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-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-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-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
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
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-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 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
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-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
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
in Emulsions with other Seeds for a Pleurisie The tender Leaves the Prickles being cut off are boyl'd with Pot-herbs and eat very well 'T is kept in Gardens and is used in Sallets and the like Take of the Water of Ladies-Thistle ten Ounces of Eratick Poppy-water three Ounces of the Syrup of the same one Ounce of Prepar'd Pearl one Dram mix them Take six Spoonfuls every fourth Hour This Julap is used in a Peripneumonia or Inflammation of the Lungs The Blessed Thistle in Latin Carduus Benedictus The whole Plant is very bitter except the Root This Thistle was called Blessed or Holy for its excellent Virtues It was sent out of India to Frederick III. Emperor tho' it was afterwards found to grow of its own accord in Europe The Decoction of it is best 'T is commended for the Falling-sickness for Giddiness in the Head and Deafness also for the Cholick for the Stone in the Kidnies and for the Hip-Gout But it is chiefly prais'd for its Virtue against the Plague either taken inwardly for Prevention or to cure it by provoking Sweat or outwardly applied to break the Buboes Our People use it commonly in Posset-drink to promote Sweating And by taking a large quantity of it they cleanse the Stomach by Vomiting There is scarce any thing better for curing Putrid Ulcers A Woman whose Breasts were quite consum'd by a Cancer was restor'd to Health by the distill'd Water of it and by sprinkling the Powder of the Leaves on the Ulcers A Girl that took Poyson was cured by the use of this Water when Treacle and other Alexipharmicks would do no good 'T is also much commended for the Scurvy Take of Carduus-water compounded and Scordium-water each three Ounces Treacle-water two Ounces make a Julap Take six Spoonfuls every sixth Hour This is good in the Plague Thorn-Apple in Latin Stramonium An Ointment made of the Juice of the Leaves and Lard is very good for Burns and Scalds The Seed powder'd and taken in Beer occasions Madness for twenty four Hours Thieves give it to those they intend to rob And Wenches give half a Dram of it to their Lovers in Beer or Wine Some are so well skill'd in Dosing of it that they can make Men mad for as many Hours as they please Thorow-wax in Latin Perfoliata The Root is single white and woody and tastes sweet It has one small stiff smooth round channel'd concave jointed Stalk a Foot or two Foot high of an Aromatick Smell when it is cut or broken The Leaves are almost oval smooth and bluish Little Nerves run obliquely from the Centre of the Leaf to the Circumference of it The Stalk passes through the Leaf which is divided into Branches at top whereon stand Tufts of small yellow Flowers The Seed is small and blackish The Decoction of the Herb in Wine or the Leaves powder'd are given for Ruptures and Contusions 'T is also used for the King's-Evil for Fractures and an Erysipelas Throat-wort in Latin Trachelium The Root is white and sweet The Stalks are three or four Foot high or higher about the thickness of the Little Finger they are channel'd hairy and purplish The Leaves are placed alternately on the Stalks they are hairy and like the Leaves of Nettles the Under are placed on long Foot-stalks the Upper on short ones The Flowers are like a Bell and of a bluish Colour The whole Plant especially the Root is astringent and drying and therefore the Decoction of it is good to be used at the Beginning of Ulcers and Inflammations of the Mouth and Tonsils and for other Diseases that require astringent Remedies Wild Thyme in Latin Serpyllum It grows on Hills and dry Grounds 'T is hot and dry It forces the Courses and Urine 'T is Cephalick Uterine and Stomachick 'T is good for Spitting of Blood and Convulsions and for Gripes Outwardly applied it cures Head-aches and Giddiness and disposes to Sleep Toad-flax in Latin Linaria lutea vulgaris It creeps much with white hard woody Roots It has many Stalks a Foot or two Foot high they are smooth and bluish they have many sharp narrow Leaves plac'd disorderly they are branchy at top The yellow Flowers are placed on a Spike at the top of the Branches each on a short Foot-stalk The Seed is round The whole Plant tastes bitterish and a little acrid A small Glass of the distill'd Water with a Dram of the Powder of Ground-Elder mix'd with it evacuates Urine powerfully in a Dropsie The Water also purges by Stool and cures the Jaundice but especially the Decoction of the Herb in Wine which also opens Obstructions of the Liver The Water or the Juice drop'd into the Eyes cure Inflammations and Redness of them Rags dip'd in the Water cleanse Ulcers And the Juice takes off Spots from the Face Take of the Herb and Flowers a sufficient quantity boyl them with Lard till it is very green and make an Ointment When you use it mix a Yolk of an Egg with it This is good to take off the Pain of the Piles Tobacco in Latin Nicotiana It resists Putrefaction provokes Sneezing is Anodyne Vulnerary and vomits Being smoak'd it stops Catarrhs disposes to Rest takes off Weariness and suppresses Mother-fits and is a good Preservative against the Plague A Gargarism of it cures the Tooth-ach and dissolves Tumours of the Uvula A Bath of it or the green Leaves applied cure a Leprosie the Itch and Lice It heals Wounds and cleanses Ulcers and cures Burns The Smoaking of Tobacco strengthens the Stomach helps Concoction and gently moves the Belly But it is not good for People of an hot Constitution The Pain of the Teeth is cured by stopping those that are hollow with Calcin'd Tobacco For the Palsie Take the green Leaves and infuse them in Malaga-Wine and rub the Parts well with it after Sweating This is the best outward Remedy for a Palsie A Nobleman that was extreamly fat was reduc'd to an ordinary Size by chewing Tobacco which also does good in an Asthma 'T is of great use in Camps where there is many times Scarcity of Victuals and Cholicks and the like The Fume of Tobacco blown up into the Bowels is a most effectual Clyster in the Cholick It also cures Mother-fits and Fainting being blown upon the Matrix The Greater Tooth-wort in Latin Dentaria major The Root is soft white and juicy and consists of many Scales The Stalk is about as thick as the Little Finger nine Inches high or higher round and juicy easily broken cover'd with a thin Membrane and full of a juicy Pulp It has some Membranaceous Ears like Leaves placed by Intervals It has many gaping light purplish Flowers that hang on short Foot-stalks The Seed is round 'T is excellent for Ruptures for inward Wounds and for Diseases rising from Defluxions two Drams of the Powder being taken in Broth for forty Days together Tormentil in Latin Tormentilla The Root is sometimes as thick as the Thumb sometimes it grows streight sometimes
two Handfuls of the Leaves of Agrimony and both the Speed-wells each one Handful of Raisins stoned six Ounces of the Seeds of Sweet Fennel and Coriander each six Drams of Spanish Liquorish two Ounces strain the Liquor and aromatize it with a little Cinnamon and keep it for use The Patient commonly takes a Quart or more of this Drink in a Day Take of the Leaves of Sena four Ounces of Gummy Turbith and Hermodactyls each two Ounces of Black Hellebore and the Pulp of Colloquintida each six Drams of Guaicum and Saxifrage rasp'd each one Ounce of the Bark of Guaiacum and the fresh Berries of Juniper and the outward Bark of Citrons each half an Ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves each two Drams infuse them in equal Parts of the Waters of Balm Meadow-sweet and Carduus Benedictus for the space of forty eight Hours then boyl them gently and strain out the Liquor dissolve in it of Aloes-Rosat two Ounces Diagridium one Ounce bring it to the Consistence of an Extract and keep it for use The Dose is from half a Dram to one Dram. This is a proper Purge in the French Disease Or Take of the Extract above describ'd two Drams of the Gum of Guaiacum half a Scruple of Mercurius dulcis one Scruple make Pills with the Syrup of Buck-thorn These Pills are also used for the same Disease Distillation of Guaiacum is perform'd in the following manner Take the Shavings of Guaiacum fill a large Retort with them three quarters full place it in a Rever-beratory Furnace and joyn to it a great capacious Receiver begin the Distillation with a Fire of the First Degree to warm the Retort gently and to distil the Water which is called Flegm continue it in this condition until there come no more Drops which is a Sign that all the Flegm is come throw away that which you find in the Receiver and fitting it again to the Neck of the Retort lute well the Junctures you must afterwards increase the Fire by degrees and the Spirits and Oyl will come forth in white Clouds continue the Fire until there comes no more let the Vessels cool and unlute them pour that which is in the Receiver into a Tunnel lined with Brown Paper and set upon a Bottle or some other Vessel the Spirit will pass through and leave the black thick and very fettid Oyl in the Tunnel pour it into a Viol and keep it for use 'T is an excellent Remedy for Rottenness of the Bones for the Tooth-ach and to cleanse old Ulcers It may be rectified and may be used inwardly for the Falling-sickness and Palsie and to drive forth the After-birth The Dose is from two Drops to six in some convenient Liquor The Spirit of Guaicum may be rectified in a Limbeck to separate the Impurity that passes with it It works by Perspiration and by Urine The Dose is from half a Dram to a Dram and an half 'T is likewise used mix'd with Water of Hony to cleanse Inveterate Ulcers You will find in the Retort the Coals of Guaiacum which you may turn into Ashes by putting Fire to them Calcine these Ashes some Hours in a Potter's Furnace then make a Lee of them with Water filtrate it and evaporate it in a Glass or Earthen Vessel in Sand there will remain the Salt of Guaiacum which you may make white by calcining it in a Crucible in a strong Fire This Salt is Aperitive and Sudorifick it may serve as all other Alkalies to draw the Tinctures of Vegetables The Dose is from ten Grains to half a Dram in some convenient Liquor During the Distillation you must not make the Fire too strong for the Spirits coming forth with a great deal of Violence will be apt to break either the Retort or the Receiver Tho' Guaiacum be a very dry Body yet abundance of Liquor is drawn from it for if you put into the Retort four Pounds of this Wood sixteen Ounces to the Pound you will draw thirty nine Ounces of Spirit and Flegm and five Ounces and an half of Oyl there will remain in the Retort nineteen Ounces of Coals from which you may draw half an Ounce or six Drams of an Alkali-Salt The Oyl of Guaiacum is Acrimonious by reason of the Salts it has carried along with it and it is the Gravity of the Salts that does precipitate it to the bottom of the Water This Oyl does good for the Tooth-ach because it stops the Nerves