of a fungous Pith. The Leaves that come from the Roots and those that grow on the Stalks are placed alternately on long Foot-stalks and sometimes they have none at all or very short ones Those that are at bottom are almost an Hand 's breadth and about twice as long but here in England they are not so long nor so broad The uppermost are of a dark-Green hairy on both sides and indented about the edges The Flowers are many and grow on the tops of the Stalks and on peculiar Foot-stalks arising from the Wings of the Leaves they are yellow and at last turn into a kind of Down It grows commonly upon Heaths and in Hilly Woods and Groves It flowers in August The Flowers sometimes vary 'T is an excellent Wound-herb either taken inwardly or outwardly applied 'T is Lithontriptick and Diuretick Two Drams of the Powder being taken in White-wine hot every Morning 'T is very cleansing and drying 'T is good in the Obstructions of the Bowels and for those that are inclin'd to a Dropsie and for stopping all Fluxes of the Womb or Belly and inward Bleedings Goos-berry-bush in Latin Grossularia It loves cold Places It flowers in April the Fruit comes forth in May and is ripe in June and July The Fruit is very agreeable to the Stomach Being boyl'd in Broth before they are ripe they do good in a Fever They provoke Appetite and stop the Fluxes of the Belly They also cure a Gonorrhea and the Whites They are outwardly applied for Inflammations and St. Anthony's Fire But before they are ripe many of them must not be eaten for they occasion the Cholick and Gripes Wine is made of them when they are ripe in the following manner The Berries being put into a Tub they pour upon them a sufficient quantity of hot Water and then covering the Vessel very close they let them stand three Weeks or a Month till the Liquor is impregnated with the Juice and Spirit of the Berries then they draw it out and put it into Bottles with Sugar which they keep close stop'd till the Liquor is well mix'd and fermented with the Sugar and so it becomes a generous Wine Goose-grass or Cleavers in Latin Aparine This Herb beat up with Lard cures the King's-Evil The distill'd Water stops the Flux of the Belly and is good in the Jaundice The distill'd Water or the Herb cut small and boyl'd in a sufficient quantity of Wine and drunk is an excellent Remedy for the Stone and Gravel The Herb dried with the Spleen of a Calf in a Furnace is accounted very excellent for Tumours of the Spleen and Hypochondriack Winds Take of the Leaves of Cleavers Plantane and Brook-lime each four Handfuls bruise them and pour upon them three Ounces of Aqua Lumbricorum and three Ounces of Aqua Raphani Composit then strain them This is to be taken twice a Day at Eight in the Morning and Five in the Afternoon This is good in a Dropsie Groncil or Grouncel in Latin Lithospermum The Root is about the thickness of the Thumb woody and Perennial and has some Fibres on the Sides It has many Stalks two or three Foot high streight firm round rough and branchy It has many Leaves plac'd disorderly they are long narrow and end in a sharp Point and have no Foot-stalks Those that are at the top of the Stalks and Branches are broader and shorter and of a deeper Green The little Flowers are placed on short Foot-stalks and come from the Wings of the Leaves they are white and consist of one Leaf divided into five blunt pieces The Cup is hairy and consists of five narrow Jags Four Seeds succeed each Flower they are of an Ash-colour very hard and look as if they were polish'd It grows near Hedges in dry Grounds near High-ways and in Bushes It flowers in May and June The Seed of it cleanses the Reins and provokes Urine breaks the Stone and expels it Two Drams of the Seed or more may be given at a time Matthiolus prescribes it for Women in Labour in a Woman's Milk Ground-pine in Latin Chamaepytis vulgaris 'T is a small Plant of the breadth of an Hand and rarely above an Inch or two Inches high The Root is long woody and single The little Stalk is round hairy and somewhat red near the Earth in other Places green inclining to a yellow as also are the Leaves which are placed at small Distances at the Knots by Pairs opposite to one another they are hairy and resemble the Claws of a small Bird they taste and smell like Pitch and Rosin The Flowers proceed from the Wings of the Leaves are yellow and have a broad Lip divided into two parts the Upper has red Spots instead of an Hood they have Threads of a light Purple The Seeds are placed in little Cups four and four in a Rank and they are three-square The Tube of the Flower bellies out and serves instead of a Seed-vessel It grows in Till'd Grounds but is rare in England It strengthens the Nerves incides opens and is Diuretick and provokes the Courses It expels a dead Child and the After-birth and works so powerfully that Women with Child are wholly forbid the use of it because it occasions Miscarriage Boyl'd in Wine or powder'd and made into Pills with Hermodactyls and