the Liver oppressed that it cannot perfect the digestion and correcteth Choller and Flegm If you would have them purging put Honey in them instead of Sugar and if more laxative for Choller Rubarb for Flegm Turbith for Watery Humours Scammony but if more forcibly to bind use the unripe Quince with Roses and Acacia or Hipocistis and some torrefied Rubarb The Bay-tree THe Boughs of this Tree with Holly and Ivy are very comly to be set up about Pews in Churches also about several Rooms in Houses therefore vendible at Markets Vses Physical The Berries are very effectual against all Poison of Venemous Creatures as also against the Pestilence or other infectious diseases and therefore is put in sundry Treacles for that purpose seven of them given to a Woman in sore travail of Child-birth do cause a speedy Delivery and expel the After-birth and therefore not to be taken by such as have not gone out their aime lest they procure Abortment or cause labour too soon They wonderfully help all cold and rheumatick Distillations from the Brain to the Eyes Lungs or other parts A Bath of the Decoction of the Leaves and Berries is singular good for Women to sit in that are troubled with the Mother or the Diseases thereof or the stopping of their Courses or for the Diseases of the Bladder Pains in the Bowels by Wind and stopping of Urin. The Oil made of the Berries is very comfortable in all cold Griefs of the Joynts Nerves Arteries Stomach Belly or Womb and helpeth Palsies Convulsions Cramps Aches Trembling and Numness in any parts Weariness also and Pains that come by sore travelling all Griefs and Pains likewise proceeding from Wind either in the Head Stomach Back Belly or Womb by annointing the parts affected therewith A Decoction of equal parts of Bay-berries Cummin-seed Hysop Origanum and Euphorbium with some Honey doth wonderfully help Distillations and Rheums and setteth the Pallat of the Mouth into its place The Powder made into an Electuary with Hony doth help the Consumption Old Coughs Shortness of Breath and thin Rheumes also the Meagrim they mightily expel Wind and provoke Urin help the Mother and kill the Worms Thus have we given an account of the Vse and Vertues of all Trees and Shrubs planted within this Pleasant Land In the next place we shall give you the Vertues and Vse of those Roots and Herbs and only those that are most common and useful in a Family Alexander Vertues and Vse ALexander is a timely Pot-herb It warmeth a cold Stomach and openeth stoppings of the Liver and Spleen it helpeth the Strangury it is good to break Wind to provoke Vrin to move Womens Courses and to expel the After-birth if the herb be boyled in Wine or being bruised and taken in Wine The Seed is likewise effectual for all these things Alexander Potage is very good and wholsom food Asparagus Vertues and Vse THe Buds or young Shoots of this Plant are much sold and eaten in and about London The Shoots or Branches boyled in White-wine or Vinegar is prevalent for them that have Arteries loosned or are troubled with the Hip-gout or Sciatica and boiled in ordinary broth maketh the Belly soluble and open The Decoction of the Roots in White-wine and the Back and Belly bathed therewith or sitting therein as a Bath or kneeling or lying down in the same hath been found effectual against Pains in the Reins and Bladder Pains of the Mother and Chollick and no less effectual against stiff and benummed Sinews or those that are shrunk by Cramps and Convulsions and helpeth the Sciatica The Decoction of the Roots boyled in Wine and taken is good to clear the Sight and being taken fasting several Mornings together stirreth up bodily lust in Man or Woman The Buds or Branches boyled in ones ordinary Broth provoketh Urin being stopped it expelleth the Gravel and Stone out of the Kidneys Anniseeds Vertues and Vse ANnise-seeds are of an opening and cleansing quality therefore very effectual to break Wind and open Obstructions and are much used in Comfits Artichoaks Vertues and Vse ARrtichoaks are plentifull of fruit and much desired for they increase Sperm and procure bodily Lust. Angelica Vertues and Vse THe Stalks or Roots candied and eaten fasting are good Preservatives in time of Infection and at other times to warm and comfort a cold Stomach The Root also steeped in Vinegar and a little of that Vinegar taken sometimes fasting and the Root smelled unto is good for the same purpose The Root steeped in Wine and a Water distilled from the said Root in glass and two or three spoonfuls at a time easeth all Pains and Torments coming of Cold and Wind so as the Body be not bound and taken with some of the Root in Powder at the beginning helpeth the Plurisie as all other Diseases of the Lungs and Breast as Coughs Pthisick and and Shortness of Breath It helps Pains of the Chollick