vitae as will rise four or five Fingers above the Matter stop the Bottle close and let it stand for two Days The Dose is two Spoonfuls in Broth. Sena is an Ingredient of Elixir Salutis which is indeed an excellent Medicine 'T is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Sena four Ounces of Guaiacum and of the Roots of Elecampane dried of the Seeds of Annise Carraways and Coriander and of Liquorish each two Ounces of Raisins of the Sun ston'd half a Pound steep them in the Cold in three Quarts of Aqua-vitae for the space of four Days strain it The Dose is two three or four Spoonfuls more or less according to the Age and Strength of the Patient 'T is excellent for the Cholick and for Gravel and many other Diseases 'T is sold I believe in most Market-Towns in England and is made by many And there has been very hot Disputes amongst the Publishers about the Primogeniture of it The Greater Compound-Powder of Sena of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Seeds of Annise Caraway Fennel Cummin Spike-Nard Cinnamon and Galangal each half an Ounce of Liquorish and Gromel each one Ounce of Sena the weight of all Make a Powder The Lesser Compound-Powder of Sena of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Sena two Ounces of the Cream of Tartar half an Ounce of Mace two Scruples and an half of Ginger and Cinnamon of each one Dram and an half Sal Gemmae one Dram make a Powder according to Art The Powder called Dia-Sena of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Sena and of Cream of Tartar each two Ounces of Cloves Cinnamon Galangal and Bishop's-weed each two Drams of Diagridium half an Ounce Make a Powder according to Art The Decoction called Decoctum Senae Gerconis of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Sena two Ounces of the Roots of Polypody of the Oak half an Ounce of Ginger one Dram of Raisins of the Sun ston'd two Ounces of Sebestens and Damask-Prunes each in number Twelve of the Flowers of Borrage Violets Red Roses and Rosemary-flowers each two Drams boyl them in two Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water to the Consumption of half But some Purging Syrup is usually added to this to make it work Skirret in Latin Sisarum 'T is sown in Gardens but the usual Way of propagating it is to set the lesser Roots in February or March before they spring the greater being to be eaten at that time boyl'd and dish'd with Butter Pepper and Salt the middle hard Nerve being first taken out Cordus says that it is the most wholesom Root that is eaten 'T is hot and moist and concocts easily and nourishes pretty well but it is windy and therefore a Provocative to Venery Smilax Aspera It grows in Sicily Italy and France every where in the Hedges 'T is a Succedanum for Sarsaparilla It cures the French-Pox and Pains of the Joints and Nerves It evacuates hurtful Humours by Sweat and Transpiration and cures the Vices of the Skin 'T is given in Powder or in a Decoction Fallopius cured several of the French-Pox with it Virginian Snake-weed in Latin Polyrhizos Virginiana 'T is a most certain and present Remedy against the Venom of the Rattle-Snake 'T is also good for the Biting of a Mad Dog and to cure a Quartan-Ague half a Dram or a Dram of it being taken just before the Fit comes 'T is also used in Pestilential Fevers and also for the Worms in Children Take of Virginian Snake-weed powder'd one Dram of Coral calcin'd till it is white half a Dram mingle them Make a Powder The Dose is half a Scruple or a Scruple twice a Day for three Days following The Child must drink a Decoction of Grass-Roots upon it Spunge in Latin Spongia 'T is much of the nature of a Mushroom It grows upon Rocks Shells and the Sands It has several Uses 'T is used in Fomentations for it retains the Heat much longer than Clothes Anatomists and Chirurgeons use it to suck up Blood and to dilate Ulcers and to keep them open as long as it is convenient and to dry them The Ancient Physicians used the Ashes of it in Medicines for the Eyes Many Modern Physicians prescrib'd the Ashes to be taken in Wine for the space of a Month for the Cure of a Bronchocele Squills or Sea-Onion in Latin Scilla It grows in Spain and elsewhere It incides opens and discusses 'T is used in Obstructions of the Liver of the Spleen and for Obstructions of the Courses and Urine for Coughs and the Mucilage of the Lungs There are two Oxymels of Squills used in the Shops Simple and Compound They are chiefly used for Diseases of the Breast proceeding from gross Flegm Hony of Squils of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take a large Sea-Onion full of Juice cut it into small pieces and put it into a Glass-Vessel close stopp'd and cover'd over with a Bladder let it stand in the Sun forty Days twenty Days before the Rising of the Dog-Star and twenty Days after then open the Glass and take the Juice which lies at the bottom and preserve it with the best Hony Vinegar of Squills of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take that part of the Squills which is between the outward Bark and the bottom cut it into thin Slices place them thirty or forty Days in the Sun or in some gentle Heat then cut a Pound of them small with an Ivory-Knife or a Knife made of some white Wood put it into a Vessel with six Pints of Vinegar set the Vessel close stop'd in the Sun thirty or forty Days afterwards strain it and keep it for use Simple Oxymel of Squills of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Clarified Hony three Pounds of Vinegar of Squills two Pints boyl them according to Art Compound Oxymel of Squills of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Origanum Hysop Thyme Lovage of the Lesser Cardamoms and of Staechas each five Drams boyl them in three Pints of Water to one strain it and mix with it two Pounds of Hony of Raisins half a Pound Juice of Briony five Ounces Vinegar of Squills a Pint and an half boyl it according to Art and take off the Scum This and the Simple Oxymel are good for Obstructions of the Lungs and to cleanse the Stomach Wine of Squills of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of White Mountain-Squils gather'd about the Rising of the Dog-Star cut them into Slices and let them lie a-drying a Month put a Pound of them into a Glass and pour upon them four Quarts of
Old French White-wine infuse them forty Days and then take out the Squills Take of Oxymel of Squills one Ounce and an half of Vinegar of Squills two Ounces mingle them Make a Vomit This is a gentle Vomit Take of the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum six Drams of Wine of Squills one Ounce and an half of Simply Syrup of Sorrel half an Ounce This is a stronger Vomit Oxymel of Squills mix'd with Pectoral Syrups is excellent to help Expectoration Staechas It grows plentifully about Montpeliar It heals and dries is Diuretick and Vulnerary 'T is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Urine Liver Spleen and Courses It resolves Coagulated Blood it dries Catarrhs and kills Worms being taken in Wine 'T is also commended for drying up sharp Defluxions of the Lungs 'T is used outwardly to mollifie hard Swellings of the Womb in Fomentations It dries and discusses Defluxions of the Head the Herb being burnt and smelt to Matthiolus says that the whole Herb cures all Diseases of the Brain proceeding from a cold Cause namely Flegmatick Fluxions Pains of the Head the Falling-Sickness the Palsie and the like Syrup of Staechas of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Flowers of Staechas four Ounces of Rosemary half an Ounce of the Herb Thyme Calamint and Origanum each an Ounce and an half of Sage and Betony each half an Ounce of the Seeds of Rue Peony and Fennel each three Drams digest them a Day or two in B. M. in a sufficient quantity of warm fountain-Fountain-water strain it out and to five Pints of the strain'd Liquor add five Pounds and an half of Fine Sugar Make a Syrup according to Art in B. M. add some Drops of Oyl of Cinnamon This Syrup is frequently made use of in Diseases of the Head Staves-acre or Louse-wort in Latin Staphis Agria It grows in Dalmatia Apulia and Calabria 'T is violently hot Acrid and Caustick therefore it is used for a Masticatory It also purges but being not a gentle Medicine 't is seldom used Twelve Grains or a Scruple of the Seed purges upward and downward and raises Salivation wherefore it is very good in the French-Pox says Sylvius but it inflames the Jaws and occasions a violent Heat in them and brings the Patient in danger of Suffocation and therefore surely ought not to be used inwardly Take of Mastick three Drams of Pellitory of Spain and Staves-Acre each two Drams of the Roots of Angelica half a Dram of Cubebs and Nutmegs each one Dram of Euphorbium one Scruple of Wax a sufficient quantity to make a Mass for Masticatories Storax-tree in Latin Styrax Arbor It grows in Italy The Resin of Storax which is sold in the Shops is two-fold dry and liquid The dry is called Storax-Calamite so called because it is put up in Reeds And when there is only mention made of Storax in prescribing you must understand it to be the Calamite-Storax It heats dries mollifies and concocts is good for Distillations and Hoarsness 'T is good also for an Hardness and Obstruction of the Womb. 'T is much used for Perfumes That is best which is fat and has whitish Fragments The Red Storax of the Shops which the Jews frequently use for Perfumes comes from India Liquid Storax is a fat Liquor like a Balsam it has a strong Smell and is of the Consistence of Hony A Storax with the Leaves of Maple grows in the Lord Bishop of London's curious Garden It was brought from Virginia The Pill of Storax of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Storax-Calamite of Olibanum Myrrh and of the Juice of Liquorish thicken'd each half an Ounce of Saffron one Dram with Syrup of White Poppies make a Mass This is much used for Tickling Coughs proceeding from Rheums and Defluxions on the Lungs The Dose is fifteen Grains or one Scruple to be taken at Bed-time Straw-berry-tree in Latin Arbutus It grows in Sicily Italy and France and in the West Part of Ireland The Fruit tastes pleasantly but not so well as Straw-berries 'T is offensive to the Stomach and causes the Head-ach A Water drawn from the Leaves and Flowers in Glass is counted an excellent Anti-dote against the Plague and for Poysons Sugar-Cane in Latin Arundo Saccharina It grows spontaneously in both the Indies 'T is also planted in many other Places as in the Canary-Islands Spain Sicily Crete and Cyprus It loves a fat and moist Ground and is fit to make Sugar in the space of a Year The Juice is press'd out in a Mill which is very sweet but will not keep above twenty four Hours afterwards it turns to Vinegar They boyl it up in great Furnaces but it is worth noting that if any Oyl be mix'd with it it will never come to Sugar Sugar is much used both in Food and Physick It has been suppos'd that the immoderate use of Sugar here in England has been the Reason of the Increase of the Scurvy and of Consumptions amongst us 'T is certain that it increases the Scurvy for by the frequent use of it the Teeth grow black and rotten which are certain Signs of the Scurvy Moreover it contains in it a very Corrosive Salt which appears by Distillation And it is well known that the Scurvy is occasion'd by a Fixed Salt and cured by a Volatile Salt But it is to be noted that Sugar is better to be mix'd with Medicines peculiar to Women's Diseases than Hony for Hony is injurious to the Womb. Sugar is dissolv'd in Water then filtrated and so it is purified afterwards the Liquor is evaporated and it is made up into Loaves or put up in Casks 'T is either Red brown or white according to the Degrees of Purification When the Sugar has been refin'd no more than abovesaid it is a little fat Now to refine it farther it is dissolv'd in Lime-water and boyl'd and the Scum is taken off when it is sufficiently boyl'd they cast it into Molds of a Pyramidal Form which have Holes at the bottom to let the more glutinous part run through and separate 'T is farther refin'd by boyling it with the Whites of Eggs in Water for the glutinous quality of the Whites of Eggs does help to receive and take away the Impurities that remain in the Sugar and the boyling drives them all to the Sides of the Vessel in a Scum The Liquor is pass'd through a Cloth and then evaporated to a due Consistence Sugar-Candy is only Sugar Crystalliz'd The Way to make it is to boyl Refin'd Sugar in Water to the Consistence of a thick Syrup 't is then pour'd into Pots wherein little Sticks have been laid in order 't is left in a still place some Days without stirring and you have the Sugar-Candy sticking to the Sticks Brown Sugar-Candy is made after the same manner It s Sweetness proceeds from an Essential Acid Salt mix'd with some Oyly Parts whereof it consists for if you separate these two Substances one
strain it then add four Pounds of White Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup the Infusion of Rubarb being put to it and the Saffron being tied up in a Rag and dipp'd often in it and squeez'd out This Syrup is a very proper Purge for melancholy People but will scarce purge enough by it self wherefore take two Ounces of it in three Ounces of the Decoction of Dodder which see among the Vertues of Dodder The Confection of Alkermes is made with Juice of Apples and the Ointment called Pomatum Cyder is good for the Scurvy Apricock-tree in Latin Malus Armeniaca The English Apricocks are better than the French or Italian and more wholsome than the Peach The Oyl of the Kernels is excellent for Inflammations and Swellings of the Hemorrhoids and for Pains of the Ears The Kernels eaten cure the Heart-burning White Arch-Angel in Latin Laminum album It has many fibrous Roots it creeps awry in the Earth like Mint the Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high four-square and pretty large but they are smaller near the Earth and weak so that they can scarce stand alone They are empty pretty hairy and branchy and have a few Joints and near the Earth seem of a Purple Colour when the Sun shines on them The Leaves are plac'd by Pairs opposite to one another like Nettles those on the Bottom-stalks are plac'd on long Foot-stalks those on the Top-stalks on short Foot-stalks and have a short soft Down The Flowers encompass the Stalks at the Joints they are white large and hooded without rather pale than white It flowers at the Latter End of April or the Beginning of May. One handful of the Herb beaten up with Hog's Lard and applied to King's-Evil-Swellings in the Neck or Throat discusses them A Conserve of the Flowers is much commended in the Whites But the Cure of them by the following Method is much safer and surer Bleed once and purge thrice with two Scruples of Pill Coch. Major Then take of Venice-Treacle one Ounce and an half of the Conserve of the yellow Pill of Oranges one Ounce of Diascordium half an Ounce of Candied Ginger and Nutmegs each three Drams of the Compound Powder of Crabs-eyes one Dram and an half of the outward Bark of the Pomegranate of the Root of Spanish Angelica of Red Coral prepar'd of the Trochisc de Terra Lemnia each one Dram of Bole-Armenick two Scruples of Gum-Arabick half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of dried Roses Make an Electuary Take the quantity of a large Nutmeg in the Morning at Five in the Afternoon and at Bed-time drinking upon it six Spoonfuls of the following Infusion Take of the Roots Elecampane Master-Wort Angelica and Gentian each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Roman-Wormwood of White Arch-Angel and the lesser Centory and Calamint each one handful of Juniper-berries one Ounce Cut them small and infuse them in five Pints of Canary Let them stand in Infusion and strain it only as you use it Stinking Arrach or Orrach in Latin Atriplex Olida 'T is easily known by its stinking Smell which is exactly like Old Ling. It grows in Places where there is Rubbish but it is not common A Conserve of the Leaves or Syrup made of the Juice is good for Mother-fits and Women's Obstructions the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Conserve being taken Morning and Evening or two Spoonfuls of the Syrup at the same Times But the following Plaster must be applied to the Woman's Navel Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams of Tacamahaca two Drams Mingle them and make a Plaster and spread it on Leather having an Hole cut in the middle The Woman must be also purg'd three or four times with the Pill Coch. Major viz. Take of the Pill Coch. Major two Scruples of Castor powder'd two Grains of the Peruvian Balsam four Drops Make four Pills to be taken at Five in the Morning and let her sleep after them After purging as above directed let the Woman take of the Conserve or Syrup as before mentioned thirty Days drinking presently after a Draught of Wormwood-Beer or Wine Or if she do not like the Conserve or Syrup let her take the following Pills for the space of a Month. Take of the Filings of Steel eight Grains of Extract of Wormwood a sufficient quantity Make two Pills let her take them in the Morning and repeat them in the Evening and so Morning and Evening drinking a small Draught of Wormwood-Beer presently after Common Arsmart in Latin Persicaria It has a single small woody white Root with many Fibres It has many Stalks a Foot or two Foot high solid round and smooth branchy and jointed When the Sun shines on them they are of a reddish Colour otherwise of a yellow Green The Leaves embrace the Stalks at the Joints and are plac'd on short Foot-stalks They are of a pale Green not spotted smooth They are like Peach-leaves The Flowers grow upon the upper Stalks and Branches in spiky Heads and are very small Some of them are useless no Seed succeeding them these consist of four Leaves Others are always shut and contain a pretty large three-square shining Seed that is black when 't is ripe and these are red without This Plant has an acrid and biting Taste It grows in watry Places and Ditches 'T is plainly hot and dry 'T is chiefly used outwardly in Wounds hard Swellings and old Sores The Water of Arsmart is of great use in the Stone of the Kidnies or Bladder a Draught of it being taken every Morning for two or three Months together A Country-Gentleman us'd a Load of this Herb in a Year to make the Water wherewith he cured many of the Stone The Root or Seed put into an aching hollow Tooth takes off the Pain There is scarce any thing more effectual to drive away Flies For whatever Wounds or Ulcers Cattel have if they are anointed with the Juice of Arsmart the Flies will not come near tho it is the Heat of Summer Artichoke in Latin Cinara The Germans and French eat the tender Stalks boyl'd with Vinegar and Butter And the Italians seldom boyl the Heads but eat them raw with Salt Oyl and Pepper They are said to provoke Venery to restore Nature and strengthen the Stomach A Decoction of the Buds provokes Urine Asarabacca in Latin Asarum It has many Heads shooting from the Roots whereon are many smooth Leaves every one upon a Foot-stalk by it self They are rounder and bigger than the Leaves of Violets and thicker and of a darker green shining Colour on the upper side and of a paler Green underneath Among the Leaves near the Earth are six-angled purplish Husks that are hairy and plac'd on short Foot-stalks these contain the Seeds that are like the Stones of Grapes They have within a white Marrow that tastes somewhat acrid It purges violently upwards and downwards Flegm and Choler 'T is Diuretick also and forces the Courses Wherefore
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-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
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-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
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-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-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
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-Rose-water afterwards you must add the Powders and with Syrup de Stecade make a Mass The Dose is one Scruple 'T is
two Pounds of Common Oyl four Pints let them boyl together till the watery Part of the Mucilage is evaporated then add one Pound of Yellow Wax Rosin half a Pound Turpentine two Ounces boyl them to the Consistence of an Ointment Vervain Mallow in Latin Alcea vulgaris It has a woody Perennial Root which sends forth many Stalks three or four Foot high or higher they are round fill'd with a fungous Pith and hairy the Hairs are few and long they are cover'd with a Sky-colour'd Dust which may be easily wiped off The Leaves that come from the Root and the lowermost on the Stalks are somewhat round and indented about the Edges and are placed on long Foot-stalks Those that are on the Stalks are placed alternately the nearer they approach to the Top so much shorter are their Foot-stalks and they are cut in deeper There are most commonly five large Jags almost like the Leaves of Monk's-hood they are of a dark-green Colour and hairy especially on the Underside A Flower is placed in every Wing of the Leaves and has an hairy four-square Foot-stalk and there is great Abundance of them on the Stalks and upon the tops of the Branches they are large and of a purple Colour and consist of five channel'd Leaves jointed at the bottom The Cup is hairy and divided into five Parts under which there are three narrow Leaves that come together when the Flower falls and make a Receptacle for the Seeds which are hairy and black when they come to maturity joyn'd together they represent a Cheese It grows frequently among Bushes 'T is reckon'd amongst Emplastick and Emollient Medicines And as it is like so it agrees in Virtue with the Mallow 'T is much commended by Empericks for curing Dimnness of Sight A Decoction of it is good for the Gripes The Great Maple commonly call'd the Sycamore-tree tho' falsly in Latin Acer majus I think it does not grow of its own accord amongst us yet it is so frequent in Courts and Church-yards and about Gentlemen's Houses that it may be well reckon'd amongst those that are ours by Adoption At the Beginning of spring when the buds grow big but before they unfold themselves into Leaves this Tree being cut in the Trunk Branches or Roots yields plentifully like the Birch-tree a sweet Liquor fit to be drunk Also in the Autumn presently after the Leaves fall off And in the Winter too when it is cold and somewhat frosty for we have observ'd in this Tree and in the Lesser Maple and also in the Walnut tree cut or bored that after a Frosty Night when the Sun shines clear if the Frost has not been too violent the Juice flows plentifully when the Sun has been up two or three Hours especially about Noon And after a long and hard Frost just when the Frost begins to break it flows most of all Garden Marigold in Latin Calendula sativa The Flowers are Cordial Hepatick and Alexipharmick and provoke Sweat and the Courses and hasten Delivery The distill'd Water drop'd into the Eyes or Rags wet in it and applied to them cures the Redness and Inflammation of them Take of Conserve of Marigold-flowers two Ounces Confection of Alkermes and of Hyacinth each two Drams of Pearl powder'd one Ounce of Syrup of the Juice of Citron a sufficient quantity make a Confection Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Night and Morning This is very Cordial and refreshes the Spirits Marjoram in Latin Majorana It digests and attenuates 'T is good in cold Diseases of the Head taken any way The Powder of the dried Herb drawn up into the Nostrils provokes Sneezing Take of the Leaves of Marjoram Rosemary and Sage each half a Dram of Tobacco one Dram of White Hellebore and Ginger each one Scruple of Musk two Grains make a Sneezing-powder Master-wort in Latin Imperatoria 'T is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick It expels Wind and is excellent in the Cholick 'T is chiefly used for the Biting of venomous Creatures and malignant Diseases It helps Expectoration and cures a Stinking Breath and is good for Flegmatick Diseases of the Head a Palsie Apoplexy and the like Half a Spoonful of the Powder of it taken in Wine an Hour before the Fit comes is said to cure a Quartan-Ague 'T is also counted very good for the Dropsie and long Fevers A piece of the Root put into an hollow Tooth eases the Pain 'T is in Shape and Virtue much like Angelica Maudlin in Latin Ageratum vulgare It agrees in Virtue and Temperament with Costmary Stinking May-weed in Latin Cotula foetida The Root is single white and has many Fibres It has sometimes but one Stalk sometimes more they are a Foot high round and smooth or with a short Down they are full of Branches which come from the Wings of the Leaves and grow higher than the Stalks The Leaves are placed alternately they are cut into narrow and sharp Jags and are of a pale-green Colour they stink Upon the top of the Stalks and Branches grow pretty large Flowers they are placed upon long Foot-stalks their Leaves are white the Dish or Bottom is yellow when the Flowers fade the Dish grows round It grows commonly amongst Corn and in Till'd Grounds The Decoction of this Herb is used by some successfully for the King's-Evil Meadow-sweet in Latin Vlmaria The Fibres of the Roots are reddish and woody The Stalk is three Foot high or higher upright angular smooth reddish firm and branchy The Leaves grow to the Stalk alternately by Intervals they are broad and wing'd and deeply indented about the Edges they are rough hard and crumpl'd like Elm-leaves above they are green underneath white they smell and taste pleasantly Tufts of white Flowers stand thick together on the tops of the Stalks and Branches they smell sweeter than the Leaves The Seeds are oblong naked and crooked It grows in moist Meadows and on the Banks of Brooks 'T is Sudorifick and Alexipharmick 'T is good in Fluxes of all Kinds for a Loosness the Bloody Flux the Flux of the Courses and for Spitting of Blood and also in the Plague The Leaves put into Wine or Beer impart a pleasant Taste to it 'T is an Ingredient in the Milk-Water called Aqua Lactis alexiteria which is made in the following manner Take of the Leaves of Meadow-sweet Carduus B. and Goat's-Rue each six Handfuls of Mint and common Wormwood each five Handfuls of Rue three Handfuls of Angelica two Handfuls bruise them and add to them three Gallons of New Milk distil them in a cold Still Medlar-tree in Latin Mespilus Medlars stop Vomiting and all Fluxes of the Belly Melilot in Latin Melilotus The Root is white small clammy and has short Fibres It has many Stalks two or three Foot high or higher smooth round channel'd empty weak and branchy The Leaves are placed alternately by Intervals three on one Foot-stalk about an Inch and an half long The Leaves are oblong smooth indented and most times gnaw'd about
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-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-Black-Cherry-water and balm-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