with its Ramous Parts hindring thereby the Air from entring Moreover by means of the Acrimonious Salts which they contain they do dissipate a Flegm which uses to get within the Gum and causes Pain Take of Guaiacum cut into small pieces eight Ounces of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of the Bark of Walnut-tree of the Roots of Fig-wort and of Saxifrage each two Ounces Herb Robert three Handfuls of Raisins of the Sun stoned and of Live Millepedes each one Pound make a Bag for four Gallons of New Beer This is a Diet-drink for the King 's Evil. Guaiacum grows in Hispaniola Jamaica and some other Places Gum-Ammoniacum Chuse that which is without Sand that is pure yellow without and clear within which burns clear when it is fired and softens and sticks to the Hands when handled and flies into many shining pieces when it is knock'd with an Hammer It will dissolve in Water it smells stronger than Galbanum and hath a bitterish Taste It attenuates and resolves and draws violently and moves the Belly 'T is chiefly used for Pains of the Gout to resolve the viscid and thick Mucilage of the Lungs and Mesentery and for obstinate Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Womb and for the Stone 'T is used outwardly for a Scirrhus for the King's-Evil and to dissolve other hard Swellings Gum-Ammoniack is distill'd in the following manner Put a Pound of Gum-Ammoniack into an Earthen Retort or a Glass one luted big enough for two thirds to remain empty place this Retort in a Reverberatory Furnace and fitting to it a Receiver begin the Distillation with a very little Fire to warm gently the Retort and drive forth Drop by Drop a little Flegmatick Water when the Vapours begin to appear throw out that which is in the Receiver and re-fitting it and luting close the Joints increase the Fire by degrees and continue it until all is come forth then let the Vessels cool and unlute them pour out that which is in the Receiver into a Tunnel lined with Brown Paper the Spirit will pass through and leave the thick black Oyl in the Filter Keep it in a Viol. 'T is good for the Palsie and Hysterical Diseases the diseas'd Parts are rub'd with it And it is given Women to smell to Put the Spirit into a Glass-Limbeck and rectifie it by distilling it in Sand 'T is a good Remedy against the Plague and all sorts of Malignant Diseases 'T is used in the Scurvy and all manner of Obstructions The Dose is from eight to
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-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
of strong Cinnamon-water and soon after if the Vomiting be stop'd let him take the Jesuit's-powder For Infants whose tender Age can scarce bear this Remedy in any other Form at least so much of it as may be sufficient to cure the Disease I prescribe the following Julap Take of Black-Cherry-water and Rhenish-wine each two Ounces of the Jesuit's-powder three Drams of Syrup of July-flowers one Ounce mingle them and make a Julap give a Spoonful or two according to the Age of the Child every fourth Hour till the Disease is cured dropping into every other Dose if there be a Loosness a Drop or two of Liquid Laudanum As to Diet let the Sick eat and drink what his Stomach craves Summer-Fruits and cold Liquors only excepted and let him drink Wine moderately for his ordinary Drink by which alone I have recover'd some whose Bodies by reason of the frequent Returns of the Ague have always eluded the Salutiferous Virtue of the Bark The Disease being taken off all manner of Evacuations are carefully to be avoided for the gentlest Purge nay a Clyster only of Milk and Sugar will be apt to occasion a Relapse But this excellent Bark does not only cure Agues 't is also frequently used by the best Physicians for Continual Fevers in the Gout and for Hysterick Diseases and the Fever that accompanies Consumptions commonly called the Hectick Fever the Bark being given in Infusion and sweeten'd with Syrup of Rasberries But if with an Hectick Fever the Consumptive Patient be also afflicted with a Loosness which commonly ends the Tragedy the following Pills are of excellent use Take of the Lemnian Earth half a Scruple of Bole-Armoniack twelve Grains of the Pill de Stirace one Dram and an half of the Jesuit's-powder half an Ounce of Syrup of July-flowers a sufficient quantity make fourscore Pills let him take five every six Hours during the Loosness dringing upon them seven Spoonfuls of the following Julap Take of the Aqua-lactis Alexiteria twelve Ounces of cinnamon-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-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-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
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
into the Brain where it quickens its Motion and produces a certain Gaiety of Mind But now tho' Wine moderately taken is so profitable for the Functions of the Body yet it causes many Mischiefs when it is used to Excess for the Spirits rising in great Abundance do circulate in the Brain with so much Celerity that they soon confound the whole Oeconomy And indeed every one knows that a Continuations of Debauches does at last render a Man dull and stupid that Apoplexies Palsies Gout Dropsie and a long Train of many other Diseases are the usual Consequences of Intemperance Spirit of Wine is made in the following manner Fill a large Bolt-head with a long Neck half full with Brandy and fitting an Head and Receiver lute close the Junctures set your Bold-head upon a Pot fill'd half with Water to distil in a Vaporous Bath the Spirit which separates from the Flegm and rises pure continue this Degree af Fire until nothing more distils Thus you will have a Deflegmated Spirit of Wine at the first Distillation It serves for a Menstruum to a great many Things in Chymistry Half a Spoonful of it is given to Apoplectical and Lethargical Persons to make them come to themselves Likewise their Wrists Breast and Face are rub'd with it 'T is a good Remedy for Burns if applied so soon as they happen And it is good for Cold Pains for the Palsie Contusions and other Maladies wherein it is requisite to discuss and open the Pores Spirit of Wine Tartariz'd in made in the following manner Put a Pound of Salt of Tartar into a long Glass-Body pour upon it four Pints of Spirit of Wine prepar'd as above place your Vessel in Sand and cover it with an Head to which fit a Receiver lute well the Junctures with a â—et Bladder and give it a gradual Fire which continue until three parts of the Spirit of Wine are risen then remove the Fire and keep this Spirit in a Viol well stop'd It has the same Virtues as the other but is more subtile The Liquor that remains in the Body may be evaporated and a Salt of Tartar got as good as before The Queen of Hungary's Water is made in the following manner Fill a Glass or Earthen Cucurbite half full with Rosemary-flowers gather'd when they are at best pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine to infuse them set the Cucurbite in a Bath and joyning its Head and Receiver lute close the Junctures and give it a digesting Fire for three Days after which unlute them and pour into the Cucurbite that which may have been distill'd re-fit your Limbeck and increase the Fire so as to make the Liquor to distil Drop by Drop when you have drawn about two Thirds of it put out the Fire let the Vessels cool and unlute them and put the Water so distill'd into a Vial well stop'd 'T is good in a Palsie Lethargy Apoplexy and for Hysterical Diseases The Dose is from one Dram to two 'T is likewise used outwardly for Burns Tumours Cold Pains Contusions Palsie and in all other Cases wherein it is requisite to revive the Spirits Ladies use to mix half an Ounce of it with six Ounces of lilly-Lilly-water or Bean-flower-water and wash their Faces with it Wine like all other Liquors that use to ferment grows sowr by the Dissolution of its Tartar in a second Fermentation This Dissolution is commonly made when upon the Wine 's going to decay some of the more subtile Spirits are lost for the Tartar taking their Place fixes the rest of the Spirits which remain in the Wine so that they can act no longe Vinegar is made by setting Wine in some hot place or by keeping it too long or by exposing it to the Sun Vinegar is frequently used in Physick and Food Pickle and Sauces are made of it It excites Appetite and promotes Concoction 'T is used in Physick to allay Feverish Heats and to prevent Putrifaction to cut Flegm and Glutinous Humours that they may be render'd thereby fitter to be expectorated Outwardly used it cures the Itch an Herpes and the like but it is injurious to the Nerves and Nervous Parts It also makes the Body lean There is a memorable Story of a General in the Belgick Wars who about the Middle of his Age grew so very fat that he was forc'd to have Bandage for his Belly and finding himself grow more and more unwieldy every Day and unfit for his Business he left off drinking Wine and drank Vinegar the rest of his Days by which Means his Belly asswaged and he was lessen'd in weight Eighty seven Pounds Christopher A Vega says he saw three People that were hang'd or suffocated so much that Froth came out of their Mouths restor'd to Life by Vinegar and the Powder of Pepper and Penny-royal For Crusty Stinking Ulcers of the Head which Children are commonly troubled withal and sometimes grown People Take of Ginger three Ounces boyl it in sharp Vinegar and Butter of each half a Pound till the Vinegar is consum'd then beat it into an Ointment with Butter and anoint the Sores with it Morning and Evening and it will cure them in four or five Days In the London-Dispensatory are the following Sorts of Vinegar Rosemary-Vinegar Clove-Vinegar Rose-Vinegar Elder-flower-Vinegar Vinegar of Squils and Treacle-Vinegar The Vapour of Vinegar is very proper in the Plague Vinegar is distill'd in the following manner Put six Quarts of strong Vinegar into an Earthen Pan evaporate in a Bath about a Quart and pour that which remains into a Glass or Earthen Cucurbite and distil it in a strong Sand-heat until there remain at bottom nothing but a Substance like Hony keep this Vinegar well stop'd Many call it Spirit of Vinegar It s principal Use is to dissolve or precipitate Bodies 'T is sometimes mix'd in Cordial-Potions to resist Putrifaction The Dose is half a Spoonful 't is mix'd with Water And this Oxyorate is used to stop Hemorrhagies taken inwardly and to asswage Inflammations applied outwardly Tartar is that which is found sticking to Casks of Wine like a very hard Stone sometimes white sometimes red according to the Colour of the Wine it comes from White Tartar is to be preferr'd before Red because it is purer and contains less Earth Both one and the other are had in great Abundance in Languedoc and Provence but the best White Tartar of all is brought out of Germany Crystals of Tartar are made in the following manner Boyl in a great deal of Water what quantity of White Tartar you please until it be all dissolv'd pass the Liquor hot through Hippocrates's Sleeve into an Earthen Vessel and evaporate about half of it set the Vessel in a cool place two or three Days and you will find little Crystals on the Sides which you are to separate evaporate again half the Liquor that remains and remit the Vessel to the Cellar as before there will shoot out new Crystals Continue doing thus until