the Strangury and stopping of the Urin openeth the Stoppings of the Liver and Spleen The Decoction drunk before the Fit of an Ague that they may sweat if possible before the Fit come will in two or three times taking rid it quite away It helps digestion and is a Remedy for a Suâ—fit The Juice or the Water dropped or Tents wet therein and put into old filthy deep Vlcers or the Powder of the Root in want of either doth cleanse and cause them to heal quickly by covering the naked bones with flesh The Root taken in Powder to the weight of half a drachm at a time with some good Treacle in Carduus Water it doth resist Poison the Plague and all Epidemical Diseases if the party thereupon be laid to sweat in his Bed Alehoofe Vertues and Vse A Handful of the said Herb put into Drink that is thick with removing or any other accident it will clarifie it in a few hours and if tunn'd up with new Drink it will so clarifie it in a night that it will be the fitter to be drunk the next morning The Decoction of it in Wine drunk for some time together procureth ease unto them that are troubled with the Sciatica or Hip-gout as also the Gout in the Hands Knees or Feet The Juice boyled with a little Honey and Verdigrees doth wonderfully cleanse Fistula's Vlcers and stayeth the spreading and eating of Cancers and Vlcers The Decoction of Ground-Ivy in Wine and if you put to it some Honey and a little burnt Allum it is excellent good to gargle any sore Mouth or Throat and to wash Sores and Ulcers The Herb boyled and drunk is singular good for exulcerated Lungs and being drunk tunn'd up in Beer or Ale it in a short time easeth all griping Pains windy and chollerick Humors in the Stomach Spleen or Belly An Excellent Receit for Sore Eyes The Juice of Celandine Field-Daisies and Ground-Ivy clarified and a little fine Sugar dissolved therein and dropped into the eye is a soveraign Remedy for all the Pains Redness and
against pestilential and hot burning Fevers it cooleth the heat of the liver and breaketh the stone The Decoction of Acorns and the Bark made in Milk and taken resisteth the force of poysonous Herbs and Medicines The Beech. THe Timber of this Tree is used about Keels of Ships also Quarters for building houses Fellows and Spokes for Cart-wheels and all sort of Joynery ware also many Implements of Husbandry and firing The seed called Beech-mast is very good feeding for Swine to make them Porkers and for Bacon also good food for the Deer Wild Peacocks Turkies Ducks and other Fowl The Vses Physical The Water found in the hollow places of decaying Beeches will cure both Man and Beast of any Scurff Scab or Running Teters if washed therewith the Leaves of the Beech are cooling and binding and therefore good to be laid to hot swellings to discuss them you may boyl the Leaves into a Poultis or make an Ointment of them when time of year serves The Chesnut-tree THis Timber is very serviceable for building it being of very long lasting also very good for Hoops and Hop-poles Turnery ware and Joyners These Nuts are vendible at Markets also special food to fat Hogs and for feeding of Deeâ— Peacocks Turkies and other Fowl and may be used in the Family being well boyled or rosted in the fire The Walnut-tree THe Timber is very usefull for Joyners and Turners c. These Nuts are vendible in Markets and will serve to crack in the house being distributed among the Servants the overplus may be given to the Swine for they will make very good Bacon The Vses Physical The Bark and Leaves of the Tree being taken young do bind and dry and taken with sweet wine they move the belly downwards but being old they grieve the stomach in hot Bodies cause choller and head-ach The Kernels being taken with Juniper Berries Rue Figs and a little Salt in a Morning fasting is an Antidote against any poison or infection but when the Kernels grow old they are more oily and are not fit to be eaten but are then used to heal wounds of the sinews Gangrenes and Carbuncles the said Kernels being burned are very astringent and being taken in Red-wine will stay the Hasks and Womens Courses and being mixed with Oyl and Wine the head being annointed therewith will stay the falling of the hair The Kernels being beaten with Rue and VVine helpeth the Quinsie the Oyl that is pressed out of the Kernels is very profitable taken inward like Oyl of Almonds To help the Chollick and expel VVind an ounce or two thereof may be taken at a time The distilled Water of the green husk before they be half ripe and drunk an ounce or two at a time is of excellent use to cool the heat of Agues also to resist the Infection of the Plague and if some of the said Water be applyed to the Sores it will work more effectually The Distilled Water of the green husk being ripe and when they are shelled from the Nuts and