is used outwardly in Baths for the Womb and the Itch. Cats tear it to pieces when it is first set in Gardens unless it be cover'd with Thorns but when it has flourish'd a while they do not injure it nor that which is sown according to the following Rhime If you set it The Cats will eat it If you sow it The Cats can't know it Nettle in Latin Vrtica 'T is Diuretick and Lithontriptick Eaten with Pot-herbs it loosens the Belly expels Gravel and promotes Expectoration The Buds are used in Broths in the Sprin-time to purifie the Blood The bruis'd Herb or the Juice put up the Nostrils stops Bleeding at the Nose It does good in Putrid and Malignant Ulcers and discusses hâ—â—d Swellings The Seed is Diuretick and provokes Vâ—nâ—â—y and is used in Diseases of the Lungs Take of the clarified Juices of Nettles and Plantain each six Ounces of Aqua lactis Alexiteria four Ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated three Ounces of White Sugar a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Julep Take four Ounces Morning and Evening daily for three Days This is commended for Bleeding at the Nose Oyl of Roses or Juice of Nettles cures the Stings of Nettles presently Woody Night-shade or Bitter-sweet in Latin Solanum lignosum It sends forth small woody brittle Twigs five or six Foot long that encompass any thing that is near others lie on the Ground The Bark of the young Twigs is green but the Bark of that which is old is rough and whitish without within it is very green having a Pith in the middle The Leaves are placed alternately they are somewhat broad long and pointed with two small Leaves or rather pieces of Leaves at the bottom of most of them At the Tops and Sides of the Branches come forth many Flowers they consist of fine narrow and long Violet-purple colour'd Leaves The Berries are red when they are ripe soft and full of Juice of a bitter unpleasant Taste The Root is fibrous It grows in Hedges near Water commonly 'T is said to provoke Urine and to be good in a Dropsie and for the Jaundice The Juice of the Leaves says Parkinson purges much The Leaves are used outwardly with good Success in Inflammations and itching Tumours of the Hands and Feet Take four Handfuls of the Leaves cut and four Ounces of Flax-seed powder'd make a Cataplasm with Lard apply it hot This asswages Tumours and cures great Contusions Nipple-wort in Latin Lampsana It has a white single Root with Twigs and Fibres The Stalk is two or three Foot high or higher round hairy reddish concave and branchy The Leaf is like the Leaf of South-thistle The Flowers are small and yellow The Seed is oblong blackish and a little crooked The whole Plant being cut yields a bitter Milk It flowers in June and July and grows frequently in Gardens 'T is reckon'd good for the Nipples when they are sore O. OAk-tree in Lat. Quercus The whole Oak is astringent but especially the Bark A Decoction of it is given for the Bloody-Flux and for Spitting of Blood The Acorns are Diuretick The Water distill'd from the Leaves of a young Oak cures the Whites Those that Cut for the Stone use a Bath made of the Bark to heal the Wound Galls grow on Oaks but not in England The best Ink is made in the following manner Take of Galls four Ounces of Copperas two Ounces of Gum-Arabeck one Ounce beat the Galls to a gross Powder and infuse them nine Days in a Quart of Claret set it near the Fire and stir it daily then put in the Copperas and the Gum and when it has stood a Day the Ink will be fit for use Take of the Water of Oak-buds and Plantain each three Ounces of cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordeated and Syrup of dried Roses each one Ounce Spirit of Vitriol a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly sharp Take six Spoonfuls Morning and Evening This is good for an immoderate Flux of the Courses Oats in Latin Avenae They dry and are somewhat astringent When Corn is dear poor People live chiefly on Water-gruel And it is indeed very proper Diet for Sick and Well and yields a good Nourishment The Common-people in the North and in Wales make Bread of Oats and eat no other and no People in the World enjoy more Health nor live longer And without doubt this sort of Bread is most wholsom tho' it is not pleasant Beer is also made of it Flummery is made of Oat-meal boyl'd in Water to a Gelly 'T is eaten hot being cut into Slices and put into Milk or Beer or into White-wine and sweeten'd with Sugar 'T is an excellent Diet for weakly People Our Physicians scarce order any Diet but Water-Gruel in Acute Diseases The Meal is used outwardly in Cataplasms for it dries and digests moderately In the Cholick Oats fried with a little Salt and applied hot in a Bag to the Belly gives great Ease if the Gutts are not stuffed with Excrements if they are a Clyster must first be given A Bath made of Malt-flower Hops and Oat-straw is much commended for those that are afflicted with the Stone for it wonderfully mitigates the Pain and forces away Urine and many times the Stone too Onion in Latin Caepa Onions are hot and flatulent They are proper for those that abound with cold viscid Humours in whom they procure Sleep help Concoction and prevent sowre Belchings They open Obstructions force the Courses and Urine and promote insensible Transpiration But they injure those that are Cholerick they especially disturb their Heads and cause troublesom Dreams and offend their Eyes Old Women cut a raw Onion and infuse it in Water all Night and the next Morning give the Water to Children to kill the Worms with good Success A large Onion hollow'd and fill'd with Venice-Treacle and cover'd and then roasted under hot Ashes and applied the outward Skin being pull'd off in the manner of a Cataplasm mollifies effectually hard Swellings and opens them A raw Onion pilled and applied presently with a little Salt cures Burns if the outward Skin is not ulcer'd for it draws out the Fire and prevents Blisters Orpine in Latin Telephium 'T is Vulnerary and Astringent 'T is chiefly used for healing Ulcers of the Bowels occasion'd by the Bloody-Flux for Ruptures and Burns 'T is excellent for Easing Pain both in fresh Wounds and old Ulcers The Herb roasted under Ashes and mix'd with Lard cures Fellons P. HErb Paris True-Love or One-berry in Latin Herba Paris The Root is small knotted and creeping The Stalk is pretty thick round and solid and about half a Foot high reddish near the Earth green above It has four Leaves set directly one against another they shine under above they do not they are somewhat like the Leaf of Night-shade but broader It has one Flower like a Star compos'd of four small narrow long pointed Leaves of a yellowish green Colour having four other lesser Leaves lying between them The Berry is of a
The Red Rose is astringent and bitter It comforts the Heart and strengthens the Stomach It cures the Whites and an immoderate Flux of the Courses It stops Eruptitions of the Blood and Fluxes of the Belly A Decoction of it is used for the Head-ach and Pains in the Eyes Ears Throat and Gums The distill'd Water of it is Cordial and refreshes the Spirits The following Medicines are made of Red Roses 1. The Vinegar of Roses which mix'd with the distill'd Water is good for Redness or Inflammations of the Eyes and is used to bathe the Temples in the Head-ach and to procure Sleep 2. Aromaticum Rosatum which is Cordial 3. Conserve of Roses which is much in use for stopping Catarrhs and Running of the Reins and Fluxes of the Belly 'T is made in the following manner Take of Red Roses one Pound they must be gather'd in a dry Season before they are quite spread clip off the yellow Bottoms beat them well in a Stone-Mortar till they come to a Mass like a Pulp then add two Pounds of White Sugar beat it with the Roses till it is well mix'd then put it into a Pot cover'd only with a Paper and let it stand in the Sun a Fortnight or three Weeks stirring it once or twice a Week Take of Conserve of Red Roses Vitriolated four Ounces of the Electuary of Sassafras one Ounce of Olibanum powder'd one Dram of Diacodium a sufficient quantity make an Electuary Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening This is excellent for stopping Tickling Coughs 4. The Tincture of Roses made in the following manner is commended for a Rheumatism Take of dried Red Roses one Ounce of warm Water three Pints of Spirit of Sulphure or Vitriol one Dram and an half infuse them six Hours to the strain'd Liquor add half a Pound of White Sugar Take a Draught twice or thrice a Day 5. Strain'd Hony of Roses which is good to wash the Mouth and Throat when they are sore or any other Part. 6. Sugar of Roses which is good for Coughs 7. Syrup of dried Roses which is much in use and is indeed an excellent Medicine It comforts the Heart reâ—â—â—â—s Putrefaction and stops Fluxes of all sorts 'T is made in the following manner Take two Quarts of hot Water infuse in it half a Pound of Red Roses dried in the Sun the next Day press it out and with two Pounds of Sugar make a Syrup 8. Oyl of Roses 9. Electuary of Roses 10. Ointment of Roses Of Damask-Roses are made Syrup of Roses Solutive a distill'd Water Aloes Rosat and Hony of Roses Solutive The Syrup is much in use and is made in the following manner Take of hot Fountain-water two Quarts of fresh Damask-Roses as many as the Water will contain infuse them in a close Vessel twelve Hours then press it out and heat the Liquor again and put the Roses in as before and infuse them again and so do three or four times increasing the Quantity of Roses as the Liquor increases then add to six Parts of the Liquor four Parts of Sugar and make a Syrup according to Art It purges gently It may be taken from one Ounce to four Hony of Roses Solutive is also Purging and Opening and is often given in Clysters and so is the Syrup See Eglantine or Sweet Briar Rosemary in Latin Rosmarinus The Leaves the Flowers and Seeds are in use They are Cephalick Uterine and proper for the Nerves They are chiefly used for Diseases of the Head and Nerves for Apoplexies Palsies Falling-sickness and Giddiness They quicken the Sight and help the Memory and cure a Stinking Breath They are used for the Whites and Jaundice And they comfort the Heart and open Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Womb. The Herb burnt corrects the Air and renders it wholesom in the time of a Plague A Decoction of it in Water taken before Exercise cures the Jaundice The Seed taken in Wine does the same The Tops of it infus'd in Wine or Beer and taken daily cure the Palsie and other Diseases of the Nerves The Flowers dried and taken in a Pipe like Tobacco are good for a Cough and Consumption The Chymical Oyl of it taken in a proper Decoction has cured many Tertian Agues Four or six Drops are the Dose A desperate and long Diarrhaea has been cured with Rosemary-wine The Queen of Hungary's Water is made of Flowers infus'd in Spirit of Wine Rue in Latin Ruta It digests and cuts clammy and gross Humours It expels Wind and is a Preservative against the Plague and other Malignant Diseases It quickens the Sight and suppresses Venery It does good in a Pleurisie It strengthens the Stomach and cures the Cholick and the Biting of a Mad Dog It also provokes the Courses and Urine 'T is used outwardly for the Biting of Serpents for Carbuncles and to drive away the Fits of Fevers For an Epilepsie take of the Juice of Rue one Ounce and an half an Ounce of Oxymel of Squills mix'd The distill'd Water of it is much in use for Hysterick Fits and Uterine Diseases Rupture-wort in Latin Herniaria It covers the Ground with many Branches which rise from a small Root the Branches are round and full of Joints It has small Leaves lesser than those of Thyme they are of a yellowish green Colour and of an acrid Taste It has abundance of small yellowish Flowers 'T is good for the Biting of a Viper It wonderfully cures Ruptures a Dram of the Herb in Powder being taken several times or a Decoction of the Herb in Wine S. SAffron in Latin Crocus The moderate use of it is good for the Brain It renders the Senses brisk It shakes off Sleep and Dulness and chears and strengthens the Heart It concocts the Crude Humours of the Breast and opens the Lungs and frees them from Obstructions And it is such an effectual Remedy for the Breast and Lungs that it sometimes revives Consumptive People when they are in a manner worn out 'T is frequently used in Faintings for Apoplexies in the Jaundice and for Obstructions of the Liver in the Plague and other Malignant Diseases 'T is also good in an Asthma mix'd with Oyl of Almonds It provokes Urine and the Courses and hastens Delivery Half a Scruple or a Scruple at most infus'd in Canary-wine is very effectual in the Jaundice 'T is much used to drive out the Small Pox but undoubtedly it does many times much hurt by inflaming the Blood and occasioning Frensies and making them Flux But you may see at large the Mischiefs of hot Medicines and Methods by Dr. Sydenham's Treatise of the Small Pox and Measles which I translated several Years ago Tincture of Saffron is made in the following manner Take of Saffron two Drams of Treacle-water eight Ounces digest them six Days and strain out the Tincture and keep it close stop'd for use Sage in Latin Salvia T is counted very wholesom and therefore the Leaves are eaten in the Spring with
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-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
Leaves of Ground-Ivy Colt's-foot Oak of Jerusalem each three Pounds Hysop Rosemary Penny-royal Horehound of each one Pound and an half of the Roots of Elecampane and Liquorish each one Pound and an half of Florentine-Orris twelve Ounces of Figs sliced three Pounds of the best Saffron of the Seeds Annise and Sweet-Fennel each half an Ounce of Spirit of Wine five Quarts of Fountain-water four and twenty Quarts infuse them and distil from a Limbeck twelve Quarts Take as I said one Pint and an half of this pectoral-Pectoral-water and boyl the Ingredients above-mention'd in it in a Circulatory Vessel well stop'd and placed in hot Sand for some Hours strain it and add a sufficient quantity of White Sugar to make a Syrup This is excellent for Coughs and Consumptions and for the Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder Balsamum de Chili is good for Pains that proceed from Cold or Wind. It helps Digestion creates an Appetite and strengthens the Stomach 'T is good for Ulcers in the Kidnies Womb Lungs or Breast It stops Spitting of Blood is good for Coughs and an Asthma and other Diseases of the Lungs 'T is useful in Diseases of the Head and Nerves as Apoplexies Lethargy Palsie Convulsions and the like It cures Bursten Bellies and kills Worms and expels Gravel It cures Deafness being drop'd into the Ear. 'T is good for a Fistula and Ulcers for Bruises and Aches of the Limbs It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and provokes Women's Courses It grows in America in the Province of Chili Balaustians in Latin Balaustia They are the Flowers of the Wild Pomegranate some of them are as big as a Damask-Rose others much less They corroborate the Stomach are drying binding cooling and astringent They stop Catarrhs a Loosness the Bloody-Flux a Gonorrhaea and the like They settle the Teeth when they are loose and cure Bursten Bellies They are brought from Turky and Spain and some other Places Take of the Roots of Bistort Tormentil of Pomegranate-peel each one Ounce of the Leaves of Plantane Knot-grass Shepherd's-purse and Horse-tail each one Handful of Cypress-Nuts Balaustians Pomegranate Myrtle and Shumach each one Ounce boyl them in Smith's Water and rough Wine strain it and make a Fomentation This is a good astringent Fomentation Balaustians are also an Ingredient of the Syrup of Myrtles in the London-Dispensatory Bdellium It mollifies discusses opens and cleanses But it is to be noted when it is fresh it mollifies most powerfully when it is old it discusses and cleanses best 'T is chiefly used inwardly for a Cough and an Ulcer of the Lungs and to expel Gravel and to provoke Urine and the like Outwardly used it discusses Hardness and Knots of the Nerves Take of Bdellium Gum-Ammoniacum and Opoponax each two Drams dissolve them in White-wine strain them and boyl them then add of the Confection of Hamech and Diaphoenicon each two Ounces of the Catholicon Duplicatum half an Ounce of Faetid Pill two Drams make an Opiat of which take half an Ounce adding to it twenty Grains of Mercurius dulcis Continue the use of it several Days together and it will take off the Hardness and Swelling of the Spleen Bear's-breech in Latin Branca Vrsina 'T is one of the five Emollient Herbs 'T is used chiefly in Clysters and other Paregoricks of whatsoever kind they are and most commonly in Pultises The Roots made into Pultises and applied are good for Burns and Luxations Being taken inwardly they force Urine and stop a Loosness They are good for Consumptive People and such as spit Blood and for Contusions It grows in Italy and Sicily 'T is one of the Ingredients of the Majesterial Water of Worms in the London-Dispensatory which is made in the following manner Take of Worms well cleans'd three Pounds of Snails with their Shells cleans'd two Gallons beat them in a Mortar and put them into a convenient Vessel adding of the Leaves of Stinging Nettles with their Roots six Handfuls of Wild Angelica four Handfuls of Bears-breech seven Handfuls of Agrimony and Betony each three Handfuls of Common Wormwood two Handfuls of the Flowers of Rosemary six Ounces of the Roots of Sharp-pointed Docks ten Ounces of Wood-Sorrel five Ounces of Turmerick of the Inner Bark of Barberries each four Ounces of Fenugreek-seed two Ounces of Cloves powder'd three Ounces of Hart's-horn grosly powder'd of Ivory powder'd each four Ounces of Saffron three Drams of Small Spirit of Wine four Gallons and an half after they have been infus'd four and twenty Hours distil them in Glass Vessels in B. M. The first four Pints that distil is to be kept by it self and is called the Spirit The rest is called the Majesterial Water of Worms Benjamin in Latin Benzoinum It attenuates 'T is hot and dry 'T is used for Coughs Rheums and Obstructions of the Lungs It comes from Sumatra Surat and several other Places Flowers and the Oyl of Benjamin are made in the following manner Take an Earthen Pot high and narrow with a little Border round it put into it three or four Ounces of clear Benjamin grosly powder'd cover the Pot with a Coffin of Paper and tye it round about under the Border set the Pot into hot Ashes and when the Benjamin is heated the Flowers will sublime take off the Coffin every two Hours and fix another in its place stop up quickly in a Glass the Flowers you find in the Coffins and when those which afterwards sublime do begin to appear Oyly take the Pot off the Fire put that which remains into a little Glass Retort and fitting a Receiver to it distil in a Sand-heat a thick and fragrant Oyl until no more comes forth and there will remain in the Retort nothing but a very spungy Earth The Flowers are good for Asthmatical Persons and to fortifie the Stomach The Dose is from two Grains to five in an Egg or in Lozenges The Oyl is a Balsam for Wounds and Ulcers Tincture of Benjamin is made in the following manner Take three Ounces of Benjamin and half an Ounce of Storax powder them grosly and put them into a Pottle-Matrass half empty pour upon them a Pint of Spirit of Wine stop your Vessel close and set it in warm Horse-dung leave it in Digestion for a Fortnight after which filtrate the Liquor and keep it in a Vessel well stop'd Some do add to it five or six Drops of Balsam of Peru to give it a better Smell 'T is good to take away Spots in the Face A Dram of it is put into four Ounces of Water and it whitens like Milk This Water serves for a Wash and is called Virgin 's Milk Take of Fat Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar of Squills one Ounce of Extract of Aloes half an Ounce of Crystal of Tartar one Dram of Myrrh and Saffron each half a Dram of Mastich Benjamin and Salt of Ash-tree and Wormwood each one Scruple with Oxymel of Squills make a Mass for Pills The Dose is half a Dram
each two Ounces of Mercury one Handful and an half of Jujubes and Sebestenes each number Twenty five of Maiden-hair of Violets and of Barly cleans'd each one Handful of Damask-Prunes and Tamerinds each six Drams of Liquorish half an Ounce boyl them according to Art in five Quarts of Water to the Consumption of a third part then strain them out hard In part of the Liquor dissolve of the Pulp of Cassia and Tamerinds and of fresh Prunes and of Violet-Sugar each six Ounces in the other part of the Liquor dissolve two Pounds of fine Sugar Lastly add an Ounce and an half of the Powder of Sena and two Drams of the Powder of Annise-seeds for every Pound of the Electuary and so make an Electuary according to Art It cools and purges gently An Ounce or an Ounce and and half may be taken at a time Cassidony See Stoechas Cassummuniar To give a Description of the Herb its Place its Growth whether it bears any Flower or Seed is not in my power having receiv'd no Account along with it from my Brother Factor to the Honourable East-India Company Only thus much is most certain 't is a Plant esteem'd even by Princes themselves some part of what I have being taken out of the King of Golconda's Garden one of the greatest and wealthiest Princes in India And the Priests who are the Brackmannes of the Pythagorean Sect of Phylosophers do many and great Cures with it for which they are much esteem'd not only by the Natives but also by Foreign Merchants that reside there the English themselves preferring them before their own Country-men when they labour under those Diseases that reign in the East-Indians They are very excellent Botanists admirably skill'd in the Nature and Use of Plants and having an extraordinary Variety of them have improv'd Galenical Physick to a very great heighth I do not understand that they are acquainted with any of the Chymical Ways of separating the pure from the impure Parts nor are they acquainted with the use of Minerals But as they are nourish'd by the Product of the Earth so they are cured by the Off-spring thereof Not feeding upon any Animal kill'd for their use fearing they should eat some of their Ancestors because they hold a Transmigration of Souls This Root tho' it might serve to Aromatize their Diet and is certainly a good Stomachick yet they use it only Medicinally and that in so homely a Way as is becoming such plain and simple Men unacquainted with the Confectioner's or Apothecary's Art They cut the Root transverse or cross-ways and having so done they dry it in the Sun with great Care and when they have Occasion to use it they grind it betwixt two Stones adding Water to it after the manner of Painters grinding their Colours Being reduc'd hereby to the Consistence of an Electuary they administer two or three Drams of it at a time to their Patients As to its Qualities 't is moderately hot and very astringent It consists of very fine Parts wrap'd up in and tied to an Earthy Matter and may be reckon'd amongst Aromata or Spices It exceedingly recruits the Animal and Vital Spirits and may well be imagin'd to be Aperitive By the Experience I have had of it I find it admirably to agree with the Animal Spirits and a proper Remedy against their Irregularities With Spirit of Wine I have drawn a good Spirit from it and with the remaining Faeces made a very good Extract and conceive its Extract made with Fountain-water may be better than the Powder in the Bloody-Flux for which it is an excellent Remedy The Spirit is good to mix with Cordials It is a very good Medicine outwardly used and will lay Scents better than any thing yet found out 'T is much commended by Doctor John Peachie of Gloucester who wrote this Account of it for Apoplexies Convulsions Fits of the Mother and the like He used to foment the Head with the Spirit and to give inwardly the following Medicine Take of Cassummuniar powder'd two Ounces of the Conserves of the Flowers of Betony one Ounce make an Electuary according to Art with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Peony Let the Patient take the quantity of a Nutmeg thrice a Day drinking upon it four Ounces of the following Julap Take of the Waters of the Flowers of the Lime-tree and of Black-berries each half a Pint of the Compound Spirit of Lavender three Ounces a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Peony mingle them He says many have been cured of Head-diseases by this Medicine Mr. Marlow in King-street near Guild-Hall an excellent Apothecary and a curious Man shew'd me Cassummuniar and confirm'd the Use and Virtues above-mention'd China 'T is good for the French-Pox which some say it cures without observing a strict Diet in a short time and with pleasure wherefore it is much esteem'd by the Indians Garsia wrote a whole Book of the Virtue and Use of this Root 'T is most commonly used in Decoctions and one or two Ounces is sufficient for nine Pints of Water 'T is good for all Diseases that require Sweating 'T is used in the Palsie for Pains in the Joints the Hip-Gout the Gout Scirrhous and Edematous Tumors and for the King's-Evil It strengthens the Stomach when weak eases inveterate Pains in the Head doth good for the Stone and Ulcers of the Bladder cures the Jaundice and Humoral and Windy Ruptures 'T is a great Provocative to Venery And Fallopius says Men grow fat by the use of it The Turks who love to have their Wives in good Case diet them with a Decoction of this Root Take of the Roots of China three Ounces Sarsaperilla six Ounces Saxifrage one Ounce of Nephritick Wood two Ounces of Harts-horn and Ivory rasp'd each half an Ounce of White Sanders half an Ounce of the Roots of Parsly Grass Knee-holm each one Ounce of Liquorish two Ounces of Dates ston'd number Six of Caraways and Coriander-seeds each three Drams infuse them in seven Quarts of Fountain-water boyl it according to Art and Aromatize it with Woody Cassia This is used for the French Pox. Take of the Roots of China two Ounces of Sarsaperilla six Ounces of all the Sanders each three Drams of Saxifrage ten Drams infuse them in four Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water for twelve Hours and then adding of the Leaves of Agrimony two Handfuls of the Leaves of Speed-well three Handfuls of Scabious one Handful of the Seeds of Sweet-Fennel and Caraways each three Drams of Raisins of the Sun ston'd six Ounces boyl it to the Consumption of the third part strain the Liquor and use it for your ordinary Drink This is much used in the King 's Evil. China grows plentifully in China and in Malabar and in many other places Chiches or Chich-pease in Latin Cicer sativum Chich-pease are three-fold White Red and Black The Ancients commonly fed upon them as do the Italians now at this Day They eat them raw as well as boyl'd but
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-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-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-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