excellent Lithontripick being powder'd and taken in Small Beer or Posset-drink The Leaves are applied outwardly to old Sores and to Burns The Seed powder'd and taken forty Days together cures the Hip-Gout 'T is said it provokes Venery Take of the Seeds of Bur-dock two Drams of Wild-Carrot-Seeds one Dram of Salt of Amber one Dram of Oyl of Nutmegs half a Scruple Balsamum Capivii a sufficient quantity make small Pills take four Morning and Evening This is a good Diuretick Medicine But the Root is chiefly us'd Take of the Roots of Bur-dock three Ounces of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of the Wood of Guaiacum three Ounces of the Bark of the same one Ounce of the Roots of Notty China three Ounces of Sassaphras one Ounce and an half of Harts-horn and Ivory rasp'd each one Ounce of Red and White Sanders and of the sweet-smelling Flag each six Drams of Raisins of the Sun ston'd one Handful of the Seeds of Anise and Fennel each half an Ounce Infuse them in eight Quarts of Fountain-water for twenty four Hours in B. M. and cover the Vessel close then boyl it with a gentle Fire till a third part of the Liquor is is consum'd towards the latter end of Boyling add of the Tops of Eye-bright Betony dried Sage and of the Cordial-Flowers each one Pugil of Woody Cassia half an Ounce of Nutmegs number two strain it for use Take half a Pint four times a Day Burnet in Latin Pimpinella vulgaris sive minor It has a long slender brown Root with some Fibres The Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high angl'd branchy and of a light red Colour At the top of the Branches are small Heads from whence arise small purplish Flowers The Seeds are short and four-square It has many long wing'd Leaves that lie on the Ground which consist of several small roundish Leaves green above and grayish underneath finely indented about the edges and set on each side of a Middle-rib It grows commonly on chalky Ground and in hilly Pastures 'T is Cordial and Alexipharmick The green Herb is put into Wine to chear the Heart and it renders it very pleasant by imparting an Aromatick Smell and Taste to it 'T is a good Preservative against the Plague and other contagious Diseases 'T is also astringent Of excellent use in immoderate Fluxes of the Courses and Belly and in all Hemorrhages and to dry and heal Wounds and Ulcers and the Biting of a Mad Dog The following Water was much us'd in the last London-Plague Take of the Tops of Burnet Rosemary Wormwood Sun-Dew Mugwort Dragon's Scabious Agrimony Balm Carduus Betony the Lesser Centory one Handful each of the Roots of Tormentil Angelica Peony Zedoary Liquorish and Elecampane each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Sage Celandine and Rue of the Leaves and Flowers of Marigolds each one Handful cut them and infuse them three Days in four Quarts of the best White-wine then distil them carefully and keep the Water for use The Dose was four Spoonfuls Butter-bur or Pestilent-wort in Latin Petasitis First it sends forth a Stalk about nine Inches high that is concave and downy with narrow sharp Leaves on it At the top is a long spiked Head of Flowers of a purplish Colour When the Flowers fade and the Stalks die large Leaves succeed like the Leaves of Colts-foot but twice or thrice as large or larger hook'd near the Foot-stalk they are almost round and indented about the Edges The Root is thick and bitter and creeps much It grows in moist places and near the Banks of Rivers the Spike and Flower flourish in April 'T is much us'd in Pestilential Fevers 'T is also reckon'd good in Coughs and for an Asthma It expels the broad Worms of the Belly and provokes Urine and the Courses 'T is outwardly applied to Bubo's and Malignant Ulcers 'T is us'd also to provoke Sweat and to expel Malignity Take of the Root of Bur-dock Virginian Snake-weed and Contrayerva each one Dram of Cochinell and Saffron each half a Dram make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram to be taken in a proper Water Butterwort or Yorkshire-Sanicle in Latin Pinguicula The Root has some white Fibres that are pretty large considering the smalness of the Plant. It does not grow deep Six or seven of the Leaves lie on the Earth and sometimes more of a pale yellow Green they look greasie and shine as if they were besmear'd in length two Inches and in breadth about one they are somewhat blunt at the Ends the Edges are smooth the upper part of the Leaf is cover'd with a very short Down which is scarcely seen Some Foot-stalks about an Hand high arise amongst the Leaves at the top of each is plac'd one purplish Flower of one Leaf divided into five parts It grows in marshy Places and on moist Hills The Leaves bruis'd and applied cure fresh Wounds Country-People cure Chaps in Cows Dugs and Chaps and Swellings on their Hands by anointing them with the fat Juice of this Herb. The Welsh make a Syrup of it wherewith they purge themselves They also boyl the Herb in Broth for the same purpose for it purges Flegm very briskly They also make an Ointment of it which is of excellent use for Obstruction of the Liver The Leaves beat and applied to Parts affected with Pain ease the Pain 'T is reckon'd Vulnerary and very good for Ruptures in Children C. CAbbage in Latin Brasica Warts anointed with the Juice of it are taken off in the space of fourteen Days The Leaves boil'd in Wine and applied to Ulcers and the Leprosie do much good And so great is the Virtue of it that the Urine of those that feed on it is very useful and proper for curing the Fistula Cancer Tetters and such like Diseases At the Beginning of an Inflammation of the Jaws when we design to cool and repel we make use of the Liquor of it A Person so over-run with the Scurvy that he could scarce go or stand and had Spots all over his Breast and Legs was cured by drinking daily three Pints of Wine wherein four handfuls of Red Cabbage had been infus'd with half a Dram of Ginger and two Drams of Cinnamon For a Pain in the Side apply a Leaf of it besmear'd with Butter hot to the Part affected having first sprinkl'd Powder of Cumin-seed upon it 'T is said Cabbage prevents Drunkenness Sea Cabbage or Colewort in Latin Brasica Marina It grows every where almost on the Sea-shore in England Our People in such places eat it preferring it before Garden-Cabbage Field Calamint in Latin Calamintha It springs up yearly with many Stalks which are two Foot high small four-square stiff and hairy they look reddish in Sunny Places they are branchy and bend downward The Leaves by Intervals are opposite one to the other small hairy with here and there a Jag they smell as strong as Penny-royal and almost as strong as Water-mint they are for the most part triangular
of 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
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-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
pale-yellow Colour and sometimes incline to a Purple The Leaves are sharp wrinkly prickly equal about the Edges and dispos'd in no Order The Seeds are like the Seeds of Viper-Bugloss It grows in watery Places or near Rivers and flowers in May. 'T is an excellent Wound-Herb is Musilaginous and Thickning and qualifies the Acrimony of the Humours 'T is used in all Fluxes especially of the Belly and for a Consumption The Flowers boyl'd in Red Wine are very proper for those that make a Bloody Urine Outwardly applied it stops the Blood of Wounds and helps to unite broken Bones wherefore 't is called Bone-set It eases the Pain of the Gout and cures Eating-Ulcers Take of the Root as much as you think convenient beat it in a Mortar till it is reduc'd to a Mass spread it on Leather and apply it to the Part affected This is excellent for Abating Gouty Pains and the Sciatica and for Pains in the Arms and has been also us'd for Venereal Pains with good Success Take of Comfrey-Roots half a Pound slice them and put them into an Earthen Pipkin with half a Pint of Alicant and half a Pound of Loaf-Sugar cover it with a Paper and bake it in an Oven as you do Apples Eat Night and Morning two or three Slices of the Comfrey and take a Spoonful or two of Syrup presently after This was prescrib'd for a Lady with Child that had her Courses immoderately by Doctor Willis And it has cured several others Sea Coralline in Latin Corallina 'T is one two or three Inches high hoary and of an Ash-colour sometimes yellowish reddish or whitish It has abundance of thin Branches jointed sometimes with small Twigs growing on the side It smells like a Fish the Taste also is saltish and unpleasant It cracks between the Teeth like Sand and is easily reduc'd to Powder by rubbing it with the Fingers It grows upon Rocks and on Shells and Stones near the Sea-side 'T is not soft when under Water as Caesalpinus writes Being grosly powder'd it kills and expels Worms Half a Dram is given to Boys not Ten Years of Age a Dram to grown People This is much commended for the Worms Take of Coralline and Calcin'd Hearts-horn each half a Scruple of Virginia-Snake-weed one Scruple make a Powder Let the Child take a third part of it Morning and Evening in a small Draught of the white Decoction Female Cornel Dog-berry or Gatter-tree in Latin Cornus foemina It grows commonly in Hedges The Wood of it is so very hard especially when it is dry that it can scarce be cut Some People make Oyl of the Berries for their Lamps Costmary in Latin Balsamita mas The Roots grow oblique like the Roots of Mint they are round and have many Fibres The Stalks are two or three Foot high channel'd branchy and of a pale-green Colour The Leaves are like the Leaves of Pepperwort and of the same Colour with the Stalks indented about the Edges but seldom jagged it has a very strong Scent and a very bitter Taste On the top of the Branches are Umbles or Tufts of Golden yellow Flowers somewhat like the Flowers of Tansie The Seeds are small oblong and flat It grows in Gardens It cures the Crudities of the Stomach Belchings Vomitings and a Stinking Breath the Gripes Heart-burning and Pain in the Head that is occasion'd by Fumes from the Stomach It opens Women's Obstructions and is good in the Stone The Juice and the Seed kill Worms 'T is supposed to be peculiarly good against the Malignity of Opium and other Poisons It cures Wounds presently An excellent Balsam for old Ulcers is prepar'd of this Herb and Adder's-tongue boy'ld in Oyl of Olives adding Wax and Rozen to bring it to a Consistence Cowslips in Latin Paralysis 'T is common in Pastures and flowers in April The Leaves and Flowers are us'd amongst Pot-herbs and in Sallets and are very agreeable to the Head and Nerves They are us'd in Apoplexies Palsies and Pains in the Joints The Juice of the Flowers takes off Spots and Wrinkles from the Face and other Vices of the Skin The Water of the Flowers the Conserve and the Syrup are Anodine and gently provoke Sleep and are very proper Medicines for weakly People The Juice of the Leaves and Flowers mix'd with an equal quantity of Red-Cow's Milk cured an inveterate Head-ach when other Medicines would do no good Take of Cowslip-water two Ounces of the Syrup of White Poppies one Ounce of the Juice of Limons fresh drawn two Spoonfuls make a Draught This is commonly used at Bed-time to cause Sleep Common-Garden Cresses in Latin Nasturtium hortense It flowers in May and June and when the seed is ripe withers quite away The Herb especially the Seed is acrid and hot for which Reason it opens attenuates and cleanses 'T is chiefly used for the Swelling of the Spleen for Obstructions