drunk with a little Vinegar is very good for those that are infected with the Plague so as before the taking thereof a vein be opened the said Water is also very good against the Quinsie being gargled and bathed therewith and helpeth the deafness and pains in the ears The Distilled Water of young green leaves in the end of May is a singular Cure for foul running Vlcers and Sores being bathed therewith The young green Nuts taken before they be half ripe and preserved with sugar are very good for those that have weak stomachs or Defluxions thereon The next that follows are the Plants planted in the Groves The Ash. THese Plants being young are very useful for making Hoops and Hop-poles and when they are grown to Timber they will serve for several sorts of Coopers Ware and other Necessaries and Firing The Vses Physical The Distilled Water of the young tender tops and the leaves of the Ash being taken a small quantity every morning is a singular Medicine for those that are subject to the Dropsie or to abate the greatness of those that are too gross or fat The ashes of the Bark made into Lye will cure those heads that are leprous scabby or scald if bathed therewith The decoction of the leaves in White-wine cureth the Jaundice and helpeth to break the Stone and expel it The Kernel within the husks commonly called Ashen-keys prevaileth against stitches and pains in the Sides proceeding of Wind and avoideth away the Stone by provoking uâ—in The Withey THese Plants are very useful for making Hoops and Hop-poles when they are young and when they are grown great they will serve for several Implements of Husbandry also Firing The Vses Physical The Decoction of the leaves bark and seed of the Withey being drunk in Wine helpeth to stay thin hot sharp salt distillations from the head upon the Lungs causing a Consumption The Leaves bruised with some Pepper and drunk in Wine much helpeth the Wind-Collick The Water gathered from the Withey when it flowreth by slitting the Bark and setting a Vessel to receive it is very good for dimness of sight taking away the films that grow over the eyes it also stays Rhumes that fall into them and clear the face and skin from spots and discolourings The Flowers and Bark being boyled in White-wine wine and drunk a good quantity for you cannot well drink too much it being a very cool tree is a Medicine that hath an admirable faculty in drying up humors The burnt ashes of the Bâ—rk being mixed with Vinegar taketh away Warts Corns and superfluous flesh being applyed to the place The Hazel Nut and Filbud-trees THese Nut Plants at 8 years growth will make very good smart hoops also there will be besides the hoops many Rods very useful to make hurdles for Sheep-pens breading walls and such like The Nuts and Filbuds are good Marketable Ware and these Nuts mixed with the Walnuts and Chesnuts will feed Hogs wonderfully and make better Bacon than that called Westphalia The Vses Physical The dryed husks and shels of the Hazel Nut to the weight of 2 drachmes taken in Red-wine stayeth Lasks and womens Courses The Milk drawn from the kernels or the parched kernels made into an Electuary with Mead or Honied water is very good to help an old Cough The Kernels being parched and a little Pepper put to them and drunk digest the distillations of the Rheume from the head therefore the opinion of those that say that Nuts cause shortness of breath is most false for how can that which strengthens the Lungs cause shortness of breath The Barberry-bush THese Berries are vendible at Markets also the Syrops Conserves and Preserves of the said Berries are of great use in a Family therefore they ought to be ready in the house upon all occasions The Vses Physical The Fruit and Rind of the Shrub with the Flowers of Broom and Heath and Furs cleanse the body of Choller the Berries get
HYsop boyled with Figs is an excellent Medicine for the Quinsie or swelling in the Throat to wash and gargle it The green Herb bruised and a little Sugar put thereto doth quickly heal any Cut or green Wound and being taken either in a Syrup or licking Medicine it helpeth to expectorate tough Flegm and is effectual in all cold Griefs or Diseases of the Chest and Lungs Hysop boyled with Rue and Honey and drunk helpeth those that are troubled with Coughs Shortness of Breath Wheesings and Rheumatick Distillations upon the Lungs Taken with Oximel it purgeth gross humors by the Stool It helpeth those that have the Falling-sickness which way soever it be applyed Hops Vertues and Vse THe Decoction of the tops of Hops open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen cleanseth the Blood loosens the Belly provokes Urin and cleanseth the Reins from Gravel A Syrup made of the Juice and Sugar cureth the yellow Jaundice easeth the Head-ach that comes of heat and