Venice-Turpentine does much Good in a Dropsie Outwardly used it cures Ulcers by cleansing them and taking off the Hardness Take of Ground-pine and Worm-wood each two Handfuls of Scurvy-grass ten Handfuls of Mountain-Sage six Handfuls six Oranges sliced put all into a Pye made of two parts of Barly-meal and one of Rye bake it and after shred it all small then put it into a Bag and hang it in five Gallons of Midling Ale After six Days drink of it for your ordinary Drink This was used with excellent Success to a Person that was afflicted with the Gout and Scurvy Groundsel in Latin Erigeron This grows every where in the Fields and Gardens and in Courts too frequently all the Year The Juice of the Herb taken in Beer or a Decoction of it with Hony vomits gently Outwardly applied it is good for the Inflammations of the Paps and for the King's-Evil 'T is very probable that it may be useful against Worms for Farriers use it as a present Remedy for the Botts H. HArt's-tongue in Latin Phillitis It has many black Capillary Roots It has six eight or ten long Leaves nine Inches or a Foot long and about two Inches broad of a curious shining Green above below streak'd with small and somewhat long brownish Marks The Bottoms of the Leaves are a little bowed on each side of the Middle-rib It smells strong and tastes rough It grows in moist stony and shady Places especially on Mountains and in Wells and Caves It grows in great Abundance by Walberton near Arrundel in Sussex 'T is used chiefly in Swellings of the Spleen for the Flux of the Belly and for Spitting of Blood Outwardly
Leaves of the Ash-trees in Calabria and grows hard by the Heat of the Sun For Manna is not Heavenly Dew or Airy Hony as has been prov'd by undoubted Experiments What can be more evident Demonstration that Manna is the Humour or Juice distilling from the Trunk or Branches of the Ash-tree cut or What Experiment can be more certain to prove it than what Pena and Lobelius deliver Namely That having cut down great Branches of the Larix and Ash-tree and placed them in a Wine-Cellar at that time of the Summer that Manna used to be gather'd in and the next Day they perceiv'd Manna upon them This was confirm'd to me says Mr. Ray when I travell'd into Italy by many of the Inhabitants of Calabria but especially by the learned and diligent Searcher into the Works of Nature Doctor Thomas Cornelius a Physician who having carefully cover'd the Branches with Clothes wrapp'd round them often gather'd Manna from them Which is a Proof beyond Exception Manna is used to loosen the Belly two or three Ounces of it being dissolv'd in Broth or Whey 'T is a very gentle Medicine and may be safely given to Old Men Children and Women with Child Take of Manna one Ounce and an half dissolve it in two Ounces and an half of Black-Cherry-water add to it one Ounce of the Purging Syrup of Apple Spirit of Sulphure three Drops Half of it may be taken at a time This is a proper Purge for Children A Person that had the Cholick and had taken thirty Clysters to no purpose was releiv'd by taking an Ounce and an half of Manna mix'd with two Ounces of Oyl of Sweet Almonds in fat Chicken-Broth Take of Manna half an Ounce of fresh Oyl of Sweet Almonds a sufficient quantity to dissolve it add ten Drops of Rose-water mingle it Let Children lick of this often to loosen their Bellies when there is occasion Black Master-wort in Latin Astrantia nigra It purges Melancholy like White Hellebore Mastick-tree in Latin Lentiscus All the Parts of it are binding the Buds the Leaves the Branches the Fruit and the Bark of the Root A Juice is pressed from the Bark the Root and the Leaves boyl'd in Water or from the green Leaves bruis'd which taken inwardly is good for a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux Fluxes of the Womb and for the Falling of the Womb and Fundament In short it may be used instead of Acacia and Hypocistis The Oyl of the Mastick-tree made of the ripe Fruit and thicken'd cures the Mange in Cattel and Dogs 'T is also successfully mix'd in Medicines for curing the Leprosie The Oyl of it is much commended for the Falling of the Hair and for Inflammations of the Gums the Oyl being held in the Mouth moderately hot Mastick grows only in the Island of Chios where the Inhabitants take as much care of the Mastick-tree as other People do of their Vine-yards for they chiefly live by the Product of the Mastick-tree And so great Abundance of it have they that they pay yearly as a Tribute to the Grand Seignior 4 or 5000 Ducats Mastick taken inwardly stops the Voiding of Blood and cures an old Cough and is good for the Stomach Two Drams of Mastick mix'd with Crumbs of toasted Bread and apapplied hot to the Stomach takes off Vomiting and the Pain of the Stomach Take of Myrrh and Mastick equal Parts boyl them in Oyl of Camomile This is excellent for inveterate Pains of the Hips Half an Ounce of Mastick boyl'd in three or four Quarts of Water is used for the ordinary Drink of those that have a Loosness