Leaves of the Ash-trees in Calabria and grows hard by the Heat of the Sun For Manna is not Heavenly Dew or Airy Hony as has been prov'd by undoubted Experiments What can be more evident Demonstration that Manna is the Humour or Juice distilling from the Trunk or Branches of the Ash-tree cut or What Experiment can be more certain to prove it than what Pena and Lobelius deliver Namely That having cut down great Branches of the Larix and Ash-tree and placed them in a Wine-Cellar at that time of the Summer that Manna used to be gather'd in and the next Day they perceiv'd Manna upon them This was confirm'd to me says Mr. Ray when I travell'd into Italy by many of the Inhabitants of Calabria but especially by the learned and diligent Searcher into the Works of Nature Doctor Thomas Cornelius a Physician who having carefully cover'd the Branches with Clothes wrapp'd round them often gather'd Manna from them Which is a Proof beyond Exception Manna is used to loosen the Belly two or three Ounces of it being dissolv'd in Broth or Whey 'T is a very gentle Medicine and may be safely given to Old Men Children and Women with Child Take of Manna one Ounce and an half dissolve it in two Ounces and an half of black-cherry-Black-Cherry-water add to it one Ounce of the Purging Syrup of Apple Spirit of Sulphure three Drops Half of it may be taken at a time This is a proper Purge for Children A Person that had the Cholick and had taken thirty Clysters to no purpose was releiv'd by taking an Ounce and an half of Manna mix'd with two Ounces of Oyl of Sweet Almonds in fat Chicken-Broth Take of Manna half an Ounce of fresh Oyl of Sweet Almonds a sufficient quantity to dissolve it add ten Drops of Rose-water mingle it Let Children lick of this often to loosen their Bellies when there is occasion Black Master-wort in Latin Astrantia nigra It purges Melancholy like White Hellebore Mastick-tree in Latin Lentiscus All the Parts of it are binding the Buds the Leaves the Branches the Fruit and the Bark of the Root A Juice is pressed from the Bark the Root and the Leaves boyl'd in Water or from the green Leaves bruis'd which taken inwardly is good for a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux Fluxes of the Womb and for the Falling of the Womb and Fundament In short it may be used instead of Acacia and Hypocistis The Oyl of the Mastick-tree made of the ripe Fruit and thicken'd cures the Mange in Cattel and Dogs 'T is also successfully mix'd in Medicines for curing the Leprosie The Oyl of it is much commended for the Falling of the Hair and for Inflammations of the Gums the Oyl being held in the Mouth moderately hot Mastick grows only in the Island of Chios where the Inhabitants take as much care of the Mastick-tree as other People do of their Vine-yards for they chiefly live by the Product of the Mastick-tree And so great Abundance of it have they that they pay yearly as a Tribute to the Grand Seignior 4 or 5000 Ducats Mastick taken inwardly stops the Voiding of Blood and cures an old Cough and is good for the Stomach Two Drams of Mastick mix'd with Crumbs of toasted Bread and apapplied hot to the Stomach takes off Vomiting and the Pain of the Stomach Take of Myrrh and Mastick equal Parts boyl them in Oyl of Camomile This is excellent for inveterate Pains of the Hips Half an Ounce of Mastick boyl'd in three or four Quarts of Water is used for the ordinary Drink of those that have a Loosness The People of China Men Women and Children do most commonly hold Mastick in their Mouths to strengthen their Teeth and Gums and to perfume their Breath they also bake it with their Bread to give it a good Taste In short Mastick is preferr'd before all other Medicines in those Diseases where-there is need of Binding The best Mastick is of a light Colour clear and transparent sweet-scented and friable 'T is sometimes adulterated with Resin of the Pine-tree and with Frankincense but the Cheat may easily be discover'd by the Smell Mechoacana It takes its Name from an Island in New-Spain call'd Mechoacan It purges Flegmatick and Watery Humours from all Parts of the Body especially from the Head Nerves and Breast 'T is good for old Coughs the Cholick and the French-Pox 'T is taken most commonly in substance being powder'd and taken in a proper Liquor especially in Wine It is not given in a Decoction because it has been found by Experience that boyling destroys the Virtue of it The Dose is from half a Dram to two Drams 'T is corrected by adding a third part of Cinnamon Annise or Mastick 'T is best when it is fresh whitish within and of an Ash-colour without Mezereon 'T is very hot and acrid being chewed in the Mouth it burns the Jaws and Throat But it purges Choler strongly being corrected by infusing it twenty four Hours in Vinegar Some correct it by infusing it in Wine and drying it again But the Leaves Bark or Berries howsoever they are prepar'd and corrected are seldom used by reason of their Malignity Nor indeed ought they to be used but in desperate Cases or for want of safer Medicines Myrobalanes in Latin Myrobalani There are five Sorts of them which are comprehended in the following Distick Myrobalanorum species sunt quinque bonorum Citrinus Chebulus Belericus Emblicus Indus All of them cool dry and are astringent as is manifest from their Taste which is sharp with a little Acrimony The Chebulae Belericae and Emblicae purge Flegm the Citrinae purge Yellow Choler and the Indae Black Choler Being toasted they purge a little and bind much like Rubarb Because they purge little Physicians give other Things with them The Dose is two or three Drams Myrrh in Latin Myrrha The best Myrrh is the cleanest which is rough light and breaks easily smells sweet tastes bitter and hot It heats disposes to Rest and is good in cold Diseases of the Head It conglutinates and dries It provokes the Courses and hastens Delivery 'T is good for an old Cough and Difficulty of Breathing and for Pains of the Breast and Sides and for a Loosness and for the Bloody-Flux It cures an Hoarseness being held in the Mouth and what dissolves of it being swallow'd down It heals Wounds of the Head and is frequently applied to Bones when they lie naked It was much used formerly to preserve dead Bodies Some say it is good in a Dropsie 'T is excellent in a Gangrene for Swellings and Wounds especially in the Head The Troches of Myrrh of the London-Dispensatory are made in the following manner Take of Myrrh three Drams of the Flower of Lupines five Drams of the Roots of Madder the Leaves of Rue Wild Mint Dittany of Crete Cummin-seeds Assafoetida Sagapenum and Opoponax each two Drams dissolve the Gums in Wine wherein Mug-wort has been boyl'd or Juniper-berries add the
of Venice-Treacle and one Dram of Mithridate and four Ounces of strong angelica-Angelica-water mingle them The Dose is one Spoonful at a time for Preservation against the Plague and three at a time to cure it Pitch in Latin Pix 'T is the Resin of the Pine of the Firr-tree and some other Trees which is distill'd by Fire and boyl'd to a Consistence Pitch used in the manner of a Plaster pulls up Hairs by the Roots It mollifies suppurates discusses Swellings and incarns Ulcers Tar cures the Mange in Cattel and their Wounds and Ulcers and keeps the Fly from them In Norway they use Tar that is made of the Firr with good success in Malignant Fevers they mix it with Beer and drink it And they count dry Pitch a present Remedy for the Gout But the chief use of Pitch is for Shipping Lamb-Black is nothing but the Smoak of Pitch they that make it have Rooms that keep in all the Smoak and so they collect it Take of Liquid Pitch and of the Balsam of Tolu each twenty six Grains of Chios-Turpentine one Scruple with Powder of Crab's-eyes make a Mass whereof make Midling-Pills take three in the Morning and at Bed-time drinking upon them six Spoonfuls of the following Julap Take of Hysop-water one Pint of Ground-Ivy-water six Ounces of the Tincture of the Balsam of Tolu one Dram and an half of White Sugar-candy a sufficient quantity These Pills are good in a Consumption The Plane-tree in Latin Platanus Orientalis Vera. The tender Leaves boyl'd in Wine and used in the manner of an Ointment stops Fluxions on the Eyes The Bark boyl'd in Vinegar is used for Pains of the Teeth but now-a-days it is not used in Physick The Lord Bacon that excellent Man whom all the World admires planted several of these Trees near Verulam Poley-Mountain in Latin Polium Montanum It provokes Urine and the Courses is good for Dropsies and the Jaundice and the Biting of Venomous Creatures 'T is an Ingredient in Treacle and Mithridate Sylvius commends it much for the Falling-sickness because it abounds with a Volatile Salt Pomegranate in Latin Malus Punica sive Granata It grows in France Italy and Spain The Apples are reckon'd to contain a good Juice that is agreeable to the Stomach but it yields little Nourishment Pomegranates with respect to their Taste are distinguish'd into Sweet Acid and Vinous The Sweet and the Syrup of them is used for Cronical Coughs and a Pleurifie but it is not good in Fevers because it occasions Wind and increases the Heat The Acid are cold and Astringent and Stomachick wherefore they and the Syrup of them are used to quench Thirst for Fevers the Running of the Reins for Ulcers of the Mouth and the like The Vinous are of a middle Nature betwixt Acid and Sweet they are Cordial and Cephalick and chiefly used for Fainting and Giddiness and the like The Juice is press'd out of these Apples for the aforesaid Uses and being fermented and clear'd is call'd Wine The Flowers are very astringent wherefore they are frequently used for Fluxes of all kinds The Powder of them being sprinkled upon Ulcers soon Cicatrises them and cures Ulcers of the Mouth The Bark is of the same Nature with the Flowers and is used to tan Leather and to make Ink instead of Galls A Decoction of it in Wine taken inwardly kills Worms especially those which are call'd Ascarides The Kernels cool and bind especially those of the Acid Apple In short the Flowers the Bark the Kernels and the Leaves are proper where there is need of Binding Syrup of Pomegranates of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of White Sugar a Pound and an half of the Juice of Pomegranates clarified a Pint make a Syrup in B. M. Caesalpinus says that the Juice press'd from the Pomegranate and the Peel of it purges yellow Choler But this must be understood of the Sweet Apples Take of Pomegranate-peel half an Ounce of Red Roses two Pugils boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Cow's Milk in half a Pint of the strained Liquor dissolve half an Ounce of Diascordium Make a Clyster This Dr. Sydenham commends much in a Loosness to stop it Potatoes in Latin Battata They are boyl'd or roasted under Ashes and eat better than our Turnips They grow in the New World and the neighbouring Islands from whence they were brought to Spain and from thence to other Parts of Europe Mock Privet in Latin Phillyrea The Leaves of it are astringent and a Decoction of them cures Ulcers of the Mouth And being taken inwardly it provokes Urine and the Courses Mock-Privet is much used to make Hedges in Gardens and is planted in Walks Psylium in English Flea-wort It grows commonly about Montpeliar and in Italy It evacuates yellow Choler and by its Mucilage blunts the Acrimony of the Humours and is therefore commended in a Dysentery and the like But it is suppos'd to be offensive to the Stomach and occasions Faintness if it be taken often For Pains proceeding from Inflammations of the Eyes Take of the Mucilage of the Seed of Flea-wort and Quinces made in Plantane and Rose-water each one Ounce and mix'd with five Grains of Camphire in the White of an Egg drop it into the Eyes When the Palate Uvula or Tongue are excoriated Purslain or Flea-wort-water does good Violent Pains of the Head proceeding from an hot Cause which other Remedies could not mitigate have been happily eas'd with an Epithem made of the Mucilage of the Seeds of Flea-wort extracted in rose-Rose-water and mix'd with a little Vinegar Take of the Mucilage of the Seeds of Flea-wort or of Quinces extracted with the Water of Lettice or Roses half an Ounce of Syrup of Violets Limons or Pomegranates one Ounce and an half mingle them Let the Sick take a little by Intervals and hold it in his Mouth This is good for an Heat Drought or Foulness of the Tongue or Jaws Pulsatilla 'T is a Vulnerary Herb. The distill'd Water of it is excellent for cleansing and curing Wounds The Root of it is much commended by some for a Preservative from the Contagion of the Plague and against Poysons and for the Biting of Venomous Creatures two Drams of it being taken in Wine 'T is also mix'd with Antidotes But Tragus says that the Root dried provokes Sneezing and that being chew'd in the Mouth raw it evacuates Flegm Which argues that it is not gentle nor sweetish as Matthiolus says R. COmmon Reed in Latin Arundo Vallatoria The Root of it boyl'd in Water or Wine and taken inwardly provokes the Courses and Urine The Decoction of it in Wine takes off the Scurf from the Head the Head being wash'd therewith The green Leaves bruis'd and applied cures St. Anthony's Fire and other Inflammations Reeds are strowed in the Chambers of those that have Fevers to keep them cool The Juice of the Root mix'd with an equal quantity of Hony and Goat's Suet takes off the Spots
from another neither of the two will prove at all sweet The Oyl alone is insipid upon the Tongue because it makes little or no Impression upon the Nerve that serves for Tasting but when the Acid is entirely mix'd with it the Edges of this Acid do serve for a Vehicle to the Oyl to make it penetrate and tickle superficially the Nerve whereby the Sense of Tasting is produced The Acid therefore being alone does become incisive and pricks the Tongue by its Edges but when they are dull'd and blunted by the Ramous Parts of the Oyl then they have another sort of Determination and can no longer pierce the Nerve of Tasting but with a great deal of Tenderness and Gentleness Cask-Sugar is sweeter than finer Sugar because it contains more viscous or fat Parts which remain the longer upon the Nerve of the Tongue And this makes us sometimes prefer the first as to Use before the other Sugar-Candy is better for Coughs than common Sugar because being harder it requires a longer time to melt in the Mouth and besides it keeps the Breast moister than the common Sugar Spirit of Sugar is made in the following manner Powder and mix eight Ounces of White Sugar-Candy with four Ounces of Sal-Armoniack put this Mixture into a Glass or Earthen Body whose third part only is thereby fill'd fit an Head to the Body and place it in a Sand-Furnace joyn a Receiver to it and lute well the Junctures with a wet Bladder give it a small Fire for an Hour only to heat the Vessel then increase it to the second Degree there will distil a Liquor Drop by Drop and towards the End there will rise white Vapours into the Head increase your Fire still more until nothing more comes forth let the Vessels cool and unlute them you will find in the Receiver seven Ounces of a brown Liquor that smells ill and also a little black Oyl that sticks to the Sides pour it all together into a Glass-Body and having fitted to it an Head and Receiver and luted the Joints distil in Sand six Ounces of a very Acid Spirit that is clear and agreeable to the Taste and without any Smell 'T is good against Gravel and the Dropsie and for a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux The Dose is eight or ten Drops in Tincture of Roses or the like That which remains in the Body after Rectification is a Fetid Oyl which may be outwardly used to cleanse old Ulcers Melassoes or the Hony of Sugar are used to make Aqua-vitae and they yield a strong Spirit It has been reported that some Brewers make Ale in a great measure with Melassoes but if they do it is an abominable Cheat for they are not near so wholesom as Malt. Take of Brown or Red Sugar four Spoonfuls of common Salt as much as will lie on a Three-pence of Cow's-Milk one Pint let the Milk just boyl up dissolve the Sugar and the Salt in it strain it This is a Clyster and generally speaking serves as well as the best to empty the Bowels Swallow-wort in Latin Asclepias It grows in Germany Italy and France The Root of it is very Alexipharmick and Sudorinick 'T is chiefly used for the Plague and other Contagious Diseases for Obstructions of the Courses for the Palpitation of the Heart a Fainting and a Dropsie 'T is also commended for the Stone 'T is used outwardly The Flowers the Roots and the Seeds cleanse Sordid Ulcers 'T is good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures for Ulcers of the Paps of the Breasts and the like T. TAmarinds in Latin Tamarindi They grow in Arabia Foelix and in the East and West-Indies They correct the Acrimony of the Humours purge Choler and restrain the Heat of they Blood they cure Fevers and the Jaundice and take off the Heat of the Stomach and Liver and stop Vomiting The Turks and Arabians when they go long Journies in the Summer-time carry Tamarinds with them to quench their Thirst In Pestilential and Putrid Fevers Water wherein Tamarinds have been infus'd sweeten'd with Sugar is a proper Liquor to drink for it extinguishes Thirst and cools much Take of Tamarinds half an Ounce of Sena two Drams of Rubarb one Dram and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of fountain-Fountain-water to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Manna and Syrup of Roses Solutive each one Ounce Make a Purging Potion This is a good Cooling Purge and works well Take of Tamarinds half an Ounce of Sena two Drams of Rubarb one Dram and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Manna and Syrup of Roses Solutive each one Ounce of Syrup of Buck-thorn half an Ounce of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses two Drams mingle them make a Potion But this must be given only to strong People I have found by Experience that this purges when nothing else will 'T is good for a Dropsie and the Running of the Reins Tea or Thee This Shrub grows in Japan and China The Price varies according to the Largeness of the Leaves and so great a difference is there in the Price that one Pound of the best Tea is sold for more than an hundred Pounds of another Sort. The Goodness of it is known by the fragrant Smell of the Leaves It smells somewhat like Hay mix'd with a little Aromatick Smell 'T is of a green Colour and tastes sweet with a little bitter It purifies the Blood prevents troublesom Dreams expels Malignant Vapours from the Brain takes off Giddiness and the Head-ach especially when it proceeds from Over-eating 'T is good in a Dropsie for it provokes Urine very much It dries up Rhumes of the Head corrects the Acrimony of the Humours opens Obstructions of the Bowels and strengthens the Sight for the People of Japan use it as the only Remedy for Weakness of the Sight and Diseases of the Eyes whereunto they are much subject It corrects Adust Humours cools an hot Liver and softens an hard Spleen It keeps People wakeful especially those that are not used to drink it It renders the Body brisk chears the Heart drives away Fear and takes off the Gripes and suppresses Wind. It strengthens the Bowels quickens the Memory and sharpens the Wit It prevents the Stone And a Person that travell'd in Japan and made it his Business to enquire about the Stone there could not find one Person that had the least Symptom of it either in the Bladder or Kidnies And it is moreover a Provocative to Venery it strengthens the Stomach and is very good for Gouty People Christ-thorn in Latin Palivrus The Root and Leaves are Astringent they stop the Flux of the Belly and digest and cure a Phyma The Fruit is so inciding that it is said to lessen the Stone of the Bladder and to remove Excretions of the Breast and Lungs The Seeds bruised are commended for a Cough and the Mont peliar-Physicians use them for Gravel
and the Stone Some report that these were the Thorns our Blessed Saviour was crown'd with in Contempt by the Unbelieving Jews just before his Crucifiction Mastick Thyme in Latin Marum It grows in many Places in Spain By reason of its curious Smell it is kept in Gardens in England France and Germany One Dram of the Bark of it is a present Remedy for desperate Obstructions of the Courses being taken in Rough Wine every Morning Turbith It purgeth Flegm and clammy Humours that fall on the Joints 'T is good in the Dropsie for it purges Watery Humours 'T is brought to us from Guzaratta Turmerick in Latin Curcuma The Dutch boyl it with Fish for it gives it a good Taste and colours it yellow 'T is besides an excellent Remedy for Obstructions of the Bowels viz. of the Lungs Liver and Spleen and also of the Mesaraick Veins and for Nephritick Pains 'T is also very good for the Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder It also opens Women's Obstructions and hastens Delivery But it is peculiarly good for curing of the Jaundice In short This Root is reckon'd the best of all Medicines for opening Obstructions The People of China use it in Sneezing-powders like the Roots of White Hellebore And they make an Ointment with this Root and the Powder of Sanders and some sweet Flowers wherewith the Men and Women anoint their Bodies all over And tho' this may seem very odd to those that are unaccustom'd to it by reason of the yellow Colour yet it secures them very well from the Heat of the Sun and Feverish Heats and from the vexatious Biting of Flies and Gnats Take of the Roots of Turmerick and Madder each one Ounce of the Greater Celandine-Root and Herb of the Tops of the Lesser Centory each one Handful boyl them in equal Parts of Rhenish-wine and fountain-Fountain-water to a Quart in the strain'd Liquor dissolve two Ounces of the Syrup of the five Opening Roots give half a Pint Morning and Evening hot till the Patient recovers of the Jaundice but Vomiting or Purging must be first used V. VIne in Latin Vitis It does not deserve the Name of a Tree because it cannot stand by it self There is as great Variety of them as of Pears and Apples Currents that are called Corinthian do not grow now about Corinth for the Inhabitants are not encourag'd to plant or to take care of them there being now no Sale for them the Turks having shut up the Passage and not suffering any great Ships to go thither they come now from Zant and many other Places The Raisins of the Sun are very large Grapes and in form like a Spanish Olive They dry them after this manner They cut cross-ways to the Middle the Branches they design for this use and so they intercept a good part of the Nutritious Juice that should come to the Grapes they let the Branches hang half cut upon the Vine till they are dried by degrees partly by the Heat of the Sun and partly for want of Nourishment Vines grow best in an hot Country and the hotter the Country is if it be not too hot the sooner the Grapes are ripe There are great quantities of excellent Wine in Spain Italy Sicily and some Parts of France They usually climb up on Trees as upon the Elm and the Poplar In Lombardy they plant them in the Corn-Fields so near Trees that they may climb up on them and so they have Corn Wine and Wood in the same Fields The Leaves and Tendrels of the Vine bruis'd and applied ease the Pain of the Head and take off Inflammations and Heat off the Stomach The Tear of the Vine which is like a Gum but it does not grow on our Vines taken in Wine is good for the Stone The Ashes of the Tendrels mix'd with Vinegar cure a Condyloma and is good for the Biting of Vipers and Inflammations of the Spleen 'T is to little purpose to mention the Virtues of Wine for there is scarce any one that is ignorant of them The Wine called Setinum was most esteem'd by the Ancients The Wines that are most esteem'd amongst us are the Claret-Wine Burgundy-Wine common White-Wine Frontiniack Hermitage and Champaign These come from France The following from Spain Canary-Sack Malaga-Sack Sherry-Sack Alicant-Wine and Port-o-Port From the Island of Crete is brought Red Muscadine From Germany Rhenish Wine Wine is wholsomer than Beer Mead or Cyder and indeed than any other Liquor Now-a-days Rough Wines tho' they are not so pleasing to the Palate are counted better for the Stomach and to help Concoction as Claret and Florentine-Wine Baccius wrote an excellent Book in the Year 1596. of the several sorts of Wines it was printed at Rome and is indeed worth perusing wherein is contain'd all that has been wrote of the Grape by Ancient and Modern Writers together with Observations of his own about Greek Italian Spanish French and Rhenish-Wines with the Ways of making them their Diseases and Remedies Omphaciun is the unripe Juice of the Grape strain'd and kept in a Vessel close stop'd It cools and dries It is not only used in Physick but also with Food in Sauces It takes off Nauseousness excites Appetite stops the Flux of the Belly and mitigates the Heat of the Stomach and Bowels being taken inwardly And outwardly applied it clears the Sight as also does Wild Apples and cleanses them from Filth 'T is better for all hot Diseases than Vinegar Sapa is New Wine boyl'd to the Consumption of a third part Defrutum is New Wine boyl'd to the Consumption of half Distillation of Wine into Brandy is made in the following manner Fill with Wine half a large Copper Body cover it with its Moor's-head border'd with its Refrigeratory and fit to it a Receiver lute well the Junctures with a wet Bladder and distil with a gentle Fire about a quarter of the Liquor or else until the Liquor which distils does not burn when the Fire is put to it that which is in the Receiver is called Brandy Brandy may be drawn from all sorts of Wines but more of it may be drawn in some Countries than in others For Example The Wines that are made about Orleans and Paris do yield more Brandy than many others which seem to be stronger and the Reason is because those Wines that appear stronger are loaded with a great deal of Tartar which fixes their Spirits whereas the other containing but a convenient Portion of this Tartar do leave their Spirits at greater liberty When Wine has been drunk there is made a Separation of Spirits in the Body much resembling that which is made by Distillation for the Heat of the Bowels warming it causes the Spirituous Parts to spread on all Sides through the Pores and some part of them to mix with the Blood and rarefie it from whence it comes to rejoyce the Heart and increase the Vigour of the whole Body but because these Spirits do always tend upwards the greatest part flies
THE Compleat Herbal OF PHYSICAL PLANTS CONTAINING All such English and Foreign Herbs Shrubs and Trees as are used in Physick and Surgery And to the Virtues of those that are now in use is added one Receipt or more of some Learned Physician The Doses or Quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-Physicians and others are proportioned ALSO Directions for Making compound-Compound-Waters Syrups Simple and Compound Electuaries Pills Powders and other Sorts of Medicines MOREOVER The Gums Balsams Oyls Juices and the like which are sold by Apothecaries and Druggists are added to this Herbal and their Virtues and Uses are fully described By JOHN PECHEY Of the College of Physicians in London LONDON Printed for Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard 1694. THE PREFACE IN Compiling this English Herbal of Physical Plants I have chiefly follow'd Mr. Ray both for the Descriptions and Virtues who is an excellent Botanist and a candid Author and tho' he be not professedly a Physician it may appear by his Writings he has perus'd the best Authors in Physick and well digested them And yet the good Man would not rely on his own Judgment or Reading but took to his Assistance several worthy Practitioners in Physick who all along suggested the most probable Virtues of Plants and their Success in Practice and ascertain'd the Doses of many of them and added some Forms of Medicines What I have contributed to this Work I confess is the least Part Some Virtues indeed I have added and many good Medicines but those I borrow'd too So that upon a Review I find little or nothing belongs to me save only the Collection and Translation and for that I expect Censure And therefore in hope I may at least extenuate my Crime I take Leave to expostulate with my Adversaries 'T is well known many are with good Reason Authoriz'd by the Spiritual Lords to practise Physick who are only skill'd in their Mother-Tongue there being not learned Physicians enough to attend on the Sick in these populous Kingdoms for if there were to be sure the Right Reverend Bishops who are eminent for Learning as well as Piety would of Choice prefer the Learned Now I say it being evident that many Practitioners do not understand Foreign Languages and so by Consequence cannot partake of those Improvements that are made abroad or conceal'd at home in a Language to them unknown I suppose no sober Man will blame me or any other for Writing or Rendring into English such things as may be more generally conducive to the Health or Welfare of our Country But it is to little purpose to appeal to sober Men they being now-a-days the weakest and most contemptible Party and so can yield no Protection He therefore that dares advance any thing for publick Good must expect publick Hatred But be it so 't is better to be beneficial to Men than to be belov'd by them And the solid Comfort of Well-doing infinitely surpasses the fleeting Praises of the giddy Multitude And no other Reward can the best Men receive as long as Men are encourag'd in their Vices by great and bad Examples Yet it must be own'd there is a Semblance of Vertue still remaining amongst us Many take care to give their Children good Education the tender Infant before he can speak plain lisps the Praises of his Maker And he that should look into publick Schools or Vniversities and observe there these excellent Precepts that are daily instill'd into Youth would believe that their Lives must be ever after unavoidably influenc'd thereby but then 't is a sad Truth many vicious Parents by their ill Examples soon poyson those wholsom Instructions and the Striplings are forc'd to abandon their Morals to prove themselves Legitimate So that he that should consider the strict Rules of Education and the Incongruity of Practice thereunto would be induc'd to believe that Men successively banter one another by proposing such Rules as they think are either impracticable or not worth the minding And if so Why does Man alone of all the Creatures on God's Earth impose upon his Off-spring Why does he not with the milder Tyger early instruct his Young Ones in the Art of Rapine and infuse such savage Principles as are more peculiarly agreeable to the Humane Nature that in due time they may exert them and act like Men But if at first View Men dread the fatal Consequences of an intail'd War and would fain promote the Happiness of their Children and the Peace of the World let them establish by an agreeable Conversation those Rules of Civil Life our good Fore-fathers injoin'd for after all good Example is more prevalent and more instructive than Precept and the general Neglect of it is really the Source of all our Miseries In the First Part of the following Herbal I have only describ'd such Plants as grow in England and are not commonly known for I thought it needless to trouble the Reader with the Description of those that every Woman knows or keeps in her Garden And because this Treatise is design'd for general Vse and I hope may be serviceable to Families in the Country that are far distant from Physicians I have added an Explanatory Table containing the Terms of Art and the Explication of them But here the Reader is to be admonish'd that the Constitutions of Men are so various and the Signs and Symptoms of Diseases so abstruse that it is very hazardous in many Cases to administer Physick without the Advice of a Physician In the Second Part of this Book which treats of Foreign Plants I have made no Descriptions of the Herbs or Trees for I account it unnecessary to describe the Form or Shape of that which most of us are never like to see The Gums Balsams Juices and the like that are particularly treated of in this Part contain the most eminent Virtues of the Plants or Trees from whence they proceed and are imported a-part and sold so by the Druggist and make up a good part of the Materia Medica and therefore may well deserve to be handled separately To be plain There is little or no Curiosity in this Work but I believe there will be found more Practice in it than in any English Herbal yet publish'd The Virtues are faithfully deliver'd and not so promiscuously as is customary in Treatises of this kind And the Medicines inserted were collected from the best Authors many of which I have found by Experience very successful To conclude The Reader is desir'd to take notice that some English Plants being omitted in the First Part were added in the Second but the Index will set all right to which I refer him Reader Farewell John Pechey From the Angel and Crown in Basing-Lane London February the 2d 1694. ADVERTISEMENT THE Observations about Gathering Plants from the various Positions of the Heavens or Seasons of the Moon are superstitious and vain But I suppose in general 't is best to gather them when they