of the Courses and to expel a dead Child It cuts the Tartareous Musilage of the Lungs and is good in the Scurvy 'T is outwardly used beat up with Lard to cure Scabs in the Head and other Parts of the Body 'T is used every where in Sallets with Lettice and other Herbs It qualifies the Coldness of the Lettice and comforts the Stomach and promotes Concoction by its Heat For Lethargies and sleepy Diseases there is nothing better than Cresses either boyl'd or eaten in Sallets For Children's Scabs or Scalded Heads nothing is so effectual and quick a Remedy as Garden-Cresses beat up with Lard for it makes the Scales fall in twenty four Hours and perfectly cures them if they continue the Use of it Water Cresses in Latin Nasturtium aquaticum It grows frequently in Brooks and watery Places It flowers chiefly in July and August and sometimes before 'T is much us'd in the Spring-time in Broths to purifie the Blood 'T is good in the Stone for it provokes Urine it opens Women's Obstructions and relieves those that are in Dropsies Spirit of Water-Cresses Take a large quantity of Water-Cresses beat them in a Marble Mortar press out the Juice dissolve some Leaven with it make an Heap and beat them well with your Hands then put them in a convenient Place for eight Days afterwards distil the Spirit in B. M. The Dose is one Spoonful or two in Winter-time for Scorbutical People The Spirit of Celandine Brooklime and Scurvy-grass may be made the same Way Take of Water-Cresses and Brook-lime each two handfuls Wood-Sorrel one Handful bruise them and put the Juice into a Pint of White-wine let it stand close stop'd till the Wine is clear Take two Spoonfuls of the clear Wine in your Beer every time you drink continue the Use of this for the space of three Weeks This is good for an hot Scurvy Cross-wort or Mugweed in Latin Cruciata It grows up in square hairy brown Stalks about a Foot high having four small broad and pointed hairy yet smooth yellowish green Leaves growing at every Joint each against the other cross-wise
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-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-water and Wood-Sorrel-water each four Ounces of Compound-Scordium-water two Ounces of Treacle-water and 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-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
of a Chesnut-colour It flowers at the Latter End of May or Beginning of June and grows frequently in Sandy and Gravelly Pastures When the Seed is ripe the Superficies withers immediately the Root remaining in the Ground Our Country-people eat the Root raw but when it is pill'd and boyl'd in fresh Broth with a little Peper it is pleasant Food and very nourishing and stimulates Venery Being mix'd with Medicines it helps those that spit Blood and void a Bloody Urine Egglentine or Sweet-Bryer in Latin Rosa silvestris odora It needs no Description its curious Smell will not let it be unknown The Virtues of the Flowers are much the same with Garden-Roses but more astringent wherefore they are of excellent use in Fluxes of the Womb. The Fruit of it is much commended for its Lithontriptick Virtue The Heads when they are ripe contain a Pulp of a pleasant acid Taste which without doubt is very useful in Fevers and to provoke Appetite The Conserve of it is commonly kept in the Shops and is very good for the hot Scurvy and for Spitting of Blood The Root is good for the Biting of a Mad Dog a sort of a Sponge grows from the Branches when they are broken or hurt which is of a reddish Colour which laid on the Pillow disposes to Sleep The Ashes of it cure the Heat of Urine and kill Worms Take of the Conserve of Hips and Wood-Sorrel each one Ounce Conserve of Berberies half an Ounce Cream of Tartar one Dram make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Limons Take the quantity of a Nutmeg thrice a Day This is good in Fevers Elder in Latin Sambucus Martin Blockwitz wrote a whole Book of the Virtues and Use of the Elder the Title of it is The Anatomy of the Elder The inner Bark of the Elder purges watery Humours wherefore it is good in Dropsies The tender Leaves boyl'd in Wine is likewise very good for the same purpose and more convenient for weakly People The inner Bark applied to Burns takes out the Fire The Flowers discuss mollifie and dissolve and are Sudorifick and Anodine Vinegar wherein the Flowers have been infus'd is very agreeable to the Stomach and excites Appetite and it cuts and attenuates gross and crude Humours The Berries are Alexipharmick and Sudorifick The Spirit drawn from the Berries provokes Sweat and therefore good in Fevers The Wine made of the Juice of them or the Juice mix'd with White or Rhenish-Wine does much Good in Dropsies The Seeds cleanse and purge violently by Vomit and Stool A Decoction of the middle Bark with Syrup of Poppies promotes Sweat But note That Narcoticks mix'd with Sweating Medicines do much provoke Sweating For Swellings in the Feet take of the Leaves as much as is sufficient boyl them in Oyl with Salt and foment them with it In St. Anthony's Fire a Fomentation is frequently used made of two Parts of Elder-water and one of Spirit of Wine This is commonly us'd in London with good Success My Father makes an Ointment of the Red-Lead-Plaster and Oyl of Elder which he frequently uses for Burns And I have found it very successful also in other Inflammations Elecampane in Latin Helenium Many Leaves long and broad come from the Root and bend towards the Earth they are acute at both Ends above of a pale Green under hoary indented about the Edges They have short Foot-stalks from the Centre whereof the Stalks rise sometimes one sometimes more they are streight hairy and reddish five or six Foot high with some Leaves thereon compassing them about at the Lower Ends they are branched towards the tops and bear great large Flowers like those of our Marigold of a Golden Colour The Root is very thick without brown within white and of an Aromatick Taste and smells sweet and pleasantly especially when dried It grows in moist Meadows and Pastures but it is not common It flowers in June and July The fresh Root being candied or dried and powder'd mix'd with Hony or Sugar is very good in a Difficulty of Breathing an Asthma and an old Cough Being taken after Supper it helps Concoction It is also commended as an excellent Preservative against the Plague Being taken in the Morning it forces Urine and the Courses Half a Pint of White-wine wherein the slic'd Roots have been infus'd three Days taken in the Morning fasting cures the Green-sickness A Decoction of the Root taken inwardly or outwardly applied is commended by some for Convulsions Contusions and the Hip-Gout The Roots boyl'd in Wine or the fresh Juice infus'd in it and drunk kills and expels Worms Wine that is every where prepar'd with this Root in Germany and often drunk wonderfully quickens the Sight Elecampane distill'd in common Water yields a Volatile Salt that smells and has the same Virtue with Salt of Harts-horn Take of the Roots of Elecampane well cleans'd from the Fibres as much as you please boyl them in Water till they are salt and pulp them through a Sieve whereof take one Part and of Hony two Parts boyl them to the Consumption of the Moisture This is a Preservative against the Plague Take of the Roots of Elecampane Oris and Liquorish each one Dram of the Flowers of Sulphure two Drams Hony a sufficient quantity to make an Electuary Oyl of Sulphure ten Drops make a Linctus This is good for an inveterate Cough Elm in Latin Vlmus The Leaves the Branches and the Bark are astringent The Leaves cure Wounds And rub'd with Vinegar they are good for a Leprosie The Bark boiled in Fountain-water almost to the Consistence of a Syrup and the third part of Aquavitae mix'd with it is an excellent Remedy for the Hip-Gout if the Part affected be fomented with it before the Fire The Water in the Bladders upon the Leaves clears the Skin it being wash'd with it and it betters the Complexion It helps Burstenness in Children Clothes being wet in the Water and applied but a Truss must be kept on also Take of the Bark of Elm six Drams of the Root of Liquorish half a Dram of Raisins of the Sun ston'd number twenty of Red Roses two Pugils boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a Pint and an half dissolve in it of Hony of Roses and Simple Oxymel each two Ounces make a Gargarism Endive in Latin Endivia The Root is fibrous and full of Milk The long broad Leaves like on the Earth they are like the Leaves of Lettice sometimes indented about the Edges The Stalk is two or three Foot high smooth channel'd empty and has many Branches and is crooked being cut it yields a Milk The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves they are Sky-colour'd and like the Leaves of Wild-Succory It grows in Gardens 'T is Cooling and the Water of it is used in Fevers and Inflammations Eringo or Sea-Holly in Latin Eringium marinum The Roots are very long and spread much they have an Aromatick Taste The Leaves are placed
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-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
acrid and resinous with a sort of Sweetness The Wood being burnt perfumes the Air. The Berries are good for a cold Stomach and are good against Wind and Gripes They provoke Urine and expel Poyson and are good in Diseases of the Head and Nerves The Oyl of Juniper is much in use it helps the Tooth-ach and is good in the Cholick and against Gravel The Dose is five or six Drops in a proper Vehicle Climbing Ivy in Latin Hedera Arborea 'T is frequently used outwardly upon Issues and for Pains in the Ears proceeding from Matter contain'd within The Ancients boyl'd the Leaves in Wine and applied them to Burns and malignant Ulcers Some that are afflicted with the Gout apply the green Leaves to the pain'd Parts A Pugil of the dried Flowers taken in Wine cures the Bloody Flux A large quantity of the Powder of the ripe Berries taken in Wine is an excellent Remedy for the Plague A Dram of the Stones taken in Wine provokes Urine and expels Gravel Three of the Stones powder'd and taken with a little Saffron in penny-royal-Penny-royal-water for some Days in the Morning scarce ever fails to move the Courses It must be taken hot The Berries purge upwards and downwards The Oyl of the Berries drawn by Distillation is very good for cold Diseases of the Joints It provokes the Courses expels Gravel and cures sordid Ulcers Take one Dram of the ripe Berries dried in the Shade and powder'd in a Glass of White-wine This is very Sudorifick and is good in the Plague and for Pains of the Stomach Ground Ivy in Latin Hedera terrestris 'T is Vulnerary either outwardly applied or taken inwardly 'T is also Diuretick and moves the Courses 'T is frequently used for Diseases of the Lungs for Obstructions of the Kidnies and the Jaundice and in Clysters for the Cholick The People in the North put it into their Beer to clear it and therefore it is call'd Alehoof The Juice of it drawn up into the Nostrils cures inveterate and violent Head-aches A Tincture of the Leaves made in Nantz-Brandy is excellent in the Cholick Take of the Conserve of Red Roses four Ounces of Flowers of Sulphure four Scruples of pure Oyl of Turpentine one Dram of the Species of the Lungs of a Fox three Drams of Syrup of Ground-Ivy a sufficient quantity make a Linctus Lick of it often in a Day with a Liquorish-stick This is proper to