tempereth the heat of the Liver and Stomach St. Johns wort Vertues and Vse THe Seed is much commended being drunk for forty dayes together to help the Sciatica the Falling-sickness and the Palsie The Decoction of the Herb and Flowers but of the Seed especially in Wine being drunk or the Seed made into Powder and drunk with the Juice of Knot-grass helpeth all manner of spitting and vomiting Blood be it by any Vein broken inwardly by bruises falls or howsoever the same helpeth those that are bitten or stung by any venemous Creature Two drachms of the Seed made into Powder and drunk in a little Broth doth gently expel Choller or congealed Blood in the Stomach Kidney-wort Vertues and Vse THe bruised Herb or the place bathed with the Juice or Distilled Water thereof healeth Pimples Redness the St. Anthonies Fire and other outward Heats and Inflammations The Juice or the Distilled Water being drunk is very effectual for all Inflammations and unnatural heats to cool a fainting hot Stomach or a hot Liver or the Bowels The said Water is available for the Dropsie and helpeth to break the Stone Liquoris Vertues and Vse THe Juice of Liquoris dissolved in Rose-water with some Gum Tragacanth is a fine licking Medicine for Hoarseness and Wheesings Liquoris boyled in fair Water with some Maiden-hair and Figs maketh a good Drink for those that have a dry Cough or Hoarseness Wheesings Shortness of Breath and for all Griefs of the Breast and Lungs Phthisick or Consumptions caused by the distillation of salt humors on them Lavender Vertues and Vse A Decoction made with the Flowers of Lavender Horehound Fennel and Asparagus Roots and a little Cinnamon is very profitably used to help the Falling-sickness and the giddiness or turning of the Brain to gargle the Mouth with the Decoction thereof is good against the Tooth-ach Two spoonfuls of the Distilled Water of the Flowers taken helpeth them that have lost their Voice as also the Tremblings and Passions of the Heart and Faintings and Swounings not only being drunk but applyed to the Temples or Nostrils to be smelt unto Lavender is of special good use for all the Griess of the Head and Bâ—ains that proceed of a cold cause Lettice Vertues and Vse THis is one of our good House-wifes Sallet-herbs but the use of them is forbiden to those that are short-winded or have any imperfection in their Lungs the best way of eating them is boyled The Juice of Lettice boyled with Oyl of Roses or mixed therewith and applyed to the Forehead and Temples procureth Sleep and easeth the Head-ach proceeding of an hot cause The Seed and Distilled Water of Lettice are as effectual as the Herb In all things Lettice being eaten helpeth Digestion loosens the Belly quenches Thirst encreases Milk in Nurses easeth griping Pains of the Stomach or Bowels that come of Choâ—ler Lovage Vertues and Vse THe Distilled Water of the Herb helpeth the Quinsie in the Throat and helpeth the Plurisie being drunk 3 or 4 times The Leaves bruised and fried with a little Hogs-Lard and laid hot to any Botch or Boil will quickly break it Half a drachm at a time of the dried Root in Powder taken in Wine doth wonderfully warm a cold stomach helping digestion and consuming all raw and superfluous moisture therein easeth all inward Gripings and Pains dissolveth Wind and resisteth Poison and Infection To drink the Decoction of the Herb is good for any sort of Ague Sweet-Marjerom Vertues and Vse THe Powder snuffed up into the Nose provoketh sneezing and thereby purgeth the Brain and chewed in the Mouth draweth forth much Flegm The Decoction of the Herb made with some Pellitory of Spain and Long Pepper or with a little of Acorus or Origanum being drunk is good for those that are beginning to fall into a Dropsie for those that cannot make water and against Pains and Torments in the Belly The Decoction of Marjerom being drunk helpeth all the Dâ—seases of the Chest which hinder the freeness of breathing and is also profitable for the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen It helpeth the cold Griefs of the Womb and the windiness thereof Mint Vertues and Vse THe Decoction of the Herb gargled in the Mouth cureth the Gums and Mouth that is sore as also with Rue and Coriander causeth the Pallat of the Mouth that is down to return to his place the Decoction being held and gargled in the mouth it also mendeth an ill-savoured Breath the Powder of Mint being dryed and taken after meat helpeth digestion and those that are splenetick taken with Wine helpeth Women in their sore travail in Child-bearing it is good against the Gravel and Stone in the Kidneys and the Strangury it is a safe Medicine for the biting of a Mad Dog the Herb being bruised with salt and laid thereon being smell'd unto it is comfortable for the head and Memory Marigolds Vertues