in each Cloth to put the powder'd Cloves into set a small Earthen Cup upon each Glass of these Cloves let it stop so â—â—â—ly that it may suffer no Air to enter between its Brim and that of the Glass fill the Cups with hot Ashes to warm the Cloves and distil down to the bottom of the Glasses first a little Flegm and Spirit and after that a clear and white Oyl continue the Fire until there falls no more separate the Oyl in a Tunnel lined with a Cornet of Brown Paper and keep it in a Viol well stop'd Some Drops of it are with Cotton put into aching Teeth 'T is likewise good in Malignant Fevers and the Plague The Dose is two or three Drops in Balm-water or some appropriate Liquor You must mix it with a little Sugar-candy or a little Yolk of an Egg before you drop it into the Water otherwise it will not dissolve in the Water I have given you this Preparation to serve upon an Emergency when you want in haste the Oyl of Cloves You must only use hot Ashes to warm the Cloves if you desire White Oyl for if you give a greater Heat the Oyl turns red and besides a great part of it will be lost You must also take care to lift up the Cup from time to time to stir about the Powder Some do dissolve Opium in Oyl of Cloves and use this Dissolution for the Tooth-ach they put one Drop of it into the aching Tooth and it soon takes off the Pain The Spirit of Cloves which is made at the same time the Oyl is made is a good Stomachick It helps Concoction comforts the Heart and increases Seed The Dose is from six Drops to twenty in some convenient Liquor Cloves grow spontaneously in the Moloca-Islands Those that are good are black solid and weighty smell well are hard to break and bite the Tongue much and when they are broken their Liquor sweats out They may be kept five Years in a temperate place Coccus Baphica See Kermes Cockle in Latin Pseudomelanthium It grows every where amongst Corn and Flowers in June and July It cures the Itch and heals Wounds ann Fistula's and stops Blood But the Virtues of it are doubted by some Yet Sennertus commends it in Stopping of Bleeding Coco-Nut-tree in Latin Palma Coccifera A Liquor is drawn from this Tree called Suri which intoxicates like Wine It hath a pleasant sweet Taste An hot Water or Spirit is drawn from it by Distillation Sugar also and Vinegar is made of it Fine polish'd Cups tip'd with Silver are made of the Bark of it The Liquor or Wine is very good for Consumptions and excellent for Diseases of the Urine and Reins A Milk is drawn from the Kernels beat and press'd without the help of Fire which is very good for killing Worms eight Ounces of it being taken in a Morning with a little Salt The Liquor contain'd in the Kernel extinguishes Thirst cures Fevers clenses the Eyes and the Skin purifies the Blood purges the Stomach and Urinary Passages relieves the Breast tastes pleasantly and yields a great Nourishment 'T is said of it that it is Meat Drink and Cloth Chocolet is made of it It grows in the Spanish West-Indies and laste an hundred Years Coculus Indus 'T is uncertain where these Berries grow but the chief use of them is for catching Fish a Paste being made for them of White Flower and the Powder of the Berries For the Fish by eating of this Paste become giddy and stupid and so are easily taken But it is questionable whether Fish so taken may be safely eaten perhaps if they are gutted as soon as they are taken and boyl'd they may be eaten without hurt A Person who went to buy Cubebs of an Apothecary had these Berries deliver'd to him by a Mistake and when he had taken not above four of them he was presently seiz'd with a Vomiting the Hiccups and Faintness But a Vomit being presently given him he recover'd within an Hour Coffee in Latin Caova The Decoction of it strengthens a cold Stomach helps Concoction and opens Obstructions of the Bowels and is good for cold Tumors of the Liver and Spleen It heats the Womb and frees it from Obstructions Upon which Account the Egyptian and Arabian Women use it frequently But it is most taken notice of for removing Drowsiness But tho it be so commonly used and so very proper and effectual in some Cases yet in other Cases perhaps it may be hurtful or at least not so beneficial For it is commonly observ'd that Coffee-drinkers are often very lean and become Paralitick and impotent as to Venery But indeed in most Diseases of the Head as for Giddiness Head-aches Lethargies Catarrhs and the like Coffee is often used with good Success by those that are of a gross Habit of Body and of a cold Constitution and whose Blood is watery their Brains moist and their Animal Spirits dull for being taken daily it wonderfully clears the Spirits and dissipates those Clouds of all the Functions But on the contrary they who are of a thin Habit of Body and an hot and melancholy Constitution ought by all means to forbear Coffee And besides those that have but weak Spirits or are subject to a Trembling or Numness of the Limbs ought not to drink Coffee tho' they are afflicted with the Head-ach Nor ought they who are subject to the Palpitation of the Heart 'T is reckon'd good in a Scorbutick Gout and for the Gravel The Goodness of Coffee chiefly depends on the exact roasting of it Bernier says there were only two Men that knew how to roast them right in Grand Cayro For few know the manner and degree of Torrifaction for if they are never so little over or under-roasted they are spoyled Coffee is adulterated with burnt Crusts of Bread roasted Beans and the like 'T is commonly boyl'd in Copper or Tin-Pots but Earâ—hen are best for it for it is probable that Metals too often impart something of their Substance to the Liquor It hath been observ'd that upon Distillation a Pound of good clean Coffee the Vessels being well luted hath yielded four Ounces and an half of Flegm with a little Volatile Spirit mix'd with Salt and two Ounces and five Drams of a thick black Oyl which being rectified became yellow the Caput mortuum weighed about four Ounces so that about a fourth part evaporated notwithstanding the Vessels were so closely cemented Upon which we may reasonably conjecture that Coffee contains many Particles that are Volatile and Penetrative whereby it is probable it keeps Men waking Many that have been very subject to Nephritick Pains have been cured by taking Coffee often Women use it to cleanse the Teeth One that was seiz'd with a violent Cholera and painful Convulsions from an Internal Cause was cured in a short time by taking a great quantity of Coffee which was retain'd in the Stomach when the Tincture of Opium Mint-water and the like were
vomited up This little Tree grows only in that part of Arabia Foelix which is situated betwixt the Tropicks And the Arabians take such Care that it should not be planted any where else that they destroy the Vegetative Virtue of the Seed either by boyling or burning it before they will part with it out of their Hands And they are much in the right for they get infinite Treasure by this one Commodity Upon which Account at least it may be called Arabia Foelix No one can imagine how many Thousand Bushels of it are exported yearly 'T is frequently used through all the Provinces of the Turkish Empire Vestingius says there are some Thousands of Coffee-houses in Grand Cayre And it is as commonly used in Africa and Barbery and lately in Europe Certainly in England the King hath a great Revenue by it for I believe there may be now as many Coffee-houses in London as in Grand Cayre Besides in other Parts of England there is scarce a Town of Note but hath one or more Coffee-houses in it Coloquintida in Latin Colocynthis 'T is a violent Medicine It purges thick and glutinous Flegm and other Humours from the remotest parts of the Body as from the Head Nerves Joints and the like for which reason it is commended and is used successfully for inveterate Head-aches an Apoplexy Falling-sickness Vertigo Asthma Cough cold Diseases of the Joints Flatulent Cholicks a Dropsie and the like But before it is used it ought to be well powder'd and fat and Lubricating things ought to be mix'd with it to attemperate the Acrimony of it 'T is an Ingredient of the Pill Cochiae majores and minores and of the Pill Rudii of the Pill Eduobus and of the Fetid Pill and of the Pill of Hermodactils and of some others The Troches of Alhandel are made of it in the following manner Take of the Pulp of Coloquintida that is white and smooth and freed from the Seeds and cut small and well rub'd with Oyl of Sweet Almonds and at two Days end finely powder'd ten Ounces of the Gums Arabeck Tragacanth and Bdellium each six Drams infuse the Gums for three or four Days in a sufficient quantity of Rose-water till they are quite melted and then with the said Pulp and part of the Musilage of the Gums make Troches which must be dried in the Shade and made up again with the rest of the Musilage Contrayerva in Latin Drakena radix The Root of it is Alexipharmick The Powder of it is an excellent Remedy against all Poysons except Sublimate It expels Worms and cures Agues Clusius gave it the Name of Drakena because Sir Francis Drake gave it him Take of the Powder of the Roots of Contrayerna Virginian-Snakeweed and Butter-bur each one Dram of Cochinelle and Saffron each half a Dram mingle them and make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram in a convenient Vehicle This is a sweating Medicine and is proper to expel Malignity Coral in Latin Corallium 'T is of a stony dense Substance and looks very fine when it is polish'd 'T is commonly believ'd that it is soft when it is under Water but that is a vulgar Error for those who fish for it say that it is as hard and stony under Water as it is above only it is cover'd with a soft Mossy Bark It hath an astringent Virtue especially when it is burnt and reduc'd to a Powder It stops all Fluxes of the Belly and of the Womb and the Running of the Reins but whether it comforts the Heart or prevents Children's Convulsions as 't is said is uncertain 'T is used outwardly for Ulcers which it incarns 'T is also used to clear the Sight Nurses in England hang it about Children's Necks to promote Cutting of the Teeth for by reason it is soft and cold Children love to have their Gums rub'd with it and so the Eruption of the Teeth is render'd more easie But we do not believe