stop a Tickling Cough K. KIdny or French-beans in Latin Phaseolus They provoke Urine and are good in the Stone a Dram of the Powder of them being taken in White-wine They are of easie Digestion and excite Venery Common Knot-grass in Latin Polygonum mas vulgare The Root is hard woody and single and has many Fibres and is of an astringent Taste It has many Stalks they are sometimes upright but they oftner bend towards the Earth or lie on it they are above two Foot long they are small round solid and smooth The Leaves are placed alternately they are oblong narrow and smooth and are placed on very short Foot-stalks From the Wings of the lower Leaves at the Knots of the Stalks come forth small Branches And from the Wings of the Upper two or three small Flowers together on short Foot-stalks they consist of five Leaves and are of a light purple Colour The Seeds are pretty large triangular and of a dark Chesnut-colour 'T is Vulnerary Drying and Astringent 'T is chiefly used for stopping all Fluxes Outwardly 't is used for Wounds and Ulcers and for Inflammations of the Eyes A certain Nobleman that vomited Blood and had used other Medicines in vain was much reliev'd by the Juice of this in a little Styptick Wine L. COmmon Ladies-bed-straw in Latin Gallium luteum vulgare This Ladies-bed-straw rises up with several small brown and square upright Stalks a Yard high or more sometimes branch'd forth into many Parts full of Joints and with several very small fine Leaves at every one of them little or not at all rough At the Tops of the Branches grow many long Tufts or Branches of yellow Flowers set very thick together one above another they smell pretty strong and resinous The Seed is small and black and two for the most part joyn'd together The Root is reddish and has many small Fibres The Tops of it turn Milk like Rennet The Herb or the Powder of it stops Bleeding and is commended for Cancerous Ulcers Ladies-mantle in Latin Alchimilla It has a Root of the thickness of the Little Finger or Thumb consisting of many Fibres that are astringent and drying Some thin hairy Stalks arise branching out about nine Inches high upon which there are small Flowers of a Grass-colour placed in a Circle each consists of eight Leaves four large and four small placed alternately in the middle whereof are little yellow Tufts The Flowers grow on the uppermost Seminal Vessels two small shining Seeds are contain'd in each Vessel not exactly round but somewhat long in one part Some of the Leaves arise immediately from the Root with long hairy Foot-stalks about one Handful and an half long Others adhere to the Stalk by a short or no Foot-stalk at all As to other things the Leaf is like a Mallow of a Colour betwixt yellow and green and hairy under divided into eight or nine obtuse Angles peculiar Nerves coming into each Angle from the Foot-stalks they are neatly indented about the Edges It grows in Meadows and Pastures especially on hilly Grounds spontaneously There is abundance of it in the North of England in Yorkshire and Derbyshire where it is commonly called Bear's-foot 'T is an excellent Wound-herb 'T is hot and dry and astringent It stops Bleeding the Courses and the Whites The Leaves the Tops and the Roots are used in Vulnerary Potions Powders Plasters and Ointments Rags dipped in a Decoction of it and applied to Women's Breasts when they are very lax renders them hard and solid It agglutinates inward Wounds and Ruptures And the Decoction of it or the Powder of the dried Herb taken in the Decoction or in the distill'd Water is excellent in curing Children's Bursten Bellies The Astringent Quality is chief in this Plant by means whereof it does what it does Take of Ladies-mantle Sanicle Golden-rod Sengreen Betony and Agrimony each one Handful Marsh-mallows two Handfuls Fern Flowers of Camomile St. John's-wort Mugwort Briars Origanum and Tormentil-Leaves and Roots each one Handful put them into three Bags then boyl them in the Faeces of Red Wine and apply them one after another These are very astringent and of good use to stop Fluxes Ladies-smock in Latin Cardamine The Root is white thick and has many small Fibres It has most commonly but one Stalk upright round firm and smooth and about nine Inches high reddish near the Earth 'T is divided into Branches at the top whereof are many Flowers together of a light-purple Colour they are large and consist of four obtuse veiny Leaves The Cods are of a deep
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
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-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
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
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-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
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
the Gums and rub'd on the Teeth fixes the Teeth when they are loose A Dram of it dissolv'd in some Liquor and taken every morning stops all Fluxes of Blood Many Women that have been almost destroy'd by an immoderate Flux of their Courses have been cured by it Clysters made of the Decoction of the Leaves and Flowers and injected into the Womb are used for the same purpose As is also the Juice powder'd and dissolv'd in Decoctions and used in the same manner In Fluxes of the Belly are often used Clysters made in the same manner And the Juice is frequently taken inwardly A Decoction made of the Leaves and Flowers and the Juice dissolv'd in it is excellent for the Falling of the Womb and Anus A Fomentation made of the Juice Leaves and Flowers is very good for Weakness of the Limbs and for Fluxions Swellings and Inflammations of the Joints Some make a Liniment of Vinegar and the Juice of it which strengthens wonderfully the Joints when they are weak The Juice powder'd and well wash'd with Water cures obstinate Ulcers of the Privy Parts and of other weak Parts The Decoction is also used to dry Pocky Pustules but then Guiacum is mix'd with it The Powder and Decoction of it are used for the Breaking out of Children's Heads Ancient and Modern Physicians all agree that Acacia is very astringent and by that Means it does what it does Agarick in Latin Agaricus 'T is a white Fungous or Mushroom that grows on the Larix-tree The White Light and Brittle is the best It purges Flegm and Choler 'T is used for the Jaundice and for those that are Short-breath'd and also in the Stone of the Kidnies in Difficulty of Urine and for Mother-fits the Falling-sickness and for the Hip-Gout It also provokes the Courses wherefore Women with Child ought not to take it 'T is given in Substance from one Dram to two Drams and in Infusion from two Drams to five But the Troches of it are most commonly used and are made in the following manner Take of Agarick powder'd and sifted three Ounces infuse it with two Drams of Ginger in a sufficient quantity of White-wine and make Troches The Dose is one Dram. The Pills in the London-Dispensatory of Agarick are made in the following manner Take of Agarick three Drams of our Sky-colour'd Orris-roots Mastick Hore-hound each one Dram Turbith five Drams Species Hiera Picra half an Ounce Coloquintida and Sarcocol of each two Drams Myrrh one Dram of Sapa as much as is sufficient to make a Mass Note Sapa is Wine boyl'd till two Thirds of it are consum'd Half a Dram of this Pill is a sufficient Dose 'T is used to purge the Breast and to carry off Flegm The Pill De Hiera cum Agarico is made in the following manner Take of the Species of Hiera Picra and of Agarick each half an Ounce of the best Aloes half an Ounce of Hony of Roses a sufficient quantity to make a Mass A Scruple or a Scruple and an half may be taken at a time made into four or six Pills 'T is good for Shortness of Breath and Obstructions of the Lungs and to provoke the Courses and for Mother-fits and in Melancholy Diseases and to purge Flegm and Choler and to open Obstructions of the Liver or Spleen and for Diseases of the Head but the use of them must be continu'd for the space of eight or ten Days You may take them at Bed-time if you eat no Supper They are easie in their Operation Agarick is either Male or Female the Male is not used It comes from Agaria a Region of Sarmatia and from thence it takes its Name It grows also in Dauphiné in France but the best comes from the Tridentine Woods It grows in many other places Agnus Castus or The Chaste Tree The Athenian Matrons when they attended on the Divine Mysteries of Ceres used to lie on the Leaves of this Tree to keep them chaste The Seed of it by reason of the Likeness is called by some Eunuch's-Pepper It suppresses Nocturnal Imaginations of Venery and cures the Incontinency of Seed The Fruit of it relieves those that are bitten by Serpents and is good for those that are troubled with the Spleen and Dropsie It increases Milk and provokes Urine and the Courses Take of the Conserve of Agnus Castus of the Flowers of Water-Lilly and Violets each half an Ounce of Conserve of Red Roses half an Ounce of the Stalks of Lettice candied one Ounce of Prepar'd Coral two Drams with Syrup of Violets and of Water-Lillies make an Opiat This is used in the Uterine Fury Give the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening Alcali Every pure Salt is so called that is without an Acid. 'T is drawn from the Ashes or the Calx of any Matter extracted by a Lee. 'T is proper to all things liquid and solid The Word is deriv'd from Kaly the Name of a Plant with which Glass is made It easily ferments with an Acid and together they are the Cause of all Intestine Motion Nothing grows or increases without these two Alcali is Three-fold viz. Volatile Alcali which is made of Animals viz. of Harts-horns of Urine and the like Fix'd which is extracted from the Ashes of Plants as from Wormwood Tartar and the like Metallick and Stony for Metals and Stones ferment with an Acid Menstruum Mix'd Alcalies are added to these as Nitre Alum the several sorts of Vitriol Fossile and Sea-Sealt and the like which participate of Alcali and Acid. Almond-tree in Latin Amygdalus There are many sorts of Almonds but in Practice they are distinguish'd only into Bitter and Sweet The Jordan-Almonds are most esteem'd amongst us which are larger longer and narrower rounder and thicker than the Valentian and of a better Taste Sweet Almonds nourish much and make the Body fat They mitigate the Acrimony of the Humours and increase Seed They are good for Lean People and for such as are Consumptive But they are chiefly used in Emulsions Take of Sweet Almonds blanch'd number Three of the Seeds of Melon Lettice and White Poppies each one Dram of the Pulp of Barly three Drams beat them in a Marble-Mortar and pour on them a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to seven Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add five Drams of Diacodium mingle them and make an Emulsion This is good in the Stone and for Heat of Urine Take of Sweet Almonds prepar'd and infus'd in rose-Rose-water two Ounces of the four Greater Cold Seeds of Plantain and Purslain-seeds each one Dram of the Seeds of Marsh-mallows and White Poppies each one Scruple beat them according to Art and pour on them a sufficient quantity of a Decoction of Barly and Liquorish make an Emulsion for two Doses add to each an Ounce of Syrup of Water-Lillies of Sal Prunellae half a Dram. This is good for Pleurisies and Heat of Urine and the like Oyl of Almonds is good for Hoarsness and Coughs Take