and Vse A Plaister made with the dry Flowers in Powder Hogs-grease Turpentine and Rozin and applyed to the Breast strengthens and succours the Heart infinitely in all Fevers The Flowers either green or dried are used much in Possets Broths and Drinks as a Comforter of the heart and spirits and to expel any malignant or pestilential quality which might annoy them Mustard Vertues and Vse THe Seed taken either by it self or with other things either in an Electuary or Drink doth mightily stir up bodily Lust and helpeth the Spleen and Pains in the Sides and Gnawing in the Bowels and used as a Gargle draweth up the Pallat of the mouth being fallen down The Distilled Water of the Herb when it is in flower is much used to drink inwardly to help in any Diseases aforesaid but outwardly also for Scabs Itch or other like infirmities The Decoction of the Seed made in Wine and drunk provoketh Urin and resisteth the force of Poison We shall add an excellent Receit or Medicine for Old People or Weak Stomachs Take of Mustard-seed a drachm Cinnamon as much and having beaten
them to Powder and half as much Mastick in Powder and with Gum-Arabick dissolved in rose-Rose-water make it up in Troches of which take about half a drachm weight an hour or two before Meals Motherwort Vertues and Vse THere is no better Herb to strengthen and drive melancholly Vapours from the heart and make a merry chearful blith soul than this herb it may be kept in Syrup or Conserve the Powder thereof to the quantity of a spoonful drunk in Wine is a wonderful help to Women in their sore Travails as also for the suffocation of the Mother it also cleanseth the Chest of cold Flegm and is of good use to dry up the cold humors to digest and disperse them that are settled in the Veins Joynts and Sinews of the Body Sweet-Maudlin Vertues and Vse THis Herb taken in Whey or the Decoction purgeth Choller and Flegm openeth Obstructions and healeth their evil effects and is a wonderful help to all sâ—rts of Day-Agues It is astringent to the Stomach and strengthneth the Liver and all other inward parts taken fasting in the Morning it is very profitable for the pains in the head that are continual it is an especial friend and help to evil weak and cold Livers and very profitable for those that are fallen into a continual evil disposition of the whole Body called Cachexia Mallows Vertues and Vse THe Roots and Seeds hereof boyled in Wine or Water is good for those that have Excoriations in the Guts or the Bloody-flux also for them that are troubled with Ruptures Cramps or Convulsions of the Sinews and boyled in White-wine for the Imposthumes of the Throat called the Kings-Evil and the Kernels that rise behind the Ears and Inflammations or Swellings in Womens Breasts The Juice of Mallows drunk in VVine or the Decoction of them therein doth help Vvomen to a speedy and easie Delivery and is special good for the Falling-sickness The Syrup and Conserve made of the Flowers are very effectual for the same Diseases and to open the Body being Costive the dried Roots boyled in Milk and drunk is special good for a Chine-cough The Marsh-Mallows are more effectual than the ordinary Onions Vertues and Vse TO eat Onions fasting with bread and salt hath been held with divers People a good Preservative against Infection being rosted under the Embers and eaten with sugar and Oyl or honey much conduce to help an inveterate Cough and expectorate the tough Flegm Orpine Vertues and Vse A Syrup made of the Juice with Honey and Sugar and a spoonful or two taken at a time is a speedy Cure for a Quinsie The Leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs doth heal them quickly and being bound to the throat helpeth the Quinsie it helpeth also Ruptures and Burstings The Distilled VVater of the Herb being drunk for certain dayes together is profitable for Gnawings or Excoriations in the Stomach or Bowels or for Ulcers in the Lungs Liver or other inward parts Parsnip Vertues and Vse THe Root is very useful in a Family being good and wholsome Nourishment and fatneth the Body much the Seed hereof being drunk cleanseth the Belly from tough Flegmatick matter therein easeth them that are Liver-grown and VVomens passions of the Mother The Seed and Root of the VVild or Cow-parsnip boyled in Oyl and the head rubbed therewith helpeth those that are fallen into a Frenzy also Lethargie or Drowsie evil and the Headach Parsly Vertues and Vse An excellent Receipt or Medicine to open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and expel the Dropsie and Jaundice by Urin. TAke of the Seeds of Parsley Fennel Annise and Caraways of each an ounce of the Roots of Parsley Burnet Saxifrage and Carawayes of each an ounce and an half let the Seed be bruised and the Roots washed and cut small let them lie all night in