The People of China Men Women and Children do most commonly hold Mastick in their Mouths to strengthen their Teeth and Gums and to perfume their Breath they also bake it with their Bread to give it a good Taste In short Mastick is preferr'd before all other Medicines in those Diseases where-there is need of Binding The best Mastick is of a light Colour clear and transparent sweet-scented and friable 'T is sometimes adulterated with Resin of the Pine-tree and with Frankincense but the Cheat may easily be discover'd by the Smell Mechoacana It takes its Name from an Island in New-Spain call'd Mechoacan It purges Flegmatick and Watery Humours from all Parts of the Body especially from the Head Nerves and Breast 'T is good for old Coughs the Cholick and the French-Pox 'T is taken most commonly in substance being powder'd and taken in a proper Liquor especially in Wine It is not given in a Decoction because it has been found by Experience that boyling destroys the Virtue of it The Dose is from half a Dram to two Drams 'T is corrected by adding a third part of Cinnamon Annise or Mastick 'T is best when it is fresh whitish within and of an Ash-colour without Mezereon 'T is very hot and acrid being chewed in the Mouth it burns the Jaws and Throat But it purges Choler strongly being corrected by infusing it twenty four Hours in Vinegar Some correct it by infusing it in Wine and drying it again But the Leaves Bark or Berries howsoever they are prepar'd and corrected are seldom used by reason of their Malignity Nor indeed ought they to be used but in desperate Cases or for want of safer Medicines Myrobalanes in Latin Myrobalani There are five Sorts of them which are comprehended in the following Distick Myrobalanorum species sunt quinque bonorum Citrinus Chebulus Belericus Emblicus Indus All of them cool dry and are astringent as is manifest from their Taste which is sharp with a little Acrimony The Chebulae Belericae and Emblicae purge Flegm the Citrinae purge Yellow Choler and the Indae Black Choler Being toasted they purge a little and bind much like Rubarb Because they purge little Physicians give other Things with them The Dose is two or three Drams Myrrh in Latin Myrrha The best Myrrh is the cleanest which is rough light and breaks easily smells sweet tastes bitter and hot It heats disposes to Rest and is good in cold Diseases of the Head It conglutinates and dries It provokes the Courses and hastens Delivery 'T is good for an old Cough and Difficulty of Breathing and for Pains of the Breast and Sides and for a Loosness and for the Bloody-Flux It cures an Hoarseness being held in the Mouth and what dissolves of it being swallow'd down It heals Wounds of the Head and is frequently applied to Bones when they lie naked It was much used formerly to preserve dead Bodies Some say it is good in a Dropsie 'T is excellent in a Gangrene for Swellings and Wounds especially in the Head The Troches of Myrrh of the London-Dispensatory are made in the following manner Take of Myrrh three Drams of the Flower of Lupines five Drams of the Roots of Madder the Leaves of Rue Wild Mint Dittany of Crete Cummin-seeds Assafoetida Sagapenum and Opoponax each two Drams dissolve the Gums in Wine wherein Mug-wort has been boyl'd or Juniper-berries add the
awry it has reddish Fibres and is of an astringent Taste The Stalks lie on the Ground having many short Leaves sometimes they grow upright and are two Foot high they are small hairy and reddish The Flowers are small and yellowish and consist of four Leaves Note the Leaves are like the Leaves of Cinquefoil but longer and less dented It dries and is very astringent wherefore there is no Remedy more proper for Fluxes of the Belly and Womb than the Roots of Tormentil Besides they are Diaphoretick and Alexipharmick wherefore they are used in all Medicines for the Plague and Malignant Diseases especially when Fluxes of the Belly accompany them Moreover they are mix'd with Vulnerary Potions Ointments and Plasters for they cure old and putrid Ulcers Half a Dram or a Dram of the Extract of Tormentil is much commended for curing an Epidemick Dysentery Rubarb being used before if there be occasion A Woman that was wont to miscarry after the Second Month was cured in the following manner She was purg'd and took Sage with her Meat and Drink and as much of the following Powder as would lie on a Groat was given at a time Take of Cochinele Prepar'd Pearl and Tormentil-roots each one Dram of Mastick half a Dram mingle them and make a Powder The following Plaster was applied to the Loins and the Os sacrum Take of the purest Labdanum one Ounce and an half of Galls Oak-Moss Bole-Armoniack Cypress-Nuts Seal'd-Earth Mirtles Red Roses Dragon's-blood and Balaustians each half an Ounce of Ship-Pitch two Ounces of Turpentine six Ounces make a Plaster After the use of these things she went out her Time and had a lusty Child and after that more Marsh Trefoil or Buckbeans in Latin Trifolium palustre It grows commonly in