it doth conduce any thing by an occult Quality to the easie Breeding or Cutting of the Teeth Tincture of Coral is much commended in Pestilential Fevers Coral is prepar'd by grinding it on a Marble to a fine Powder and this is called prepar'd Coral 'T is used for the Bloody-Flux a Loosness the Flux of the Hemorrhoids and the Courses and for all other Distempers that are occasion'd by an Acrimony of Humors this being an Alcali that destroys it The Dose is from ten Grains to a Dram in Knot-grass-water or some other proper Liquor Dissolution of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of Coral ground fine on a Marble put it into a large Matrass and pour upon it as much distill'd Vinegar as will rise the breadth of four Fingers above the Matter there will happen a great Effervescency which being over set it in Digestion in warm Sand for two Days stirring the Matrass from time to time leave the Coral to settle at bottom and decant the clear Liquor into a Bottle Pour again so much distill'd Vinegar on the Remainder as before and leave it two Days in Digestion separate the clear Liquor and continue to add more distill'd Vinegar and to draw off the Impregnation until all the Coral is in a manner dissolv'd then mix your Dissolutions and pour them into a Glass-Cucurbite or else into an Earthen one evapotate in Sand two thirds of the Liquor or till there appears upon it a very fine Skin filtrate this Impregnation and keep it in order to make the Salt and Majestery as I shall shew by and by The Dissolution may be given for the same Purposes as the Salt The Dose is from ten to twenty Drops in some proper Liquor Red Coral is generally used because it is thought to have more Virtue than the rest Majestery of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Impregnation of Coral made with distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Viol or Matrass and drop into it the Liquor of the Salt of Tartar made per Deliquium a Curd will appear which will precipitate to the bottom in a very white Powder decant the clear Liquor and wash your Powder five or six times with Water dry it It is that which is called the Majestery of Coral Great Virtues are attributed to it It fortifies the Heart resists Poyson stops the Bloody-Flux and all other Hemorrhagies The Dose is from ten to thirty Grains in some proper Liquor Salt of Coral is made in the following manner Take what quantity you please of the Dissolution of Coral made of distill'd Vinegar pour it into a Glass-Cucurbite or Earthen Pan and evaporate in Sand all the Moisture there will remain at hottom a Salt of Coral keep it in a Viol well stopped 'T is given for the same Reason as the Majestery is The Dose of it is less being from five to fifteen Grains Simple Syrup of Coral of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of Red Coral four
of Venice-Treacle and one Dram of Mithridate and four Ounces of strong 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-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
strain it then add four Pounds of White Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup the Infusion of Rubarb being put to it and the Saffron being tied up in a Rag and dipp'd often in it and squeez'd out This Syrup is a very proper Purge for melancholy People but will scarce purge enough by it self wherefore take two Ounces of it in three Ounces of the Decoction of Dodder which see among the Vertues of Dodder The Confection of Alkermes is made with Juice of Apples and the Ointment called Pomatum Cyder is good for the Scurvy Apricock-tree in Latin Malus Armeniaca The English Apricocks are better than the French or Italian and more wholsome than the Peach The Oyl of the Kernels is excellent for Inflammations and Swellings of the Hemorrhoids and for Pains of the Ears The Kernels eaten cure the Heart-burning White Arch-Angel in Latin Laminum album It has many fibrous Roots it creeps awry in the Earth like Mint the Stalks are a Foot or two Foot high four-square and pretty large but they are smaller near the Earth and weak so that they can scarce stand alone They are empty pretty hairy and branchy and have a few Joints and near the Earth seem of a Purple Colour when the Sun shines on them The Leaves are plac'd by Pairs opposite to one another like Nettles those on the Bottom-stalks are plac'd on long Foot-stalks those on the Top-stalks on short Foot-stalks and have a short soft Down The Flowers encompass the Stalks at the Joints they are white large and hooded without rather pale than white It flowers at the Latter End of April or the Beginning of May. One handful of the Herb beaten up with Hog's Lard and applied to King's-Evil-Swellings in the Neck or Throat discusses them A Conserve of the Flowers is much commended in the Whites But the Cure of them by the following Method is much safer and surer Bleed once and purge thrice with two Scruples of Pill Coch. Major Then take of Venice-Treacle one Ounce and an half of the Conserve of the yellow Pill of Oranges one Ounce of Diascordium half an Ounce of Candied Ginger and Nutmegs each three Drams of the Compound Powder of Crabs-eyes one Dram and an half of the outward Bark of the Pomegranate of the Root of Spanish Angelica of Red Coral prepar'd of the Trochisc de Terra Lemnia each one Dram of Bole-Armenick two Scruples of Gum-Arabick half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of dried Roses Make an Electuary Take the quantity of a large Nutmeg in the Morning at Five in the Afternoon and at Bed-time drinking upon it six Spoonfuls of the following Infusion Take of the Roots Elecampane Master-Wort Angelica and Gentian each half an Ounce of the Leaves of Roman-Wormwood of White Arch-Angel and the lesser Centory and Calamint each one handful of Juniper-berries one Ounce Cut them small and infuse them in five Pints of Canary Let them stand in Infusion and strain it only as you use it Stinking Arrach or Orrach in Latin Atriplex Olida 'T is easily known by its stinking Smell which is exactly like Old Ling. It grows in Places where there is Rubbish but it is not common A Conserve of the Leaves or Syrup made of the Juice is good for Mother-fits and Women's Obstructions the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Conserve being taken Morning and Evening or two Spoonfuls of the Syrup at the same Times But the following Plaster must be applied to the Woman's Navel Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams of Tacamahaca two Drams Mingle them and make a Plaster and spread it on Leather having an Hole cut in the middle The Woman must be also purg'd three or four times with the Pill Coch. Major viz. Take of the Pill Coch. Major two Scruples of Castor powder'd two Grains of the Peruvian Balsam four Drops Make four Pills to be taken at Five in the Morning and let her sleep after them After purging as above directed let the Woman take of the Conserve or Syrup as before mentioned thirty Days drinking presently after a Draught of Wormwood-Beer or Wine Or if she do not like the Conserve or Syrup let her take the following Pills for the space of a Month. Take of the Filings of Steel eight Grains of Extract of Wormwood a sufficient quantity Make two Pills let her take them in the Morning and repeat them in the Evening and so Morning and Evening drinking a small Draught of Wormwood-Beer presently after Common Arsmart in Latin Persicaria It has a single small woody white Root with many Fibres It has many Stalks a Foot or two Foot high solid round and smooth branchy and jointed When the Sun shines on them they are of a reddish Colour otherwise of a yellow Green The Leaves embrace the Stalks at the Joints and are plac'd on short Foot-stalks They are of a pale Green not spotted smooth They are like Peach-leaves The Flowers grow upon the upper Stalks and Branches in spiky Heads and are very small Some of them are useless no Seed succeeding them these consist of four Leaves Others are always shut and contain a pretty large three-square shining Seed that is black when 't is ripe and these are red without This Plant has an acrid and biting Taste It grows in watry Places and Ditches 'T is plainly hot and dry 'T is chiefly used outwardly in Wounds hard Swellings and old Sores The Water of Arsmart is of great use in the Stone of the Kidnies or Bladder a Draught of it being taken every Morning for two or three Months together A Country-Gentleman us'd a Load of this Herb in a Year to make the Water wherewith he cured many of the Stone The Root or Seed put into an aching hollow Tooth takes off the Pain There is scarce any thing more effectual to drive away Flies For whatever Wounds or Ulcers Cattel have if they are anointed with the Juice of Arsmart the Flies will not come near tho it is the Heat of Summer Artichoke in Latin Cinara The Germans and French eat the tender Stalks boyl'd with Vinegar and Butter And the Italians seldom boyl the Heads but eat them raw with Salt Oyl and Pepper They are said to provoke Venery to restore Nature and strengthen the Stomach A Decoction of the Buds provokes Urine Asarabacca in Latin Asarum It has many Heads shooting from the Roots whereon are many smooth Leaves every one upon a Foot-stalk by it self They are rounder and bigger than the Leaves of Violets and thicker and of a darker green shining Colour on the upper side and of a paler Green underneath Among the Leaves near the Earth are six-angled purplish Husks that are hairy and plac'd on short Foot-stalks these contain the Seeds that are like the Stones of Grapes They have within a white Marrow that tastes somewhat acrid It purges violently upwards and downwards Flegm and Choler 'T is Diuretick also and forces the Courses Wherefore
