TRACTATUS, De facultatibus Simplicium, The Second Part Of the TREATISE Of the Nature and Quality of such Physical Simples as are most frequently used in MEDICINES. Methodically handled for the benefit of those that understand not the Latin Tongue. To which is added many Compound Medicines for many diseases incident to Mankind; as also an Alphabetical Table at the latter end very necessary for the READER. By ROBERT PEMELL Practitioner of Physic, at Cranebrooke in Kent. Qui potest mederi Simplicibus, frustra quaerit Composita. LONDON, Printed by J. Legatt, for Philemon Stephens, at the guilded Lion in Paul's Churchyard. 1653. TO THE READER. Kind Reader, I Had not thought to have written any thing more of this Subject, but when I had finished my first Part, after examination, I found that I had omitted many useful and necessary Simples; I have therefore now wrote of the Nature of such only as I omitted before, for the more ready finding out of what is contained in this Second Part. Here followeth a Table of the Simples, and the Chapter wherein they are handled. Now my hearty desire is, that this and the former Treatise may be helpful to any that shall make use of them. Desiring thy prayers for me, I take my leave of thee. Febr. 24. 1652. Robert Pemell Medicus. A Table of the Physical Simples handled in this Second Part. ADders-Tongue, Chapter 1 Allisanders', chap. 2 Avens, chap. 3 BRook-Lime, chap. 4 Bugle, chap. 5 Caraways, chap. 6 Celandine the greater and lesser, chap. 7 Chervil, chap. 8 Clarie, chap. 9 Clove Gillyflowers, chap. 10 Colts-foot, chap. 11 Coriander-seed, chap. 12 Cowslips, chap. 13 Cummin-seed, chap. 14 Devilsbit, chap. 15 Dropwort, chap. 16 Feather-few, chap. 17 Golden rod, chap. 18 Harts-Tongue, chap. 19 White House-leek, chap. 20 Hyssop, chap. 21 Knotsgrass, chap. 22 White Lily, chap. 23 Lily Coural, chap. 24 Liver wort, chap. 25 Mouse ear, chap. 26 Nep, chap. 27 Onions, chap. 28 Osmund Royal, chap. 29 PArsly, Chapter 30 Pellitory of the wall, chapter 31 Penny royal, chap. 32 Periwinkle, chap. 33 Poppies garden and wild, chapter, 34 Quincies, chap. 35 SAge of jerusalem, chapter 36 Sanicle, or Sanickle, chap. 37 Savine, chap. 38 Savoury, chap. 39 Saxifrage, English or common, chap. 40 Scabions, chap. 41 Scurvy grass, chap. 42 Shepherds purse, chap. 43 Smallage, chap. 44 Sorrel, chap. 45 spinach, chap. 46 Succory, chap. 47 TAmarisk, chap. 48 tansy, chap. 49 Thime, chap. 50 VEx vain, chap. 51 Violets, chap. 52 WAtercresses, chap. 53 Woodsage, chap. 54 Wood sorrel, chap. 55 The second Part, Of the Nature of Physical Simples. CHAP. I. Of Adder's tongue. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Lingua Serpentis, or Serpentina, in English Adders tongue, or Serpent's tongue. It is temperate between heat and cold, and dry in the second Degree. The inward Use. The juice of the Leaves given to drink with the distilled Water of Horse-tail, is a singular remedy for all manner of wounds in the breast or bowels, or any other part of the body. It is with no less good success given to those that are much given to casting or vomiting, and also to those that void blood at the mouth or nose, or otherwise downwards, the said juice or dried leaves made into powder, and given in the distilled Water of Oaken buds, is very good for such women as have their usual Courses, or the Whites come down too abundantly upon them; the said powder of the Herb taken for some time together doth cure Ruptures. A Decoction of the leaves made with water and taken, is good against hot Fevers and inward inflammations and heats. The outward Use. The green Herb infused or boiled in red or white wine, and watery eyes washed therewith, or dropped therein, taketh away the watering, and cooleth any inflammation that cometh thereby. The leaves mixed with Hogs-grease and gently boiled and strained, is good against burn, hot tumors and Apostumes, spreading sores, and wildfire. With the green leaves infused in Oil Olive, and set in the Sun for certain days, or boiled sufficiently in the same Oil, is made an excellent green Oil or Balsam singular good for all green and fresh wounds, as also for old and inveterate Ulcers, quickly to cure them, especially if a little clear Turpentine be dissolved therein. The same also stayeth and represseth all Inflammations that rise upon pains, by any hurt or wounds. Of such things as are made thereof. Oil of Adder's tongue. The distilled Water. CHAP. 2. Of Allisanders'. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Hypposelinum, and Petroselinum Alexandrinum; in English, alexander's, Alexandre, and Allisanders'. The root and seeds are hot and dry in the third Degree, they cleanse and make thin. The inward Use. Allisanders', are much used to make broth with the upper part of the root and the leaves being boiled together: some eat them raw with Vinegar, or stew them, and so eat them, and this chief in the time of Lent to help to digest the Crudities and viscous humours that are gathered in the Stomach by the much use of Fish at that time; it doth also warm any other cold Stomach, and by the bitterness helpeth to open stops of the Liver, and Spleen, to move women's courses, to expel the after Birth, to break wind, to provoke urine and help the strangury, and these things the Seed will do likewise, if taken in Wine or boiled in Wine, and so taken, and is effectual against the bitings of Serpents. The roots preserved in a pickle of Vinegar and Salt, are a very wholesome sauce with meats, stirring up the Appetite, cleansing and comforting the Stomach and remove stops. They are convenient for every age and constitution, especially for the Phlegmatic and such as are subject to stops. The Dose. The Seed is given in powder from a scruple to two scruples; In Decoction from a dram to two drams. CHAP. 3. Of Avens. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Caryophillata, and that from the Sent of the Root so near resembling Cloves; in English Avens and herb Bennet. The roots and leaves are manifestly dry and something hot, with a cleansing quality. The inward Use. A Decoction of the root or leaves being taken helpeth the diseases of the breast, stitches of the side, and to expel crude or raw humours from the Stomach and Belly. It also dissolveth congealed blood, happening by falls or bruises, and the spitting of blood, and helpeth all inward wounds, comforteth the heart, and strengtheneth the stomach and a cold brain, and therefore is good in the Spring time to open stops of the Liver and Spleen, helpeth the wind Colic, Fluxes of the Belly and Ruptures, and is good against infectious vapours of the Plague and poison. The outward Use. A Decoction of the root made in Wine helpeth wounds and Ulcers though Fistulous, if they be washed therewith. If foul spots or marks in the face, or other parts of the body be washed therewith, it taketh them away and leaveth the skin well coloured. The powder of the dried roots, or the juice of them when they are fresh worketh the same effects, and in callous Ulcers with the juice of the roots, if a little Verdigrease be added, it worketh a good effect. The hurtful quality. It is hurtful for Choleric persons, and such as have windy bodies, and their bowels stopped. The Dose. The root is given from a scruple to a dram, in powder. CHAP. 4. Of Brook-lime. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Becabunga, in English Brook-lime. It is hot and dry like Watercresses yet not so much. The inward Use. Brook-lime and Watercresses are generally used together, much in Diet Beeres and Alice, with other things serving to purge and cleanse the blood from those ill humours that would overthrow the health thereof; It is very useful in the Scurvy, breaks the Stone, provokes Urine and women's Courses, and expels the dead Birth. It doth profit much in the Dropsy. The outward Use. Being fried with Butter and Vinegar, and applied warm, it helpeth all manner of tumors and swell, and Saint Anthony's fire also if it be often renewed. The herb boiled maketh a good Fomentation for the smollen Legs and the Dropsy. The leaves boiled and stamped in a stone mortar with the powder of Fenegreek, Linseed, the roots of Marish, Mallows, and some Hog's grease, unto the form of a Pultis, taketh away any swelling in leg or arm; wounds also that are ready to fall into Apostemation it mightily defendeth that no humour or accident shall happen thereunto. Farrier's do use it about their horses to take away swell, to heal the scab, and other like diseases in them. Of such things as are made thereof. The juice. The syrup which is thus made; Take of the juice of Brook-lime, and of the juice of Scurvie-grasse, of each a pound and a half, of Sugar one pound or one pound and an half; clarify the juice with the white of an Egg, and then boil it to a syrup; of which take a spoonful morning and Evening. This is excellent in the Scurvy. CHAP. 5. Of Bugle. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Bugula Consolida, media; in English, Bugle, or brown Bugle, and middle Cumfrey or Confound. It is temperate in heat, but drying moderately, and somewhat astringent. The inward Use. It is of excellent use for such as have caught any fall, or are inwardly bruised, for it dissolveth the congealed blood, and disperseth it by taking the Decoction of the leaves and flowers made in wine; the same is no less effectual for any inward wounds, thrusts or stabs into the body or bowels, and is an especial help in all wound drinks, as also for those that are Livergrown as they call it, which ariseth from the stops of the Liver and Gall, and strengthening the parts afterwards. It helpeth the Jaundice and Ruptures, as also such as have broken any bone. The outward Use. It is wonderful in curing all manner of Ulcers and Sores, whether new or fresh or old, yea Gangrenes and Fistulaes' also, either the leaves bruised and applied, or their juice used to wash and bathe the places; and the same made into a lotion with some Honey of Roses and Allom cureth all sores of the mouth and gums, be they never so foul or of long continuance: it worketh no less effectually for Ulcers and Sores in the secret parts of Men and Women. It helpeth broken bones, being thereto applied. An Ointment made with the leaves of Bugle, Scabious, and Sanicle, bruised and boiled in Hog's grease until the herbs be dry, and then strained forth and kept in a pot, is found so singular good for all sorts of hurts in the body, that I would not wish any (that desire to do good to themselves or others) to be without it. CHAP. 6. Of Caraways. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Carum, Careum, but usually Carvum; in English Caraway, Caraways, and Caruway. Caraway seeds are hot and dry as Galen saith, almost in the third Degree, and have withal a moderate sharp quality. The Duration. The Seeds will keep good a year or two. The inward Use. Caraway-seed breaketh wind, provoketh urine, and is pleasant and comfortable to the stomach, helping digestion, and also conduceth to all cold griefs of the head and stomach the bowels or mother, as also the wind in them, and helpeth to sharpen the eye sight. It is good in the swimming of the head. The seeds are much used in Bread, Cakes, etc. to give a relish to them. Caraway Comfits are of the same nature. The outward Use. The powder of the seed put into a Poultis, taketh away black and blue spots of blows or bruises. The herb itself or with some of the seed bruised and fried, laid hot in a double cloth to the lower parts of the belly doth ease the pain of the wind Colic. The hurtful quality. They must not be used in very hot and dry bodies. Of such things, as are made thereof. The distilled water of the herb. Caraway, Comfits, Chemical Oil. CHAP. 7. Of Celandine, the greater and lesser. The Names and Temperament. THe greater is called Chelidonium majus, and Hirundinaria major; in English, great Celandine. It is hot and dry in the third Degree, and of a cleansing faculty. The lesser is called in Latin Chelidonium minus, and Hirundinaria minor; in English, small Celandine and Pilewort. It is not so hot as the greater. The inward Use. The greater Celandine openeth the stops of the Liver and Gall, and thereby helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the herb or the roots being boiled in white wine with a few Anniseeds and drunk; the same helpeth the Dropsy, Itch and sores in the legs, or other parts of the body. The juice taken fasting with Sugar or the distilled water, is commended against the Plague or Pestilence, especially if a little good Treacle be mixed therewith, and they upon the taking thereof laid down to sweat a little. The outward Use. The juice dropped in the eyes doth cleanse them from films and clouds that darken them, but it is best to mix with it a little breast milk: It is good in old filthy eating ulcers in any place to stay their fretting and running, and to cause them to heal the more speedily: the juice often applied to Tetters, Ringworms, or such like, will quickly kill their sharpness, and heal them also; and it taketh away Warts also being rubbed on them. The herb with the roots bruised and heated with Oil of Camomile, and