Marishes and watery Places and is much commended in the Scurvy and for Pains in the Limbs The Leaves are boyl'd in Beer and it is taken twice or thrice a Day but because it is very bitter 't is best taken in a Syrup Turnep in Latin Rapum It forces Urine and is a Provocative to Venery The Juice and Broth wherein they are boyl'd cure Quartan-Agues Raw Turneps cure the Scurvy-Roasted under Ashes and applied behind the Ears they cure the Head-ach and the Pain of the Teeth They are applied to Ulcers of the Legs and to Swellings of the Breast and for Scrophulous and Scorbutick Tumours with good Success The Broth of them makes a good Gargarism for Sore Mouths Half a Dram of the Seed is used at a time to excite Venery and in Malignant Diseases to expel Venom Take of sliced Turneps and of White Sugar each half a Pound put them into an Earthen Pot making a Lay of one and a Lay of the other cover it with Paper and bake it with Bread when it is drawn press out the Juice and keep it for use Take a Spoonful Morning and Evening This is good for Coughs and at the Beginning of Consumptions Tutsan in Latin Androsaemum vulgare The Root is thick woody reddish and has long Fibres The Stalks are woody three or four Foot high round reddish smooth and crested They have two large Leaves at every Joint green above whitish below The Flowers are yellow and consist of five Leaves they are placed on long Foot-stalks After the Flowers come Heads of Seeds first greenish then reddish and last of a purple Colour The Juice is reddish It stops Blood and is an excellent Vulnerary Plant taken inwardly or outwardly applied V. GArden Valerian in Latin Valeriana hortensis The Root and Herb are very Diuretick Half a Spoonful of the Powder of the Root before the Stalk springs taken once or twice in Wine Water or Milk relieves those that are seiz'd with the Falling-sickness And Sylvius reckons it more effectual in this Case than the Roots of Male-Peony The Leaves bruis'd are commonly applied to slight Wounds upon which Account it is called Cut-finger It purges upwards and downwards Common Vervain in Latin Verbena vulgaris So many Virtues are attributed by Authors to this Plant that it would tire one to reckon them up 'T is Cephalick and Vulnerary 'T is used for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and in the Stone for Diseases of the Eyes and Breast for the Gripes the Bloody-Flux a Tertian Ague to heal Wounds and to hasten Delivery 'T is outwardly used for the Head-ach Pain of the Teeth Redness and Weakness of the Eyes for a Quinsie and for Swellings of the Glandules of the Jaws for the Falling of the Fundament for cleansing Ulcers and for Pains of the Spleen 'T is reckon'd a Specifick for Pains of the Head from whatever Cause they proceed The distill'd Water is applied outwardly to the Head and four Ounces are taken inwardly with four Drops of Spirit of Salt Forestus says he knew Two who were cured of the Head-ach only by hanging the green Herb about their Necks when many other Medicines were used to no purpose Violet in Latin Viola The Leaves are cooling The Flowers moisten cool and mollifie They are reckon'd among the Cordial-Flowers They are chiefly used in Fevers to abate the Heat and to ease the Pain of the Head occasion'd by it and for Coughs and Pleurises The Seed is Lithontriptick The Syrup is most in use and is made in the following manner Take of the Flowers of fresh Violets one Pound of clear hot Water two Pints and an half keep it close cover'd in an Earthen Glaz'd Pot a Day then press it out and add to two Pints of the strain'd Liquor four Pounds of Sugar take off the Scum as it rises and make a Syrup without boyling Viper's-grass in Latin Scorzonera The Root is eaten with Meat and is as sweet as Parsnips 'T is much used for the Biting of Venomous Creatures in Pestilential Fevers for Melancholy Palpitation of the Heart the Falling-sickness Giddiness Obstructions of the Bowels Diseases of the Womb for the Jaundice and at the Beginning of a Dropsie Take of the Roots of Scorzonera and Angelica each six Drams of the Leaves of Wood-Sorrel with the Roots two Handfuls of Rasp'd Hart's-horn and Ivory each half an Ounce of Liquorish two Drams boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to one Pint and an half to the strain'd Liquor add of Compounded Scordium-water and of the cold Cordial-water of Saxony each three Ounces of Syrup of Rasberries three Ounces mingle them make an Apozem of which take three Ounces or four at pleasure This is much used in Fevers W. WAlnut-tree in Latin Juglans The outward Bark dried vomits strongly The Catkins are a gentler Vomit The fresh Nuts move the Belly The Dry are hot and hard to digest they increase Choler and cause a Cough The Juice of the outward Bark gargl'd in the Mouth is very useful in a Relaxation of the Almonds and for an Inflammation of the Throat A Decoction of the outward Bark of the green Nut forces Worms out of their Holes The green and unripe Nuts candied with