of this Drink for a pretty while he seldom heard of them any more Mr. Boyle prescrib'd one Ounce and an half of this Seed to a Gallon of Ale Celandine in Latin Chelidonium majus It has divers tender round light-green Stalks with greater Joints than ordinary in other Herbs they are very brittle branchy and have large tender long Leaves divided into many Parts and each of them cut in the Edges they are placed at the Joynts on both sides of the Branches of a dark-bluish green Colour above like Columbines of a pale bluish Green underneath They are full of yellow Sap which is of a bitter Taste and strong Smell At the tops of their Branches which are much divided grow yellow Flowers consisting of four Leaves After which come small long Pods with blackish Seeds therein The Root is pretty large at the Head shooting forth divers other long Roots and small Fibres reddish on the outside and full of yellow Sap within 'T is hot and dry It evacuates Choler by Urine and Stool and clears the Sight A Syrup made of the whole Herb is good in the Jaundice for Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Kidnies It cures a Tetter called in Latin Herpes Miliaris effectually it being anointed with the Juice The Juice or distill'd Water of it outwardly applied strengthens the Eyes and cures Ulcers But because the Juice is very acrid it must be mix'd with those things that will abate its Acrimony A great quantity of the Juice is made use of in the Composition of Aqua Mirabilis which is made in the following manner Take of Cloves Galangal Cubeds Mace Cardamoms Nutmeg Ginger each one Dram of the Juice of Celendine half a Pint of Brandy one Pint of White-wine three Pints infuse them twenty four Hours and then distil a Quart in B. M. Celendine grows in shady and rough Places and amongst Rubbish The Lesser Celandine or Pile-wort in Latin Chelidonium minus 'T is a little Plant about an Hand 's breadth which has yearly a new Root Leaf and Flower The Root is inspid and partly round as an Onion and partly consisting of many white Fibres from whence arises a small Stalk near the Earth white above of a light Purple and at the bottom is a Joint from whence arise two Leaves opposite one to another with long Stalks that have a broad Beginning and are of a fleshy Colour and end narrow and green They are somewhat like Ivy-leaves but softer less and rounder they shine and are nervous and have sometimes white Spots as also those two that arise from the Root The Leaves upon the Stalks are much indented like the Leaves of Creeping-Ivy and they are commonly plac'd alternately and hang upon short green Foot-stalks At the top of the Branches is plac'd one Flower resembling that of Crowfoot consisting of eight or nine small Leaves of a Golden shining Colour The Cup consists of three little short Leaves and has in the middle many yellow Threads A little Head cover'd with Pricks succeeds the Flower of a yellowish green Colour compos'd of the Seeds It flowers at the Latter End of March or the Beginning of April in May the Leaves and Flowers vanish the Roots shoot forth the next Spring It grows in Meadows near Ditches and chiefly in wet Grounds It cools and moistens and is chiefly us'd for the Jaundice Scurvy and Bleeding of the Hemorrhoids Outwardly applied 't is a Specifick for Excrescencies in the Fundament and is much commended for Cleansing the Teeth and for preserving them from Putrefaction The Lesser Centory in Latin Centaurium minus The Root is small white and woody it creeps awry 'tis full of Twigs without Juice and insipid It has most commonly but one Stalk nine Inches or one Foot high smooth and firm Some of the Leaves lie on the Ground others are plac'd on the Stalk by Pairs one opposite to another larger than the Leaves of St. John's-wort smooth and green They have three great Nerves very conspicuous on the Underside running according to their Longitude There are many Flowers joyn'd together at the top of the Stalk and Branches but they have no Foot-stalk they are expanded from a long Tube into five sharp pieces resembling so many Leaves and they have five yellow Tops The Cup of the Flower is compos'd of five narrow acute small Leaves Long starvling little Heads succeed the Flowers full of Seeds like Sand. It flowers in July and is common in dry Pastures Gallen by reason of the wonderful and great Virtue of this Plant wrote a whole Book of it 'T is Splenetick and Hepatick bitter without Biting 't is Cleansing Opening and Vulnerary 'T is good in the Jaundice in Suppression of the Courses in the Gout and for Worms and is a Specifick for the Biting of a Mad Dog The Decoction of it is us'd with Success in Tertian-Agues wherefore 't is called by some the Febrifuge-Plant 'T is one of the Ingredients of the Bitter Drink so much us'd by the London-Physicians which is made in the following manner Take of the Tops of the Lesser Centory of the Flowers of Camomile each one Pugil of the Roots of Gentian half a Scruple of the Leaves of Sena and Carduus-seed each one Dram of Salt of Worm-wood ten Grains boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to four Ounces A Decoction of the Tops of it takes off Pimples Spots Morphew and other Diseases of the Skin A Lee made of it cleanses the Hair and makes it white A Man almost destroy'd by the Jaundice was cured by drinking every Morning a strong Decoction of this Herb. It will not grow in Gardens Common Wild Charvil in Latin Cerefolium Silvestre It has a woody single white Root and very small Fibres 't is as thick as the Little Finger The Taste of it is somewhat acrid It has sometimes one sometimes more Stalks They are a Cubit and an half high or higher round channel'd smooth and empty and knotted with joints plac'd at a great distance and they belly out under the Joints The Branches come out alternately at each Joint from the Wings of the Leaves This is one of the Plants that are called Umbelliferous The Flowers are small and white and consist of five Leaves and so many white Threads The Seeds are oblong smooth and blackish when they are ripe of a sweet and Aromatick Taste The Leaves are softer and cut sharper than the Leaves of Parsly of an Aromatick Smell and Taste and of a pale-green Colour and sometimes a little red The Foot-stalks are often red and somewhat hairy Tho' we said the Leaves grow alternately upon the Stalks yet at the top they are plac'd by Pairs And from the Wings of these two Branches rise which is common to most other Umbelliferous Plants It flowers in May Soon after the Seed is ripe it withers away It springs again in the Autumn and is green all the Winter Charvil especially that which grows in Gardens is hot and dry and
upon long Foot-stalks they are almost round yet they are broader than they are long sometimes an Hand 's breadth and more they are thick whitish or gray as is the whole Plant. The Leaves are sharp and prickly The Stalk is two Foot high and very branchy The Heads are placed amongst the prickly Leaves at the Extremities of the Branches The Flowers are white It has two broad Seeds joyn'd together which are encompass'd by Prickles on every side Eringo is Epatick Nephretick and Alexipharmick It forces Urine and the Courses It expels Wind and eases Gripes and cures the Jaundico The Roots of it candied are accounted excellent Sweet-meats and are Provocatives to Venery and are good Preservatives against the Plague and the Contagion of the Air and are good for Consumptive People The Root candied cures a Gonorrhea and is useful in the French Pox. And used in the form of a Cataplasm and applied to the Belly it prevents Abortion Eye-bright in Latin Euphrasia 'T is a small Plant an Hand and an half high The Root is single and crooked it has a few large Fibres 't is woody and white The Stalks are roundish hairy and where the Sun shines purplish They have many Branches which come from the Wings of the Leaves that are longer sometimes than the middle Stalk The Leaves are placed by Pairs on the Stalk opposite to one another without Foot-stalks and are like the Leaves of Chick-weed they are of a deep Green they shine are wrinkly indented and hairy under and of a fat and bitterish Taste The little Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves they are white streak'd within with purple Lines and a yellow Spot is in the middle The Seeds are oblong and of an Ash-colour It grows commonly in barren Pastures and flowers about the middle of Summer Eye-bright which Way soever it is taken either in a Powder by it self or in White-wine or the Juice or the distill'd Water wonderfully strengthens the Eyes and repairs a weak Sight 'T is applied outwardly being bruis'd for Inflammations and Dimness of Sight Or the Juice is drop'd into the Eye But especially the Water Take of Eye-bright two Ounces Mace half an Ounce make a fine Powder Some add to it Fennel-seed and Sugar This is good for Dimness of Sight Take one Dram of it Night and Morning but the Body must be first well purg'd Fabritius Hildanus who is an Author of the first Rank says That the Virtues of Eye-bright are so effectual in Weakness of Sight that he had observ'd some of Seventy Years of Age to have recover'd their Sight which they had lost by long Watchings and much Study by the Use of it The Oculists in England and Beyond-Sea use the Herb in Sallets in Broths in Bread and in Table-Beer and apply it outwardly in Fomentations and other External Medicines for the Eyes Take of Water of Eye-bright and Fennel each one Ounce and an half of White Rose-water one Ounce Prepar'd Tutty two Drams Camphire two Grains mix them drop two or three Drops into the Eye warm thrice a Day This is good when the Eye is much bruis'd F. COmmon Fennel in Latin Faeniculum vulgare It grows on hot and stony Grounds and in England on the Sea-banks and on Chalk-hills as in Cornwal and in Pemsley-Marsh in Sussex The Powder of the Seed taken daily in the Morning fasting with Sugar clears the Sight wonderfully The Seed strengthens the Stomach and takes off Nauseousness And being mix'd with Pectoral Medicines it relieves those that are Asthmatick and also resists Poyson The Leaves boyl'd in Barley-water increase Nurses Milk And a Decoction of the Leaves and Seeds asswages Nephritick Pains forces Urine and expels Gravel The Roots provoke the Courses and open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and cure the Jaundice The whole Herb boyl'd in Broths is reckon'd good to prevent and cure Over-fatness The tender Buds of Fennel and the upper part of the Root before the Stalks grow out are used for Second Course being prepar'd with Oyl and Pepper by the Italians and in Savoy Dauphiné Provence and Languedoc We commonly use the fresh Leaves cut small in Pickle for Fish and in Boyling them It hinders Abortion And the Roots of it boyl'd in Wine and applied to the Eye cured a Suffusion in a Monk in the space of nine Days Take of the Seeds of Fennel Annis and