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
Species of Hyera Picra one Ounce of Canary-wine one Pint keep them close stopped in a Glass and shake it every Day till it is deeply tinctur'd let it stand till it is clear Four or five Spoonfuls more or less may be taken at a time according to the Strength of the Body It strengthens the Stomach quickens the Appetite opens Obstructions and purges Choler Flegm and Melancholy Pulvis Thuraloes is made in the following manner Take of Frankincense one Dram of Aloes half a Dram make it of the Consistence of Hony with the White of an Egg when you use it mix with it Hare-down apply it to the Wound and bind it on This is frequently used to stop Bleeding Amomum It heats dries and is astringent It disposes to Rest takes off Pain Being applied to the Fore-head it concocts and discusses Inflammations and the Tumour called Meliceres Mix'd with Basil and applied it relieves those that are bitten by Vipers it cases those that have the Gout it takes off Inflammations of the Eyes The Decoction of it is also good in the Stone of the Kidnies and the Gout 'T is mix'd with Antidotes and Precious Ointments and that was the chief Use the Ancients made of it Take of the Seeds of Angelica skin'd one Pound and an half of Sweet Fennel and Liquorish each four Ounces of Raisins ston'd one Pound of the Leaves of Mugwort and Balm each four Handfuls of Carduus and Penny-royal each two Handfuls of the Seed of Amomum four Ounces of Milk and Wine six Quarts distil them according to Art This is a Prolifick Water Anacardium Occidentale Cajou dictum 'T is called by some Cajou or Cassu-tree From the Fruit of it is press'd out a Liquor which being duly fermented becomes Vinous and Intoxicating The Fruit roasted is much better than Chesnuts and tastes as pleasantly as Almonds When it is raw it cannot be eaten safely for it takes off the Skin of the Mouth and occasions great Pain it being very acrid and rough But when Water or Wine with a little Salt is mix'd with it the Acrimony is much abated and it becomes very palatable It strengthens the Stomach and helps Fermentation and takes off Vomiting and Nauseousness The Indians use them being a little toasted to provoke Venery The Juice of it stops a Loosness and cures a Diabetes The Oyl of it is much used by Painters and makes a very lasting Black It also cures the Itch and other Vices of the Skin It grows plentifully in Malabar Anacardiums or Malacca-beans in Latin Anacardium The Arabians say that Anacardiums are hot and dry to the fourth Degree and that they are of a Caustick Nature and will exulcerate the Skin and take off Warts But Experience contradicts them They strengthen the Brain and Animal Spirits and dry and heat gently They comfort the Stomach They are counted by all an excellent Medicine to quicken the Memory It groweth in many Parts of India Anime Gummi 'T is two-fold Oriental and Occidental The Occidental is the Tears or White Resin of a Tree growing in New-Spain 'T is somewhat like Frankincense it has a pleasant and sweet Smell 'T is not so clear and shining as the Oriental The chief use of Anime Gummi is External in cold and painful Diseases of the Head and Nerves for Catarrhs and Flatulent Diseases also for Diseases of the Joints the Palsie Contusions and the like 'T is mix'd with Plasters for the same use Anise in Latin Anisum The Seed is chiefly used the Herb it self but rarely and the Root of it never It heats dries is Cephalick Epatick Pneumonick and Stomachick 'T is used for Wind in the Stomach a Cough and the like 'T is more agreeable to the Stomach than any other Medicine that is used to expel Wind it has less Acrimony and is sweeter The Ancients extoll'd it wonderfully for a cold and moist Stomach wherefore they used it in Pains of the Head proceeding from the Stomach for Watchings and a Loosness occasion'd by Crudities It provokes Urine and stimulates Venery 'T is baked with Bread and candied and so used It expels Wind and cures a Stinking Breath The Oyl of it is used against Wind and for a Cough proceeding from a cold Cause anise-seed-Anise-seed-water is good for those that are Short-breath'd and that are troubled with Heart-burning Heurnius says That the Powder or Decoction of it is better in the Cholick and Difficulty of Urine than the Oyl which they are to take notice of that value nothing but Chimical Preparations A Scruple of the Seed powder'd grosly is good for the Gripes in Children In Flatulent Hickups let the Sick always chew the Seed The same is good for the Cholick Take of the double Flowers of Camomile thirty Handfuls cut them and beat them and infuse them in five Quarts of Camomile-water and eight Quarts of Spanish Wine mix'd twenty four Hours press them out and infuse again twenty Handfuls of the Flowers as before press them out infuse again a third time twelve Handfuls of the Flowers add two Ounces of the yellow Pill of fresh Oranges two Ounces and an half of the Leaves of Roman Wormwood Centory Penny-royal Wild Marjoram of the Seeds of Dill two Ounces of the Seeds of Annise Fennel Caraways Cummin Blessed Thistle Mary's Thistle each one Ounce and an half of the Berries of Lawrel and Juniper each half an Ounce of Nutmegs three Ounces having digested them a sufficient time distil them according to Art Two or three Spoonfuls of this Water may be taken at a time for the Cholick and Wind in the Stomach Take of the Flowers of Brimstone one Part of Oyl of Annise-seeds four parts digest them till the Brimstone is dissolv'd and till the Balsam is red This is called Balsam of Sulphure annisated 'T is good for Coughs and Obstructions of the Lungs and Consumptions If the Sick hath not a Fever five or six Drops may be taken at a time mix'd with Sugar The following Electuary was frequently used by Dr. Coish who was an excellent Practitioner and a Man of good Reputation in London Take of Annise-seeds finely powder'd of the Powder of Liquorish each three Drams of the Flower of Sulphure one Dram and an half with two Ounces and an half of the best Hony make an Electuary to which add fifteen Drops of Balsam of Sulphure and ten Drops of Oyl of Annise-seeds This is excellent for Coughs and at the Beginning of Consumptions Take two Drams of it in the Morning and at Bed-time Balls for Colds in Horses are made in the following manner Take of the Powders of the Seeds or Fenugreek Annise Cummin Bastard-Saffron Elecampane of the Leaves of Colt's foot and Flower of Sulphure each two Ounces of Juice of Liquorish dissolv'd in half a Pint of White-wine one Ounce of Oyl of Olives and Hony each eight Ounces of Januen's Treacle twelve Ounces of Oyl of Annise-seeds one Ounce mingle them all together and with a Pound and an
half of Wheaten Flower or as much as will suffice make Balls Asa Foetida or Devil's Dung. No Simple Medicine is so much in use all over India as Asa Foetida for Medicines and for Sause for Meat and they usually mix it with their Broths They use it as a Medicine to quicken the Appetite to strengthen the Stomach to discuss Wind and to excite Venery But in Europe 't is chiefly used inwardly for Mother-sits a Peripneumonia and for Wounds 'T is used outwardly for Swellings of the Spleen Mother-fits and the like If any one is subject to the Falling-sickness let Asa Foetida be held to his Nose as soon as the Fit comes Take of Asa Foetida one Ounce of the Leaves of Rue one Handful of the best Vinegar one Pint boyl them in a Vessel of a narrow Mouth Let those that are subject to Vapours and Mother-fits receive the hot Vapour of it into their Mouths and Nostrils often in a Day Take of Asa Foetida Castor and Myrrh each one Scruple of the Faecula or Lees of Briony half a Scruple of the Seeds of Rue and of Saffron each eight Grains with Syrup of Mugwort make twelve Pills Three or four may be taken at a time But if the Patient cannot take Pills they may be dissolv'd in mugwort-Mugwort-water These Pills are very good in Hysterical Diseases and for Mother-fits But when the Fits are very violent the following Pills are used very successfully and do most commonly take them off Take of Asa Foetida one Scruple of Castor six Grains of Laudanum three Grains make three or four Pills let the Patient take them presently The Fetid Pills tho' they are Purging may be conveniently given in the Fit for they do not use to work till the Fit is over The Dose is half a Dram. The Plant whereof Asa Foetida is the Juice for it is press'd out of a Root grows in the Persian Empire B. THE True Natural Balsam-tree in Latin Balsamum verum The Balsam of it called Opobalsamum has been famous in all Ages for curing of Wounds And so effectual has it been accounted that other Vulnerary Oyls and Ointments have taken their Names from it And therefore Quacks and Mountebanks grace their Medicines with the Name of Balsam to make them more acceptable to the People There are many Observations of dangerous Wounds that have been cured in a short time by the use of this Balsam It cleanseth sordid Ulcers It doth much good in the Bitings of Serpents and Scorpions inwardly taken or outwardly applied Half a Dram of it taken every Morning is good in the Plague and a good Preservative against it Two Scruples or a Dram of it is very good in Chronical Fevers occasion'd by crude and cold Humours or by Obstructions of the Bowels It clears the Sight and is good in Diseases of the Ears Besides 't is useful in Convulsions that proceed from Cold and Moisture also for Giddiness Falling-sickness Palfies and the like for Coughs that proceed from a cold Humour for Difficulty of Breathing and Catarrhs for Crudities and Wind in the Stomach for a moist and cold Intemperies of the Womb for Barrenness the Whites Difficulty of Urine occasion'd either by Wind or Gravel Women also make use of it to beautifie the Face Lobelius wrote a whole Book of the Virtue of it It grows only in the Land of Judea Peruvian Balsam in Latin Balsamum è Peru. 