are full of Juice that is well concocted and before the Fibres grow woody Chuse a clear Day and do not gather them till the Dew is gone off Flowers are best gather'd when they are full blown Seeds when they are ripe and begin to dry Fruits should not be gather'd till they are quite ripe Roots are best gather'd in the Spring just before they begin to spring 'T is best to dry Herbs in the Sun tho' Physicians generally order that they should be dried in the Shade The Explanatory Table A. ACid Sharp Acrimony is a Quality that bites the Tongue and heats it as Pepper does Agglutinate Glue together Alexipharmick Resisting Poison Alternately By Turns Anodine Gives Ease Aperetive Opening Apozem A Decoction Aqueous Watery Aromatick Odoriferous having a Spicy Smell Asthma Difficulty of Breathing Astringent Binding Attenuate To thin B. BItuminous Of the nature of Pitch B. M. Hot Water Bulbous Round-rooted C. CApiliary Hairy Cardiack Cordial Caries Rottenness Carminative Expelling Wind. Cataplasm Pultis Cephalick Proper for the Head Cicatrices Skins Cholera A plentiful Evacuation of Choler upward and downward Concreted Thickned Consolidates Makes sound Cosmetick Beautifying D. DEcant To pour gently off leaving the Setling behind Diabetes A vast Evacuation of Vrine Diaphoretick Sweating Dilute Made thin Discuss Drive away Diuretick Force Vrine E. EBullition Boyling Effervency Working Emollient Softening Empyema A Collection of Matter in the Breast Epatick Proper for the Liver Epithem An outward Application to the more noble Parts of the Body Erotions A Gnawing Errhine A Medicine drawn up the Nostrils Expectorate Bring up Matter from the Lungs F. Faeces Dregs Fibre String Filtrate To strain thro' a Paper Flegmagoges Things that purge Flegm Frontals An Application to the Fore-head Fungous Resembling a Spunge H. HYsterick Vaporous I. INcide To cut Incarnes Breeds Flesh Inspissated Thickned L. LIthontriptick Breaking the Stone Linctus A Medicine for the Lungs Lotion A particular Bath Lubricating Smoothening Luxations Members out of joint M. A Mascatory To provoke Spitting Membranaceous Fibrous Millepedes Hog Lice Mucilaginous Slimy N. NArcotick Occasioning Sleep Nephritick Belonging to the Reins Nerve A porous Substance like an Indian Caâ—e O. OBlong Longer than it is broad Obtuse Blunt Oedematous Flegmatick P. PAlpitation Beating of the Heart Paralitick Subject to the Palsie Paregorick Disposing to Sleep Perennial Lasting Pugil As much as may be held between the Thumb and two Fingers Pulmonick Proper for the Lungs R. REsinous Of the nature of Rosin Rupture Bursten Belly S. SCirrhus Hard Tumors Sextary Somewhat more than a Pint. Siccity Driness Soporifick Gives Rest. Specifick A peculiar Remedy for some Disease Splenetick Proper for the Spleen Spontaneously Of its own accord Stagnate Stand. Stomachick Proper for the Stomach Styptick Astringent Sublimed Raised to the Neck of the Vessel Succulent Juicy Sudorifick Procuring Sweat Suppurating Bringing to Matter T. TAblets The same with Lozenges Thoracick Proper for the Breast Torrification Roasting Triangular Three-corner'd Tumor A Swelling V. VEgetable An Herb. Vehicle Some proper Water Viscous Slimy Umbels Tufts Uterine Proper for the Womb. Vulnerary Healing ERRATA PAge 8. line 16. read Lamium p. 28. l. 9. d. Vterine p. 39. l. 12. r. Officinarum p. 96 r. Gromwel p. 106. l. 16. r. Miâ—us p. 171. r. Polygonatum p. 203. l. 30. r. Gum Ammoniaâ—um p. 278. l. 24. r. Tacamahaca p. 284. l. 36. r. Vse p. 310. l. 1. r. Opium see White Poppies p. 315. l. 2. r. Pyrethrum THE English Herbal OF PHYSICAL PLANTS A ABele-tree See Poplar Adders-tongue in Latin Ophioglosum The Root has many thick Fibres bound together especially if it grows in good Ground It tastes at first sweet but leaves an Acrimony and Bitterness on the Palate It has a tender Stalk about an Hand high which sustains one Leaf that is Oyly and without Nerves sometimes narrow and somewhat long sometimes broad somewhat round and erect of a sweetish and clammy taste A two-fork'd Tongue rises from the Leaf where 't is joyn'd to the Stalk which grows sharp by degrees and is a little indented 'T is common in Meadows and moist Pastures It springs in April and fades in July 'T is an excellent Wound-Herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied For Ruptures or Bursten Bellies Take as much of the Powder of the dry'd Leaves as will lye on a Six-pence or less according to the Age of the Party in two Ounces of Horse-tail or oak-bud-Oak-bud-water sweetned with Syrup of Quinces Use it every Morning for the space of fifteen Days But before you enter upon the Use of this or any other Medicine the Gut if it fall into the Cod must be reduc'd by a Chirurgeon and a Truss must be worn to keep it up and the Party must avoid all violent Motions and lie as much as may be in Bed or on a Couch Fabritius Hildanus says That some have been cured of great Ruptures by lying in Bed when they could be cured no other way The Oyl of it made in the following manner is full as good for Wounds and Ulcers as that of St. John's-wort Take one handful of the Leaves pound them in a Stone-Mortar and boil them in a Pint of Oyl of Olives 'till they are dry strain it and keep it for use Common Agrimony in Latin Agrimonia Most commonly it has but one Stalk two or three Foot high and sometimes much higher 'T is round hairy full of Pith surrounded with Leaves plac'd at a distance alternately above an Hand in length The Leaves consist for the most part of four little Leaves wing'd on both sides and much indented all about they have Veins and are hairy but the Down is not very conspicuous they taste a little acrid and are somewhat styptick The Flowers smell sweet they grow alternately to the Shaft in a long Series and upon the Top-branches like an Ear of Corn. They are of a Saffron-colour and are compos'd of five Leaves at the Basis of every Leaf there are two Ears that embrace the Stalk The Root is blackish thick and of an astringent Taste It cleanses and strengthens the Blood and opens Obstructions of the Liver wherefore 't is good in Dropsies for an ill Habit of Body and the Jaundice Let those that are afflicted with these Diseases use for their ordinary Drink Ale or Beer wherein the Leaves of Agrimony have been infus'd For instance Put eight handfuls of the Leaves into a Vessel containing four Gallons drink of it when it is clear 'T is used outwardly in Baths and Lotions The Powder of the dried Leaves is much commended by Riverius to prevent involuntary Urine Take of the Powder half a Dram of Conserve of Roses a sufficient quantity make a Bolus to be taken at Bed-time for the space of three Weeks Alder-tree in Latin Alnus 'T is large and spreads much if it like the place it grows in The Bark is brown and the Wood redder than Elm or Yew the Branches are very easily broken the Bark of
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-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
Diuretick It provokes the Courses and is Lithontriprick It quickens the Blood when coagulated and disposes to Sleep 'T is used outwardly with great Success for the Cholick and Obstruction of Urine Used in Caraplasms it discusses Tumours and Clodded Blood like Solomon's-Seal 'T is chiefly us'd for Swellings and Hardness of the Paps Take of the Roots of Charvil Knee-holm Polypody of the Oak of each one Ounce of the Leaves of Water-Hemp Agrimony of the Oak of Jerusalem of Maiden-hair and Ground-Ivy each one Handful of the Seeds of Bastard-Saffron one Ounce of the Roots of Florentine-Flower-de-luce half an Ounce of the Seeds of Danewort five Drams of the Root of the Sweet-smelling Flag half an Ounce boyl them in two Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water to the Consumption of a third part then strain it and add one Ounce and an half of Sena and two Drams of Agarick Mechoacan and Turbith each half an Ounce of Yellow-Sanders one Dram and an half of the Roots of Lesser Galanga one Dram boyl them in a close Vessel two Hours then strain the Liquor and add two Ounces of the best Hony clarified with the White of an Egg make a purging Mead The Dose is six or eight Ounces twice or thrice a Week This is proper in a Dropsie of the Breast Cherries in Latin Cerasus Cherries when they are fresh loosen the Belly but when dry they bind Those that are sweet purge but they are offensive to the Stomach Sharp and harsh Cherries are Binding The distill'd Water of sharp Cherries and the Cherries themselves extinguish Feverish Heats and quench Thirst and create an Appetite And preserv'd with Sugar they are very grateful to the Stomach and reckon'd by the Women the best Sweet-Meats but by reason of the Abundance of their Moisture they cannot be kept long The Decoction of dried Cherries is excellent in Hipocondriack Diseases and many have been cur'd by this Remedy alone Sweet Cherries are peculiarly good for Diseases in the Head the Falling-sickness Apoplexy and Palsie A Lord that was seiz'd with an Apoplexy and was speechless three Days recover'd his Speech by takeing Spirit of Cherries In Stammering and other Vices of Speech wash the Mouth often with the Spirit of Black-Cherries for they are very Cephalick and do much strengthen the Muscles of the Tongue and the Spirits design'd for their Use The distill'd Water of sweet Black-Cherries is much commended and us'd for Children's Convulsions Take an equal quantity of this Water and the Water of Lime-tree-flowers The Dose is an Ounce or two Ounces according to the Age of the Child Wines and Potions are prepar'd of Cherries several Ways either by Distillation or Infusion or by mixing Sugar with the Juice and fermenting it In Italy they prepare a Potion with fresh Cherries which they call Marasco they drink it before it ferments 'T is sold there in Taverns in the Summer-time and is counted a good cooling Liquor The Oyl drawn from the Kernels in a Press is said to take Spots and Pimples from the Skin by anointing it And 't is reckon'd good for the Gout and Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder The Gum of Cherries diluted with Wine cures inveterate Coughs quickens the Sight and provokes Appetite 'T is counted also Lithontriptick drunk in Wine Some when they eat great quantities of Cherries swallow the Stones to prevent Surfeits which is a vulgar Errour for many times they lie long in the Stomach and do much hurt The Livers of Sparrows grow very big at Cherry-time The following Sorts of Cherries are much esteem'd here in England viz. The May-Cherry the Duke-cherry the Arch-Duke-Cherry the Flanders-Cherry the Red-Heart-Cherry the Carnation and the Amber-Cherry the Bleeding-heart and the Naples the Purple-Cherry the Black Orleance and the common Black-Cherry Luke Ward 's Cherry the Cluster-Cherry the Dwarf-Cherry and the Morello-Cherry Chesnut-tree in Latin Castanea It is a great and stately Tree as thick as an old Oak so very large sometimes that three Men with their Arms extended can scarce encompass the Trunk of it It has many Branches the small Twigs are of a Crimson Colour It has a smooth Bark spotted and blackish and sometimes of an Ash-colour but chiefly the Extremity of the Branches And when the Tree is young the Wood of it is strong and lasting but yet it bends with a Burthen and cracks much in the Fire and its Coals are soon extinguish'd It has large Leaves about two Inches broad and in length about five they are thin wrinkly and indented like a Saw with many transverse Veins sticking on the Back extended from the Middle-rib that is most remarkable Long hanging Buds precede the Fruit having yellow Tufts The Cups are prickly and like a Bur within they are hairy and as soft as Silk They contain two or three Nuts some but one ending sharp from a broad Basis they are about an Inch long flat on one side and bellying out on the other and are in shape something like the Heart The Nut is white solid and hard sweet and palatable especially when it is roasted It chiefly grows on Mountains and Rising Grounds There are Abundance of them in Italy where the People that live on the Mountains eat little else They bud at the Beginning of Spring and soon after flower The Fruit is ripe about the Latter End of September The good Nuts are known from the bad by putting them in Water for if they are sound and good they sink but if otherwise they swim We in England make of this Wood Bedsteads Chairs Tables Chests and other Furniture for Houses In some Places beyond Sea they make Bread and Frumenty of the Flower of the Nuts but such sort of coarse Diet is no way pleasing to the English who God be thanked have Plenty of wholsom Food and great Abundance of all things necessary They are either boyl'd whole in Water or roasted on the Fire or fry'd In Italy the Gentry and Citizens roast them under Ashes and having pill'd them mix a little Sugar and Juice of Oranges or Limons with them and so eat them for a Second Course But which way soever they are prepar'd they are windy and injurious to the Stomach and Head and to those that are subject to Cholical Pains and the Stone The Nuts are astringent and consequently do good in Fluxes of the Belly and for Spitting of Blood They are said to be good for Coughs being eaten with Hony fasting As also is an Electuary prepar'd with the Flower of them and Hony An Emulsion of Chesnuts made with the Decoction of Liquorish and a few White Poppy-seeds is good for Heat of Urine Chick-weed in Latin Alfine It cools and moistens moderately upon which Account it is good for Inflammations and against Heat either taken inwardly or outwardly applied as Purslan and the Lesser House-leek 'T is counted good for such as are in Consumptions and wasting Conditions Birds that are kept in Cages are much refreshed by this Herb when they loath their Meat
Common-Garden Clary in Latin Horminum The Stalk is two Foot high and higher about the bigness of the Little Finger four-square stiff and hairy and full of white Pith. The Leaves are large hairy and whitish very much wrinkled from a large Basis they end by degrees in a blunt Point they are somewhat indented about the Edges They are plac'd on long Foot-stalks especially the lower which come out of the Earth those of the Stalks are placed by Pairs opposite to one another The Flowers are set upon long Spikes on the top of the Stalks and Branches they are compos'd of many Whirls they are of a light blue Colour The Seed is pretty large and smooth and of a brownish Colour The Root is single and woody and consists of many Fibres The Smell of the whole Plant is very strong the Taste is bitter It grows in Gardens It flowers in June or July Wine fermented with it is very agreeable to a cold Stomach 'T is also good for barren Women and for those that are troubl'd with the Whites The Herb powder'd and applied to the Nostrils provokes Sneazing and cures a Catarrh and purges the Head A Decoction of it in Water provokes the Courses and expels the After-birth Cakes made of it are reckon'd good to strengthen the Reins and to stimulate Venery The Musilage of the Seeds is proper for Diseases of the Eyes 'T is also said to be good for the Falling-sickness and Mother-fits The Seed put into the Eyes takes away Motes Cloud-berry Knot-berry or Knout-berry in Latin Chamamorus It rises up with slender brownish Stalks not a Foot high set with four or five large Leaves one above another at several winged winged Joints each of them divided into five parts and each of them pretty much indented and jagg'd rough and as it were crumpled Each of them is plac'd on a long Foot-stalk which at the Joints have two small pieces like Ears set thereat Every Stalk has one Flower set at the top of it consisting of five roundish pointed Leaves of a dark purple Colour after which follows a large Berry like a Mulberry of a reddish Colour when ripe and is of a sowrish sweet Taste The Root creeps much and far shooting forth small Fibres at the knotty Joints whereby it is fastned in the Ground and from thence divers new Stalks shoot 'T is said that in Norway they have so great an Opinion of the Virtues of Knot-berry for curing the Scurvy and such like Diseases that they remove their Scorbutick People to a neighbouring Island where only such inhabit and there they are forc'd to abide till they recover their Health and having no other Provision allow'd them they feed on these Berries whereby they are infallibly cur'd within a few Days But this sort of Remedy can be only us'd in Summer-time Clowns-all-heal in Latin Panax Coloni It has a jointed creeping Root it bunches out The Stalks are five or six Foot high somewhat reddish hairy rough and four-square and empty The Leaves are placed at the Joints by Pairs opposite to one another they are sharp hairy soft except the Rib of the Under-side which is reddish and a little rough they are indented about the Edges they have a strong Smell and bitterish Taste The Flowers are spiked and consist of several Whirls each of them is hooded and purplish The Lip is of several Colours in the Cup of the Flower which is short and divided into five acute Pieces The Seeds grow four by four black shining and triangular It grows in watery Places and near Rivers Our Gerard wonderfully extols the Efficacy of this Herb in curing Wounds He beats it up with Lard and applies it to the fresh Wound A Syrup made of it is an excellent Remedy for Hoarsness Colâ—y-flower in Latin Brasica florida This has the same Virtues with the Common Cabbage Common Colts-foot in Latin Tussilago The Leaves are roundish have many Angles and are like Butter-Bur-leaves but much lesser under whitish above green with a little Cotton upon them which may be easily rub'd off with the Fingers From the same come several Stalks an Hand and sometimes nine Inches high concave reddish and have Cotton on them and little Leaves much unlike those that come from the Root namely long sharp thin and without Foot-stalks plac'd alternately and press'd to the Stalk Each of them sustain a yellow Flower consisting of abundance of small Leaves The Roots are small and white and creep much The Flowers and Stalks wither soon but not in a Day or two as some have said upon which Account it has been supposed to have neither Flower nor Cup. It grows in watery Places The fresh Leaves are applied outwardly to hot Ulcers and Inflammations but being dried are pretty acrid and hot The Fume of them receiv'd into the Mouth through a Tunnel and swallow'd down or smoak'd in a Tobacco-pipe is good for a Cough Difficulty of Breathing and an Ulcer of the Lungs A Syrup prepar'd of the Leaves is good for the same Use Mr. Boyle says That the Leaves powder'd with Saffron and Amber and smoak'd in a Pipe have cur'd a Consumption The whitish Down which grows to the Root being cleans'd from it and wrapped in a Rag and boyl'd a little in Lee adding a little Salt-Petre and after dried in the Sun makes the best Tinder Take of the Leaves of Colts-foot Ground-Ivy Maiden-hair Harts-horn rasp'd Water-Hemp Agrimony of each one Handful of the Roots of Charvil and Butcher's Broom each one Ounce of the Seeds of Bastard Saffron of Sweet Fennel-Seed each half an Ounce boyl them in three Quarts of fountain-Fountain-water to the Consumption of half adding towards the End three Drams of Liquorish and two Ounces of Raisins of the Sun ston'd and six Jujubes or three Ounces of the best Hony clarified Make an Apozem The Dose is four Ounces hot twice or thrice in a Day This is good for Coughs Columbine in Latin Aquilegia The Seed candied is commended for Obstructions of the Bowels and for Giddiness One Dram of the Seed powder'd and taken in Wine with Saffron cures the Jaundice if the Sick keep in Bed and sweat The distill'd Water of it discusses inward Tumours expels Poison and eases the Gripes The Seed of it finely powder'd and taken in Wine helps Delivery If the first Draught does not do the Business repeat it But it is most frequently us'd in Gargarisms to cleanse the Teeth and to cure the Scurvy and Ulcers of the Mouth and Jaws Take of the Leaves of Columbine two Handfuls of White-Pepper one Dram boyl them in a Quart of Posset-drink till half is wasted Make a Gargarism Great Comfrey in Latin Consâ—lida major It grows in moist and good Ground The Root is thick and full of Sprigs and very clammy and taste insipid The Stalks are two Foot and an half high and higher a Finger thick empty hairy and rough The Flowers are many together upon the Tops of the Stalks and Branches of a
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-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
am now Sixty Years of Age. And when I was at Florence and had a Fever there an English Physician prescribed the Pulp of Cucumber in Broth for me whereby I was much refreshed and relieved But when they are eaten raw they must be cut into thin Slices and sprinkled with Salt and beat betwixt two Dishes so that the Watery Humour may be drained from them After add Vinegar Pepper and Oyl to them And being so order'd they are very grateful to the Palate and Stomach and undoubtedly not unwholsom The small ones pickled with Salt Pepper and Vinegar Dill and Cloves are kept all the Year and are very good to provoke Appetite and cool an hot Stomach Wild Cucumber in Latin Cucumis silvestris Elaterium is made of the Juice of it pressed out and inspissated It purges Flegm and Watery Humours upwards and downwards It moves the Courses and kills the Child in the Womb wherefore it is seldom used especially for that it is accompanied with Malignity 'T is the most durable of all Juices for it is supposed to continue good above an hundred Years A certain Emperick cured several People of Dropsies by giving them two Pills of the bigness of a Vetch made of Wheaten Flower and this Juice Afterwards he washed their Legs with a Lotion made of the Stalks and then he gave the Pills again and so perfected the Cure Common Cudweed in Latin Gnaphalium vulgare majus Many small Stalks arise from the same Root about half a Foot or nine Inches high upright hoary downy branchy at top It has many Leaves disorderly placed downy narrow and oblong much less than the Leaves of Lavender press'd to the Stalks for the most part whereunto they grow without Foot-stalks Among the Leaves grow small Flowers of a brownish yellow Colour After the Flowers come small Seeds wrap'd in Down It grows every where in dry and barren Grounds The distill'd Water of it is of excellent use for Cancers especially of the Breast for it hinders their Growth and prevents their Breaking Rags being dipped in it and applied to them But some dip the Leaves of Asarabacca in the Water and apply them to Cancers 'T is of a drying and astringent Nature The Country-people in the West of England use the Herb infus'd in Oyl to take off Black and Blue Bruises and Stripes It also stops the Courses Currant-bush in Latin Ribes Currants are cold and moist and provoke Appetite allay the Heat of the Stomach quench Thirst and therefore are good in Fevers They temper the Heat of the Liver and Choler and resist Putrefaction Cypress-trees in Latin Cupressus The Wood of Cypress is very lasting The Doors of the Temple of Ephesus were made of it and lasted four Ages And the Gates of St. Peter at Rome were made of this Wood and continued sound and fresh from the Time of Constantine the Great to Eugenius the fourth Pope which was about Six hundred Years 'T is used in making Tables and Chests and Musical Instruments and the like It has a very curious Smell which continues to many Ages The Fruit and Leaves are dry and astringent The Decoction of the Leaves in sweet Wine helps the Strangury and a Cough Short-windedness Fluxes of the Belly Spitting of Blood and Ruptures The Powder of the Leaves provokes Urine The Leaves beaten with Figs soften Tumours and are good in the King's-Evil applied outwardly Take of the Tops of Cypress eight Handfuls of the Whites of Eggs beaten two Pints of Cinnamon half an Ounce cut them small and pour upon them four Quarts of New Milk distil them carefully in a common Still Take six Ounces of the Water thrice a Day This is used in a Diabetes D. WIld English Dâ—ffadil in Latin Narcissus Anglicus The Root is bulbous composed of many Coats of a moderate Bigness it tastes and feels clammy 't is sweetish but leaves behind it some Bitterness The Leaves are long of a Light-green The Stalk is an Hand or nine Inches high channel'd and hollow upon the top of which is one Flower bending downward about two Inches long consisting of six pale Leaves The Seed is at first broadish and afterwards round It grows in several Places near Hedges especially in moist Ground and in Woods The Root is Vomitive The Leaves bruised are proper in an Erisipelas The Greater Wild White Daisies in Latin Bellis major The Root is fibrous and creeping of an acrid Taste sending forth many Stalks nine Inches high or higher five-angled solid branching and it has many oblong fat and indented Leaves with obtuse Points The Flowers cast forth Beams of Brightness they are white in the Circumference in the middle yellow and large composed of many small yellow Flowers divided into five little Pieces with a small Pillar in the middle of each The Leaves of the Cups have a blackish Fringe It flowers in May and June It grows frequently in Pastures The whole Herb Stalks Leaves and Flowers boyl'd in Posset-drink and drunk is accounted an excellent Remedy for an Asthma Consumption and Difficulty of Breathing 'T is very good in Wounds and Ulcers taken inwardly or outwardly applied A Decoction of the Herb cures all Diseases that are occasion'd by drinking cold Beer when the Body is hot The Lesser Daisie or Common Wild Daisie in Latin Bellis minor It grows in Meadows and Pastures There is some Difference amongst Writers about the Temperament of this Plant. Some say it is hot and dry Others say it is cold and moist But it s sharp Taste argues Frigidity and the Effects of it Siccity Both the Greater and the Lesser are excellent Wound-herbs 'T is used outwardly in Plasters and Fomentations and inwardly in Vulnerary Potions and upon that Account it is called in the Shops the Lesser Comfrey Women usually give the Herb and the Flower to Children to loosen their Bellies The Roots are used outwardly with very good Success in the King's-Evil 'T is commonly reported that the Roots of the Lesser Daisie boyl'd in Milk and given to Whelps hinder their Growth Take of the Lesser Daisie Comfrey Marshmallows each three Handfuls Clivers two Handfuls Liquorish one Ounce half an Ounce of Anniseeds four Nutmegs boyl all being shred sliced and bruis'd in six Pints of Water till half is wasted after strain it and dissolve in it four Ounces of Sugar and clarifie it This is good in Ulcers of the Bladder Dandalyon in Latin Dens-leonis It has many long Leaves much jagged lying on the Ground the Middle-rib is white and full of bitter Milk The Root is as thick as a Little Finger and is full of Milk The Stalks are naked and empty and sometimes hairy Each of them bears at the top a large yellow Flower The Down at the top is as round as a Ball and is soon blown away by the Wind or Breath It grows commonly in Gardens Courts and Meadows 'T is Epatick and much of the same Virtue with Endive and is also Diuretick Take of fresh Horse-dung four