Coriander each one Dram of Carroways half a Dram of Shavings of Harts-horn and Ivory each one Dram of the Species Aromatick Rosat half a Dram of Marjoram half a Dram of the Cordial-flowers one Dram of the Roots of Liquorish and Elecampane each one Dram of Ginger Galangal Nutmegs and Cloves each half a Dram Saffron one Scruple beat them grosly and add of Sugar of Roses the weight of all The Dose is half a Spoonful after Meals This has done much Good for those that have been troubled with wind in their Stomachs Hog's Fennel or Sulphur-wort in Latin Pucedanum vulgare The Root is thick 't is cover'd with a black Bark the Substance of it is green If it be cut the Juice that comes out smells strong like Pitch The Stalk is three or four Foot high or higher 't is branchy The Umbels or Tufts are very large The Flowers are yellow and have yellow Threads The Leaves are large and divided into three Parts and each Division is again divided into three other Parts The Seeds are thin flat and yellowish and taste acrid and bitterish It grows in Marshy Ditches near Shorcham in Sussex and near the Thames plentifully It expectorates and expels Choler 'T is chiefly used in Diseases of the Breast for Coughs Wind and Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Reins It forces Urine and does good in the Stone 'T is used outwardly in Head-aches The Ancients reckon'd it was good for all nervous Diseases as Lethargy frenzy Falling-sickness Giddiness Palsie and the like The Conserve of it is an excellent Histerick and Pectoral Medicine Fenugreek in Latin Foenum Graecum It has one thin green hollow Stalk divided into Wings and Branches not above a Foot high The Leaves are like the Leaves of Meadow-Tree-foil but they are rounder and smaller above they are green below of an Ash-colour The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves and are like those of Lupines and are whitish It has Pods an Hand or an Hand and an half long that are plac'd upon very short Foot-stalks they are thin narrow and flat in which is contain'd the Seed which is oblong and almost four-square and of a yellowish Colour and smells sweet The Root is small white single and woody 'T is sown in many Places I never found it grow Spontaneously The Flower of the Seed which is only in use mollifies digests ripens and discusses and is Anodine And the Use of it is so very frequent that there is scarce a Chirurgeon makes a Poultess without it or its Mucilage 'T is also often used in Emollient Clysters for the
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-water strain it through a Sieve then add of the Musilage of Fenugreek-seeds extracted in Rose-water of the Blood-stone finely powder'd each one Dram of Camphire and Prepar'd Tutty one Scruple of Bole-Almoniack a little of Rose-water a sufficient quantity Make an Epithem for the Eyes For Cold Swellings of the Paps apply the Flower of Fenugreek-seed mix'd with Juice of Smallage Take of Flax and Fenugreek-seeds beaten each one Ounce of ordinary Barley one Pugil of the Flowers of Camomile and Melilot each one Pugil of Rye-Bran two Pugils Make a Decoction of all in Water to half a Pint in the strain'd Liquor dissolve the Yolks of two Eggs Hony of Roses three Ounces Brown Sugar two Ounces mix them and make a Clyster This is good in the Bloody-Flux Common Male Fern in Latin Filix mas vulgaris It grows every where near Hedges and in shady Places The Root is reckon'd injurious to Women and occasions Barrenness hinders Conception and causes Abortion 'T is peculiarly good for the Rickets Female Fern in Latin Filix foemina It grows every where on barren Grounds 'T is the largest of all that grows in England The Root is branchy and creeping 'T is very injurious to Husbandmen Of the Ashes of this and the Male-Fern are made with Water Balls especially in Warwickshire and Staffordshire and being dried in the Sun they wash their Clothes with them instead of Soap But before they use them they put them into a light Fire till they are red hot and then they will easily powder This Fern is used in Sussex to burn Lime for the Flame of it is very violent and therefore very fit for that Use The Root of it reduc'd into Powder and one Dram of it taken in Water and Hony kills the broad and long Worms of the Belly Mounte-banks keep this as a great Secret and use it to kill Worms The Juice of the Root is good for Burns Some poor People have been forc'd in great Scarcity of Corn to make Bread of this Root The Ashes cast upon Stones instead of Nitre make Glass of a green Colour Flowering Fern or Osmond-royal in Latin Filix florida or Osmonda regalis It shoots forth in the Spring divers rough hard Stalks half round and hollowish flat on the other side two Foot high having several Branches of winged yellowish green Leaves on all sides somewhat like the Leaves of Polypody From the top of some of the Stalks grows a long Bush of small green scaly Aglets which are counted the Flowers and Seeds The Root is rough thick and scaly with a white Pith. It grows in Marshy Places and amongst Woods in many Parts of England The Root cures Bursten Bellies and Ulcers It does good in the Cholick and Diseases of the Spleen The whitish part of the Root is very effectual for Bruises and those that are wounded it being boyl'd in some Liquor 'T is excellent in the Rickets a Conserve being made of the tender Buds of it and of Asparagus Spleen-wort and Harts-tongue Feverfew in Latin Matricaria It has a white Root and many Fibres It has many Stalks about three Foot high rigid channel'd smooth pretty large and full of a fungous Pith. It has many Leaves but they are not plac'd orderly Towards the top of the Stalks come forth small Branches from the Wings of the Leaves whereon as also on the tops of the Stalks many Flowers are placed upon oblong Foot-stalks as it were in a Tuft they are not very large white short marginal Leaves encompass the middle yellow Dish when the marginal Leaves wither the Dish grows large The Colour of the Leaves is of a yellowish Green The whole Plant smells strong It flowers in June or July and grows in Hedges and amongst Rubbish The Leaves are very much cut about the Edges 'T is much used in Diseases of the Womb A Decoction of it forces the Courses and expels the After-birth It cures the Suffocation of the Womb It does all a bitter Herb can do It cures Fevers Bees cannot endure it wherefore those that abound with good Humours in the Body and are most apt to be stung with Bees may secure themselves when they walk in Gardens where Bees are by carrying Feverfew in their Hands Take of Feverfew one Handful warm it in a Frying-pan apply it twice or thrice hot this cures an Hemicrania And the crude Herb applied to the Top of the Head cures the Head-ach A Decoction of it with the Flowers of Camomile cures Histerical Symptoms and forces the Child-bed Purgations in great Abundance Fig-tree in Latin Ficus Fresh Figs if they are ripe are very soon concocted Galen eat no other Fruit after Twenty eight Years of Age than Figs and Raisins They are Pectoral and are used by Physicians in Diseases of the Lungs Some Women eat them to facilitate Delivery And Brandy burnt on Figs is freqently used to cure a Cough Figs outwardly applied ripen mollifie and attract Being beat with Leaven and Salt they break Pestilential Buboes and other Tumours in a few Days King Hezekiah used the same Medicine with Advice of the Prophet 2 King 20. 7. 'T is said that Figs frequently eaten breed Lice The Juice of the Fig-tree is very biting and may be reckon'd amongst the Causticks and may be used to cure Warts and other sordid Excrescencies of the Skin Take of Raisins of the Sun stoned one Ounce of Sebestens and Jujubes each fifteen Dates six fat Figs eight French-Barley one Ounce Liquorish half an Ounce of the Leaves of Maiden-hair Hyssop Seabious and Colt's-foot each one Handful boyl them in three Pints of Fountain-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
Milk and therefore 't is called their Treacle But the often use of it is injurious partly by reason of the intollerable Stink but especially because it occasions the Head-ach and Drought and for that it hurts the Eyes and the Organs of all the the Senses Zacutus Lusitanus relates an Observation of an Old Man who travelling a long Way in the Snow was taken desperately ill the innate Heat of his Stomach being in a manner extinguish'd And when Zacutus had tried all hot Remedies to no purpose he at length according to Avicen's Directions gave him Dried Garlick mix'd with Hony and when he had used this four Days the Man found himself better and was quite recover'd by using it a Month. And Experience teaches the Northern People the Use of this Root for which Reason they eat it often Garlick beat with Lard and applied to the Soles of the Feet in the manner of an Ointment opens the Stoppages of the Lungs If Garlick be applied to the Soles of the Feet the Breath will stink of it but the Vapours penetrating the Habit of the Body do not occasion that Stink but Particles of the Garlick are mix'd with the Blood and together with it are brought to the Lungs and so are emitted by Expiration with the Sooty Effluvia of the Blood Take Cloves of Garlick pill'd four Ounces boyl them till they are soft change the Water twice pour the Water off and put the Garlick into a Vessel to which put Syrup of Vinegar half a pound stop it up close and set it in a Skillet with Water put Hay under the Vessel and boyl it for half an Hour Take four or five of the Cloves every Day and a Spoonful or two of the Syrup This is much commended for Coughs and the Worms Wild Germander in Latin Chamaedrys silvestris 'T is rooted with a great many Fibres The Branches bending to the Earth sometimes turn to Roots and so by creeping it increases The Stalks are sometimes two Foot high downy round small and weak to which the Leaves grow by Intervals opposite to one another without Foot-stalks they are indented hairy very green and wrinkly from a large Basis they grow by degrees pointed but not very sharp The Flowers come from the Wings of the Leaves and grow like an Ear and seem as if they had four Leaves tho' they have really but one for they are entire at bottom They are of a pleasant Sky-colour and shine and are streak'd with deep colour'd Lines and white in the Middle