steep in a Pottle of VVhite-wine and in the Morning be boyled in a close earthen Vessel until a third part or more be wasted which being strained and cleared take 4 ounces thereof Morning and Evening first and last abstaining from drink after it for three hours this is also good against the Falling-sickness and the Stone in the Kidneys The Distilled Water of Parsley is good to give Children when they are troubled with Wind in the Stomach or Belly Pennyroyal Vertues and Vse THe Herb boyled in Milk and drunk is very effectual for the Cough and for Ulcers or Sores in the Mouth the Decoction thereof being drunk helpeth the Jaundice and Dropsie and all Pains of the Head and Sinews that come of a Cold cause and helpeth to clear and quicken the Eye-sight Penny-royal and Mint together put in Vinegar and put to the Nostrils to be smell'd unto or a little thereof put into the Mouth helpeth Faintings and Swounings and being drunk in Wine it easeth the Headach and the Pains of the Breast and Belly stayeth the Gnawing of the Stomach and inward Pains of the Bowels Pellitory of the Wall Vertues and Vse THe Juice clarified and boyled into a Syrup with Honey and a spoonful of it drunk in a Morning once a week is a certain Cure for those that are subject to the Dropsie The Decoction of the Herb being drunk easeth pains of the Mother it also easeth those griefs that arise from Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Reins the same Decoction with a little Honey added thereto is good to gargle a sore Throat The Juice held a while in the Mouth easeth the pains in the Teeth The dried Herb made up into an Electuaâ—y with Honey or the Juice of the Herb or the Decoction made up with Sugar or Honey is a singular Remedy for any old or dry Cough the Shortnes of Breath and Wheesing in the Trhoat A Poultis made of the Herb with Mallows and boyled in Wine with Wheat Bran and Bean-flower and some Oyl put thereto and applied warm to any bruised Sinew Tendon or Muscle doth in a very short time restore them to their strength The green herb bruised and bound to any green wound for three dayes you shall need no other Medicine to heal it further Pepper-wort Vertues and Vse THe Leaves bruised and mixed with old Hogs-grease and applyed to the place and to continue threon four hours in Men and two hours in Women the place being afterwards bathed with Wine and Oyl and then wrapped with Wool or Skins is very effectual for the Sciatica or any other Gout or pain in the Joynts Purslan Vertues and Vse THis is a very good Sallet Herb to cool any heat in the Liver and in hot Agues nothing better it also cooleth the Blood Reins and Stomach The Herb bruised and applyed to the Forehead and Temples allayeth excessive heat therein hindring rest and sleep The Juice is good to stay Vomitings and taken with Sugar or Honey helpeth an old and dry Cough Shortness of Breath and the Phtisick and stayeth immoderate Thirst The Seed is more effectual than the Herb to
the Plague Sage Rosemary Honey-suckles and Plantane boyled in Wine or Water with Honey and Allum put thereto is an excellent Gargle to wash sore Mouths and Throats Cankers or the secret parts of Man or Woman A Medicine or Pills much commended for those that are in a Consumption Take of Spicknard and Ginger of each two drachms of the Seed of Sage toasted at the fire eight drachms of long-Pepper twelve drachms all these being brought into fine Powder put thereto so much Juice of Sage as may make them into a Mass for Pâ—lls taking a drachm of them every Morning fasting and so likewise at night drinking a little pure water after them It helpeth also the Falling-sickness the Lethargy the Palsie and all Defluxions of Rheum from the Head and for the diseases of the Chest or Breast also all pains of the Head and Joynts that come of cold Winter and Summer Savory Vertues and Vse THe Conserves and Syrups of these Herbs are a very good Remedy against the Chollick and Iliack passions expelling Wind in the Stomach and Bowels also it is a present help for the rising of the Mother procured by wind it cutteth tough Flegm in the Chest and Lungs and helpeth to expectorate it the more easily The Herbs are both of them hot and dry but the Summer Savory is more effectual to all the purposes aforesaid they are both of them very good Pot-herbs Saffron Vertues and Vse THis Herb is a very good Cordial and a notable expulsive Medicine against Epidemical Diseases as Pestilence Small-Pox and Measles an excellent Remedy for the Yellow-Jaundice it quickens the Brain helps difficulty of breathing Consumption of the Lungs and exceedingly strengthens the Heart but let not above ten grains of the dried Flowers be given at one time for an immoderate quantity may hurt the heart instead of helping it Scurvy-grass Vertues and Vse THe Herb tunned