Ounces of carduus-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
Week and is clear drink of it for your ordinary Drink This is frequently used for the Scurvy and is an excellent Diet-drink The Dock called Monk's-Rubarb or Garden-patience in Latin Hippo-lapathum 'T is sometimes as high as a Man The Stalk is channel'd and reddish above it is divided into many Sprigs The Leaves are a Foot or a Foot and an half broad and pointed of a dull green Colour The Root is thick long and has many Fibres and of a Saffron-colour The Leaves come out in March and it flowers about June The Root purges Choler and watery-Humours Take of the dried Root one Dram of Ginger one Scruple Those that use it for Rubarb take a double quantity The Root expels Gravel Take Dock-roots prepar'd and Polypody each one Ounce Sena ten Drams Rubarb six Drams Monks-Rubarb five Drams Yellow Sanders two Drams Salt of Wormwood and Scurvy-grass each one Dram cut and bruise them and put them into a Glass with Snail-water and White-wine each one Pint and an half stop the Glass and set it in a Cellar twenty four Hours Take six Ounces of it or more according as it works every Morning This is good for the Itch. Dodder in Latin Cuscuta This fawning Parasite and ungrateful Guest hugs the Herb it hangs upon with its long Threads and reddish Twigs and so closely embraces it that at length it defrauds the hospitable Herb of its Nourishment and destroys it by its treacherous Embraces It has no Leaves The Flowers are placed thick at several Distances or Intervals Each of them consists of four small acute Leaves that are thick and full of Juice This Plant has no need of a large Description for it is distinguish'd from all other Plants by having no Leaves nor Root when it is grown up consisting only of long Threads by which it encompasses the neighbouring Plants and sucks away their Nourishment Upon which Account the Country-people in Sussex call it Hell-weed or The Devil's Guts And so much for the Vices of this Plant. 'T is suppos'd to participate of the Plant it adheres to So that which grows to Broom is reckon'd Diuretick that is counted moist which sticks to Flax that astringent which climbs Madder that which grows on Nettles is very Diuretick 'T is hot dry and cleansing It opens Obstructions and purges Melancholy is of good use in the Itch for the Black Jaundice and Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen But that which grows on Nettles is prefer'd before all the other in Physick Take of Dodder of Thime and of Rubarb each one Dram and an half of Sena three Drams of Yellow Sanders half a Dram of Coriander-seeds two Scruples of Salt of Wormwood half a Dram of Celtick Spike one Scruple infuse them in a close Vessel all Night in four Ounces of White-wine and Water of Apples To five Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add six Drams of Syrup of Dodder of Thyme and two Drams of Aqua-mirabilis mingle them and make a Potion For those that are difficult to purge add a Dram or two Drams of the Fibres of Black Hellebore infus'd in Vinegar This is an excellent Purge for melancholy People Common Drop-wort or Filipendula in Latin Filipendula It has many Roots black without and white within The Fibres of it are bulbous It has many Leaves at the Roots they are long wing'd and indented almost like Burnet-Saxifrage The Stalk is most commonly single upright nine Inches or a Foot high or higher channell'd branchy with a few Leaves on it The Flowers are placed on the top of the Stalk in a Tuft they smell sweet and are white they consist of seven Leaves Eleven or twelve Seeds more or less are placed in the form of a Star It grows in Meadows and Hilly Pastures The Root attenuates and is somewhat astringent A Decoction of it provokes Urine and expels Gravel It cures the Heat of Urine and takes off the Difficulty of it The Powder of the Root and the Juice of it is commended by some in the Falling-Sickness 'T is excellent for the Whites and the immoderate Flux of the Child-bed-Purgations The Dose is one Dram of the Root in Wine It also cures the Bloody Flux and Ruptures Common Dove's-foot or Crane's-bill in Latin Geranium Columbinum vulgare It has several small round pale-green Leaves cut in about the Edges like Mallows They are placed upon long reddish hairy Stalks lying on the Ground among which rise up two or three or more reddish jointed slender weak and hairy Stalks with some such like Leaves thereon but smaller and more cut in It has many very small bright red Flowers of five Leaves a-piece after which follow small Heads with small short Beaks pointing forth as all other Sorts of this Kind of Herbs have 'T is very Vulnerary either outwardly applied or taken inwardly It stops a Flux of Blood and resolves coagulated Blood It cleanses Wounds and Ulcers It expels Gravel and eases the Pain of the Cholick The Powder of the Root and Leaves taken in Wine is very effectual for curing Ruptures The Dove's-foot callet Herb-Robert and in Latin Geranium Robertianum has the same Virtues with this above-describ'd Dragons in Latin Dracontium 'T is easily known being speckl'd like a Snake It flowers in July 'T is hot and dry astringent and of an acrid Taste 'T is something of the Nature of Cuckow-pint 'T is good in Coughs Catarrhs and Convulsions The Leaves are good for Ulcers and Venomous Bitings The distill'd Water is good in the Plague and Pestilential Fevers Take of dragon-Dragon-water and wood-sorrel-Wood-Sorrel-water each four Ounces of compound-scordium-Compound-Scordium-water two Ounces of treacle-Treacle-water and bezoartick-Bezoartick-water each one Ounce of Prepar'd Pearl one Dram of Syrup of Gillyflowers two Ounces of Spirit of Vitriol twelve Drops make a Julep The Dose is three Ounces often in a Day This is used in the Plague Duck's-meat in Latin Lenticula palustris This grows in Standing-waters and is full of shining round Leaves green above and black below They are joyn'd together with white small Threads It often covers all the Water it grows in 'T is Cooling and good in Inflammations It also cures Children's Ruptures An Infusion of it in White-wine cures the Jaundice infallibly six Ounces of it being taken every Morning for nine Days Ducks feed upon it very much E. EArth-nut in Latin Bulbocastanum The Root is Tuberous white and solid with small Fibres at the Bottom and Sides It has a sweetish and pleasant Taste It grows deep in the Ground The Leaves are cut more sharp than the Leaves of Parsley The Stalk is single round channel'd with one Leaf growing to it Most commonly before it divides it self into Branches at every Division of the Stalk a Leaf is plac'd much more cut than those that rise from the Root The Flowers are white and very small This is one of the Umbeliferous Plants so called because they sustain their Flowers by long Foot-stalks in a Circle The Seeds are small and somewhat long
Musilaginous Substance blunts the Acrimony of the Humours and keeps the Guts from Erosion Take of the Seeds of Fenugreek as much as you please boyl them in Water and Hony till they are soft then beat them and boyl them again with Hony Spread it on a Cloth and apply it for the Hip-Gout it presently gives Ease 'T is very good also for the Eyes Take of the Pulp of Sweet Apples boyl'd to the Consistence of a Poultis in a sufficient quantity of Fennel and vervain-Vervain-water strain it through a Sieve then add of the Musilage of Fenugreek-seeds extracted in Rose-water of the Blood-stone finely powder'd each one Dram of Camphire and Prepar'd Tutty one Scruple of Bole-Almoniack a little of Rose-water a sufficient quantity Make an Epithem for the Eyes For Cold Swellings of the Paps apply the Flower of Fenugreek-seed mix'd with Juice of Smallage Take of Flax and Fenugreek-seeds beaten each one Ounce of ordinary Barley one Pugil of the Flowers of Camomile and Melilot each one Pugil of Rye-Bran two Pugils Make a Decoction of all in Water to half a Pint in the strain'd Liquor dissolve the Yolks of two Eggs Hony of Roses three Ounces Brown Sugar two Ounces mix them and make a Clyster This is good in the Bloody-Flux Common Male Fern in Latin Filix mas vulgaris It grows every where near Hedges and in shady Places The Root is reckon'd injurious to Women and occasions Barrenness hinders Conception and causes Abortion 'T is peculiarly good for the Rickets Female Fern in Latin Filix foemina It grows every where on barren Grounds 'T is the largest of all that grows in England The Root is branchy and creeping 'T is very injurious to Husbandmen Of the Ashes of this and the Male-Fern are made with Water Balls especially in Warwickshire and Staffordshire and being dried in the Sun they wash their Clothes with them instead of Soap But before they use them they put them into a light Fire till they are red hot and then they will easily powder This Fern is used in Sussex to burn Lime for the Flame of it is very violent and therefore very fit for that Use The Root of it reduc'd into Powder and one Dram of it taken in Water and Hony kills the broad and long Worms of the Belly Mounte-banks keep this as a great Secret and use it to kill Worms The Juice of the Root is good for Burns Some poor People have been forc'd in great Scarcity of Corn to make Bread of this Root The Ashes cast upon Stones instead of Nitre make Glass of a green Colour Flowering Fern or Osmond-royal in Latin Filix florida or Osmonda regalis It shoots forth in the Spring divers rough hard Stalks half round and hollowish flat on the other side two Foot high having several Branches of winged yellowish green Leaves on all sides somewhat like the Leaves of Polypody From the top of some of the Stalks grows a long Bush of small green scaly Aglets which are counted the Flowers and Seeds The Root is rough thick and scaly with a white Pith. It grows in Marshy Places and amongst Woods in many Parts of England The Root cures Bursten Bellies and Ulcers It does good in the Cholick and Diseases of the Spleen The whitish part of the Root is very effectual for Bruises and those that are wounded it being boyl'd in some Liquor 'T is excellent in the Rickets a Conserve being made of the tender Buds of it and of Asparagus Spleen-wort and Harts-tongue Feverfew in Latin Matricaria It has a white Root and many Fibres It has many Stalks about three Foot high rigid channel'd smooth pretty large and full of a fungous Pith. It has many Leaves but they are not plac'd orderly Towards the top of the Stalks come forth small Branches from the Wings of the Leaves whereon as also on the tops of the Stalks many Flowers are placed upon oblong Foot-stalks as it were in a Tuft they are not very large white short marginal Leaves encompass the middle yellow Dish when the marginal Leaves wither the Dish grows large The Colour of the Leaves is of a yellowish Green The whole Plant smells strong It flowers in June or July and grows in Hedges and amongst Rubbish The Leaves are very much cut about the Edges 'T is much used in Diseases of the Womb A Decoction of it forces the Courses and expels the After-birth It cures the Suffocation of the Womb It does all a bitter Herb can do It cures Fevers Bees cannot endure it wherefore those that abound with good Humours in the Body and are most apt to be stung with Bees may secure themselves when they walk in Gardens where Bees are by carrying Feverfew in their Hands Take of Feverfew one Handful warm it in a Frying-pan apply it twice or thrice hot this cures an Hemicrania And the crude Herb applied to the Top of the Head cures the Head-ach A Decoction of it with the Flowers of Camomile cures Histerical Symptoms and forces the Child-bed Purgations in great Abundance Fig-tree in Latin Ficus Fresh Figs if they are ripe are very soon concocted Galen eat no other Fruit after Twenty eight Years of Age than Figs and Raisins They are Pectoral and are used by Physicians in Diseases of the Lungs Some Women eat them to facilitate Delivery And Brandy burnt on Figs is freqently used to cure a Cough Figs outwardly applied ripen mollifie and attract Being beat with Leaven and Salt they break Pestilential Buboes and other Tumours in a few Days King Hezekiah used the same Medicine with Advice of the Prophet 2 King 20. 7. 'T is said that Figs frequently eaten breed Lice The Juice of the Fig-tree is very biting and may be reckon'd amongst the Causticks and may be used to cure Warts and other sordid Excrescencies of the Skin Take of Raisins of the Sun stoned one Ounce of Sebestens and Jujubes each fifteen Dates six fat Figs eight French-Barley one Ounce Liquorish half an Ounce of the Leaves of Maiden-hair Hyssop Seabious and Colt's-foot each one Handful boyl them in three Pints of fountain-Fountain-water till a third part be consumed The Dose is eight Spoonfuls thrice a Day This is the Pectoral Decoction of the London-Dispensatory Fig-wort in Latin Scrophularia major It has a stinking Smell like Elder The Root creeps awry is white and pretty thick and branches out unequally The Stalk is firm streight four-square hollow and Purplish about four Foot high and is divided into Wings The Leaf is large sharp indented and of a dark-green Colour The Flowers are placed on hairy Foot-stalks in a Five-leav'd Cup and they are of a purple Colour It grows in Hedges and amongst Bushes frequently This and some other Herbs do good in the King's-Evil but nothing has been found so effectual as Touching And he that on Trial shall find the Contumaciousness of this Disease which frequently deludes the best Care and Industry will find Reason of Acknowledging the Goodness of
God who has dealt so bountifully with this Nation in giving the Kings of it at least from Edward the Confessor downwards if not for a longer Time an extraordinary Power in the miraculous Cures thereof This our Chronicle has all along testified and the Personal Experience of many Thousands now living can witness the same 'T is also useful in Cancers and Eating Ulcers The Powder of the dried Root applied to the Piles dries them up A Dram of it taken inwardly expels Worms The Water distill'd from the Root cures a Red Face An excellent Ointment is made of this Herb for curing the Itch It is composed as follows In May take the Herb with the Root and well wash'd and cleans'd beat them in a Mortar keep the Juice in a Glass well stop'd for a Year and when you would prepare the Ointment take of the Juice of Wax and Oyl equal parts and boyl them to an Ointment For the King's-Evil make the following Plaster Take one Pound of Lard melted over a moderate Fire then take of the Leaves of Fig-wort Hound's-tongue the Flowers of White Arch-Angel and Fox-glove cut them small and boyl them in the Lard Do the same three or four times till the Ointment be of a deep green Colour then add two Ounces of Turpentine and an Ounce of Verdigrease and a sufficient quantity of Wax and Rosin strain it and make a Plaster spread on Leather and apply it to the Part affected Filberd in Latin Corylus sativa The Nut is very pleasant but if many of them are eaten they occasion the Head-ach Wind in the Stomach Loosness and the Bloody-Flux Hoops are made of the Branches And Painters use the Coal of it to delineate Gun-powder was made of the Coals before the Coals of Alder were found more commodious for that Use Firr-tree in Latin Abies They say it grows plentifully on the Mountains in Scotland But I suppose the Tree that grows commonly there is that which is called by skilful Botanists Picea for that which we plant in our Gardens for the Firr-tree is the Picea as appears by the Characteristick Notes of the Picea for the Cone is slender and long and hangs downward and the rigid and prickly Leaves encompass the Branches disorderly Theophrastus says 't is propagated only by the Seed and that the Cutting off the Tops causes it to wither and die the same Year But we find by Experience that the Branches do not only grow but take Root and in time become Trees The Rosin of it is twofold First Liquid which comes from young Firr-trees This the Shops fasly call Venice-Turpentine Secondly Dry it is like Frankincense Thirty three stately Trees of this Kind make a fair Appearance on a little Hill near Waryton in Staffordshire two Miles from Newport The Branches and Tops are infus'd in Diet-drinks for the Scurvy with very good Success Sweet-smelling Flag in Latin Calamus aromaticus Officinarum It was first observ'd by Doctor Thomas Brown in the River Yare near Norwich It grows also spontaneously in other Parts of England viz. near Hedley in Surrey and in Cheshire 'T is easily known by its sweet Smell 'T is hot and dry 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Courses Liver and Spleen and in the Cholick it also provokes Urine The Root of it candied tastes very pleasantly and is grateful to the Stomach The Turks usually chew it in a Morning to prevent Contagion of corrupted Air. The Tartars carry it about with them and will not drink Water unless this Root has been infus'd in it Flax in Latin Linum sativum 'T is sown in the Fields The Oyl is chiefly in use for Medicine 'T is taken inwardly in a Quinsie Pleurisie Consumption and Cholick Outwardly used it mollifies hard Swellings and eases Pains it asswages the Swellings of the Belly Printers Ink is made of this Oyl and Lamb-black Purging or Wild Dwarf Flax or Mill-mountain in Latin Linum silvestre catharticum It has a small white woody Root and some Fibres It sends forth little Stalks that creep a little and then rise an Hand high or higher they are small jointed and reddish branchy at the top and bending downward The lower Leaves are roundish and have an obtuse Point the upper on the Stalks are plac'd by Pairs opposite to one another there are many of them they are small and half an Inch long smooth and without Foot-stalks The Flowers have five white Leaves and are placed on small Foot-stalks The Taste of the whole Plant is bitter and nauseous It flowers at the Beginning of June It grows commonly in dry and hilly Pastures The whole Herb infus'd in Whitewine for a whole Night over hot Ashes purges strongly Watery Humours Take of Purging-Flax one Handful of Sweet-Fennel-seeds two Drams boyl them in a sufficient quantity of fountain-Fountain-water to six Ounces add two Ounces of White-wine make a purging Potion Marsh-Flea-bane or Bird's-tongue in Latin Coniza palustris The Root is thick and spreads much sending forth hollow and crested Stalks three Foot high with many Joints and Branches bearing two long Leaves at each Joint which are indented about the Edges green on the upper side and grey or woolly underneath At the tops of the Stalks and Branches stand many small yellow Flowers together like those of Rag-wort The Seeds when ripe fly away with the Wind. It grows in the Fen-ditches and on the Banks in the Isle of Ely but not very common It grows chiefly near Stretbam-Ferry The Herb being spread under-foot or burnt in any Place will as it is believ'd drive away venomous Creatures and Fleas and kill Gnats wherefore 't is called Flea-bane Some prepare an Ointment of the Root and Leaves for the Itch. Flix-weed in Latin Sophia Chirurgorum It is two or three Foot high It has many hard woody Branches they are round and a little hairy The Leaves are cut small like Roman-Wormwood it tastes somewhat acrid The Flowers are many small and yellowish The Pods succeed the Flower they are about an Inch long and very small The Seed is very small and brown The Root is white It grows in stony and gravelly Places and on Stone-Walls and in untill'd Grounds A Dram of the Seed is very good for a Loosness And not only the Seed but the whole Herb is commended for the Fluxes of the Belly and the Bloody Flux 'T is used in Plasters for Wounds and sordid Ulcers In Yorkshire they use the Seed to expel Gravel with good Success Common Purple Flower-de-luce in Latin Iris vulgaris The Root hang'd in Wine or Beer preserves the Beer sweet and imparts a pleasant Taste and Smell to the Wine like Rasberries 'T is much us'd by Bakers to prepare Leaven for Wheaten Bread Many Virtues are attributed to the Root of this Plant by the Ancient and Modern Writers they are briefly describ'd as follows By Schroder 't is chiefly us'd for Coughs Difficulty of Breathing Obstructions of the Courses and Children's Gripes Being outwardly applied it
takes off Spots from the Skin Mix'd with Hellebore and Hony 't is much used in Powders for the Hair It cures the Dropsie and Jaundice Take from half an Ounce to one Ounce and an half of the Juice this is commended in a Dropsie to purge away the Water A Gentlewoman cured many Hydropical People by this Juice alone She gave four Spoonfuls of it daily in the Morning fasting in six Spoonfuls of White-wine The Yellow Water Flower-de-luce in Latin Iris palustris lutea It grows almost every where in Marshy Places and upon the Banks of Rivers Whether it be hot or cold Botanists do not agree but almost all allow it very astringent and the Taste of it confirms as much wherefore it is commended for the Bloody-Flux and other Fluxes of the Belly and Womb And it stops Blood and therefore is useful to prevent the Bloody-Flux and Bleeding The Sick must have it hang'd about him So that it is plain that the Apothecaries were in a great Errour formerly when they used this Root which has quite contrary Faculties for the Root of the Sweet-smelling Flag The Highlanders in Scotland make excellent Ink with this Root infus'd or a little boyl'd in Water twenty four Hours by rubbing a white rough Stone upon a Knife or a piece of good Steel in it for some Hours Fluellin or Male-Speed-well in Latin Veronica maâ— It creeps with Twigs on the Superficies of the Earâ—h and sends down Roots from the Joints These little Stalks or Twigs are small round long hairy and jointed The Leaves are placed by Pairs one opposite to another at the Joints they are hairy and indented about the Edges they taste bitter and acrid The Flowers come forth spiked from the Wings of the Leaves compos'd of four small Leaves of a deep Sky-colour with Threads of the same Colour in the middle The Seeds are contain'd in small Receptacles like Shepherd's-purse The Flowers consist really of one Leaf only for tho' they seem several yet they are all entire at the bottom It grows plentifully on dry Places and on Heaths in Gravelly Sandy and Sunny Places A large quantity of the Decoction of it used for some Time cured a Woman of the Stone in the Kidnies which she had been troubled with sixteen Years The Lesser Spiked Fluellin or Speed-well in Latin Veronica spicata minor The Root grows awry and is fibrous The Stalk is upright sometimes four Inches sometimes a Foot sometimes two Foot high or higher Those Leaves that are placed at the Joints are narrow and sharp hairy and a little indented they are larger at the Root The Stalk ends in a long Spike full of Sky-colour'd Flowers flowering by degrees first the Lower then those that are at top when they are faded little long Threads remain 'T is Vulnerary and Sudorisick 'T is chiefly used in Erosions and Obstructions of the Lungs and Spleen in the Cholick and Consumption for the Plague and the Itch. 'T is of excellent use in Cleansing Wounds being outwardly applied and for hard Swellings of the Spleen Purple Fox-gloves in Latin Digiâ—alis purpurea vulgaris 'T is sometimes four Foot high The Stalk is as thick as the Thumb angled hairy reddish and concave The Root is fibrous and bitter The Flowers are placed on a long Spike they are placed on short hairy Foot-stalks and hang downwards each of them has a little sharp Leaf joyn'd to it they are like a Taylor 's Thimble without they are of a Crimson Colour except in the lower Part which by the mixture of some White is of a Flesh-colour they are purple also within but in the lower Part they have some white Spots To the Basis of the Flowers grow white or purple Threads The Leaf is oblong and ends sharp hairy and indented about the Edges above of a dark Green below hoary Those that are at the Root are placed on long Foot-stalks those on the Stalks are set disorderly and there are many of them The Cup of the Flower consists most commonly of five Leaves The Margin of the Flower is divided into five pieces It delights in Sandy Ground It varies the Flower and is sometimes white but very rarely 'T is Vomitive The Country-people in Somersetshire purge and vomit the Sick in Fevers with it 'T is very good in the Falling-sickness if you take two Handfuls of it with four Ounces of Polypody of the Oak and boyl them in Beer and then drink it For some have been cured by this Decoction that have had the Falling-sickness above twenty Years and that use to have two or three Fits every Month. But this Medicine must be given only to strong People for it purges and vomits violently Being bruised and applied to the King's-Evil or the Juice of it made into an Ointment does much good Some confide very much in the Flowers in King's-Evil-Swellings They put a great many into May-Butter and set them in the Sun Others mingle them with Lard and put them under Ground for forty Days they spread the Ointment on a Cloth and apply them to the Swellings and purge every sixth Day and in the mean while use continually a Decoction of the Herb Robert With the thinner part of the Ointment they anoint the Red Part of the Swelling the thicker they use on Cloth A large quantity of this Ointment ought to be provided for sometimes it is a Year and more before the Cure is perfected Tho' the Ulcers should grow larger at first you need not be discourag'd for when the Ointment has dried up all the Humour the Ulcers will heal and skin This Ointment is chiefly of use in moist Ulcers of the King's-Evil Fumetory in Latin Fumaria It purges Choler and purifies the Blood and is much used for a Leprosie the Itch and other Diseases of the Skin 'T is likewise commended for the French-Pox It opens Obstructions of the Liver and cures the Jaundice It is much used in Whey in the Spring-time 'T is also good for the Scurvy The Juice or Water of it dropped into the Eyes cures Dimness of Sight Being mix'd with Treacle it is good for the Plague An Ointment made of the Juice of Fumetory and of sharp-pointed Dock and a little Vinegar and Hony cures the Itch. Take of the Conserve of Fumetory and Wormwood each one Ounce of the Conserve of the yellow Peel of Oranges and Limons each two Ounces of the simple Powder of the Root of Wake-Robin of Yellow Sanders of Alloes-wood of the Root of Capers each one Dram and an half of Crabs-eyes one Dram of Salt of Wormwood two Drams of Syrup of Fumetory a sufficient quantity make an Electuary The Dose is the quantity of a Walnut twice a Day This is good for the Scurvy G. GArlick in Latin Allium 'T is hot and dry and Alexipharmick 'T is used outwardly and inwardly in the Flatulent Cholick the Worms for the Plague with Vinegar and for the Stone and for the Cough The Common People use it frequently boyl'd in
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-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