where is a very small Violet-Pillar with two Threads sustaining the white Tufts The Cup of the Flower has four Leaves The Flowers are placed upon short Foot-stalks coming from the Bosom of a small Leaf The Seed-vessels are flat and Twins like those of Speed-well 'T is hot and dry and somewhat bitter 'T is good for a Cough at the Beginning of a Dropsie for an ill Habit of Body the Green-sickness an hard Spleen the Strangury and Obstructions of the Bowels The Garden-Germander provokes Urine and Sweat powerfully upon which Account it is good in Fevers for the Scurvy and for the Blood when coagulated but especially for the Gout the Jaundice and Suppression of Urine It was commended to the Emperor Charles V. as an Arcanum for the Gout 'T is outwardly used for Eating Ulcers for the Piles the Itch and to dry Catarrhs 'T is frequently used in a Decoction to open Women's Obstructions 'T is called in Cambridgeshire English-Treacle Take of the dried Leaves of Germander Ground-Ivy and White Hoar-hound each one Handful of the Roots of Elecampane and Florentine-Flower-de-luce each one Ounce and an half of Anniseeds bruis'd two Ounces of Liquorish one Ounce and an half of Raisins of the Sun three Ounces hang all these in a Bag in a Glass that has a large Mouth and put three Quarts of Lime-water to it stop it close and set it in a cold Place pour out the Liquor as you use it The Dose is four Ounces thrice a Day This is good for Catarrhs and Ulcers of the Lungs Goat's-beard in Latin Tragopogon Any part of this Plant being cut yields a white Milk which soon turns yellow and clammy The Root is streight about the bigness of a Finger The Stalks are empty and branchy larger and stronger-than those of Scorzonera It has many Leaves that are like the Leaves of Leeks which are sometimes very broad sometimes long narrow and sharp The Flowers are placed on the top of the Stalks and Branches and consist of eight nine or ten green Leaves they are long and sharp above three Inches long of a deep purple or Sky-colour and at last turn into a soft Down to which the Seed adheres 't is two Inches long round streak'd and rough and black when ripe The Root boyl'd is reckon'd delicate Food 't is also used raw in Sallets It nourishes much and therefore good for Consumptive People 'T is used in Diseases of the Breast and for a Cough and Difficulty of Breathing 'T is supposed to expel the Stone and to force Urine The Juice of the Root and the distill'd Water of it do the same Goat's-Rue in Latin Galega It spreads a small white Root in the Earth The Stalks are four Foot high or higher channell'd empty and has many Branches The Leaves are like the Leaves of a Vetch they have a soft little Thorn at the end of them The Flowers are placed upon peculiar Twigs arising from the Wings of the Leaves they grow one above another like the many flower'd Vetch and are of a whitish Colour The Pods are round small long and upright wherein is contain'd the Seed 'T is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick It expels Poyson and cures the Plague 'T is used in Children's Convulsions a Spoonful of the Juice may be given at a time 'T is good for the Worms and for the Biting of Serpents The raw Herb or when it is boyl'd is also eaten in these Cases The distill'd Water of it is used to expel Contagion and in Children's Convulsions The Honourable Mr. Boyle commends it much from his own Experience in curing Pestilential and Malignant Diseases 'T is one of the Ingredients in the London-Plague-Water Take of the Roots of Angelica Master-wort Butter-bur and Peony each half a Pound of Athamantick Spikenard and of Scorzonera each four Ounces of Virginian Snake-weed two Ounces of the Leaves of Rue Rosemary Balm Carduus Benedictus Scordium Marigolds and their Flowers Dragons Goat's Rue and Mint each four Handfuls pour upon them four Gallons of the best Brandy let them infuse gently in B. M. the Vessel being close stop'd for three Days draw off four Gallons wherein hang in a Bag half an Ounce of Saffron to every Pint of this add an Ounce and an half of Fine Sugar Golden-rod in Latin Virga aurea The Root is brown and has many whitish Fibres and is jointed and grows awry The Stalks are stiff upright five or six Foot high channell'd a little hairy and full
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-water afterwards you must add the Powders and with Syrup de Stecade make a Mass The Dose is one Scruple 'T is
Butter to purifie the Blood and to preserve Health But because Toads are wont to harbour under it it ought to be well wash'd before it be eaten And to drive them away and other Venomous Animals the Italians plant Rue near it or among it 'T is Diuretick and provokes the Courses 'T is excellent for Diseases of the Head For the Whites take of Sage Sarsaparilla and Balaustians each one Dram in Broth in the Morning for some Days Being given with Hony it stops Spitting of Blood A Palsie in the Hands has been cured by washing them with Wine wherein Sage was infus'd A Palsie of the Muscles serving for Swallowing is cured by washing of the Mouth and Throat with a Decoction of Sage made in Wine The same cures the Heart-burning taken inwardly Wood Sage in Latin Salvia agrestis It provokes Urine and the Courses and is used for the French-Pox 'T is a good Wound-herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied 'T is excellent for the Scurvy Sampire in Latin Crithmum marinum 'T is a very juicy Herb it spreads much and is about a Foot high The Leaves are broader and shorter than those of Fennel and they are thicker and not so much cut they are of a deep green Colour and of a saltish Taste The Stalk is as green as a Leek The Root is thick long and lasting and of a sweet acrid and Aromatick Taste Sampire pickled is very palatable and agreeable to the Stomach It provokes Urine moderately and opens Obstructions of the Bowels and excites Appetite Sanicle in Latin Sanicula The Root is bitter hot white within black without and is fibrous The Leaves are of a shining Green stiff and almost round they are divided into five Parts and neatly indented The Stalk is about two Foot high smooth and without Knots The Flowers are placed at the top as it were in Umbels they are small and white or a little reddish Two Seeds succeed each Flower It grows in Hedges and Woods and flowers in May. 'T is an excellent Wound-herb and is boyl'd in Vulnerary Decoctions for outward and inward Wounds for Eruptions of Blood for Ulcers and the Bloody-Flux Take of the Leaves of Sanicle and Millefoil each one Dram and an half Leaves of Ground-pine one Dram of the Species of Diatragacanth frigid four Scruples of Sal Prunella two Scruples make them into a Powder and with a sufficient quantity of Lucatellus's Balsam make a Mass of Pills Take four Morning and Evening These Pills are good for an Ulcer in the Bladder The Starting of the Navel has been cured in many Children with a Cataplasm made with Wine and this Herb and bound close on Comfrey bruis'd being applied to the Small of the Back at the same time Savine in Latin Sabina The Leaves dry and heat much Being powder'd and mix'd with Hony and applied cure Ulcers that run much and cleanse those that are Sordid and stop those that are Eating Mix'd with Cream they cure Children's Scabby Heads It forces the Courses and causes Miscarriage Upon which Account they are too well known and too much used by Wenches The Water of it takes off Spots from the Face The Leaves of it bruis'd and applied to Children's Navels kill Worms The Oyl of it used to their Bellies does the like A Spoonful of the Juice of it mix'd with Milk and sweeten'd with Sugar has been given with great Success to Children that have had Worms And it is really an extraordinary Medicine and no way dangerous 'T is also frequently given to Horses and other Cattel for the same purpose Take of the Leaves of dried Savine of the Roots of Round Birth-wort of Troches of Myrrh of Castor each one Dram of Cinnamon half a Dram of Saffron one Scruple mingle them make a Powder Give a Dram in Savin-water This is used to expel a dead Child Savory in Latin Satureia 'T is hot and acrid It provokes Urine and the Courses 'T is good to season Meats and Broths and procures Appetite 'T is good for Diseases of the Breast and Womb And it quickens the Sight 'T is used outwardly to discuss Tumours and to ease the Pains of the Ears Meadow Saxifrage in Latin Saxifraga Anglica facie seseli pratensis It has a long wrinkly Root black without white within of a sweet and Aromatick Taste and somewhat acrid It has several Stalks three or four Foot high of the thickness of the Little Finger they are round channel'd full of Pith and reddish near the Earth they are branchy from the bottom the Branches coming at great distances from the Wings of the Leaves The Leaves that come from the Roots and those on the Stalks are smooth and of a dull Green and are much cut in they are somewhat like the Leaves of Fennel At the top are Umbrels of Flowers they are small and consist of five Leaves and are of a light yellowish Colour The Seed is channel'd and short It smells like Parsnep It grows in Meadows and moist Pastures The Juice of it the Decoction the distill'd Water and the Powder of the Seed provoke Urine expel Gravel and Wind and ease the Cholick Take of the Water of Pellitory Saxifrage and Cowslips each one Ounce of London-Laudanum one Grain of Diacodium six Drams mingle them make a Draught to be taken at Bed-time This is used to expel Gravel Common Field Scabious in Latin Scabiosa major communior It has many soft hairy whitish green Leaves some are much jag'd some but little they have small Threads in them which may be seen by breaking them It has many round hairy green Stalks two or three Foot high they have hairy green Leaves on them deeply and neatly divided At the top of the Stalks stand round Heads of Flowers of a pale bluish Colour many plac'd together The Root is white and thick and grows deep in the Earth It grows frequently in Pastures and amongst Corn. The Herb boyl'd in Wine the Juice or the distill'd Water cures Imposthumes a Pleurisie a Cough and other Diseases of the Breast 'T is also good for a Quinsie and the Plague And it cures the Itch and little Pocky Ulcers in the Fundament and other Parts called Rhagades Scordium or Water-Germander in Latin Scordium The Stalk is an Hand high or higher and branchy The Branches take Root in several places and so it increases much The Leaves grow two at a Joint they are long wrinkly soft whitish hairy and indented and they smell like Garlick and taste bitter they are like Germander-leaves The Flowers are like Germander-flowers they are red Scordium is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick 'T is chiefly used in the Plague and Malignant Diseases and for Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Lungs Outwardly applied it cleanses Wounds and Ulcers and eases the Pain of the Gout Diascordium is made of it and has its Name from it Many Pestilential Buboes have been broken and cured with Scordium The Compounded Scordium-water is much in use and is made in the following manner