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-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
Leaves of Ground-Ivy Colt's-foot Oak of Jerusalem each three Pounds Hysop Rosemary Penny-royal Horehound of each one Pound and an half of the Roots of Elecampane and Liquorish each one Pound and an half of Florentine-Orris twelve Ounces of Figs sliced three Pounds of the best Saffron of the Seeds Annise and Sweet-Fennel each half an Ounce of Spirit of Wine five Quarts of Fountain-water four and twenty Quarts infuse them and distil from a Limbeck twelve Quarts Take as I said one Pint and an half of this Pectoral-water and boyl the Ingredients above-mention'd in it in a Circulatory Vessel well stop'd and placed in hot Sand for some Hours strain it and add a sufficient quantity of White Sugar to make a Syrup This is excellent for Coughs and Consumptions and for the Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder Balsamum de Chili is good for Pains that proceed from Cold or Wind. It helps Digestion creates an Appetite and strengthens the Stomach 'T is good for Ulcers in the Kidnies Womb Lungs or Breast It stops Spitting of Blood is good for Coughs and an Asthma and other Diseases of the Lungs 'T is useful in Diseases of the Head and Nerves as Apoplexies Lethargy Palsie Convulsions and the like It cures Bursten Bellies and kills Worms and expels Gravel It cures Deafness being drop'd into the Ear. 'T is good for a Fistula and Ulcers for Bruises and Aches of the Limbs It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and provokes Women's Courses It grows in America in the Province of Chili Balaustians in Latin Balaustia They are the Flowers of the Wild Pomegranate some of them are as big as a Damask-Rose others much less They corroborate the Stomach are drying binding cooling and astringent They stop Catarrhs a Loosness the Bloody-Flux a Gonorrhaea and the like They settle the Teeth when they are loose and cure Bursten Bellies They are brought from Turky and Spain and some other Places Take of the Roots of Bistort Tormentil of Pomegranate-peel each one Ounce of the Leaves of Plantane Knot-grass Shepherd's-purse and Horse-tail each one Handful of Cypress-Nuts Balaustians Pomegranate Myrtle and Shumach each one Ounce boyl them in Smith's Water and rough Wine strain it and make a Fomentation This is a good astringent Fomentation Balaustians are also an Ingredient of the Syrup of Myrtles in the London-Dispensatory Bdellium It mollifies discusses opens and cleanses But it is to be noted when it is fresh it mollifies most powerfully when it is old it discusses and cleanses best 'T is chiefly used inwardly for a Cough and an Ulcer of the Lungs and to expel Gravel and to provoke Urine and the like Outwardly used it discusses Hardness and Knots of the Nerves Take of Bdellium Gum-Ammoniacum and Opoponax each two Drams dissolve them in White-wine strain them and boyl them then add of the Confection of Hamech and Diaphoenicon each two Ounces of the Catholicon Duplicatum half an Ounce of Faetid Pill two Drams make an Opiat of which take half an Ounce adding to it twenty Grains of Mercurius dulcis Continue the use of it several Days together and it will take off the Hardness and Swelling of the Spleen Bear's-breech in Latin Branca Vrsina 'T is one of the five Emollient Herbs 'T is used chiefly in Clysters and other Paregoricks of whatsoever kind they are and most commonly in Pultises The Roots made into Pultises and applied are good for Burns and Luxations Being taken inwardly they force Urine and stop a Loosness They are good for Consumptive People and such as spit Blood and for Contusions It grows in Italy and Sicily 'T is one of the Ingredients of the Majesterial Water of Worms in the London-Dispensatory which is made in the following manner Take of Worms well cleans'd three Pounds of Snails with their Shells cleans'd two Gallons beat them in a Mortar and put them into a convenient Vessel adding of the Leaves of Stinging Nettles with their Roots six Handfuls of Wild Angelica four Handfuls of Bears-breech seven Handfuls of Agrimony and Betony each three Handfuls of Common Wormwood two Handfuls of the Flowers of Rosemary six Ounces of the Roots of Sharp-pointed Docks ten Ounces of Wood-Sorrel five Ounces of Turmerick of the Inner Bark of Barberries each four Ounces of Fenugreek-seed two Ounces of Cloves powder'd three Ounces of Hart's-horn grosly powder'd of Ivory powder'd each four Ounces of Saffron three Drams of Small Spirit of Wine four Gallons and an half after they have been infus'd four and twenty Hours distil them in Glass Vessels in B. M. The first four Pints that distil is to be kept by it self and is called the Spirit The rest is called the Majesterial Water of Worms Benjamin in Latin Benzoinum It attenuates 'T is hot and dry 'T is used for Coughs Rheums and Obstructions of the Lungs It comes from Sumatra Surat and several other Places Flowers and the Oyl of Benjamin are made in the following manner Take an