up in new Drink either by it self or with other things openth Obstructions evacuateth cold clammy and flegmatick humors both from the Liver and Spleen wasting and consuming both the swelling and hardness thereof The Juice of Dutch Scurvey-grass if to be had or else the English drunk in the Spring every morning fasting in a Cup of Drink or the Decoction thereof drunk is effectual for all the Diseases before mentioned also to purge and cleanse the Blood the Liver and the Spleen and especially for those that have the Scurvey Sorrel Vertues and Vse THe Roots of Sorrel in a Decoction or in Powder is good in all hot Diseases to cool any inflammation and heat of blood in Agues pestilential or cholletick or other Sicknesses and Faintings rising from heat and to quench Thirst and procure an Appetite in fainting or decayed Stomachs A Syrup made with the Juice of Sorrel and Fumitory is a soveraign help to kill those sharp humors that cause the Itch the Decoction of the Flowers made with Wine and drunck helpeth the Black Jaundice as also the inward Ulcers of the Body and Bowels The Seed and Herb is effectual in all the causes aforesaid Wood-sorrel serveth to all the purposes that the other or Garden Sorrel doth and more effectually Smallage Vertues and Vse THe Juice of this Herb taken but especially if made into a Syrup openeth obstructions of the Liver and Spleen rarifieth thick Flegm and cleanseth it and the blood and is singular good against the Yellow-Jaundice The Juice put to Hony of Roses and Barley-water is very good to gargle the Mouth and Throat of those that have Sores and Ulcers in them and healeth all other foul Ulcers and Cankers elsewhere if washed therewith The Decoction of the Root in Wine or the Juice thereof taken in Wine is held to be stronger in operation than the Herb to all the purposes aforesaid Smallage Potage eaten in the Spring is very effectual to purge and cleanse the Blood Succory Vertues and Vse THe Distilled Water of the Herb and Flowers is especial good for hot Stomachs and in Agues either Pestilential or of Long continuance for Swounings and Passions of the Heart for the Heat and Head-ach in Children A Decoction made in Wine and drunk or a drachm of the Seed in Powder drunk in Wine before the Fit of an Ague helpeth to drive it away A handful of the Leaves or Roots boyled in Wine or Water and a draught thereof drunk fasting driveth forth cholerick and flegmatick humors openeth obstructions of the Liver Gall and Spleen helpeth the Yellow Jaundice the heat of the Reins and of the Urin also the Dropsie English Tobacco Vertues and Vse THe Herb bruised and applyed to the place grieved with the Kings Evil helpeth it effectually in nine or ten dayes it also cureth any fresh wound or cut and the Juice put into old sores both cleanseth and healeth them The Juice made into a Syrup or the Distilled Water of the Herb drunk with some Sugar or the Smoke taken by a Pipe but only fasting The same helpeth to expel Worms in the Stomach and Belly and to ease the pains in the Head and the griping pains in the Bowels It is good to provoke Urin and expel Gravel and the Stone in the Kidneys also to expel Windiness and other Humors which cause the Strangurie or the Mother Tansie Vertues and Vse THe Herb bruised and often smelled unto as also applied to the Navil is very profitable for such Women as are given to miscarry in Child-bearing or the Herb boiled in ordinary Beer and the Decoction drunk doth the like let those Women that desire Children make use of this Herb for if their Womb be not as they would have it this Decoction will make it as it should be The Decoction or the Juice drunk in Wine helpeth the Strangury and those that have weak Reins and Kidneys it also expels wind in the Stomach Belly or Bowels and is good to procuâ—e Womens Courses A Tansie made with the Herb and Eggs helpeth to digest and carry downward those bad humors that trouble the stomach Violets Vertues and Vse THe Syrup of Violets is effectual in the Plurisie and all Diseases of the Lungs to lenifie the sharpness of hot Rheums and the hoarsness of the Throat the heat also and sharpness of Urin and all pains of the Back Reins and Bladder it is good also for the Liver and Jaundice and to cool the heat and quench the thirst in hot Agues and if a little of the Juice of Lemmons be put to it or a few drops of the Oyl of Vitriol it is made thereby the more powerful to cool the heat and quench the thirst A Decoction of the Leaves or Flowers made with Water or Wine and drunk or to ayply them Poultis wise to the grieved place easeth the pains also the pains in the Head A drachm weight of the dried Leaves of the Flowers of Violets taken in Wine or any other Drink a draught in a morning fasting doth strongly purge the Body of cholerick humors and asswageth the