they taste sweet and are as pleasant as Parsnips Hogs dig them up and eat them greedily 'T is affirm'd that being worn in the Shooes it will cure the Bloody-Flux Bleeding at Nose and all immoderate Fluxes of the Belly Hartman says That having used it this way it has done good when all other Means signified nothing Smallage in Latin Apium 'T is hot and dry It incides and opens upon which Account it is reckon'd among the five Opening Roots It provokes Urine and the Courses and expels Gravel It cures the Jaundice The Seed is reckon'd among the Lesser Hot Seeds The use of this Herb certainly injures those that are afflicted with the Falling-sickness But being translated into Gardens it becomes more gentle and less ungrateful for in Italy and Spain they eat the tender Leaves of it and the upper part of the Root with Oyl and Pepper Sneez-wort in Latin Ptarmica The Root grows awry and is as it were jointed and has many long Fibres that are pretty large it tastes acrid and hot It has several brittle Stalks a Yard high or more and sometime not near so high they are divided into several Branches whereon are placed narrow long Leaves pointed and finely indented about the Edges At the top grow many white Flowers in a Tuft with a yellowish Thrum in the middle It grows in moist places and flowers in July It tastes hot and acrid The Powder of it provokes Sneezing The Root chewed cases the Pain in the Teeth by evacuating Flegm The Herb is mix'd with Sallets to correct cold Herbs Solomon's-seal in Latin Polygomaton The Root is a Finger thick unequal and tuberous with a great many Fibres and of a sweetish Taste The Stalk is two or three Foot high round and smells ill if it be rub'd or cut it is bent like a Bow The Leaves are placed one above another they are large and like the Leaves of the Lilly of the Vallies they are nervous and of a shining dark Green above of a grayish Colour underneath At the Foot of every Leaf almost from the bottom to the top hang long white and hollow Flowers and after them small round Berries green at first and bluish when they are ripe wherein are small stony Seeds they are white 'T is Astringent and Vulnerary It stops all Fluxes it cements broken Bones And the Root boyl'd in Wine and drank is excellent for Contusions and Ruptures Used outwardly it takes off Spots and whitens the Skin Fourteen or fifteen of the Berries purge Flegm upwards and downwards For the Whites take Candied Roots of Solomon's-seal and it is an excellent Remedy 'T is also counted good for the Falling-sickness Sope-wort in Latin Saponaria It creeps in the Ground with small-jointed Roots The Bark of the Root is reddish The Stalks are three Foot high or higher round smooth and reddish they have many Joints are full of Pith and can scarce sustain themselves The Leaves are placed by Pairs at the Joints opposite to one another three large Nerves running all along them they are like Plantain-leaves they are smooth have a nitrous Taste and short or no Foot-stalks at all The Flowers are placed in Tufts on the top of the Stalks every one on a short Foot-stalk they are of a pale-red Colour sweet and compos'd of five Leaves The small roundish Seeds are contain'd in an oblong Vessel that is thick about the Middle It grows near Rivers and Standing-waters It flowers in June July August and September The Root and Leaves are used in Physick but it is but seldom 'T is used for an Asthma and to provoke the Courses And a Decoction of it is much commended for the French-Pox Outwardly applied it discusses Tumours Clothes are cleansed from Greasie Spots by washing them with this Herb. The Sorbe or Quicken-tree in Latin Sorbus sylvestris 'T is a Tree of a middle stature The Bark is of a light Red and spotted The Leaves are sharp indented and smooth above green below whitish The Flowers are many white and sweet and are placed in Umbels The Berries are green at first when they are ripe of a darke Red they taste ill The Berries yield an acid Juice which purges Water excellently well and is very good for the Scurvy The Liquor which drops from the wounded Tree in the Spring cures the Scurvy and Diseases of the Spleen Common Sorrel in Latin Acetosa vulgaris It grows in Pastures and Meadows 'T is cold and dry It provokes Appetite suppresses Choler and quenches Thirst wherefore 't is frequently used in Fevers The Juice may be mix'd with Broths or the Leaves boyl'd in them In Summer 't is good Sauce for most Meats The Roots of it dried and boyl'd give a delicate Tincture to the Water Sheep's Sorrel in Latin Acetosa arvensis lanceolata It grows in Sandy and dry Grounds It has the same Virtues with Common Sorrel Roman or French Sorrel in Latin Acetosa rotundifolia The form of the Leaf sometimes varies being sometimes round like Scurvy-grass or the Lesser Celandine sometimes like Spinache pointed like an Arrow of a Sky or pale Colour and of a delicate sharp Taste The Stalks are bare and above two Foot high The little Flowers are compos'd of yellow and red Threads The Root is small and creeps and is less acid and drier than the Leaves 'T is common in Gardens It has the same Virtues with the former Wood Sorrel in Latin Trifolium acetosum vulgare It grows commonly in shady places in Woods and Hedges It has the same Virtues with the former The Syrup the Conserve and the distill'd Water of it are in use The distill'd Water is used to wash the Mouth in the St. Anthony's Fire and to cleanse Sordid Ulcers 'T is observ'd that when it bears a great many Flowers the Year will be very rainy but dry when there is a few Sothernwood in Latin Abrotanum 'T is somewhat astringent and discusses much It resists Putrefaction and Poyson It cures the Biting of Venomous Creatures kills Worms and forces Urine It cures Hysterick Fits and the Jaundice The Tops of it boyl'd in Wine or Water and sweeten'd with Hony or Sugar do much good in an Asthma and Difficulty of Breathing and helps Expectoration 'T is used outwardly to strengthen Bones Marsh Sparagus in Latin Asparagus palustris 'T is found in many places As in the Marishes near Bristol and about Harwich in Essex c. It differs only from the Garden-Sparagus by the Place of its Growth and the Accidents that proceed from thence for the saltness of it and the thickness of the Leaves and the largeness of the Berries are to be imputed to the Sea for the like is wont to happen to other Plants that grow near the Sea The Root is Diuretick and Lithontriptick and is one of the five Opening Roots It opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and especially of the Kidnies and therefore it is frequently used in Diuretick Decoctions The Stalks boyl'd gently according to
Custom and eaten loosen the Belly and provoke Urine but they make it smell ill A Decoction of the Root drunk relieves those that make Water difficultly and those that have the Jaundice and others that are afflicted with Nephritick Pains or the Hip Gout But the frequent use of Diureticks occasions Ulcers in the Bladder Spatling or White Poppy in Latin Behen album The Root is woody thick and white The Stalks are two or three Foot high or more small round smooth and jointed and divided into Wings at the top At every Joint are two Leaves opposite to one another like Campian but smooth very acrid and bitterish with a certain Sweetness The Flowers are white or of a light Purple Colour It grows amongst Corn. 'T is commended for Fomentations and Sweating-baths The Juice takes off Inflammations of the Eyes and eases the Pain of them The Seed purges Flegm and is used in the Falling-sickness Male Speed-well in Latin Veronica mas supina vulgatissima It creeps upon the Ground and sends down Roots from the Joints The Stalks are small round long hairy and jointed The Leaves are set by Pairs at the Joints they are hairy and indented about the Edges they taste bitterish and acrid The Flowers are placed upon a Spike they are compos'd of four light purple Leaves The Seed is contain'd in small Husks like Shepherd's-purse It grows plentifully in dry Pastures and amongst Heath 'T is Vulnerary and Sudorifick 'T is used in Obstructions of the Lungs and Spleen for the Cholick Consumption Plague Wounds and Itch. A large Dose of the Decoction taken for some time expell'd a Stone from the Kidny of a Woman that had been there sixteen Years A Woman that had been barren seven Years conceiv'd by taking the Powder of it in the distill'd Water of the Herb for many Days The Syrup of it is of great use in Diseases of the Lungs One that had an incurable Ulcer in his Leg found present Ease by dipping Rags in the Water and applying them for it took off the Inflammation and all the Symptoms that accompanied it One that had a Fistula in the Breast and had used several Medicines in vain was cured by the inward use of this Water Scabby Children have been cured by Rags dip'd in this Water and press'd out and applied over the Scabs when other Medicines would do no good But it is convenient for the Nurse to take Fumatory in Whey at the same time Common Spignel in Latin Meum It has sometimes one sometimes many Roots above nine Inches long From the Sides of which grow most commonly oblique Roots which are pretty long of a dark brown Colour without white within it smells like a Parsnip but more Aromatick It has several long Stalks of Leaves as small as an Hair they are placed thick on both sides of the Stalk they smell well It has also round stiff Stalks like those of Fennel but much less they are channel'd empty and branchy and have Umbels