Earthen Pot high and narrow with a little Border round it put into it three or four Ounces of clear Benjamin grosly powder'd cover the Pot with a Coffin of Paper and tye it round about under the Border set the Pot into hot Ashes and when the Benjamin is heated the Flowers will sublime take off the Coffin every two Hours and fix another in its place stop up quickly in a Glass the Flowers you find in the Coffins and when those which afterwards sublime do begin to appear Oyly take the Pot off the Fire put that which remains into a little Glass Retort and fitting a Receiver to it distil in a Sand-heat a thick and fragrant Oyl until no more comes forth and there will remain in the Retort nothing but a very spungy Earth The Flowers are good for Asthmatical Persons and to fortifie the Stomach The Dose is from two Grains to five in an Egg or in Lozenges The Oyl is a Balsam for Wounds and Ulcers Tincture of Benjamin is made in the following manner Take three Ounces of Benjamin and half an Ounce of Storax powder them grosly and put them into a Pottle-Matrass half empty pour upon them a Pint of Spirit of Wine stop your Vessel close and set it in warm Horse-dung leave it in Digestion for a Fortnight after which filtrate the Liquor and keep it in a Vessel well stop'd Some do add to it five or six Drops of Balsam of Peru to give it a better Smell 'T is good to take away Spots in the Face A Dram of it is put into four Ounces of Water and it whitens like Milk This Water serves for a Wash and is called Virgin 's Milk Take of Fat Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar of Squills one Ounce of Extract of Aloes half an Ounce of Crystal of Tartar one Dram of Myrrh and Saffron each half a Dram of Mastich Benjamin and Salt of Ash-tree and Wormwood each one Scruple with Oxymel of Squills make a Mass for Pills The Dose is half a Dram
them are eaten they intoxicate when they are dry They stop Spitting of Blood and are good for the Bloody-Flux A Decoction of them is a very astringent Gargarism Boyl'd in Wine they take off Proud Flesh and Cicatris'd Ulcers A Decoction of it makes the Hair black And being taken inwardly it cures Diseases of the Reins and Bladder When they are ripe they are good for an Hoarsness and Coughs Difficulty of Breathing a Pleurisie and a Peripneumonia They are an Ingredient of the Pectoral Decoction of the London-Dispensatory Take of Dates cleansed number Ten of Raisins of the Sun three Ounces boyl them in Oxycrate afterwards beat them and add of Camomile-flowers and of the Flowers of Melilot and Red Roses each one Pugil of Spikenard and Camel's-Hay each one Dram of the Seed of Smallage and Parsly each half a Dram of Endive and Purslain each one Dram and an half of the Oyl of Wormwood and Roses each one Ounce of Barly-meal two Ounces make a Pultis This is used for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Liver Dittany of Crete in Latin Dictamnus Creticus It hath all the Virtues that Penny-royal has but it is much more effectual for it expels a dead Child not only by taking of it inwardly but also by outward Application and by Fume 'T is said that the Goats in Crete when they are wounded by Darts extract them and so are cured by feeding on it It has moreover a Purgative Quality Being applied to the Soles of the Feet or any other Part of the Body it draws out Thorns It also eases the Pain of the Spleen The Root of it tastes hot and hastens Delivery And so great is the Virtue of this Herb that the Smell of it drives away Venomous Creatures and kills them if they but touch it But this seems improbable The Juice of it applied to Wounds made by a Sword or by the Biting of Venomous Creatures is a present Remedy if at the same time it be also taken inwardly Hippocrates counts it the best Remedy to expel the Secundine and a False Conception Being taken in Wine it provokes the Courses and hastens Delivery so powerfully that it ought not to be kept in the Chamber or near where Big-belly'd Women are A Woman that was in a desperate Condition by reason of a dead Child was soon deliver'd by taking the Powder of the Leaves of this Herb. Take of Dittany of Crete one Dram of Safâ—ron one Scruple of Gromwel Annise-seed and Misleto of the Oak each three Drams beat them and infuse them twenty four Hours and then boyl them a little in good White-wine Give four Ounces of this Decoction at a time This is much commended by Quercetan for a Suppression of the Courses Dragon's-blood in Latin Sanguis Draconis 'T is a Gum or Rosin of a deep red Colour Being held to the Fire it soon melts And if it be cast upon the Fire it flames If it be rub'd upon any thing it makes it red but it mixes difficulty with Oyl and Water 'T is of an astringent Virtue and is frequently used in the Bloody-Flux and for other Fluxes for Spitting of Blood and to settle the Teeth when they are loose Gold-smiths and Jewellers make use of it for Foils for their Precious Stones and Jewels And Glasiers paint Glass red with it Take of the Water of