'T is of great Virtue in outward and inward Diseases 'T is hot and dry It dissolves digests and discusses Some Drops of it taken in a Morning fasting is good in an Asthma 'T is good for the Intemperies of the Stomach and Weakness of the Bowels It opens Obstructions and takes off the Chilness of the Breast and Hypochondra's being anointed with a warm Hand By rubbing of it on the Head it strengthens the Brain and prevents Convulsions and the Palsie and strengthens all the Nerves When a Nerve is prick'd it takes off the Acrimony of the Sanies from whence proceed Pains and Convulsions When Animals are wounded or bit by Venomous Creatures by Instinct of Nature they rub themselves on the Bark of this Tree and so are presently reliev'd 'T is commonly used by Dr. Willis and others in making of Purging Pills It comes from Peru and New-Spain in Earthen Jars 'T is of a very dark Colour and of a fragrant Smell Balsam Copaiba 'T is of the Consistence and Smell of distill'd Oyl of Turpentine The Bark being cut at Full-Moon it distils in such a quantity that in the space of three Hours it drops six Quarts 'T is not only excellent for healing and cleansing Wounds especially of the Nerves and for curing the Biting of Serpents but it is also very beneficial taken inwardly For three or four Drops taken in an Egg twice or thrice in a Morning cures a Dysentery and other Fluxes of the Belly the Whites and a Gonorrhaea The Jews experience the Salutary Virtue of it in Circumcision for they stop the Blood flowing from that cruel Wound with it which before was deadly to many of them This Tree is wont to be much rub'd by Animals that are bit by Serpents or hurt by Wild Beasts to which they run for Cure by natural Instinct It grows plentifully in the Island called Maranhow Balsam of Tolu in Latin Balsamum de Tolu The Tree from whence this Balsam drops is like a small Pine-tree The thin and tender Bark is cut when the Sun is at its full heighth for it will not drop at all in the Night by reason of the Cold. The Liquor flowing out is receiv'd into Spoons made of black Wax 'T is of a Golden Colour and of a moderate Consistence 'T is very glutinous tastes pleasantly and well and hath a curious Scent It hath the same Virtues with the Peruvian Balsam It comes from Tolu and is better than that which is brought from New Spain It heats and dries attenuates resolves is vulnerary and purges the Breast 'T is chiefly used in an Asthma and for a Consumption and also for Crudities and Pains in the Stomach 'T is outwardly used for all Pains that proceed from a cold Cause for Defluxions upon the Eyes the Palsie the Weakness Pain and Wind of the Stomach Used with Nard-Oyl it cures the Weakness of the Spleen and is good for all Edematous Tumors for Swellings under the Ears and for the King's-Evil But it is much commended for curing Wounds especially if the Bones are broken for it draws forth the Splinters 'T is also of good use in Wounds of the Joints and when the Nerves are cut or prick'd and for Contusions and the like Take of the Balsam of Tolu of Mecha or for want of it of Copaiba of Calamite-Storax of Belzion the best of Onibanum Mastich Myrrh Ammoniacum granulated Taccamhac of Gum-Elemi of Chios-Turpentine of the Roots of Florentine-Orris each half an Ounce of the Pectoral-water made in the following manner one Pint and an half Take of the
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-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
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-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
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-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-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
vomited up This little Tree grows only in that part of Arabia Foelix which is situated betwixt the Tropicks And the Arabians take such Care that it should not be planted any where else that they destroy the Vegetative Virtue of the Seed either by boyling or burning it before they will part with it out of their Hands And they are much in the right for they get infinite Treasure by this one Commodity Upon which Account at least it may be called Arabia Foelix No one can imagine how many Thousand Bushels of it are exported yearly 'T is frequently used through all the Provinces of the Turkish Empire Vestingius says there are some Thousands of Coffee-houses in Grand Cayre And it is as commonly used in Africa and Barbery and lately in Europe Certainly in England the King hath a great Revenue by it for I believe there may be now as many Coffee-houses in London as in Grand Cayre Besides in other Parts of England there is scarce a Town of Note but hath one or more Coffee-houses in it Coloquintida in Latin Colocynthis 'T is a violent Medicine It purges thick and glutinous Flegm and other Humours from the remotest parts of the Body as from the Head Nerves Joints and the like for which reason it is commended and is used successfully for inveterate Head-aches an Apoplexy Falling-sickness Vertigo Asthma Cough cold Diseases of the Joints Flatulent Cholicks a Dropsie and the like But before it is used it ought to be well powder'd and fat and Lubricating things ought to be mix'd with it to attemperate the Acrimony of it 'T is an Ingredient of the Pill Cochiae majores and minores and of the Pill Rudii of the Pill Eduobus and of the Fetid Pill and of the Pill of Hermodactils and of some others The Troches of Alhandel are made of it in the following manner Take of the Pulp of Coloquintida that is white and smooth and freed from the Seeds and cut small and well rub'd with Oyl of Sweet Almonds and at two Days end finely powder'd ten Ounces of the Gums Arabeck Tragacanth and Bdellium each six Drams infuse the Gums for three or four Days in a sufficient quantity of Rose-water till they are quite melted and then with the said Pulp and part of the Musilage of the Gums make Troches which must be dried in the Shade and made up again with the rest of the Musilage Contrayerva in Latin Drakena radix The Root of it is Alexipharmick The Powder of it is an excellent Remedy against all Poysons except Sublimate It expels Worms and cures Agues Clusius gave it the Name of Drakena because Sir Francis Drake gave it him Take of the Powder of the Roots of Contrayerna Virginian-Snakeweed and Butter-bur each one Dram of Cochinelle and Saffron each half a Dram mingle them and make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram in a convenient Vehicle This is a sweating Medicine and is proper to expel Malignity Coral in Latin Corallium 'T is of a stony dense Substance and looks very fine when it is polish'd 'T is commonly believ'd that it is soft when it is under Water but that is a vulgar Error for those who fish for it say that it is as hard and stony under Water as it is above only it is cover'd with a soft Mossy Bark It hath an astringent Virtue especially when it is burnt and reduc'd to a Powder It stops all Fluxes of the Belly and of the Womb and the Running of the Reins but whether it comforts the Heart or prevents Children's Convulsions as 't is said is uncertain 'T is used outwardly for Ulcers which it incarns 'T is also used to clear the Sight Nurses in England hang it about Children's Necks to promote Cutting of the Teeth for by reason it is soft and cold Children love to have their Gums rub'd with it and so the Eruption of the Teeth is render'd more easie But we do not believe it doth conduce any thing by an occult Quality to the easie Breeding or Cutting of the Teeth Tincture of Coral is much commended in Pestilential Fevers Coral is prepar'd by grinding it on a Marble to a fine Powder and this is called prepar'd Coral 'T is used for the Bloody-Flux a Loosness the Flux of the Hemorrhoids and the Courses and for all other Distempers that are occasion'd by an Acrimony of Humors this being an Alcali that destroys it The Dose is from ten Grains to a Dram in knot-grass-Knot-grass-water or some other proper Liquor Dissolution of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of Coral ground fine on a Marble put it into a large Matrass and pour upon it as much distill'd Vinegar as will rise the breadth of four Fingers above the Matter there will happen a great Effervescency which being over set it in Digestion in warm Sand for two Days stirring the Matrass from time to time leave the Coral to settle at bottom and decant the clear Liquor into a Bottle Pour again so much distill'd Vinegar on the Remainder as before and leave it two Days in Digestion separate the clear Liquor and continue to add more distill'd Vinegar and to draw off the Impregnation until all the Coral is in a manner dissolv'd then mix your Dissolutions and pour them into a Glass-Cucurbite or else into an Earthen one evapotate in Sand two thirds of the Liquor or till there appears upon it a very fine Skin filtrate this Impregnation and keep it in order to make the Salt and Majestery as I shall shew by and by The Dissolution may be given for the same Purposes as the Salt The Dose is from ten to twenty Drops in some proper Liquor Red Coral is generally used because it is thought to have more Virtue than the rest Majestery of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Impregnation of Coral made with distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Viol or Matrass and drop into it the Liquor of the Salt of Tartar made per Deliquium a Curd will appear which will precipitate to the bottom in a very white Powder decant the clear Liquor and wash your Powder five or six times with Water dry it It is that which is called the Majestery of Coral Great Virtues are attributed to it It fortifies the Heart resists Poyson stops the Bloody-Flux and all other Hemorrhagies The Dose is from ten to thirty Grains in some proper Liquor Salt of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Dissolution of Coral made of distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Glass-Cucurbite or Earthen Pan and evaporate in Sand all the Moisture there will remain at hottom a Salt of Coral keep it in a Viol well stopped 'T is given for the same Reason as the Majestery is The Dose of it is less being from five to fifteen Grains Simple Syrup of Coral of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Red Coral four
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-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
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
them all according to Art and then add to each Pound of this Confection two Ounces of Venice-Treacle and Mithridate This is the Orvictan so much cried up by some G. GAlangal in Latin Galanga major The Root of it is good in all Cases wherein Ginger is used and it is wont to be candied like Ginger It provokes Appetite as Capers and Olives do The fresh Root of either of them cut into Slices is boyl'd with Flesh and Fish for the same purpose 'T is also eaten raw with Oyl Salt and Vinegar with Fish and Flesh to help Concoction 'T is used in the cold Diseases of Men and Beasts 'T is Cephalick Cardiack and Stomachick It strengthens the Stomach and takes off Sowr Belching Being chew'd in the Mouth it discusses Wind and cures a Stinking Breath It does good in the Cholick heats the Reins and provokes Venery Candied with Sugar it is good for cold Diseases of the Head and Nerves It cures the Head-ach and eases the Pain of the Limbs 'T is good for the Palpitation of the Heart used with the Juice of Plantane The Powder of it taken in good Wine or Balm-water or in the Juice of Borrage cures Fainting proceeding from a cold Cause The Germans use to give it to those that are about to be Let Blood to chew it in their Mouths to prevent Fainting It grows spontaneously in Malabar and Java Galbanum 'T is a fat Juice but cannot be dissolv'd with Oyl in Water it may 'T is of a middle Nature betwixt a Gum and a Resin for it will burn like Resin and dissolve in Water like a Gum. 