purple Colour and a Finger in length or longer they are upright rigid and somewhat flat The Leaves are of two sorts the Lower lie on the Earth and are divided into four or five small Leaves sticking to the Rib by Intervals the Uppermost on the Stalk have no Foot-stalks they are smooth and divided into small pieces It tastes like Water-cresses Take of the Conserve of Ladies-smock and Brook-lime made with an equal weight of Sugar each three Ounces of the Species of the three Sanders of Diarrhodâ— Abbatis each one Dram and an half of Ivory powder'd one Dram of Pearl half a Dram of Salt of Wormwood and Tamaris each one Dram make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Coral Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Night and Morning This is good in an hot Scurvy Lavender in Latin Lavendula 'T is Cephalick and good for the Nerves and is much of the same Virtue with Staechas 'T is chiefly used in Catarrhs for Palsies Convulsions Giddiness Lethargy and the like It provokes Urine and the Courses and hastens Delivery And it is used for Flatulent Gripes 'T is used outwardly in Fomentations The distill'd Water the Conserve and the Oyl are in use The following Medicine is counted excellent to hasten Delivery Take of the Seeds of Lavender half a Dram of the Seeds of Plantane and Endive each two Scruples make a Powder Take it in the Waters of Endive and Holly each three Ounces The Oyl of it kills Lice in Children's Heads their Heads being anointed with it The Spirit of it is most in use and is indeed an excellent Medicine 'T is made in the following manner Take of the Flowers of Lavender one Gallon pour on them three Gallons of the best Brandy and stop the Vessel close let them infuse in the Sun for the space of six Days then distil them in an Alembeck Take of the Flowers of Sage Rosemary and Betony each one Handful of Borrage Bugloss Lilly of the Vallies and Cowslips each two Handfuls infuse all these Flowers gather'd in Season in a Gallon of the best Brandy and mingle it with the Spirit of Lavender above-mention'd adding of the Leaves of Balm Feverfew Oranges and Lawrel-berries each one Ounce After sufficient Digestion distil them again and at length add of Orange and Citron-Peel and the Seed of Peony each six Drams Cinnamon Nurmegs Mace Cardamoms Cubebs and Yellow-Sanders of each half an Ounce of the Wood of Aloes one Dram digest them twenty four Hours strain them then add of prepar'd Pearl two Drams of Amber-grease Musk and Saffron each half a Scruple of dried Roses and Red-Sanders each half an Ounce of Yellow-Sanders and the Bark of dried Citron each two Drams hang the Species in a Rag in the Spirit above-mention'd Common Lavender-câ—tton in Latin Abrotanum faemina vulgare The Root is thick hard and woody The Twigs are above two Foot high they are woody tender and white with Down and are divided into many Branches and are encompass'd by the Leaves which are about an Inch long and a little indented they have a Physical Smell and a bitter and acrid Taste 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver and Kidnies and to cure the Jaundice It kills Worms And the dried Leaves do good for the Whites Spurge Laurel in Latin Laureola 'T is about four Foot high or higher The Stalk is sometimes single and sometimes divided into Branches The Bark is whitish The Stalk bends easily but is hard to break The Leaves are placed at the top of the Stalk they are like Laurel-leaves The whole Plant tastes hot Being chew'd it inflames the Jaws Taken inwardly it provokes Vomiting and hurts and burns the Stomach and inward Parts and therefore by reason of its great Acrimony 't is seldom prescrib'd by Physicians The Powder of it infus'd in Vinegar and sprinkled upon Cancers does good before they are ulcer'd Leeks in Latin Porrum They have the same Virtue with Onions Garden Lettice in Latin Lactuca sativa It cools the Stomach and qualifies Choler and Heat and disposes to Rest and increases Milk and yields good Nourishment In Frenzies Madness and Burning Fevers and the like apply to the Temples and the Coronal Suture and also to the Wrists double Rags dip'd in Lettice-water wherein Sal prunella has been dissolv'd viz. half an Ounce to a Pint of the Water Lilly of the Vallies in Latin Lilium convallium It has a small white fibrous Root The Stalk is angular and about an Hand high The Leaves are like the Leaves of the smallest Water-Plantane It has small white Bell-Flowers of a pleasant Smell The Flowers and Leave are counted good in Apoplexies Palsies for the Falling-sickness and Giddiness and other cold Diseases of the Head Take of Conserve of Lilly of the Vallies six Ounces of the Powder of the Root of Male-Peony half an Ounce of Humane-skull prepar'd three Drams of the Seeds and Flowers of Male-Peony powder'd each two Drams of Red Coral prepar'd of Pearl and the whitest Amber each one Dram of Salt of Coral four Scruples of the Syrup of the Flowers of Male-Peony a sufficient quantity make an Electuary The Dose is two Drams Morning and Evening This is commended in an Apoplexy Water Lilly in Latin Nymphaea The Roots the Leaves the Flowers and Seeds of the Yellow and White Water-Lilly are used in Fluxes especially for a Gonorrhaea and nocturnal Pollutions They are said to lessen Venery The Root of the White Water-Lilly moderates the Flux of the Courses Take of the Waters of Purslane Lettice Roses and Water-Lillies each one Ounce of Syrup of Violets and of Water-Lillies each six Drams of Sal prunella one Dram Take this often and it will cure the Heat of Urine White Lilly in Latin Lilium The distill'd Water of it is given to Women that have hard Labours and to expel the After-birth The Root is commonly used in Cataplasms to asswage Pain and to ripen Tumours The Oyl of Lillies serves for the same purpose 'T is said many People in Dropsies have been cured with the Juice mix'd with Barly-flower and made into Bread which Bread they must use only for the space of a Month or six Weeks Lime-tree in Latin Tilia The Bark and the Leaves repel and dry and provoke Urine and the Courses A Mucilage of the Bark does much Good in Burns and Wounds The Leaves rub'd and sprinkl'd with Water discuss Swellings of the Feet The Flowers are Cephalick and smell sweet The distill'd Water of them is frequently used for the Falling-sickness Giddiness and Apoplexies The Dose is one Ounce or one Ounce and an half Women use it to beautifie their Faces And some take it for the Gripes The Berries powder'd are much commended for the Bloody-Flux and other Fluxes of the Belly Being rub'd with Vinegar and put up the Nostrils they stop Bleeding at the Nose And some of them taken inwardly do the same Liquorish in Latin Glycyrrâ—iza 'T is good for the Lungs
Butter to purifie the Blood and to preserve Health But because Toads are wont to harbour under it it ought to be well wash'd before it be eaten And to drive them away and other Venomous Animals the Italians plant Rue near it or among it 'T is Diuretick and provokes the Courses 'T is excellent for Diseases of the Head For the Whites take of Sage Sarsaparilla and Balaustians each one Dram in Broth in the Morning for some Days Being given with Hony it stops Spitting of Blood A Palsie in the Hands has been cured by washing them with Wine wherein Sage was infus'd A Palsie of the Muscles serving for Swallowing is cured by washing of the Mouth and Throat with a Decoction of Sage made in Wine The same cures the Heart-burning taken inwardly Wood Sage in Latin Salvia agrestis It provokes Urine and the Courses and is used for the French-Pox 'T is a good Wound-herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied 'T is excellent for the Scurvy Sampire in Latin Crithmum marinum 'T is a very juicy Herb it spreads much and is about a Foot high The Leaves are broader and shorter than those of Fennel and they are thicker and not so much cut they are of a deep green Colour and of a saltish Taste The Stalk is as green as a Leek The Root is thick long and lasting and of a sweet acrid and Aromatick Taste Sampire pickled is very palatable and agreeable to the Stomach It provokes Urine moderately and opens Obstructions of the Bowels and excites Appetite Sanicle in Latin Sanicula The Root is bitter hot white within black without and is fibrous The Leaves are of a shining Green stiff and almost round they are divided into five Parts and neatly indented The Stalk is about two Foot high smooth and without Knots The Flowers are placed at the top as it were in Umbels they are small and white or a little reddish Two Seeds succeed each Flower It grows in Hedges and Woods and flowers in May. 'T is an excellent Wound-herb and is boyl'd in Vulnerary Decoctions for outward and inward Wounds for Eruptions of Blood for Ulcers and the Bloody-Flux Take of the Leaves of Sanicle and Millefoil each one Dram and an half Leaves of Ground-pine one Dram of the Species of Diatragacanth frigid four Scruples of Sal Prunella two Scruples make them into a Powder and with a sufficient quantity of Lucatellus's Balsam make a Mass of Pills Take four Morning and Evening These Pills are good for an Ulcer in the Bladder The Starting of the Navel has been cured in many Children with a Cataplasm made with Wine and this Herb and bound close on Comfrey bruis'd being applied to the Small of the Back at the same time Savine in Latin Sabina The Leaves dry and heat much Being powder'd and mix'd with Hony and applied cure Ulcers that run much and cleanse those that are Sordid and stop those that are Eating Mix'd with Cream they cure Children's Scabby Heads It forces the Courses and causes Miscarriage Upon which Account they are too well known and too much used by Wenches The Water of it takes off Spots from the Face The Leaves of it bruis'd and applied to Children's Navels kill Worms The Oyl of it used to their Bellies does the like A Spoonful of the Juice of it mix'd with Milk and sweeten'd with Sugar has been given with great Success to Children that have had Worms And it is really an extraordinary Medicine and no way dangerous 'T is also frequently given to Horses and other Cattel for the same purpose Take of the Leaves of dried Savine of the Roots of Round Birth-wort of Troches of Myrrh of Castor each one Dram of Cinnamon half a Dram of Saffron one Scruple mingle them make a Powder Give a Dram in Savin-water This is used to expel a dead Child Savory in Latin Satureia 'T is hot and acrid It provokes Urine and the Courses 'T is good to season Meats and Broths and procures Appetite 'T is good for Diseases of the Breast and Womb And it quickens the Sight 'T is used outwardly to discuss Tumours and to ease the Pains of the Ears Meadow Saxifrage in Latin Saxifraga Anglica facie seseli pratensis It has a long wrinkly Root black without white within of a sweet and Aromatick Taste and somewhat acrid It has several Stalks three or four Foot high of the thickness of the Little Finger they are round channel'd full of Pith and reddish near the Earth they are branchy from the bottom the Branches coming at great distances from the Wings of the Leaves The Leaves that come from the Roots and those on the Stalks are smooth and of a dull Green and are much cut in they are somewhat like the Leaves of Fennel At the top are Umbrels of Flowers they are small and consist of five Leaves and are of a light yellowish Colour The Seed is channel'd and short It smells like Parsnep It grows in Meadows and moist Pastures The Juice of it the Decoction the distill'd Water and the Powder of the Seed provoke Urine expel Gravel and Wind and ease the Cholick Take of the Water of Pellitory Saxifrage and Cowslips each one Ounce of London-Laudanum one Grain of Diacodium six Drams mingle them make a Draught to be taken at Bed-time This is used to expel Gravel Common Field Scabious in Latin Scabiosa major communior It has many soft hairy whitish green Leaves some are much jag'd some but little they have small Threads in them which may be seen by breaking them It has many round hairy green Stalks two or three Foot high they have hairy green Leaves on them deeply and neatly divided At the top of the Stalks stand round Heads of Flowers of a pale bluish Colour many plac'd together The Root is white and thick and grows deep in the Earth It grows frequently in Pastures and amongst Corn. The Herb boyl'd in Wine the Juice or the distill'd Water cures Imposthumes a Pleurisie a Cough and other Diseases of the Breast 'T is also good for a Quinsie and the Plague And it cures the Itch and little Pocky Ulcers in the Fundament and other Parts called Rhagades Scordium or Water-Germander in Latin Scordium The Stalk is an Hand high or higher and branchy The Branches take Root in several places and so it increases much The Leaves grow two at a Joint they are long wrinkly soft whitish hairy and indented and they smell like Garlick and taste bitter they are like Germander-leaves The Flowers are like Germander-flowers they are red Scordium is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick 'T is chiefly used in the Plague and Malignant Diseases and for Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Lungs Outwardly applied it cleanses Wounds and Ulcers and eases the Pain of the Gout Diascordium is made of it and has its Name from it Many Pestilential Buboes have been broken and cured with Scordium The Compounded Scordium-water is much in use and is made in the following manner
they taste sweet and are as pleasant as Parsnips Hogs dig them up and eat them greedily 'T is affirm'd that being worn in the Shooes it will cure the Bloody-Flux Bleeding at Nose and all immoderate Fluxes of the Belly Hartman says That having used it this way it has done good when all other Means signified nothing Smallage in Latin Apium 'T is hot and dry It incides and opens upon which Account it is reckon'd among the five Opening Roots It provokes Urine and the Courses and expels Gravel It cures the Jaundice The Seed is reckon'd among the Lesser Hot Seeds The use of this Herb certainly injures those that are afflicted with the Falling-sickness But being translated into Gardens it becomes more gentle and less ungrateful for in Italy and Spain they eat the tender Leaves of it and the upper part of the Root with Oyl and Pepper Sneez-wort in Latin Ptarmica The Root grows awry and is as it were jointed and has many long Fibres that are pretty large it tastes acrid and hot It has several brittle Stalks a Yard high or more and sometime not near so high they are divided into several Branches whereon are placed narrow long Leaves pointed and finely indented about the Edges At the top grow many white Flowers in a Tuft with a yellowish Thrum in the middle It grows in moist places and flowers in July It tastes hot and acrid The Powder of it provokes Sneezing The Root chewed cases the Pain in the Teeth by evacuating Flegm The Herb is mix'd with Sallets to correct cold Herbs Solomon's-seal in Latin Polygomaton The Root is a Finger thick unequal and tuberous with a great many Fibres and of a sweetish Taste The Stalk is two or three Foot high round and smells ill if it be rub'd or cut it is bent like a Bow The Leaves are placed one above another they are large and like the Leaves of the Lilly of the Vallies they are nervous and of a shining dark Green above of a grayish Colour underneath At the Foot of every Leaf almost from the bottom to the top hang long white and hollow Flowers and after them small round Berries green at first and bluish when they are ripe wherein are small stony Seeds they are white 'T is Astringent and Vulnerary It stops all Fluxes it cements broken Bones And the Root boyl'd in Wine and drank is excellent for Contusions and Ruptures Used outwardly it takes off Spots and whitens the Skin Fourteen or fifteen of the Berries purge Flegm upwards and downwards For the Whites take Candied Roots of Solomon's-seal and it is an excellent Remedy 'T is also counted good for the Falling-sickness Sope-wort in Latin Saponaria It creeps in the Ground with small-jointed Roots The Bark of the Root is reddish The Stalks are three Foot high or higher round smooth and reddish they have many Joints are full of Pith and can scarce sustain themselves The Leaves are placed by Pairs at the Joints opposite to one another three large Nerves running all along them they are like Plantain-leaves they are smooth have a nitrous Taste and short or no Foot-stalks at all The Flowers are placed in Tufts on the top of the Stalks every one on a short Foot-stalk they are of a pale-red Colour sweet and compos'd of five Leaves The small roundish Seeds are contain'd in an oblong Vessel that is thick about the Middle It grows near Rivers and Standing-waters It flowers in June July August and September The Root and Leaves are used in Physick but it is but seldom 'T is used for an Asthma and to provoke the Courses And a Decoction of it is much commended for the French-Pox Outwardly applied it discusses Tumours Clothes are cleansed from Greasie Spots by washing them with this Herb. The Sorbe or Quicken-tree in Latin Sorbus sylvestris 'T is a Tree of a middle stature The Bark is of a light Red and spotted The Leaves are sharp indented and smooth above green below whitish The Flowers are many white and sweet and are placed in Umbels The Berries are green at first when they are ripe of a darke Red they taste ill The Berries yield an acid Juice which purges Water excellently well and is very good for the Scurvy The Liquor which drops from the wounded Tree in the Spring cures the Scurvy and Diseases of the Spleen Common Sorrel in Latin Acetosa vulgaris It grows in Pastures and Meadows 'T is cold and dry It provokes Appetite suppresses Choler and quenches Thirst wherefore 't is frequently used in Fevers The Juice may be mix'd with Broths or the Leaves boyl'd in them In Summer 't is good Sauce for most Meats The Roots of it dried and boyl'd give a delicate Tincture to the Water Sheep's Sorrel in Latin Acetosa arvensis lanceolata It grows in Sandy and dry Grounds It has the same Virtues with Common Sorrel Roman or French Sorrel in Latin Acetosa rotundifolia The form of the Leaf sometimes varies being sometimes round like Scurvy-grass or the Lesser Celandine sometimes like Spinache pointed like an Arrow of a Sky or pale Colour and of a delicate sharp Taste The Stalks are bare and above two Foot high The little Flowers are compos'd of yellow and red Threads The Root is small and creeps and is less acid and drier than the Leaves 'T is common in Gardens It has the same Virtues with the former Wood Sorrel in Latin Trifolium acetosum vulgare It grows commonly in shady places in Woods and Hedges It has the same Virtues with the former The Syrup the Conserve and the distill'd Water of it are in use The distill'd Water is used to wash the Mouth in the St. Anthony's Fire and to cleanse Sordid Ulcers 'T is observ'd that when it bears a great many Flowers the Year will be very rainy but dry when there is a few Sothernwood in Latin Abrotanum 'T is somewhat astringent and discusses much It resists Putrefaction and Poyson It cures the Biting of Venomous Creatures kills Worms and forces Urine It cures Hysterick Fits and the Jaundice The Tops of it boyl'd in Wine or Water and sweeten'd with Hony or Sugar do much good in an Asthma and Difficulty of Breathing and helps Expectoration 'T is used outwardly to strengthen Bones Marsh Sparagus in Latin Asparagus palustris 'T is found in many places As in the Marishes near Bristol and about Harwich in Essex c. It differs only from the Garden-Sparagus by the Place of its Growth and the Accidents that proceed from thence for the saltness of it and the thickness of the Leaves and the largeness of the Berries are to be imputed to the Sea for the like is wont to happen to other Plants that grow near the Sea The Root is Diuretick and Lithontriptick and is one of the five Opening Roots It opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and especially of the Kidnies and therefore it is frequently used in Diuretick Decoctions The Stalks boyl'd gently according to
Custom and eaten loosen the Belly and provoke Urine but they make it smell ill A Decoction of the Root drunk relieves those that make Water difficultly and those that have the Jaundice and others that are afflicted with Nephritick Pains or the Hip Gout But the frequent use of Diureticks occasions Ulcers in the Bladder Spatling or White Poppy in Latin Behen album The Root is woody thick and white The Stalks are two or three Foot high or more small round smooth and jointed and divided into Wings at the top At every Joint are two Leaves opposite to one another like Campian but smooth very acrid and bitterish with a certain Sweetness The Flowers are white or of a light Purple Colour It grows amongst Corn. 'T is commended for Fomentations and Sweating-baths The Juice takes off Inflammations of the Eyes and eases the Pain of them The Seed purges Flegm and is used in the Falling-sickness Male Speed-well in Latin Veronica mas supina vulgatissima It creeps upon the Ground and sends down Roots from the Joints The Stalks are small round long hairy and jointed The Leaves are set by Pairs at the Joints they are hairy and indented about the Edges they taste bitterish and acrid The Flowers are placed upon a Spike they are compos'd of four light purple Leaves The Seed is contain'd in small Husks like Shepherd's-purse It grows plentifully in dry Pastures and amongst Heath 'T is Vulnerary and Sudorifick 'T is used in Obstructions of the Lungs and Spleen for the Cholick Consumption Plague Wounds and Itch. A large Dose of the Decoction taken for some time expell'd a Stone from the Kidny of a Woman that had been there sixteen Years A Woman that had been barren seven Years conceiv'd by taking the Powder of it in the distill'd Water of the Herb for many Days The Syrup of it is of great use in Diseases of the Lungs One that had an incurable Ulcer in his Leg found present Ease by dipping Rags in the Water and applying them for it took off the Inflammation and all the Symptoms that accompanied it One that had a Fistula in the Breast and had used several Medicines in vain was cured by the inward use of this Water Scabby Children have been cured by Rags dip'd in this Water and press'd out and applied over the Scabs when other Medicines would do no good But it is convenient for the Nurse to take Fumatory in Whey at the same time Common Spignel in Latin Meum It has sometimes one sometimes many Roots above nine Inches long From the Sides of which grow most commonly oblique Roots which are pretty long of a dark brown Colour without white within it smells like a Parsnip but more Aromatick It has several long Stalks of Leaves as small as an Hair they are placed thick on both sides of the Stalk they smell well It has also round stiff Stalks like those of Fennel but much less they are channel'd empty and branchy and have Umbels of white Flowers on them like Dill. The Seeds are large great and channel'd It grows plentifully in Westmorland near Sidleberg It expels Wind and forces Urine and the Courses and is used for Mother-fits for the Gripes Catarrhs and to help Expectoration 'T is an Ingredient in several Compositions in Treacle and many other Those that have vow'd Chastity must not use it for it is a great Provocative to Venery And it causes the Head-ach Spinache in Latin Spinachia 'T is much used in the Kitchin 'T is good in Fevers and it loosens the Belly It cools and moistens and is good in a dry Cough Spindle-tree in Latin Euonimus 'T is a little branchy Tree or rather Shrub eight or ten Foot high The Suckers are of a pleasant green Colour and the young Branches are four-square the Wood is whitish it has divers Branches The Leaves are oblong sharp and indented Soon after the Beginning of Spring the pale Flowers come forth they are compos'd of four Leaves After the Flowers come forth red Berries divided into four parts and in each is a white hard Seed The whole Tree has a strong and unpleasant Smell 'T is common in Hedges Three or four of the Berries vomit and purge Women use the Powder of the Berries to kill Lice Spleen-wort in Latin Asplenium The Root consists of Capillary Threads that are blackish and Perennial The Leaves are many but not a Finger long they are placed upon short Foot-stalks they are somewhat fat above and downy under and cleft like Polypody they are seldom an Inch broad It grows frequently in the West upon old Walls viz. about Bristol and the Stones at St. Vincent's Rock c. 'T is called Spleen-wort because it is effectual in curing Diseases of the Spleen 'T is chiefly used for Swellings of the Spleen for Spitting of Blood and a Loosness Outwardly used it cleanses Wounds and Ulcers One Dram of the Golden Powder on the Under-side of the Leaves with half a Dram of White Amber powder'd drunk in the Juice of Purslain or Plantain relieves those wonderfully that have a Gonorrhaea Straw-berry in Latin Fragraria The Fruit cools and moistens The distill'd Water of it comforts the Heart purges the Blood and cures Ulcers of the Mouth and is good in a Quinsie the Mouth being gargled with it 'T is Diuretick and expectorates Those that are troubled with hot Pushes in the Face or a dry Itch in the Body should take two Spoonfuls of the Water every Morning The same quantity at the same time is good for those that have the Stone for it cools the Reins and expels Gravel A Decoction of the whole Herb is very good for the Jaundice Take of the Waters of Wood-Sorrel of the whole Citron of Strawberries each four Ounces of the Syrup of the Juice of Citron one Ounce of Prepar'd Pearls one Dram make a Julap Take four Spoonfuls three or four times a Day This is good in Fevers to attemperate the Blood Succory in Latin Cichoreum The Root is as thick as the Thumb and full of Milk It has many Stalks which are round and hairy The Stalks of the Wild Succory are crooked and sometimes four Foot high The Branches at top are much divided Some of the Leaves are cut deep like Dandelion others are whole or but little indented Those on the Stalks are placed alternately without Foot-stalks they are long and end acute and are hairy on both sides The Flowers are blue sometimes white and reddish many come out together from the Wings of the upper Leaves The whole Plant is very bitter 'T is counted cold by some Authors but its bitter Taste argues Heat 'T is Diuretick It attenuates and cleanses 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and for Fevers The Water distill'd from the blue Flowers is an excellent Remedy for Inflammations and Dimness of the Eyes The Leaves boyl'd and eaten with Vinegar cure a Gonorrhaea The Flowers of this Plant open and shut at Sun-rising
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