of white Flowers on them like Dill. The Seeds are large great and channel'd It grows plentifully in Westmorland near Sidleberg It expels Wind and forces Urine and the Courses and is used for Mother-fits for the Gripes Catarrhs and to help Expectoration 'T is an Ingredient in several Compositions in Treacle and many other Those that have vow'd Chastity must not use it for it is a great Provocative to Venery And it causes the Head-ach Spinache in Latin Spinachia 'T is much used in the Kitchin 'T is good in Fevers and it loosens the Belly It cools and moistens and is good in a dry Cough Spindle-tree in Latin Euonimus 'T is a little branchy Tree or rather Shrub eight or ten Foot high The Suckers are of a pleasant green Colour and the young Branches are four-square the Wood is whitish it has divers Branches The Leaves are oblong sharp and indented Soon after the Beginning of Spring the pale Flowers come forth they are compos'd of four Leaves After the Flowers come forth red Berries divided into four parts and in each is a white hard Seed The whole Tree has a strong and unpleasant Smell 'T is common in Hedges Three or four of the Berries vomit and purge Women use the Powder of the Berries to kill Lice Spleen-wort in Latin Asplenium The Root consists of Capillary Threads that are blackish and Perennial The Leaves are many but not a Finger long they are placed upon short Foot-stalks they are somewhat fat above and downy under and cleft like Polypody they are seldom an Inch broad It grows frequently in the West upon old Walls viz. about Bristol and the Stones at St. Vincent's Rock c. 'T is called Spleen-wort because it is effectual in curing Diseases of the Spleen 'T is chiefly used for Swellings of the Spleen for Spitting of Blood and a Loosness Outwardly used it cleanses Wounds and Ulcers One Dram of the Golden Powder on the Under-side of the Leaves with half a Dram of White Amber powder'd drunk in the Juice of Purslain or Plantain relieves those wonderfully that have a Gonorrhaea Straw-berry in Latin Fragraria The Fruit cools and moistens The distill'd Water of it comforts the Heart purges the Blood and cures Ulcers of the Mouth and is good in a Quinsie the Mouth being gargled with it 'T is Diuretick and expectorates Those that are troubled with hot Pushes in the Face or a dry Itch in the Body should take two Spoonfuls of the Water every Morning The same quantity at the same time is good for those that have the Stone for it cools the Reins and expels Gravel A Decoction of the whole Herb is very good for the Jaundice Take of the Waters of Wood-Sorrel of the whole Citron of Strawberries each four Ounces of the Syrup of the Juice of Citron one Ounce of Prepar'd Pearls one Dram make a Julap Take four Spoonfuls three or four times a Day This is good in Fevers to attemperate the Blood Succory in Latin Cichoreum The Root is as thick as the Thumb and full of Milk It has many Stalks which are round and hairy The Stalks of the Wild Succory are crooked and sometimes four Foot high The Branches at top are much divided Some of the Leaves are cut deep like Dandelion others are whole or but little indented Those on the Stalks are placed alternately without Foot-stalks they are long and end acute and are hairy on both sides The Flowers are blue sometimes white and reddish many come out together from the Wings of the upper Leaves The whole Plant is very bitter 'T is counted cold by some Authors but its bitter Taste argues Heat 'T is Diuretick It attenuates and cleanses 'T is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and for Fevers The Water distill'd from the blue Flowers is an excellent Remedy for Inflammations and Dimness of the Eyes The Leaves boyl'd and eaten with Vinegar cure a Gonorrhaea The Flowers of this Plant open and shut at Sun-rising
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
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
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
And mix'd with some Ointment it does the same and cures the Itch and other Vices of the Skin Made up into a Paste it kills several Animals as Moles Mice Weaslles Birds and the like The Powder of it blown up into the Nostrils occasions Sneezing wherefore it is called in English Sneez-wort Parkinson says the Spaniards make a Poyson of the Juice of the Root being fermented in an Earthen Pot wherewith they anoint their Arrows that the Wounds inflicted by them may be render'd incurable 'T is very strange that this Poyson taken into the Body should not be deadly and yet that the Wound touch'd with it should be so But the same may be said of the Poyson of Vipers which being taken inwardly occasions no deadly Symptoms but being mix'd with the Blood through the Orifice of a Wound or Puncture soon kills unless the Party is immediately reliev'd by proper Remedies To conclude both Hellebores were formerly used for Melancholy and Mad People and now they are only used in great Diseases as for the Falling-sickness Giddiness Madness Dropsie Hip Gout Convulsions and the like The Extract of Hellebore of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of White Hellebore cut one Pound of Fountain-water six Quarts infuse them three Days then boyl it half away and press it out strongly to the strain'd Liquor add three Pounds of Hony and boyl it to the Consistence of Hony and keep it in a Glass for use It grows in hilly and rough Grounds not only in Greece and Italy and other hot Countries but also in Germany True Black Ellebore or Hellebore in Latin Helleborus niger It purges strongly melancholy Humours and therefore consequently is a good Medicine for all those Diseases which take their Rise from thence as Madness Hypochondriacal Passion and Elephantiasis Herpes Cancers Giddiness Falling-sickness Apoplexy and the Itch. But it is to be noted that it ought to be given only to strong People There is less danger in the Decoction of it 'T is corrected with Mastich Cinnamon Annise-seeds Fennel-seeds and the like Some say that Black Hellebore rightly prepar'd is a very innocent Medicine and that it may be given to Women and Children and to weakly People The Dose of it in substance is from fifteen Grains to half a Dram or two Scruples Those that are very strong may take a Dram. 'T is given in Infusion or Decoction from a Dram to two Drams When it is taken in substance the form of it is a Powder as Take of Black Hellebore two Scruples of Ginger Mastich Red Roses Cinnamon and Annise-seeds each four Grains mingle them in Broth Children may take a Scruple 'T is also made up into Pills with some convenient Syrup The Virtue of the Root is wholly in the Fibres and the Bark 'T is best corrected with Cloves Hartman commends for an immoderate Flux of the Courses a Girdle made with the fresh Leaves of Black Hellebore and worn about the Loins Take of Black Hellebore two Scruples infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Rose-Vinegar or in Whey for twenty four Hours then dry it and reduce it to a Powder and add to it of Annise-seeds and Cinnamon each half a Scruple mingle them and make a Powder This is commended by Margravius as a fit Purge for melancholy People Euphorbium 'T is a concreted Juice that is very acrid You must chuse that which is pure yellow and acrid which being just touch'd by the Tongue heats the Mouth a long while after but it grows milder by Time and therefore when it is fresh it ought to be used with great Caution It wonderfully purges Watery Humours from the whole Body But it is a churlish Medicine for besides the malignant Propriety of its Substance it has an inflaming Faculty Take of Euphorbium dissolv'd in Vinegar and thicken'd again eight Grains of the Seeds of Purslain fifteen Grains Make Pills with Rose-Vinegar Or Take of Euphorbium infus'd in Oyl of Almonds for the space of a Night and afterwards roasted under Ashes in a Citron ten Grains of the Seeds of Lettice one Scruple Make Pills with the Juice of Citron Or Take of Euphorbium prepar'd four Grains of Cassia fresh drawn half an Ounce with Sugar make a Bolus These Preparations of Euphorbium Maggravius reckons up amongst his Flegmagoges But Hoffmannus is of the Opinion that Euphorbium ought not to be taken inwardly 'T is much used for the Caries of the Bones and for Wounds See our Wiseman and Fabricius Hildanus But Care must be taken that it be not sprinkled upon Ulcers of the Jaws Nostrils Palate and Tongue or upon those Places where Tendons or Nerves are expos'd naked lest by velicating and biting them it should occasion dangerous Symptoms F. FIstich or Pistachio-nuts in Latin Nux Pistachia They are very grateful to the Stomach whether they are eaten or drunk in Wine They do good for the Biting of Creeping Beasts They are bitterish They open Obstructions especially of the Liver and also of the Breast and Lungs They are reckon'd very Nutritive and Provocatives to Venery for which Reason they are frequently used with other Restauratives by the Spanish Italian and French Physicians And they so much depend upon them that they scarce make any strengthening Medicine without them Oyl of Pistachio-nuts eases inward Pains that proceed from Viscid Flegm and Wind. 'T is also useful in Convulsions and for the Palsie Fraxinella The Root which in a manner is only used is Cardiack and Alexipharmick 'T is a good Preservative against the Plague taken any way and is reckon'd good against Poyson and the Biting of Venomous Creatures It kills Worms a Dram of it being taken at a time 'T is used in cold Diseases of the Womb and to force the Courses and Urine It hastens Delivery expels the Secundine and a dead Child two Drams of it being taken in Wine 'T is also good for the Gripes and Gravel 'T is also mix'd with Vulnerary Potions and is used in the Falling-sickness and for Diseases of the Head The Roman Women make a Cosmetick of the distill'd Water and they also use it for Inflammations of the Eyes The Cods and Flowers being touch'd occasion Itching and in hot Countries burn the Skin Take of the Roots of Fraxinella Bistort Tormentil Master-wort Gentian Carline-Thistle of both the Birth-worts of Pentaphyllum Zedoary of the Greater Valerian Contrayerva Angelica Elecampane Virginian Snake-weed of the Leaves of Carduus Benedictus Scabious Meadow-sweet Rue Savin Penny-royal Scordium St. John's wort of the Bark of Citron Oranges Cinnamon of the Berries of Laurel Juniper of the Flesh of Toads each two Ounces of Viper's Flesh four Ounces of the best Saffron half an Ounce make of all a Powder to which add of the Extract of Juniper-berries made in White-wine and evaporated to the Consistence of Hony a sufficient quantity to make a Confection to which add Oyl of Rue Amber Cloves Juniper mix'd with Sugar each two Scruples mingle