'T is of a yellow Colour and of a soft Substance like Wax It tastes bitterish and acrid and smells very strong The chief use of it is to mollifie and digest 'T is used inwardly to provoke the Courses to hasten Delivery to expel the Secundine and a dead Child 'T is also outwardly used in Child-bearing for the Courses for Mother-fits and for Giddiness The Fume of it is good in the Falling-sickness for Mother-fits and for Fainting and the like 'T is said by some of the Ancients that he that washes his Hands with a Solution of it may safely handle Serpents But the Truth of it may be well doubted Take of Galbanum and choice Myrrh each one Dram and an half of Castor sixteen Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Balsam of Peru Make twelve Pills of each Dram Give three at Bed-time drinking upon them three or four Spoonfuls of compound-briony-Compound-Briony-water Continue the use of these Pills thirty Days These Pills are very proper in Hysterick Diseases Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams Tacamahaca two Drams mingle them make a Plaster to be applied to the Navel This Plaster is very proper in Hysterick Diseases 'T is an Ingredient of several Plasters of the London-Dispensatory as of the Plaster of Ammoniacum Barbarum Magnum of the Plaster of Cinnabar and of the Compound Diachylon of the Plaster of Mucilages of the Divine Plaster and some others The way to purifie it is to dissolve it in Vinegar then passing it through a Cloth all the Moisture is to be evaporated away over the Fire By this means it is cleans'd indeed from Straws and some other Impurities that are contain'd in it But then part of its Volatile Spirits is evaporated at the same time and in them consists its greatest Virtue while some others are fix'd by the Acid which always hinders the Motion of Volatiles Wherefore I would never advise this Purification I had rather after chusing it as clean as may be only powder it in a Mortar to mix it with what may be thought fit for tho' there should be some little Straws in it they would never be able to alter the nature of the Remedy or diminish its Virtue so much as does the Destruction of its Volatile Salts by the Vinegar But because it is too moist to be powder'd you must first cut it into little Slices and dry it in the Sun 'T is a Tear of the Herb called Faerula Common Great Gentian in Latin Gentiana major The Root of it which is chiefly used is Alexipharmick 'T is used in the Plague and other Contagious Diseases for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and the like 'T is good for a Dropsie Mother-fits Weakness of the Stomach the Worms Agues and for the Biting of a Mad Dog 'T is frequently used outwardly to dilate Ulcers and to make Issues run The Compound-water of Gentian of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Gentian cut one Pound and an half of the Leaves and Flowers of the Lesser Centory each four Ounces infuse them for the space of eight Days in six Quarts of White-wine and then distil them in B. M. This Water is a good Preservative against Ill Air and and Contagious Diseases It opens Obstructions of the Liver strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and helps Digestion 'T is good for the Jaundice and opens Women's Obstructions The Extract of Gentian is also much in use The Root powder'd and made into an Electuary with Conserve of Orange-peels and Conserve of Hips strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and expels Wind and helps Concoction Ginger in Latin Zinziber It grows in all the Provinces of India 'T is candied green in India and is good for Old People and such as are cold and flegmatick and for such whose Stomachs do not concoct well especially when it is fresh candied 'T is also good for Viscid Flegm of the Lungs The Indians use the Leaves of Ginger in Broths and for the Kitchin They also use the Roots of it green with Oyl and Salt mix'd with other Herbs Fresh Ginger is reckon'd by them an excellent Remedy for Cholical Pains and for the Caeliack and Lientaerick Passions 'T is also good for long Diarrhaea's proceeding from Cold and also for Wind and the Gripes and the like But it is to be noted that they who are of a hot Constitution ought not to use it whether they are sick or well for it inflames the Blood and opens the Orifices of the Veins But Ginger and Pepper are more used in the Kitchin than in Physick 'T is mix'd with purging Medicines that are strong to correct them It cleanses the Lungs and Stomach strengthens the Brain and clears the Sight when it is dulled by moisture It strengthens the Stomach and is mix'd with Antidotes 'T is an Ingredient in the Cardiack Syrup of the Cardiack Julep of the London-Dispensatory Goards in Latin Curcurbitae It quenches Thirst provokes Urine lessens Seed and extinguishes Venery 'T is used in Meats prepar'd in the following manner They boyl the inner and white Substance with the unripe and soft Seeds afterwards they cut them small with Onions and boyl them with Salt and Butter and then they are much like Headed Cabbage cut and boyl'd They are very good for lean People The Italians cut
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-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-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-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
Wood Bark and Root mix'd together is given for this purpose but the Root is best It grows in Malabar Lignum-Molucense 'T is found in the Molucca's and is kept in Gardens and is so much esteemâ—d by the Inhabitants that they will not let a Stranger see it The Seed of it is used to catch Birds they mix it with boyl'd Rice and lay it out for the Birds to eat it and as soon as they have tasted it they fall asleep and are stupid and if they eat greedily of it it kills them To rouse them that are asleep they dip their Heads in cold Water and so they recover The Wood reduced to Powder with a File and taken inwardly or outwardly applied expels Poysons It cures the Biting of Vipers and Serpents ten Grains of it being taken in rose-Rose-water It also cures Wounds made by poysonous Arrows The strongest Man must take but half a Scruple of it When it is used for Purging the Party that takes it must make but a small Supper the Night before It purges all Humours but especially gross clammy and melancholy Humours 'T is good for long Quartan-Agues and for Continual Fevers for the Iliack Passion the Cholick Wind a Dropsie and for Gravel and for Difficulty of Urine for Pains of the Joynts a Scirrhus and the King's-Evil It kills all sorts of Worms and restores lost Appetite Acâ—sta observ'd the great use of it in inveterate Pains of the Head an Hemicrania Apoplexy Noise of the Ears the Gout and for Diseases of the Stomach and Womb and for an Asthma If it work too much let the Party drink a Draught of a Decoction of Rice Lignum-Nepbriticum It comes from Countries that are moderately hot as is Mexicana 'T is used for Diseases of the Reins and for Difficulty of Urine And the Water of it is good for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen The Water of it is made in the following manner They cut the Wood small and infuse it in clear Fountain-water and keep it in the Vessel till all the Water is drunk then they put on fresh Water and so they repeat it as long as the Wood will tincture the Water In the space of about half an Hour the Wood imparts a light Sky-colour to the Water which grows deeper in time 'T is also good in Fevers and for the Cholick Take of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of China three Ounces of Saxifrage one Ounce of Nephritick Wood two Ounces of Hart's-horn and Ivory rasp'd half an Ounce of White Sanders half an Ounce of the Roots of Parsely Grass Knee-holm and Eringo each one Ounce of Liquorish two Ounces of Dates ston'd number Six of Caraway and Coriander-seeds each three Drams infuse them in seven Quarts of Fountain-water boyl it according to Art and Aromatize it with the Wood of Cassia Limon in Latin Malus Limonia Limons are more acid than Oranges or Citrons and therefore it is probable the Juice is colder 'T is proper for all those Uses that Citron is but it is not so effectual against Poysons yet is it more powerful in hot Diseases it quenches Thirst and lessens Feverish Heats The Juice of it is very proper to lessen the Stone and to cleanse the Urinary Passages The Syrup of the Juice of Limons is good for the Stone and Obstructions of the Kidnies It quenches Thirst is used in Burning Fevers and it strengthens the Heart and Stomach It restrains the Effervescence of Choler and is used with good Success to stop Vomiting the Hickups and to take off a Burning Fever The Peel of Limons as well as of Oranges is candied with Sugar for Sweet-meats and the small ones are also candied whole for various Uses The distill'd Water of Limons as well as of Citrons is reckon'd an excellent Cosmetick Secret Letters are writ with the Juice of Limons which may be read when they are held to the Fire The Juice imparts a curious Purple Colour to Conserve of Roses or Violets 'T is also much used to change Colours or to fix them For Nephritick Diseases Take of the Wood of Oak rasp'd one Ounce of Fountain-water three Quarts of the Juice of Limons four Ounces infuse them twenty four Hours upon hot Ashes and afterwards boyl it to the Consumption of a third part strain it The Dose is six Ounces 'T is excellent for an hot Intemperies of the Liver for Ulcers of the Reins and for Heat of the Urine but especially it evacuates salt viscid Flegm from the Reins and Bladder the Cause of Heat of Urine and Strangury Limons are brought to us from Spain and Italy Liquid-Amber 'T is the Resin that flows from a vast Tree that hath Leaves like Ivy-leaves The Indians call it Ocosolt When the Spaniards first enter'd into those Parts where these Trees grow they call'd them Spice-bearing Trees 'T is much used in Physick It heats strengthens resolves and is Anodine It comforts the Brain the Head being anointed with it and cures all sorts of Pains proceeding from a cold Cause It strengthens the Stomach procures Appetite and helps Concoction Much of it is used to perfume Gloves 'T is good in all cold Diseases to resolve Tumors to open Obstructions of the Womb to asswage the Tumors of it and to provoke the Courses Some cut the Wood in small pieces and boyl it and take off the Fat which swims at top and sell it for true Oyl And this is sold by some Apothecaries for Liquid-Storax M. MAce in Latin Macis 'T is the Covering or the Nutmeg and is very Aromatick and full of much Spirituous Heat and is therefore good for cold Diseases 'T is much of the same Virtue with the Nutmeg but because its Parts are finer it works more powerfully and is more penetrative Mandrake in Latin Mandragora 'T is Male and Female It grows spontaneously in hot Countries as Spain and Italy and the like in Woods and shady Places Mandrakes are reckon'd amongst Narcotick Medicines Some have question'd whether the Apple of it were wholesom or no. But Faber Lynceus Botanick Professor at Rome a very learned Man and of good Reputation says that both the Pulp and the Seed may be safely eaten Now seeing the Apples of the Mandrake are fit to be eaten and smell well why should we seek for any other Interpretation for the Hebrew Word Dudaim which Reuben brought to his Mother Leah And seeing it was the Opinion of the Ancients that the Seeds of the Mandrakes purged the Womb 't is very probable that Rachel knowing this Virtue of them desir'd the Mandrakes that her Womb being purg'd she might be render'd capable to conceive and to bear Children as well as her Sister Leah and her Maid Zilpha The Bark of the Root which is brought to us from abroad especially from Italy is Narcotick but it is seldom used inwardly 'T is outwardly used for Redness and Pains of the Eyes for an Erisipelas hard Tumors and the King's-Evil Manna The best comes from Calabria It sweats out of the Branches and
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-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
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-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-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
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
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
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.
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-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