of Oyl of Almonds fresh drawn of Syrup of Maiden-hair each one Ounce and an half of Sugar-candy two Drams mix them in a Glass-Mortar Make a Linctus to be taken often with a Liquorish-stick Oyl of Almonds is good in the Cholick Take two Ounces of Oyl of Almonds and one Ounce and an half of Manna mix'd together in fat Chicken-broth This reliev'd a Person that had the Cholick after he had taken thirty Clysters to no purpose Oyl of Almonds is very good for the Stone in the Kidnies Take of White-wine and compound-Compound-water of Horse-Radish each one Ounce and an half of the Juice of Limon one Spoonful and an half of Tartar vitriolated one Scruple of Oyl of Sweet Almonds one Ounce of Syrup of Marsh-mallows two Ounces of Nutmeg powder'd one Scruple make a Draught to be taken hot For the Gripes of Infants the following Medicine was prescrib'd by Dr. Lower Take of Manna two Drams dissolv'd in two Ounces of the Aqua lactis alexiter strain it and add three Drams of Oyl of Almonds Give half in the Morning and the rest three Hours after if it do not work Bitter Almonds are hot and dry they attenuate open and cleanse they are Diuretick they open the Obstructions of the Liver Spleen Mesentery and Womb. Outwardly used they take off Freckles The Oyl of Bitter Almonds is more agreeable to the Ears than any other Oyl The Italians eat Almonds whole before the Stones are hard for Second Course and they taste very pleasantly and are very agreeable to the Stomach They grow in Germany Italy and France Aloes in Latin Aloe There are three sorts of it viz. Succotrine Hepatick and Caballine Succotrine is so called from the Island Succotra in India This sort is the best of all 't is clear and transparent and colour'd somewhat like the Liver It has an Aromatick Smell like Myrrh upon which Account it was formerly mix'd with Perfumes It has a bitter an Aromatick and an astringent Taste 'T is light and yet the Substance of it is compact Being handled in the Sun or near the Fire it grows soft and when it is cold it breaks easily Which are the Signs of the best Aloes The Hepatick is so called it being like the Liver in Colour and Consistence 'T is not so pure as the former it is not transparent it smells stronger and tastes more bitter and is more astringent The Caballina is more impure sandy and filthy and fit only for Horses Aloes besides its Purgative Virtue is hot and drying and opens Obstructions It purges Choler and Flegm Aloes contrary almost to all other Purging Medicines strengthens the Stomach But it is to be noted That the frequent use of Aloes opens the Haemorrhoidal Veins and to be sure it has a Faculty of opening the Orifices of the Veins Wherefore those that are subject to Haemorrhages must not use it Bartholinus mentions an Observation of one that render'd a Bloody Urine by taking Aloes too often But outwardly applied it is very astringent Aloes kill and expel Worms Being mix'd with Vinegar and the Gall of an Ox and applied to the Navel it does the same It cures the Jaundice and prevents Putrefaction And mix'd with Myrrh it preserves dead Bodies a long time from Corruption Some think the Virtue of Mummy proceeds wholly from the Aloes wherewith Bodies were wont to be embalm'd The Powder of Aloes used outwardly stops the Flux of the Haemorrhoidal Veins Dissolv'd in Wine it prevents the Falling of the Hair Mix'd with Medicines for the Eyes called Collyria it quickens the Sight Mix'd with Hony it cures Ulcers of the Privy Parts and a Fistula and Sore Mouths and a Stinking Breath It shuts the Orifices of the Veins and so stops Bleeding Outwardly applied it thickens and dries and the Powder of it conglutinates fresh Wounds and skins them soon In prescribing Aloes the following Cautions are to be observ'd First It is not to be given to those whose Diseases proceed only from a simple Intemperies without Matter for such do not want Evacuation nor a Medicine that is so drying for instead of Evacuation it occasions a Consumption in such But on the contrary 't is used with very good Success in those that are of a cold and moist Constitution Secondly It ought not to be prescrib'd to Old People Thirdly It ought not to be used too frequently especially not daily as some order it And Fourthly Women with Child must not take it for it provokes the Courses powerfully Those things which are added for the Correction of it are Mace Nutmegs Cloves Cinnamon Spikenard Sweet-smelling Flag Saffron and the like The Operation of it is quicken'd by washing it in a Decoction of Rhubarb or in an Infusion of Roses 'T is said that Mastick Tragacanth Bdellium and the like mix'd with it prevents its opening the Orifices of the Veins Or if it be wash'd in Endive or Succory-water the same may be prevented Many excellent Medicines of the London-Dispensatory are compounded of Aloes The Pills called Pilulae Aggregativae are made in the following manner Take of Citron Myrobolans and Rhubarb each half an Ounce Juice of Agrimony and Wormwood thicken'd each two Drams Diagridium five Drams Agarick Coloquintida and Polypodium of each two Drams Turbith and Aloes of each six Drams Mastick Red Roses Sal Gemmae Epithimum Annise Ginger of each a Dram with Syrup of Damask-Roses make a Mass for Pills They purge Flegm Choler and Melancholy they are good for a foul Stomach The Dose is half a Dram. Pilulae Aloephanginae are made in the following manner Take of Cinnamon Cloves Cardamoms the Lesser Nutmegs Mace Sweet-smelling Flag Carpo-balsamum or Juniper-berries Squinanth Wood of Aloes Yellow Sanders Red Roses dried Wormwood of each half an Ounce draw a Tincture from these in Spirit of Wine they being first grosly powder'd In three Pints of this Tincture strain'd dissolve a Pound of Aloes then add of Mastich and Myrrh powder'd each half an Ounce Saffron two Drams of Balsam of Peru one Dram bring it to a Mass for Pills by evaporating the superfluous Moisture over Ashes or in a Bath These Pills are good for the Head-ach and Giddiness of the Head They strengthen the Brain and Stomach Half a Dram or a Dram may be taken at a time Pilulae de Aloe lota are made in the following manner Take of Aloes dissolv'd in the Juice of Red Roses and boyl'd up again one Ounce of Agarick trochiscated three Drams of Mastick two Drams of the Species of Sweet Diamosk half a Dram with Syrup of Pale Roses make a Mass for Pills Pilulae Aloe Rosata is made in the following manner Take of Succotrine-Aloes powder'd four Ounces of the Juice of Damask-Roses clarified one Pint mingle them digest them in the Sun or in a Bath till the superfluous Moisture is exhal'd repeat the Digestion and Evaporation four times make a Mass for Pills This purges gently cleanses the Stomach opens Obstructions and cures
the Vvula and strengthens the Stomach it being outwardly used in a Lotion A Dram of it powder'd may be taken inwardly in hot Wine or it may be boyl'd in Water 'T is reckon'd a Specifick for Ulcers of the Bladder A Woman evacuated a Stone almost as big as a Walnut which had occasion'd an Ulcer of the Bladder and of the neighbouring Parts by using Camel's-Hay and the Roots of Cypress Take of the Tops of Roman-Wormwood three Drams of Hore-hound and Rosemary each two Drams of Red Roses two Pugils of the Flowers of Camomile and the Leaves of Laurel each half an Handful of Orange-Pill and of Sweet Wood of Aloes each three Drams Cypress-roots Camel's-Hay and Spikenard each half an Ounce make a Decoction with two parts of the best Wine and one part of Agrimony and Wormwood-water foment the Region of the Liver with it with a Spunge press'd out of Wormwood-wine This has been used in a Dropsie Camphir in Latin Camphora Camphir was unknown to the Ancient Grecians It began first to be taken notice of by the Arabians Whether it is hot or cold is not agreed on by Authors The Ancients counted it cold because it extinguish'd Venery and cured Inflammations of the Eyes and for that being put upon Burns it seem'd as cold as Snow But Modern Physicians affirm 't is hot on the contrary Their Arguments for it are the great Inflammability of it its penetrating Aromatick Smell and Acrid Taste its readiness to evaporate by reason of the Tenuity of Parts Which Opinion indeed seems most probable for the contrary Arguments are easily answer'd For if it should be granted that it suppresses Venery it doth not therefore necessarily follow that it is cold for so doth Rue and the chaste Tree and the like Yet Breynius saith it doth not extinguish Venery For says he it hath been observ'd that many who have been employ'd in purifying Camphir daily have had many Children And then tho' it be of use in many Diseases that require Cooling as in Inflammations of the Eys and Erysipelas Fevers and the like yet they say Cooling in these Cases by this Medicine is not per se but per accidens much in the same manner as the Inflammation of a Member burnt is drawn out by the Heat of the Fire or the Flame of a Candle or as by the immoderate use of Pepper the native Heat is driven out and is less within and so the Body becomes cold Some mention other Ways whereby these things may be perform'd which I omit partly because they are not satisfactory and partly because it is not clear whether Camphir doth good in these Diseases or whether it be injurious Camphir resists Putrefaction and Poisons upon which Account it is frequently used in the Plague Malignant Diseases and Putrid Fevers Balm-water wherein Camphir hath been extinguish'd doth good in Mother-fits 'T is most frequently used outwardly in cooling Epithems Frontals and Paregoricks And for the mixing of it with them 't is wont to be dissolv'd with the Spirit of Wine or rubbed with Oyly Kernels or Seeds Camphir dissolves in Spirit of Wine presently and swims upon the top of the Spirit in form of an Oyl Camphir is mix'd with Wash-balls to smoothen and beautifie the Skin A small quantity of it used outwardly or inwardly disposes to Sleep But if it be held to the Nose frequently it dries the Brain and causes Watching Camphir is reckon'd by the most learned Men and not undeservedly among the strongest Alexipharmicks It wonderfully resists Putrefaction and repels and corrects the putrid Vapours of a corrupt Member But it is to be used cautiously in violent Pains of the Head and Stomach Camphir is dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and this Dissolution is called Spirit of Wine Camphoriz'd 'T is good for the Apoplexy and Hysterical Diseases 'T is also found to be of excellent use for the Tooth-ach a little Cotton being dip'd in it and put into the aching Tooth The Oyl of Camphir is made in the following manner Powder grosly three or four Ounces of good Camphir put it into a Matrass and pour upon it twice as much Spirit of Nitre stop your Vessel close and set it over a Pot half full of Water a little heated stir it ever now and then to help forward the Dissolution which will be finish'd in two or three Hours and then you will find the Camphir turn'd into a clear Oyl which swims above the Spirit separate it and keep it in a Viol well stop'd 'T is used for the Caries of Bones and to touch Nerves that are uncover'd in Wounds This Oyl is nothing but a Dissolution of Camphir in Spirit of Nitre for if you pour Water upon it to destroy the force of the Spirit it returns into Camphir as before Of all the Resins this is the only one that can dissolve in Spirit of Wine Take of Volatile Salt of Hart's-horn two Grains of the Majesterial Cardiac-powder six Grains of Camphir and Cochinel each four Grains of Venice-Treacle one Scruple of the Aqua Coelestis a sufficient quantity Make a Bolus This is good in Malignant Fevers Take of Camphir and Borax each one Dram of White Sugar-candy five Drams of White Vitriol one Scruple powder them very fine and mingle them by degrees with half a Pint of Sweet-Fennel-water This is an excellent Water for Rheums and Inflammations of the Eyes a Rag being dip'd in it and applied often on the Eye-lids 'T is gather'd from more Trees than one It distils Drop by Drop from a great Tree much like a Walnut-tree in the Island Borneo in Asia Little Cakes of it are likewise brought out of China but that is not so good It must be chosen white transparent clean friable without Spot and such as is hard to quench when once lighted Camphir is compounded of a Sulphur and a Salt so very Volatile that it is very hard to keep any time and it always loseth something let it be never so closely stop'd Cancamum See Gummi Anime Canela See Cinnamon Capers in Latin Capperis They are brought to us in Pickle and are frequently used for Sauce for Roast and Boil'd Meat and for Fish They quicken the Appetite promote Concoction and open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Lobelius says the Biggest Capers are better than the Least Perhaps he means the Fruit which is sometimes pickl'd and is called Long-Capers But now-a-days they are not used in England It is said that they who eat Italian Capers daily are not troubled with the Palsie nor Pains of the Spleen They are good for the Hip-Gout and Bursten-Bellies They provoke the Courses draw Flegm from the Head and cure the Tooth-ach Being boyl'd in Vinegar the Bark especially of the Root softens the Spleen when it is hard Being taken inwardly or outwardly applied it provokes the Courses cleanses Ulcers and dries doth good in the Gout digests hard Tumours it also kills Worms Take of Oil of Lillies and of Capers each
them are eaten they intoxicate when they are dry They stop Spitting of Blood and are good for the Bloody-Flux A Decoction of them is a very astringent Gargarism Boyl'd in Wine they take off Proud Flesh and Cicatris'd Ulcers A Decoction of it makes the Hair black And being taken inwardly it cures Diseases of the Reins and Bladder When they are ripe they are good for an Hoarsness and Coughs Difficulty of Breathing a Pleurisie and a Peripneumonia They are an Ingredient of the Pectoral Decoction of the London-Dispensatory Take of Dates cleansed number Ten of Raisins of the Sun three Ounces boyl them in Oxycrate afterwards beat them and add of Camomile-flowers and of the Flowers of Melilot and Red Roses each one Pugil of Spikenard and Camel's-Hay each one Dram of the Seed of Smallage and Parsly each half a Dram of Endive and Purslain each one Dram and an half of the Oyl of Wormwood and Roses each one Ounce of Barly-meal two Ounces make a Pultis This is used for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Liver Dittany of Crete in Latin Dictamnus Creticus It hath all the Virtues that Penny-royal has but it is much more effectual for it expels a dead Child not only by taking of it inwardly but also by outward Application and by Fume 'T is said that the Goats in Crete when they are wounded by Darts extract them and so are cured by feeding on it It has moreover a Purgative Quality Being applied to the Soles of the Feet or any other Part of the Body it draws out Thorns It also eases the Pain of the Spleen The Root of it tastes hot and hastens Delivery And so great is the Virtue of this Herb that the Smell of it drives away Venomous Creatures and kills them if they but touch it But this seems improbable The Juice of it applied to Wounds made by a Sword or by the Biting of Venomous Creatures is a present Remedy if at the same time it be also taken inwardly Hippocrates counts it the best Remedy to expel the Secundine and a False Conception Being taken in Wine it provokes the Courses and hastens Delivery so powerfully that it ought not to be kept in the Chamber or near where Big-belly'd Women are A Woman that was in a desperate Condition by reason of a dead Child was soon deliver'd by taking the Powder of the Leaves of this Herb. Take of Dittany of Crete one Dram of Safâ—ron one Scruple of Gromwel Annise-seed and Misleto of the Oak each three Drams beat them and infuse them twenty four Hours and then boyl them a little in good White-wine Give four Ounces of this Decoction at a time This is much commended by Quercetan for a Suppression of the Courses Dragon's-blood in Latin Sanguis Draconis 'T is a Gum or Rosin of a deep red Colour Being held to the Fire it soon melts And if it be cast upon the Fire it flames If it be rub'd upon any thing it makes it red but it mixes difficulty with Oyl and Water 'T is of an astringent Virtue and is frequently used in the Bloody-Flux and for other Fluxes for Spitting of Blood and to settle the Teeth when they are loose Gold-smiths and Jewellers make use of it for Foils for their Precious Stones and Jewels And Glasiers paint Glass red with it Take of the Water of Orange-flowers of Plantain and of Roses each one Ounce of Syrup of Coral or for want of it of dried Roses one Ounce of Sal Prunella one Dram of Dragon's-blood half a Scruple make a Potion This is used for an immoderate Flux of the Child-bed-Purgations Take of Amber and Mastich two Drams of Dragon's-blood Lapis Haematitis and Red Coral each one Dram of Balaustians and the Seeds of Plantane of Crocus Matis Astringent one Ounce powder them all and with a sufficient quantity of Peruvian Balsam and Syrup of Quinces make a Mass for Pills The Dose is half a Dram or a Dram Morning and Evening These Pills are used for the Virulent Running of the Reins But they must be given only at the Declination of it when there only appears a little thin waterish Humour which glues the Entrance of the Vrethra for if you give them sooner you may stifle the Matter and so cause an Hernia Humoralis if after the Gonorrhaea be cured you suspect you have not enough secur'd the Patient from the Malignity you must purge him Dragon's-blood comes from one of the Canary-Islands called Portus Sanctus near the Madera's E. EBony in Latin Ebenus The Wood is as black as Pitch and as smooth as polish'd Ivory 'T is good for the Diseases of the Eyes Many sorts of things are made of it as Cases Chests Combs Frames for Pictures and Looking-glasses and the like An English Man that was frequently seiz'd with Flatulent Convulsions was cured by using a Decoction of Ebony for the space of forty Days whereby he did sweat much White Ellebore or Hellebore in Latin Helleborus albus The Root of White Hellebore which is only in use in Physick purges very violently upward and downward yet it may be used says Tragus being infus'd twenty four Hours in Wine or Oxymel and afterwards dried Half a Dram of it so prepar'd may be given in Wine to Mad and Melancholy People But either of the Hellebores says Gesnâ—r may be used inoffensively being boyl'd to a Syrup with Hony and Vinegar and are very useful for many Flegmatick Diseases especially of the Breast and Head as an Asthma Difficulty of Breathing and the Falling-sickness They wonderfully purge the Belly the Urine and all the Passages In the Use of White Hellebore two Things are chiefly to be minded First That the Diseases are very obstinate And Secondly That the Patient hath sufficient Strength to bear the Operation Wherefore the Root ought not to be given to Old Men Women or Children or to such as are weakly and costive in the Body And the Hellebore ought to be well prepar'd The old Way of giving of it was with Horse-Radish which they used three Ways for either they stuck the Roots into Horse-Radish and continu'd them in it twenty four Hours and afterwards the Roots being taken out they gave the Horse-Radish Or they infus'd the Horse-Radish stuck with the Roots in Oxymel in B. M. and gave only the Oxymel Or they left the Horse-Radish so prepar'd all Night and in the Morning infus'd it in Oxymel having first cast away the Hellebore and then they gave the Oxymel But Parkinson says the best Way of preparing it is to infuse it in the Juice of Quinces or to roast it under Ashes in a Quince If upon taking Hellebore there is danger of Suffocation the eating of Quinces or the taking the Juice or Syrup of it is a present Remedy The Root boyl'd in Vinegar and retain'd a while in the Mouth takes off the Pain of the Teeth A Decoction of it made in Lee kills Lice aad cleanses the Head from Scurf it being wash'd with it
it into pieces and boyl it in Broth. It tastes well and yields a laudable Juice and we suppose it is a convenient Diet for Feverish People for it cools and mollifies 'T is much of the same Virtue with Cucumber The fresh Leaves applied to the Breasts of Women in Child-bed lessens the Milk The Seeds are reckon'd among the four Greater Cold Seeds For Redness of the Face Take of the Kernels of Peaches four Ounces of the Seeds of Goards two Ounces make an Oyl of them by Expression wherewith anoint the Face Menstruous Women by only looking on young Goards kill them But this seems fabulous Canary Grass in Latin Phalaris It grows as well in Spain and France as in the Canaries The Seed and the Juice of the Herb and the Leaves taken inwardly are commended for Pains in the Bladder Common Dog Grass or Couch-Grass in Latin Gramen caninum 'T is a tall Grass sometimes four or five Foot high It expels Gravel Silvius says that Sheep and Oxen that are troubled with the Stone in the Winter-time are freed from it in the Spring by eating Grass Cotton Grass in Latin Gramen Tomentosum It grows in marshy and watery places and is easily known by the Cotton on it 'T is very astringent and is used for making Candles and the like Oat Grass in Latin Gramen Avenaceum 'T is found in May in the Hedges and narrow Ways Tragus says a Decoction of it in White-wine used for some Days is an excellent Remedy for the Worms in Children Guaiacum in Latin Lignum sanctum In curing the French-Pox there is no Medicine better or surer than the Decoction of Guaiacum for if the Cure be manag'd as it ought and the Decoction be taken in due time 't is a certain Cure for this Disease 'T is also good in a Dropsie for an Asthma the Falling-sickness for Diseases of the Bladder and Reins and for Pains in the Joints and for all Diseases proceeding from cold Tumors and Wind. The Spaniards learnt the use of it from the Indians For a certain Spaniard having taken the Disease from an Indian Woman was much afflicted with Venereal Pains and having an Indian Servant who practis'd Physick in that Province he gave his Master the Decoction of it whereby his Pains were eased and his Health restored And by his Example many other Sapniards were cured So that in a short time this way of Cure was known all over Spain and soon after every where else The Pox that is the Disease of the West-Indians ininfected the Europeans in the following manner In the Year 1493. in that War of the Spaniards at Naples with the French Columbus return'd from his first Voyage which he had undertaken for the Discovery of the New World and having found some Islands he brought thence Men and Women to Naples where His Catholick Majesty was Having then made Peace with the French King both the Armies having free Intercourse and Ingress and Egress at pleasure the Spaniards had first Conversation with the Indian Women and the Indian Men with the Spanish Women And then it crept afterwards into Italy and Germany and lastly into France and so over all the World At first it had many Names The Spaniards thinking they were infected by the French called it the French-Pox The French supposing they got it at Naples called it the Neopolitan Disease And the Germans thinking they receiv'd it from the Spaniards called it the Spanish Disease But others more properly termed it the Indian Malady for from thence it first came The Way of preparing this Decoction together with the Method of taking it is as follows Take of the Wood cut small twelve Ounces of the Bark of it beaten two Ounces infuse it in six Sextaries of Water in a large Earthen Pot twenty four Hours the Pot must be close stop'd boyl it with a gentle Fire to the Consumption of four Sextaries of the Water when it is cold strain it then put upon the same Wood eight Sextaries of Water and boyl it to the Consumption of two Keep it a-part The Way of giving it is as follows The Sick being purged according as his Physician shall think fit he must be put into a warm Chamber and let him go to bed in the Morning and take ten Ounces of the first Water hot and being well cover'd he must sweat two Hours then being well rub'd let him change his Linnen and put on his Clothes well warm'd four Hours after give him Raisins and Almonds with Bread twice baked whereof let him eat moderately and drink as much as is sufficient of the Second Water Eight Hours after he hath eaten let him take again ten Ounces of the first Water hot and let him sweat two Hours and be cleansed from his Sweat as before an Hour after the Sweat give him the Almonds and Raisins and the Bread twice bak'd for his Supper and let him drink of the Second Water Let him observe this Method for the first fifteen Days unless his Strength be much impair'd for if so he must be allow'd a roasted Chicken besides the things above-mention'd Those that are weakly and cannot bear so strict a Diet must be allow'd also a roasted Chicken after nine Days But if the Sick be so very weakly that he cannot bear at all the fore-mention'd Diet he must eat Chicken sparingly at the Beginning increasing his Meals by degrees After fifteen or sixteen Days purge with ten Drams of the Pulp of Cassia or some such Medicine and on the same Day let him drink of the Second Decoction On the Seventeenth Day let him return to the Method above describ'd let him take Morning and Evening the Water of the First Decoction sweat and be dieted as before only instead of a Chicken let him eat half a Pullet and towards the End somewhat more Let him continue the same Diet to the Twentieth Day at which time being well cloath'd let him walk about his Chamber afterwards purge him again and let him continue the use of the Decoction forty Days more and let him observe an orderly Diet and abstain from Women and Wine But if he nauseate the Decoction let him drink Water wherein Annise and Fennel have been boyl'd let him eat a small Supper and to be sure let him forbear Flesh then This Method some think will eradicate the worst sort of Pox But others hold there is no other Way of curing it when it is deeply rooted than by the use of Mercury The incomparable Chyrurgeon Mr. Wiseman mentions it frequently in his excellent Treatise of the French-Pox Take of Guaiacum four Ounces of the Bark of the same two Ounces of Sarsaparilla eight Ounces of the Wood of Saxifrage one Ounce and an half of the Shavings of Hart's-horn and Ivory each six Drams infuse them all Night in ten Quarts of Fountain-water then boyl them in a Vessel close stop'd to the Consumption of a third part add at the End of the Leaves and Roots of Soap-wort
sixteen Drops The Spirit of all other Gums may be drawn after the same manner The Plaster of Ammoniacum of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Ammoniacum of Bran well sifted each one Ounce Ointment of Marsh-mallows Compound Mellilot-Plaster Roots of Briony and Orris powder'd of each half an Ounce Geese Ducks and Hens Fat of each three Drams of Bdellium and Galbanum each one Dram and an half Resin of the Pine and yellow Wax of each five Ounces Oyl of Orris and Turpentine of each an Ounce and an half boyl the Fat 's and Oyl with Mucilage of Linseed and Fenugreek each three Ounces to the Consumption of the Mucilage strain it and add the Wax Resin and Turpentine the Ointment of Marsh-mallows with the Plaster of Melilot when it begins to be cold put in the Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar then the Bdellium powder'd with the rest of the Powders and so make a Plaster according to Art It asswages and mollifies hard Swellings and discusses the Peccant Humour It softens the Spleen when hard and eases the Pain of it The Plaster of Hemlock with Ammoniacum of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Juice of the Leaves of Hemlock four Ounces of Vinegar of Squils and of Gum-Ammoniacum each eight Ounces after due Infusion strain it and reduce it to the Consistence of a Plaster according to Art It eases Pain and allays Inflammations Ammoniacum is also used in some other Plasters of the London-Dispensatory Take of Gum-Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar one Ounce of Ladanum and Mastich each two Drams of Oyl of Wormwood and of Wax each a sufficient quantity This is used for an Inflammation and Abscess of the Liver Syrup of Ammoniacum of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Maudlin and Cetrach each four Handfuls of Common Wormwood one Ounce of the Roots of Succory and Asparagus and of the Bark of the Roots of Capers each two Ounces make an Infusion of them for twenty four Hours After due Preparation in three Ounces of White-wine and of Simple Radish-water and fumatory-Fumatory-water each two Pints boyl them to a Pint and an half let the strain'd Liquor stand till it is clear dissolve a-part in four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor when it is warm two Ounces of Gum-Ammoniacum dissolv'd first in the sharpest White-wine-Vinegar boyl the rest to a Syrup with a Pound and an half of Fine Sugar adding the Dissolution of the Gum towards the End This Syrup opens Obstructions and is good for Diseases of the Skin An Ounce of it or somewhat more may be taken at a time Gum-Arabick in Latin Gummi Arabicum 'T is the Gum or Juice of an Egyptian Thorn The most transparent and whitest is the best It will easily dissolve in Water it mitigates Acrimony and is good for Fluxes Coughs and Catarrhs Take of the Roots of the Greater Comfrey two Ounces of the Leaves of Plantane and Mouse-ear each one Handful of the Tops of Mallows and Maiden-hair each half an Handful of Liquorish rasp'd half an Ounce of Fine Flower and Gum-Arabick of Tragacanth and Bole-Armoniack each one Dram of the Seeds of Lettice and Purslain each one Dram of the Seeds of Red Roses one Pugil make a Decoction in Rain-water to one Pint and an half strain it and sweeten it with Sugar make a Julep Take eight Ounces every Morning for ten or twelve Days This is good for an Ulcer of the Reins or Bladder Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows and the Greater Comfrey dried each two Drams of Gum-Arabick and of the Gum of Cherry and Prune-tree each one Dram of Olibanum and Myrrh each four Scruples of the Seeds of White Poppy and Winter-Cherries each one Dram and an half of Camphyr two Scruples powder them all very fine and having added of Ceruss of Antimony a third part of the weight of all the rest make a Mass for Pills with a sufficient quantity of Venice-Turpentine The Dose is one Dram Morning and Evening These are excellent Pills for the same purpose But if the Turpentine should occasion Pain Juice of Liquorish dissolv'd in Pellitory-water may be used instead of it Gum-Caranna The Indians use it for Tumors and all sorts of Pain 'T is commended for those Diseases which Tacamahaca is wont to cure but it is more effectual than that 'T is brought from Carthage Take of Gum-Elemi and Turpentine each half an Ounce of Olibanum Mastich and Gum-Tragacanth each three Drams of Bole Armoniack one Ounce and an half of the Seeds of Nigella Myrtle and Balaustians each one Dram of Euphorbium one Scruple of Amber two Drams of Burgundy-Pitch eight Ounces of Gum-Caranna ten Drams of Oyl of Cloves and Peruvian Balsam each six Grains mingle them and make a Plaster according to Art to be applied to the Neck Gum-Copal 'T is very clear and transparent The Indians use it in their Sacrifices for Perfumes And their Priests use it so frequently in their Temples that when the Spaniards came into those Parts first they smelt it 'T is good for cold Diseases of the Head and may serve instead of Frankincense and Gum-Anime 'T is al-also very good for fresh Wounds It comes from the West-Indies Gum-Elemi T is of the Colour and Consistence of Wax it tastes somewhat bitterish and smells like Fennel It discusses Tumors cleanses Sordid Ulcers and Cicatrises them 'T is of excellent Virtue in Wounds of the Head and therefore Practitioners always use it in Plasters and Ointments for Fractures of the Scull and Wounds of the Head The Plaster of Gum-Elemi of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Gum-Elemi four Ounces of Resin of the Pine and pure Wax and Ammoniacum each two Ounces of Turpentine three Ounces and an half of Malaga-Sack a sufficient quantity boyl them to the Consumption of the Wine then add the Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar and make a Plaster Ointment or Liniment of Gum-Elemi of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Gum-Elemi of Turpentine of the Firr-tree each one Ounce and an half of Old Sheep's-Suet cleans'd two Ounces of Old Hog's-Grease one Ounce make an Ointment 'T is used chiefly for Wounds and Ulcers of the Head but it is also good for Ulcers in any Part of the Body It cleanses and incarns and is very agreeable to the Body Gum-Gotta 'T is a concreted Juice of a yellow Colour and if it be moisten'd with Spittle it becomes more yellow What Plant it comes from is uncertain but it is a great Commodity in the East-Indies Take of Gum-Gotta eight Grains of Conserve of Roses three Drams of Oyl of Mace one Drop Or Take of Gum-Gotta six Grains dissolve it in a sufficient quantity of fresh Broth. It purges Watery Humours Gum-Lac 'T is a Juice of an Indian Tree called Malus Indica Lusitanis 'T is not certainly known how it is made for what Garcias says of its being made by winged Ants as