Orange-flowers of Plantain and of Roses each one Ounce of Syrup of Coral or for want of it of dried Roses one Ounce of Sal Prunella one Dram of Dragon's-blood half a Scruple make a Potion This is used for an immoderate Flux of the Child-bed-Purgations Take of Amber and Mastich two Drams of Dragon's-blood Lapis Haematitis and Red Coral each one Dram of Balaustians and the Seeds of Plantane of Crocus Matis Astringent one Ounce powder them all and with a sufficient quantity of Peruvian Balsam and Syrup of Quinces make a Mass for Pills The Dose is half a Dram or a Dram Morning and Evening These Pills are used for the Virulent Running of the Reins But they must be given only at the Declination of it when there only appears a little thin waterish Humour which glues the Entrance of the Vrethra for if you give them sooner you may stifle the Matter and so cause an Hernia Humoralis if after the Gonorrhaea be cured you suspect you have not enough secur'd the Patient from the Malignity you must purge him Dragon's-blood comes from one of the Canary-Islands called Portus Sanctus near the Madera's E. EBony in Latin Ebenus The Wood is as black as Pitch and as smooth as polish'd Ivory 'T is good for the Diseases of the Eyes Many sorts of things are made of it as Cases Chests Combs Frames for Pictures and Looking-glasses and the like An English Man that was frequently seiz'd with Flatulent Convulsions was cured by using a Decoction of Ebony for the space of forty Days whereby he did sweat much White Ellebore or Hellebore in Latin Helleborus albus The Root of White Hellebore which is only in use in Physick purges very violently upward and downward yet it may be used says Tragus being infus'd twenty four Hours in Wine or Oxymel and afterwards dried Half a Dram of it so prepar'd may be given in Wine to Mad and Melancholy People But either of the Hellebores says Gesnâ—r may be used inoffensively being boyl'd to a Syrup with Hony and Vinegar and are very useful for many Flegmatick Diseases especially of the Breast and Head as an Asthma Difficulty of Breathing and the Falling-sickness They wonderfully purge the Belly the Urine and all the Passages In the Use of White Hellebore two Things are chiefly to be minded First That the Diseases are very obstinate And Secondly That the Patient hath sufficient Strength to bear the Operation Wherefore the Root ought not to be given to Old Men Women or Children or to such as are weakly and costive in the Body And the Hellebore ought to be well prepar'd The old Way of giving of it was with Horse-Radish which they used three Ways for either they stuck the Roots into Horse-Radish and continu'd them in it twenty four Hours and afterwards the Roots being taken out they gave the Horse-Radish Or they infus'd the Horse-Radish stuck with the Roots in Oxymel in B. M. and gave only the Oxymel Or they left the Horse-Radish so prepar'd all Night and in the Morning infus'd it in Oxymel having first cast away the Hellebore and then they gave the Oxymel But Parkinson says the best Way of preparing it is to infuse it in the Juice of Quinces or to roast it under Ashes in a Quince If upon taking Hellebore there is danger of Suffocation the eating of Quinces or the taking the Juice or Syrup of it is a present Remedy The Root boyl'd in Vinegar and retain'd a while in the Mouth takes off the Pain of the Teeth A Decoction of it made in Lee kills Lice aad cleanses the Head from Scurf it being wash'd with it
261 Hysterick Fits 144. 174. 349 Hysterick Tincture of admirable Virtue 25 J. JAlap Resin 281 Jaundice 2. 11. 13. 20 22. 30. 40. 42. 100. 104 120. 161. 162 Ill Habit of Body 100 Imposthume 166 Inflammations 47 Inflammations to take them off 3. 26 Inflammations of the Nervous Parts 191 Inflammations And Vlcers of the Liver 252 Of the Eyes 6. 22. 175 178. 222 And Swellings of the Hemorrhoids 8 Of the Mouth 13. 108 184 Of the Throat 184 Of the Jaws 35 Of the Paps 98 Of the Testicles 101 233 Ink how to make it 141 Joints to strengthen them 13 Joints and Sinews to comfort them 15 Issues 57 Itch 4. 17. 20. 66. 67. 90 185 K. KIbes 138 King's-Evil 8. 62. 82 83. 89. 126. 135. 192. 232 233. 270. 315. 324 Knots of the Nerves 216 L. LAbour when hard to ease it 118 Leanness to cause it 12. 345 Lees of Briony 25 Leprosie 35. 185 Lethargy 54 Lice to kill them 115. 177 185 Lime to burn it 80 Liquid Laudanum 153 Loosness 13. 19. 86. 234 Loss of Speech 315 Lozenges to be held in the Mouth in Plague-time 5 Lungs to cleanse them 14 Lungs to open the Stoppages of them 162 M. MAdness 15. 109. 149 Magestery of Coral 247 Magisterial Water of Worms 216 Malignity 34 Mandrakes counterfeited 24 Mange 17 Marmalet of Quinces 155 Masticatory 333 Matthew's Pill 153 Melancholy 14. 15. 22. 27 30. 68. 180 Meliceris 207 Memory to quicken 208 Milk To increase it 65. 77 149. 197 To dissolve it when curdled 130 To drive it away 143 To lessen it 263 Mirth to procure 193 Miscarriage to prevent 20 Mixture for Women before Delivery 157 Morphew 42 Mother-fits 15. 