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
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-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
occasion'd by the Small-Pox The Pith applied to the Fore Part of the Head and the Feet provokes Sweat powerfully if the Party that uses it keeps his Bed and is well cover'd The Root beat and applied draws out Thorns from the Flesh Rubarb in Latin Rhabarbarum It grows in China It purges gently yellow Choler and clammy Flegm 'T is a Specifick for the Liver It cures the Jaundice a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux 'T is reckon'd to purge first and bind afterwards 'T is commonly order'd to be torrefied but it certainly lessens the Virtue of it For Fevers proceeding from Obstructions Take two Drams of Rubarb or one for Infants slice it and tye it up in a Rag and infuse it in a Pint of Succory-water The Dose is four Ounces You must preâ—s the Rag wherein the Rubarb is every Morning Montanus says he cured all sorts of Fevers with this Remedy For the Hectick Fever in Children and to purge them upon other Accounts Take of choice Rubarb slic'd two Drams put it into a Glass-Bottle containing a Quart of Small Beer or any other Liquor the Child usually drinks of stop the Bottle close This Medicate Beer must be used in the Day and Night and at Meals When it is drunk up a Quart more must be put upon the same Rubarb Which also being drunk off a Quart more must be put upon it as before After which the Rubarb commonly loses its Virtue But lest the Beer first put on should be too much impregnated with the Cathartick Quality of the Rubarb and so purge too much 't is best to add another Pint presently after the first is drunk but afterwards fresh Beer must not be added till the whole Bottle is taken Syrup of Rubarb of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the best Rubarb and of the Leaves of Sena each two Ounces and an half of Violets one Handful of Cinnamon one Dram and an half of Ginger half a Dram of the Waters of Bettony Succory and Bugloss each a Pint and an half mix them and let them stand warm all Night strain the Liquor and boyl it to a Syrup with two Pounds of Fine Sugar adding to it at last four Ounces of Syrup of Roses Solutive An Ounce or more of it may be taken at a time The Troches of Rubarb are made in the following manner Take of choice Rubarb ten Drams of the Juice of Maudline thicken'd and of Bitter Almonds each half an Ounce of Red Roses three Drams of the Roots of Asarabacca Madder Indian Spike of the Leaves of Wormwood Annise and Smallage each one Dram make Troches according to Art with Wine wherein Wormwood hath been boyled or with the Juice of Maudline clarified A Dram of them may be taken at a time Extract of Rubarb is made in the following manner Bruise six or eight Ounces of good Rubarb and infuse it twelve Hours warm in a sufficient quantity of Succory-water so as the Water may be four Fingers above the Rubarb let it just boyl and pass the Liquor through a Cloth infuse the Remainder in so much more Succory-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-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
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-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
130. 192. Breast for the Chilness of it 212 Bruises 80 Buboes to cure them 34 Buboes pestilential to break them 82. 143. 166 Burns 63. 72. 80. 142 Burns to take out the Fire 100. C. CAncer 35. 60. 117. 183. Carbuncles 161 Caries of the Bones 224 Cassia extracted without Sena 229 Cataplasm To be applied to the Feet 136 For hard Swellings 142 Catarrhs how they may be cured 13. 16. 92 Cephalicks 304 Chaps In Cows Dugs 34 In the Hands 34. 180 In the Lips 195 Cheese to preserve it from Worms 20 Cherries Most esteem'd in England 45 An Errour in eating them ibid. Chil-blains 136 Child-bed Purgations an immoderate Flux of them 254. Child-bed Purgations to provoke them 15. 81 Children's Bellies to loosen them 298 Choler To evacuate it 40 To purge it 130 To qualifie it 117 To suppress it 17 Cinnamon-water with Barley 14. 236 Clothes to cleanse them from greasie Spots 172 Clothes to perfume them 240 Clyster Carminative 128 To empty the Bowels 337 To stop a Loosness 318 Cholick 16. 37. 103. 141. 186. 209 Cholick that is flatulent 39 Conception that is false 253 Concoction helped 38. 155. 237. 243 Confection to refresh the Spirits 124 Confection of Kermes 292 Conserve of Oranges 313 Conserve of Roses 159 Consumption 50. 51. 105. 149. 161. 188. 317. 334. Consumption Scorbutick 20 Contagion to prevent it 84 Contractions of the Limbs 108 Contusions 171 Convulsions 37. 231 Convulsions of Children 44 Convulsions that are flatulent 254 Convulsions that are painful 244 Complection to clear it 74 Compound peony-Peony-water 146 Powder of Sena the Greater 328 Powder of Sena the Lesser ibid. Scordium-water 166 Water of Gentian 262 Water of Hors-radish 156 Cordial Flowers 30. 110. 191 Corns 106. Cosmetick 259. 295 Cough 33. 50. 74. 82. 91. 121 Cough that is Hooping 132. 133 Cough when old how cured 16. 39 Cough that is tickling 112. 159 Coral prepared 246 Courses To force them 11. 14. 16. 153. 164 To stop them 120 To provoke them 15. 24. 25. 33. 43. 145. 162. 301 Immoderate Flux of them 21. 52. 150. 195. 234 Crudities and Wind in the Stomach 53. 212. 251 D. DEad Child to expel it 26. 54. 164. 253 Deafness 215 Decoction Pectoral 82 Decoctum Senae Gereonis 229 Defluctions on the Eyes 101. 214 Defluctions to stop them 325 Delivery to hasten it 16. 24. 66. 115. 302 Diabetes 61. 208 Diacodium 153 Diagridium 326 Diarrhaea of long Continuance 161 Dia Satyrion 313 Diet-drink 2. 39 Diet that is nourishing 16 Difficulty of Breathing 6. 50 Digestion 39. 127 Dimness of Sight 76. 123 Diseases Of the Breast 13. 78. 93. 235 Of the Brain 15 Of the Womb 15. 24. 81 Of the Bladder 15. 122 Of the Joints 16. 111 Of the Head 18. 44. 117. 145. 162. 232. 332. Of the Nerves 18. 110. Of the Spleen 24. 27. 177. 180 Of the Liver 24 Hypochondriack 30. 44. 132. 151 Of the Eyes 48. 109. 254 Occasioned by drinking cold Beer when the Body is hot 62 Pestilential 94 Of the Lungs 5. 88. 107. 120 Flegmatick 125 Peculiar to Women 134 Of Horses 132 Vterine 161 Of the Ears 212 Diseases cold of Men and Beasts 260. 325 Diseases of the Reins 237. 294. 296. Dissolution of Coral 247 Distillation On the Eyes 107 Of Guaiacum 268 Of Gum Ammoniack 270 Of Vinegar 346 Diuretick Medicine 32 Diureticks the frequent Vse of them occasions Vlcers in the Bladder 174 Dropsie 2. 4. 11. 12. 20. 24. 26. 27. 72. 87. 92. 118. 178. 180. 194 E. ELectuary of Roses 160 Electuary for Coughs 210 Electuary Called Diacarthamum 227 Called Diacassia 228 Lenitive 229 Solutive of Citron 239 To help Concoction 262 Of Sassafras 325 Electuarium Diaprunum 150 Elephantiasis 36 Elixir Proprietatis 301 Elixir Salutis 328 Epithem for the Eyes 79 Empyema 100 Emulsion 199 Eruptions of Blood 101 Excrescencies on the Eye-lids 277 Excrescencies of the Fundament 41 Expectoration to help it 139 Extract Of Cassia 228 Of Hellebore 256 Of Opium 310 Of Rhubarb 322 F. FAce how to beautifie it 16. 20. 58. Face to take off Spots from it 16. 20 Fainting 130. 260 Falling of the Fundament 196 Falling-sickness 15. 23. 25 30. 89 118. 130. 131 255 False Conception 253 Fatness to cause it 322 Fevers 13. 22. 71. 150. 173 178. 191 Fevers Pestilential 33. 238 Malignant 99. 224 That are Burning 117 To asswage the Heat of them 170 Chronical 125. 212 Feverish Heats 19 Felons 142 Fish to take them 242 Fistula 35. 156. 175 Fits of the Mother 231 Fleas to drive them away 145 Flies to drive them away 11 Flowers of Benjamin 217 Flummery 141 Fluxes 23 Fluxes to stop them 79 112. 160 Flux of the Courses immoderate 33. 141. 195. 234 Fluxes of the Belly 47 Fluxes of the Hemorrhoidal Veins to stop them 200 Fluxions on the Teeth 13 Fluxions on the Joints 196 Fomentation astringent 215 Foulness of the Tongue 319 Fractures 184 Fractures of the Scull 276 Freckles 200 French-Pox 23. 32. 75. 163 172. 232. 233. 264. 324 325 Frenzy 78 G. GAlbanum how to purifie it 261 Gangrenes 108. 301 Gargarism 24. 51. 74. 135 155 Garlick an Observation of the Vse of it to an Old Man that was almost kill'd by travelling a long Way in the Snow 91 Giddiness of the Head 38 115. 238 Gonorrhaea 75. 177 Goose-berry-Wine 95 Gout 18. 31. 92. 97. 128 Gravel a Remedy for it 16 67. 86. 95. 96. 165. 243 Green-Sickness 15 Gripes 36 Gripes of Children 87. 149 199 Gums that are putrid 237 H. HAir to thicken it 151 Hair the Falling of it 201 Hardness of the Spleen how it may be soften'd 12 Hardness of the Breast 130 192 Head-ach 18. 57. 307 Head-ach inveterate 53 244 Head scabby 176. 345 Health to preserve it 161 Heart To chear it 13. 15. 23 33. 162 To comfort it 14. 22 The Palpitation of it 15. 98 Heart-burning 8. 33 Helmont's Liquid Laudanum 311 Hemicrania 81 Hemlock an Observation of some that eat it instead of Parsnips 99 Hemorrhages 33. 101 Herbs that are Of a dry Nature 12. 17 18. 20. 21. 31 Mollifying 22. 37. 78 Attenuating 12. 18. 54 Astringent 13. 19. 21 23. 31. 33. 184. 186 196. 237 Discussing 13. 18 Cephalick 13. 18. 160 189. 304 Cordial 13. 15. 22. 33 Cooling 13. 19. 21. 22 41. 101 Hot 17. 18. 20 Cleansing 18. 20. 31 Hepatick 18. 26. 63 Splenetick 18. 26 Thoracick 18 Vterine 18. 39 Vulnerary 18. 30 Diuretick 18. 31. 39 174 Resolving 20 Opening 20. 28 Healing 25 Moistening 25. 41 Nephritick 26 Pulmonick 31 Diaphoretick ibid. Lithontriptick ibid. Alexipharmick 33. 166 Digesting 37 Stomachick 38. 304 Anodyne 53. 99 Herbs that are Pectoral 81 Herbs that are Sudorifick 111 Hickops 39 Hickops Flatulent 209 Hickops proceeding from a cold Cause 65 Hiera Picra 206 Hip-Gout 74 Hoarsness 49. 136. 145. 199 333 Homer's Nepenthe 22 Hony of Roses 159 Hony of Squills 330 Humours to correct them when sharp 122 Humours that are crude to concoct them 162 Hysterick Diseases