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-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
the Mortar like Turpentine when it is moisten'd with any Aqueous Liquor It may be likewise incorporated with some Electuary and then it easily dissolves Twelve Grains of this Resin work as much as a Dram of Jalap in substance But I have always observ'd in my Practice that the Powder of Jalap works better and surer than the Resin Take of Lenetive Electuary two Drams of the Cream of Tartar half a Dram of Powder of Jalap two Scruples make a Bolus with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buck-thorn add three Drops of Oyl of Juniper This purges strongly Watery Humours For weakly People use the following Medicine Take of Lenitive Electuary one Dram of Cream of Tartar half a Dram of Powder of Jalap one Scruple of Rubarb powder'd ten Grains with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Roses Solutive and three Drops of Oyl of Juniper ' make a Bolus Ierusalem-Artichoak in Latin Battata Canadensis It frequently grows in Gardens here in England The Root of it tastes well and is eaten with Butter and Ginger and sometimes baked in a Pye But however it be dress'd it is windy and offensive to the Stomach The Iesuit's-Bark in Latin China-China Arbor Febrifuga Peruviana Pulvis Patrum or Pulvis Cardinalis A noted Merchant and an honest Man who liv'd many Years in Peru and publish'd an Account of this Tree written in Italian says it grows in Regno Quitensi in a peculiar Place which the Indians call Loca or Loia The Powder of the Bark given in a due quantity is the most certain and safe Remedy for the Cure of an Ague The incomparable Physician Dr. Thomas Sydenham called it the only Specifick for Agues Says he treating of the Cure of Agues When I had found the Inconveniences that proceed from Evacuations and well weighing the Matter I suppos'd that Jesuit's-Powder would be the most certain Cure And indeed I can truly affirm notwithstanding the Prejudice of the Common People and of some few of the Learned that I never found any Injury by the use of it nor can imagine any only they that have used it a long time are seiz'd sometimes with a Scorbutick Rheumatism but this happens rarely and when it does 't is easily cured by the following Medicines Take of Conserve of fresh Garden-Scurvy-grass two Ounces of Wood-Sorrel one Ounce of the compound-Compound-water of Wake-Robin six Drams with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Oranges make an Electuary Take two Drams of it three times a Day for the space of a Month drinking upon it six Spoonfuls of the following Water Take of Garden-Scurvy-grass eight Handfuls of Water-cresses Brook-lime Sage and Mint each four Handfuls the Bark of six Oranges of bruised Nutmeg half an Ounce infuse them in six Quarts of Brunswick-Mum distil them in a common Still and draw off three Quarts of Water Being called to a Patient that has a Quartan-Ague suppose for Instance on a Monday and if the Fit be to come that Day I do then nothing only to encourage the Patient I tell him he will have no more Fits than that To which End I give the Bark in the following manner on Tuesday and Wednesday Take of Jesuit's-powder one Ounce make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of July-flowers or of dried Roses to be divided into twelve Parts whereof let him take one every fourth Hour beginning presently after the Fit is off drinking upon it a Draught of any Wine But if the Patient can take Pills best Take of the Jesuit's-powder one Ounce with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of July-flowers make Pills of a moderate bigness whereof let him take six every fourth Hour But it is less troublesome and full as good that an Ounce of this Powder be mingled with a Quart of Claret and that eight or nine Spoonfuls of it be taken at the same times above-mention'd On Thursday which is the Fit-day I order nothing because most commonly no Fit comes then the Relicks of the Feverish Matter being put off by the usual Sweats which come towards the End of the preceding Fit carry it off and the Provision for a new Fit being intercepted by the repeated Juice of the Powder on the Days betwixt the Fits But lest the Ague should return again eight Days exactly from the time wherein the Sick took the last Dose I give the same quantity of the Powder namely an Ounce divided into twelve Parts according to the Method above-describ'd But tho' the Repetition of it once does very often cure the Disease yet the Sick is not wholly out of Danger unless his Physician repeat it the third or the fourth time at the same distances above-mention'd especially if the Blood has been weaken'd by fore-going Evacuations or if the Patient has unwarily expos'd himself to the cold Air. But tho' this Remedy has no Purgative Quality in it yet by reason of the peculiar Temper of some Bodies it often happens that the Sick is as violently purg'd by the use of it as if he had taken some strong Purge In this Case it is necessary to give Laudanum with it and therefore I order ten Drops of Laudanum to be put into Wine and to be taken after every other Dose of the Powder if the Loosness continues The above-mention'd Method cures also Quotidian and Tertian-Agues But tho' Tertian and Quotidian-Agues seem wholly to intermit after a Fit or two yet many times they appear like Continual Fevers and there is only Remission of the Fever on the Days the Fit should intermit especially when the Sick hath been kept abed altogether or has been punish'd with an hot Method and Medicines that are design'd to drive out the Fever by Sweat In this Case we must lay hold of the least Remission and give the Powder every fourth Hour left whilst we attend on the Fit there should not be time enough for the Powder to work upon the Blood But seeing there are some that cannot take the Bark neither in the form of a Powder nor of an Electuary or Pills I give to these an Infusion of it made in the Cold I infuse for some time two Ounces of the Bark grosly powder'd in a Quart of Rhenish-wine and four Ounces of the said Infusion seems to contain the Virtue of one Dram of the Powder and because it is not unpleasant nor does oppress the Stomach it may be taken as often again as any other Form of this Medicine namely till it has cured the Ague Sometimes it happens that before this Disease forms it self into Regular Fits the Sick by reason of continual Vomiting cannot contain the Bark in the Stomach in what Form soever it is taken In this Case the Vomiting must be first stopped before the Bark is given To which End I order that six or eight times in the space of two Hours the Sick take one Scruple of Salt of Wormwood in one Spoonful of the Juice of Limons fresh press'd out afterwards sixteen Drops of Liquid Laudanum in a Spoonful
have treated largely of it One was ask'd when he was above an Hundred Years old by what Means he kept up the Vigour of his Mind and Body He answer'd By taking Wine inwardly and by using of Oyl outwardly Cardan mentions three Things which prolong Life Milk Hony and Oyl But he does not mean that the Oyl should be used outwardly but be taken inwardly with Meat Aristotle said that Oyl and Salt should be always had in Readiness for that they much conduced to a long Life The best Oyl for the Recovery of Health is that which is made of Olives before they are ripe and then 't is call'd Omphacinum Of this they make Ointments and many other Compositions Oyl of Ripe Olives is hot and moistens moderately The Old is hotter than the New It mollifies digests is vulnerary and loosens the Belly an Ounce of it being taken in hot Beer It takes off the Dryness of the Breast cures the Gripes opens the Urinary Passages cleanses and heals them when they are sore 'T is outwardly used for Clysters and hot Tumours and the like Mix'd with warm Water and taken inwardly it vomits and therefore is used against Poysons Schroder says that in Westphalia they usually give Oyl daily with hot Beer to those that are wounded and they take so much of it that their very Sweat smells of it A Toast dip'd in Oyl and well moisten'd with it and taken daily in the Morning keeps the Body open All sorts of Insects being besmear'd with Oyl die presently The Reason is plain for it stops the Pores whereby they breath Oyl cleanses the Hands from Pitch and Clothes when they are pitch'd Opium-seed White of Poppies in the First Part this Herbal Opium is a Tear which distils of it self or by Incision of the Heads of the Poppies 'T is found frequently in Greece in the Kingdom of Cambaia and the Territories of Grand-Cairo in Egypt There are three Sorts of it the Black the White and the Yellow The Inhabitants of those Countries keep this Opium for their own use and send us only the Meconium which is nothing else but the Juice of the Poppy-heads drawn by Expression which is not near so good as the true Opium The best Opium comes from Thebes or else from Grand-Cairo Chuse it black inflamable bitter and a little Acrimonious It s Smell is disagreeable and stupefactive Extract of Opium is made in the following manner Cut into Slices four Ounces of good Opium and put it into a Boult-head pour upon it a Quart of Rain-water well filter'd stop the Boult-head and setting it in the Sand give your Fire by degrees then increase it to make the Liquor boyl for two Hours strain it warm and pour it into a Bottle take the Opium which remains undissolv'd in the rain-Rain-water dry it in an Earthen Pan over a small Fire and putting it into a Matrass pour upon it Spirit of Wine to the heighth of four Fingers stop the Matrass and digest the Matter twelve Hours in hot Ashes afterwards strain the Liquor and there will remain a Glutinous Earth which is to be flung away evaporate both these Dissolutions of Opium separately in Earthen or Glass-Vessels in a Sand-heat to the Consistence of Hony then mix them and finish the drying this Mixture with a very gentle Heat to give it the Consistence of Pills or of a solid Extract 'T is the most certain Soporifick that we have in Physick It allays all Pains which proceed from too great an Activity of the Humours 'T is good for the Tooth-ach applied to the Tooth or else to the Temple-Artery in a Plaster 'T is used to stop Spitting of Blood the Bloody-Flux the Flux of the Courses and Hemorrhoids for the Cholick for hot Defluctions of the Eyes and to quiet all sorts of Griping Pains The Dose of it is from half a Grain to three Grains in some convenient Conserve or else dissolv'd in a Julap Those that accustom themselves to the use of Opium must increase the Dose of it or else it will have no Effect on them Helmont's Liquid Laudinum is made in the following manner Take of Opium four Ounces cut it into Slices dry it in a gentle Heat then take a Quart of the Juice of Quinces mix one quarter of the Juice with Opium rub it very well in a Glass-Mortar let it dissolve as much of the Opium as it will bear decant it off and pour on as much more fresh Juice rub it as before continue so doing till the Opium is dissolv'd but keep out a little of the Juice to mix with four Spoonfuls of Yeast then put it to the rest of the Liquor and place it in a wide-mouth'd Glass cover'd with Paper in the first Degree of Heat on a degestive Furnace to ferment let it continue four Days or so long as it ferments when it has done fermenting take it off the Furnace and decant it from the Faeces that which will not decant filter through Paper then add to this Tincture an Ounce of Saffron two Ounces of Cinnamon half an Ounce of Nutmegs and half an Ounce of Cloves the Cinnamon and Nutmegs must be powder'd grosly set it on the Degestive Furnace again in the same Degree of Heat and let it stand three or four Days then filter your Tincture through Paper and put it into a Cucurbite put on an Head and Receiver draw off half that which remains in the Cucurbite you must filter it again lest any Dregs should remain at the bottom Put it up in a Glass for use Oranges in Latin Malus Aurantia The Nobility and Gentry in England value the Trees much and keep them in their Gardens for a fine Shew and some of them bring Fruit to Maturity but by reason of the Coldness of our Climate the Product is no way suitable to the Charge They are kept in Houses in the Winter-time to defend them from the Injuries of the Weather But they grow in great abundance in Sicily Italy and Spain and in other Places The Flowers are much esteem'd for their good Smell which they retain a long while The distill'd Water of them is also very fragrant and is not only pleasant but useful too against the Plague and Contagious Diseases The Spaniards give it to Women in hard Labour with a little Penny-royal-water The Bark is more bitter and therefore hotter than the Bark of Citron Being candied it kills the Worms in Children It also strengthens the Heart and Stomach and is good for those Diseases Citrons are prescrib'd for The Juice is not so sharp as that of Limons or Citrons yet it is cooling and tastes pleasantly It creates an Appetite and extinguishes Thirst and therefore is of good use in Fevers Oranges are excellent for curing the Scurvy The Oyl press'd out of the Bark is of a fiery quality as will appear to any one that shall press the fresh Juice near a Candle for the Drops like Dew that fly out will flame and crackle just
you have got all the Tartar Dry the Crystals in the Sun and keep them for use The Crystal of Tartar is Purgative and Aperitive 'T is good for Hydropical and Asthmatical Persons and for Tertian and Quartan-Agues The Dose is from half a Dram to three Drams in Broth or some other proper Liquor Salt of Tartar is made in the following manner Take four Pounds of good White-wine-Tartar beat it fine make it up in Half-pounds in several Sheets of Brown Paper dip them in Water place them in the midst of a Charcoal-Fire cover them over therewith let the Fire burn out you will find at the Bottom Tartar calcin'd in black Lumps take the Tartar thus calcin'd beat it grosly put it into a Pipkin or Iron Pot full of Water set it over the Fire and let the Water boyl till half is consum'd then take it off and let it settle decant it as clear as you can pour on a little more Water upon the Faeces and let it boyl then decant it as before taste the Water whether it be salt and proceed as before Do so as long as you find the Water tastes salt afterwards filter all the Liquor pour'd off through Paper and boyl it up to a Salt Tartar Vitriolated is made in the following manner Put into a Glass-Body what quantity you please of Oyl of Tartar made per Deliquium which is nothing but the exposing Salt of Tartar for some Days in a Cellar in a wide Glass-Vessel till it turns to a Liquor Pour upon this Dissolution of Tartar by little and little Rectified Spirit of Vitriol there will be a great Effervescency Continue to drop more in till there is no farther Ebullition then place your Cucurbite in Sand and evaporate the Spirit with a little Fire there will remain a very white Salt keep it in a Vial well stop'd 'T is a good Aperitive and is also a little purgative 'T is given in Hypochondriacal Cases in Quartan-Agues King's-Evil and in all other Diseases wherein it is necessary to open Obstructions and to force Urine The Dose is from ten to thirty Grains in some proper Liquor W. WInteran-bark in Latin Cortex Winteranus It turns up in Pipes like Cinnamon but is larger and thicker of a light yellow Colour and of a very hot biting Taste It comes from Nevis Antego Montferrat and other Places 'T is Cephalick and Stomachick but the chief Use of it is for the Scurvy Take of the Conserve of Scurvy-grass Roman-Wormwood and Fumatory each two Ounces of the Powder of the Winteran-Bark and of the Roots of Angelica and Wake Robin each two Drams of the Species of the three Sanders one Dram and an half of the Powder of Crab's-eyes one Dram of Salt of Wormwood two Drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the Bark of Citron make an Electuary This is good for the Scurvy Indian Woad or Indico in Latin Glastum Indicum The Root is given in Decoction for the Stone and against Poysons 'T is supposed that Indico is proper for the Jaundice Z. ZEdoary in Latin Zedoaria 'T is an hot and dry Root it discusses Wind is good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures It stops a Loosness suppresses Vomiting and is good in a Windy Cholick 'T is used now-a-days by Physicians against the Contagion of a Pestilential Air and for Hysterick Fits Take of the Roots of Zedoary of the Seeds of Daucus of the Roots of Lovage each two Ounces of Red Myrrh and Castor each half an Ounce of the Roots of Peony four Ounces of Misleto of the Oak gather'd when the Moon is past the Full three Ounces pour upon them two Quarts of Feverfew-water and half a Pint of Spirit of Wine digest them three Days and afterwards distil them The Dose is one Spoonful either by it self or with some proper Water This is used for Hysterick Fits THE English INDEX A. Pag. ABele-tree See Poplar Acacia 195 Alcali 198 Adder's-tongue 1 Adder's-wort See Bistort Agarick 196 Agnus Castus 197 Agrimony 2 Ague-tree See Sassafras Alcost See Costmary 52 Aldertree 3 Black Alder ibid. Ale-hoof See Ground-Ivy Alaxander's-foot See Pellitory of Spain Alexanders 4 Alleluya See Wood-Sorrel All-good See English Mercury Almond-tree 198 Aloes 200 Amee See Bishop's-weed Amomum 207 Anacardium Occidentale ib. Anacardiums 208 Angelica 4 Animae Gummi 208 Annise ibid. Apple-tree 5 Apricock-tree 8 White Arch-Angel 8 Stinking Arrach 9 Arsmart 10 Artichoke 11 Asa-Foetida 210 Asarabacca 11 Ash-tree 12 Avens ibid. B. BAlsam-tree 211 Peruvian Balsam 212 Balsam Copaiba 213 Balsam of Tolu ibid. Balam of Chili 215 Balaustians ibid. Barbery-tree 13 Barly ibid. Gardan-Basil 14 Wild Basil ibid. Baulm 15 Bay-tree ibid. Bdellium 215 Beans 16 Bear's-breech 216 Bear's-foot 17 Beech-tree ibid. White-Beet ibid. Sea-Beet ibid. Benjamin 217 Ben-Nut 218 Wood-Betony 18 Bil-berries ibid. Birch-tree 19 Birth-wort 219 Bishop's-weed ibid. The Greater Bistort 20 Bitter-sweet See Woody Night-shade Bitter-Vetch 221 Black-berries See Bramble Black-wort See Comfrey Vpright Blite 21 May-Blossoms See Lilly of the Valley Blue-Bottles 22 Borrage ibid. Box-tree 23 Brake See Fern. Bramble 23 Brazile-wood 221 White Briony 24 Common Brook-lime 25 Broom 26 Broom-Rape 27 Butcher's-Broom ibid. Buck-bean See Marsh-Trefoil Buckram See Cuckoe-pintle Butter-flowers See Crow-foot Buck-thorn 28 Bugle 29 Bugloss 30 Bur-dock 31 Burnet 32 Butter-bur 33 Butter-wort 34 C. CAbbage 34 Sea-Cabbage 35 Field-Calamint ibid. Calf's-snout 36 Camel's-Hay 222 Cammock See Rest-Harrow Camomile 37 Camphir 222 Cancamum See Gum Animae Canela See Cinnamon Capers 225 Caraways 38 Cardamoms 226 Wild Carrots 39 Carthamus 226 Cassia 227 Cassidony See Staechas Cassummuniar 230 Catmint See Nep. Celandine 39 The Lesser Celandine 40 The Lesser Centory 41 Chaste-tree See Agnus Castus Common Wild Chervil 42 Cherries 44 Cheese-Renning See Lady's Bad-straw Chesnuts 45 Chick-weed 47 Chiches 233 China 232 Cinnamon 234 Cinquefoil 236 Citrons 237 Cloud-berry 48 Cloves 240 Coccus Baphica See Kermes Cockle 242 Coco-nut-tree ibid. Coculus Indus ibid. Coffee 243 Colly-flower 49 Coloquintida 245 Colt's-foot 49 Columbine 50 Comfrey 51 Contrayerva 246 Coral ibid. Coral-tree 249 Sea-Coralline 52 Cork-tree 249 Cornel 52 Costmary ibid. Costus 249 Cotton ibid. Coubage 250 Cowslips 53 Indian-Cress 250 Garden-Cress 53 Water-Cress 54 Cross-wort 55 Creeping Crow-foot ibid. Round-headed Crow-foot 56 Water-Crow-foot 57 Crown-Imperial 250 Cubebs 251 Cuckow-pintle 57 Cucumbers 58 Wild cucumbers 59 Cudweed ibid. Cummin 250 Currant-bush 60 Sweet Cyperus 251 Cypress-tree 60 D. ENglish Daffadil 61 The Greater White Daisies ibid. The Lesser Daisies 62 Dandalyon ibid. Danewort 63 Darnel 64 Date-tree 252 Dill 64 Dittander 65 Dittany of Crete 252 Sharp-pointed Dock with curl'd Leaves 66 Sharp-pointed Dock ibid. The Dock called Monk's Rubarb 67 Dodder ibid. Common Dove's-foot 69 Dragons ibid. Dragon's-blood 253 Common Drop-wort 68 Duck's-meat 70 E. EArth-nut 70 Ebony 254 Egglentine 71 Eildber See Jack by the Hedge Elder 72 Dwarf-Elder See Dane-wort Elecampane 72 Ellebore 255 Black Ellebore 256 Elm 74 Endive ibid. Eringo ibid. Euphorbium 257 Eye-bright 75 F.
261 Hysterick Fits 144. 174. 349 Hysterick Tincture of admirable Virtue 25 J. JAlap Resin 281 Jaundice 2. 11. 13. 20 22. 30. 40. 42. 100. 104 120. 161. 162 Ill Habit of Body 100 Imposthume 166 Inflammations 47 Inflammations to take them off 3. 26 Inflammations of the Nervous Parts 191 Inflammations And Vlcers of the Liver 252 Of the Eyes 6. 22. 175 178. 222 And Swellings of the Hemorrhoids 8 Of the Mouth 13. 108 184 Of the Throat 184 Of the Jaws 35 Of the Paps 98 Of the Testicles 101 233 Ink how to make it 141 Joints to strengthen them 13 Joints and Sinews to comfort them 15 Issues 57 Itch 4. 17. 20. 66. 67. 90 185 K. KIbes 138 King's-Evil 8. 62. 82 83. 89. 126. 135. 192. 232 233. 270. 315. 324 Knots of the Nerves 216 L. LAbour when hard to ease it 118 Leanness to cause it 12. 345 Lees of Briony 25 Leprosie 35. 185 Lethargy 54 Lice to kill them 115. 177 185 Lime to burn it 80 Liquid Laudanum 153 Loosness 13. 19. 86. 234 Loss of Speech 315 Lozenges to be held in the Mouth in Plague-time 5 Lungs to cleanse them 14 Lungs to open the Stoppages of them 162 M. MAdness 15. 109. 149 Magestery of Coral 247 Magisterial Water of Worms 216 Malignity 34 Mandrakes counterfeited 24 Mange 17 Marmalet of Quinces 155 Masticatory 333 Matthew's Pill 153 Melancholy 14. 15. 22. 27 30. 68. 180 Meliceris 207 Memory to quicken 208 Milk To increase it 65. 77 149. 197 To dissolve it when curdled 130 To drive it away 143 To lessen it 263 Mirth to procure 193 Miscarriage to prevent 20 Mixture for Women before Delivery 157 Morphew 42 Mother-fits 15. 25. 48. 108 Mucilage how to make 279 N. NAture how to restore 11 Nauseousness 77 Nerves Wounded 105 Prick'd 212 To strengthen them 115 Vncover'd 224 Nipples sore 140 Noises in the Ears 218 Nutmegs an Observation of cating them immoderately 305 O. OBstructions 26. 235 Obstructions to open them 13. 243 Obstructions Of the Liver 2. 28. 30. 119 Of the Lungs 6 Incident to Women 9. 23 Of the Kidnies 116 Of the Courses 28 Of Vrine 39 Of the Bowels 92 Of the Bladder 119 Of the Womb 139 Ointment For Obstructions of the Liver 34. 226 Of Marsh-mallows 122 Populeon 151 Of Roses 160 Of Gum-Elemi 274 Opium 153 Orange-water 313 Orvietan 260 Over-fatness 77 Oxymel of Squills Simple 331 Oxymel of Squills Compound ibid. Oyl Of Nutmegs 306 Olives 309 For Lamps 52 Of St. John's-wort 109 Of Roses 160 Of Camphir 224 Of Capers 226 Of Cinnamon 235 Of Cloves 240 Of Myrrh per deliquium 302 Nard 303 P. PAins to ease 37. 118 Pains of the Sides 6. 35 121 Pains Of the Stomach 111 180 In the Head 53. 209 Hypochondriack 182 Venereal 51 Pains Of the Joints 232. 306 Of the Bladder 264 Of the Nerves 306 Of the Ears 8. 165 Palpitation of the Heart 98 Palsie 115. 186. 225. 270 Palsie of the Hands 163 Palsie of the Throat ibid. Peripneumonia 182 Piles that are blind 26 Piles that are painful 135 185 Pills Of Hound's-tongue 106 For an Vlcer of the Bladder 164. 273 Of Agrick 196 Of Hiera with Agarick 197 Of Storax 333 Pilulae Aggregativae 202 De Aloe Lota ibid. De Aloe Rosata ibid. Cochiae Minores 203 Foetidae ibid. De Gutta Gamandra ibid. De Hermodactylis ibid. Imperiales 204 Macri ibid. Mastichinae ibid. De Opopanace ibid. Rudii 205 Ruffi ibid. Sine quibus ibid. Stomachicae 206 De Succino ibid. Cochiae Majores 245 Pimples on the Face 20 Pin and Web in the Eyes 149 Plague 16. 58. 70. 183 Plague-water 94 Plants have generally more Virtue in hot Countries than in cold 237 Plaster For the Navel 9 Opiat 154 Cummin 250 Ammoniacum 271 Gum Elemi 274 For the Stomach 278 Of Hermodactyles 280 Pleurifie 58. 63. 85. 127. 152. 199 Poison 16. 50. 183 Powder to be used in Malignant Diseases 34 Powder Diafenna 329 Powder Thuraloes 207 Preservative against the Plague 33. 73. 161. 185 238 Prolifick Water 207 Pultis Anodyne 13 Purge For the French Pox 268 For the Head 108 For Mad People 255 Cooling 338 Strong ibid. Purges for Children 178 298 Purges for Choler 34. 227 Purges for Flegm 11. 24. 34 Purges for Melancholy 68 151. 257 Purges for Watery Humour 4. 24. 26. 274 Purging Beer for Children 321 Purging Potion 35 Pushes in the Face 177 Pustles Pocky 196 Putrefaction to resist 60 108 Putrefaction of the Gums 170 Q. QVeen of Hungary's Water 344 Quinsie 85. 108. 152 R. RED Face 83. 264 Redness of the Eyes 159 Reins to cool them 177 Reins to strengthen 48 Remedy for an immoderate Flux of the Courses 52 150 Rheums to stop 16 Rheumatism 159 Rickets 79. 80. 226 Ruptures 186 S. SAlt of Tartar 347 Sauce to provoke Appetite 27 Scabby Head 54 Scammony prepar'd 326 Sciatica 51 Scirrhus 27 Scirrhus of the Liver 105 Scirrhus of the Spleen 216 Scurvy 23. 25. 26. 35. 48 55. 58. 66. 84. 115. 136 156. 163. 167. 168. 180 187. 348 Sealing-wax 275 Secret Letters 295 Secundine to expel 104 253 Seed Incontinency 197 Seed to increase it 198 Serpents biting 36. 94 Shortness of Breath 16. 36 Sight to quicken 49. 73. 76 201 Silk-worms to nourish 135 Sleep to procure 53. 101 117. 152 Sneezing to provoke 48 125 Sores old 10. 31 Species of the three Sanders 323 Species Dia Lacca 275 Spirit of Lavender 115 Spirit of Water-cresses 54 Spirit of Wine 343 Spleen hard 92 Spleen-Wind 145 Splinters 214 Spots in the Skin 21â— Spring-Broth 3. 54 Stammering 44 Starting of the Navel 164 Stinging of Wasps and Bees 16 Stomach To strengthen 4. 11 13. 236 To comfort 16. 19 Hot 19. 117 Cold 47. 110 Cold and moist 209 Stone 10. 20. 25. 26. 31 32. 37. 39. 88. 112. 141 142. 143. 149. 175. 191 193. 234 Sudorificks 12. 34. 72. 183 246 Suffocation of the Womb 24 81 Sugar to colour 22 Sugar of Roses 160 surfeit-Surfeit-water 152 Sweet-meats 44 Swellings Of the Belly 85 Of the Breast 181. 188 To discuss 118 Vnder the Ears 214 Of the Feet 72 Hard 10. 37 Hot 17 Of the Spleen 31. 88 92. 211. 216 Syrup Pectoral 214 Syrup of Ammoniacum 272 Apples Altering and Purging 7 Black-Berries 24 Buck-thorn Berries 29 Cinnamon 236 The Juice of Citrons 239 Coral Simple 248 Coral Compound ibid. Hedge-Mustard 137 Hyssop 279 Jujubs 290 July-flowers 110 Kermes 292 Liquorish 119 Marsh-Mallows 122 Mugwort 134 Myrtles 137 The five Opening Roots 28 Oranges 313 Peach-flowers 144 Peony 146 Pomegranates 318 Poppies 152 Quinces 155 Rasberries 157 Dried Roses 160 Roses Solutive ibid. Rubarb 321 Staechas 332 Succory with Rubarb 178 Violete 189 T. TArtar to make Crystals 346 Tartar Vitriolated 347 Teeth to cleanse 41. 244 Teeth to preserve them from Putrefaction 41 Teeth to settle them when loose 191 Tetter 35. 40 Thirst to extinguish 17. 19 173 Tincture for the Cholick 111 Tincture of Benjamin 217 Cinnamon 236 Myrrh 302 Roses 159 Saffron 162 Tongue