25. 48. 108 Mucilage how to make 279 N. NAture how to restore 11 Nauseousness 77 Nerves Wounded 105 Prick'd 212 To strengthen them 115 Vncover'd 224 Nipples sore 140 Noises in the Ears 218 Nutmegs an Observation of cating them immoderately 305 O. OBstructions 26. 235 Obstructions to open them 13. 243 Obstructions Of the Liver 2. 28. 30. 119 Of the Lungs 6 Incident to Women 9. 23 Of the Kidnies 116 Of the Courses 28 Of Vrine 39 Of the Bowels 92 Of the Bladder 119 Of the Womb 139 Ointment For Obstructions of the Liver 34. 226 Of Marsh-mallows 122 Populeon 151 Of Roses 160 Of Gum-Elemi 274 Opium 153 Orange-water 313 Orvietan 260 Over-fatness 77 Oxymel of Squills Simple 331 Oxymel of Squills Compound ibid. Oyl Of Nutmegs 306 Olives 309 For Lamps 52 Of St. John's-wort 109 Of Roses 160 Of Camphir 224 Of Capers 226 Of Cinnamon 235 Of Cloves 240 Of Myrrh per deliquium 302 Nard 303 P. PAins to ease 37. 118 Pains of the Sides 6. 35 121 Pains Of the Stomach 111 180 In the Head 53. 209 Hypochondriack 182 Venereal 51 Pains Of the Joints 232. 306 Of the Bladder 264 Of the Nerves 306 Of the Ears 8. 165 Palpitation of the Heart 98 Palsie 115. 186. 225. 270 Palsie of the Hands 163 Palsie of the Throat ibid. Peripneumonia 182 Piles that are blind 26 Piles that are painful 135 185 Pills Of Hound's-tongue 106 For an Vlcer of the Bladder 164. 273 Of Agrick 196 Of Hiera with Agarick 197 Of Storax 333 Pilulae Aggregativae 202 De Aloe Lota ibid. De Aloe Rosata ibid. Cochiae Minores 203 Foetidae ibid. De Gutta Gamandra ibid. De Hermodactylis ibid. Imperiales 204 Macri ibid. Mastichinae ibid. De Opopanace ibid. Rudii 205 Ruffi ibid. Sine quibus ibid. Stomachicae 206 De Succino ibid. Cochiae Majores 245 Pimples on the Face 20 Pin and Web in the Eyes 149 Plague 16. 58. 70. 183 Plague-water 94 Plants have generally more Virtue in hot Countries than in cold 237 Plaster For the Navel 9 Opiat 154 Cummin 250 Ammoniacum 271 Gum Elemi 274 For the Stomach 278 Of Hermodactyles 280 Pleurifie 58. 63. 85. 127. 152. 199 Poison 16. 50. 183 Powder to be used in Malignant Diseases 34 Powder Diafenna 329 Powder Thuraloes 207 Preservative against the Plague 33. 73. 161. 185 238 Prolifick Water 207 Pultis Anodyne 13 Purge For the French Pox 268 For the Head 108 For Mad People 255 Cooling 338 Strong ibid. Purges for Children 178 298 Purges for Choler 34. 227 Purges for Flegm 11. 24. 34 Purges for Melancholy 68 151. 257 Purges for Watery Humour 4. 24. 26. 274 Purging Beer for Children 321 Purging Potion 35 Pushes in the Face 177 Pustles Pocky 196 Putrefaction to resist 60 108 Putrefaction of the Gums 170 Q. QVeen of Hungary's Water 344 Quinsie 85. 108. 152 R. RED Face 83. 264 Redness of the Eyes 159 Reins to cool them 177 Reins to strengthen 48 Remedy for an immoderate Flux of the Courses 52 150 Rheums to stop 16 Rheumatism 159 Rickets 79. 80. 226 Ruptures 186 S. SAlt of Tartar 347 Sauce to provoke Appetite 27 Scabby Head 54 Scammony prepar'd 326 Sciatica 51 Scirrhus 27 Scirrhus of the Liver 105 Scirrhus of the Spleen 216 Scurvy 23. 25. 26. 35. 48 55. 58. 66. 84. 115. 136 156. 163. 167. 168. 180 187. 348 Sealing-wax 275 Secret Letters 295 Secundine to expel 104 253 Seed Incontinency 197 Seed to increase it 198 Serpents biting 36. 94 Shortness of Breath 16. 36 Sight to quicken 49. 73. 76 201 Silk-worms to nourish 135 Sleep to procure 53. 101 117. 152 Sneezing to provoke 48 125 Sores old 10. 31 Species of the three Sanders 323 Species Dia Lacca 275 Spirit of Lavender 115 Spirit of Water-cresses 54 Spirit of Wine 343 Spleen hard 92 Spleen-Wind 145 Splinters 214 Spots in the Skin 21â— Spring-Broth 3. 54 Stammering 44 Starting of the Navel 164 Stinging of Wasps and Bees 16 Stomach To strengthen 4. 11 13. 236 To comfort 16. 19 Hot 19. 117 Cold 47. 110 Cold and moist 209 Stone 10. 20. 25. 26. 31 32. 37. 39. 88. 112. 141 142. 143. 149. 175. 191 193. 234 Sudorificks 12. 34. 72. 183 246 Suffocation of the Womb 24 81 Sugar to colour 22 Sugar of Roses 160 Surfeit-water 152 Sweet-meats 44 Swellings Of the Belly 85 Of the Breast 181. 188 To discuss 118 Vnder the Ears 214 Of the Feet 72 Hard 10. 37 Hot 17 Of the Spleen 31. 88 92. 211. 216 Syrup Pectoral 214 Syrup of Ammoniacum 272 Apples Altering and Purging 7 Black-Berries 24 Buck-thorn Berries 29 Cinnamon 236 The Juice of Citrons 239 Coral Simple 248 Coral Compound ibid. Hedge-Mustard 137 Hyssop 279 Jujubs 290 July-flowers 110 Kermes 292 Liquorish 119 Marsh-Mallows 122 Mugwort 134 Myrtles 137 The five Opening Roots 28 Oranges 313 Peach-flowers 144 Peony 146 Pomegranates 318 Poppies 152 Quinces 155 Rasberries 157 Dried Roses 160 Roses Solutive ibid. Rubarb 321 Staechas 332 Succory with Rubarb 178 Violete 189 T. TArtar to make Crystals 346 Tartar Vitriolated 347 Teeth to cleanse 41. 244 Teeth to preserve them from Putrefaction 41 Teeth to settle them when loose 191 Tetter 35. 40 Thirst to extinguish 17. 19 173 Tincture for the Cholick 111 Tincture of Benjamin 217 Cinnamon 236 Myrrh 302 Roses 159 Saffron 162 Tongue