applied to the Navel, taketh away the griping pain in the belly, and all pains of the mother, and applied to women's breasts that have their Courses too much, stayeth them; the juice or the Decoction of the herb gargled between the teeth that ache taketh away the pain, and the powder of the dried root laid upon an aching hollow or lose tooth, will as they say cause it quickly to fall out: the juice mixed with some powder of Brimstone cureth the itch, and taketh away all the discolourings of the skin whatsoever, be they spots or marks of bruises, stripes or wounds, the Morphew also, Sun-burning or any the like. Pilewort doth wonderfully help the Piles or Hemorrhoides, as also kernels by the ears and throat, called the Kings-evil, or any other hard wens or tumors, either the Decoction of the leaves and roots, or an ointment made of them with Hog's grease, or fresh Butter and used. A Poultis against Cancrous sores of women's breasts. Take of the juice of Celandine, and Goose-dung, of each a like quantity, mix them together and apply it. An Injection, good in the cure of hollow wounds. Take of Celandine, Sage, Saint john's Wort, of each half a hand, full, Elecampane root four ounces, Vinegar a pint, Water six pints boil them till near half be consumed, add thereto of Honey a pound, Aloes in fine powder four ounces; let them boil gently a while, then keep it for your use. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water; Juice, Salt. CHAP. 8. Of Chervill. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Cerefolium, Cerifolium and Chaerifolium; in English Chervil, and Chervel. It is of a temperate heat and moderate dryness. The inward Use. It doth moderately warm the stomach, and it is a certain remedy saith Tragus to dissolve congealed or clotted blood in the body after falls or bruises, if the juice or the distilled water thereof be drunk: it is taken also by divers to be good to provoke urine, and to expel the stone in the kidneys and women's Courses, taken either in meat or drink and moreover to help the Pleurisy and prickings of the. The round tufts or heads which contain the seeds, do far excel the leaves, and may be eaten as a salad by themselves with Oil Olive, Vinegar and Pepper, for they are very good for a cold and weak stomach. The roots boiled and eaten as before with Oil, Vinegar and pepper are good for a weak stomach, for weak and aged persons, and for such as are dull and without courage; for they delight the stomach, comfort the heart, increase strength, and stir up Venus or Lust. A Decoction of Chervil taken, provoketh sleep sweetly. The outward Use. Being bruised and applied, it dissolveth any tumors or swell in any part of the body, as also to take away the spots and marks in the flesh and skin of congealed blood by bruises or blows in a short space, and also easeth the Colic and pain of the belly. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water; Salt of Chervil. CHAP. 9 Of clary. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Horminum and Orminum; in English, Clary, or Clear eye. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The inward Use. The Seeds or the Leaves boiled in Wine and taken provoketh to Venery. It is much in use with Men or Women that have weak backs to help to strengthen the Reins, either used by itself, or with other Herbs that conduce to the same effect, and in Tansies often, or the fresh Leaves fried in Butter, being first dipped in a batter of Flower, Eggs, and a little Milk, served as a dish to the Table, is not unpleasant to any, but exceeding profitable for weak backs. It provoketh women's Courses, and bringeth away the after Birth. It is used in Italy to help Barrenness, when it proceeds from a cold and moist Disposition; it stayeth the Whites, and helpeth also a cold stomach oppressed with cold Phlegm, purgeth the Head of Rheum and much corruption. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. The Seeds made in fine Powder put into the eye Eye alone, or mixed with Honey and so used cleareth the Sight, and taketh away white or red spots therein. The Mucilage of the Seed made with Water and applied to tumors or swell, disperseth and taketh them away, and also draweth forth splinters, thorns or other things gotten into the flesh; the Leaves used with Vinegar either by itself, or with a little Honey, doth help hot inflammations, if timely applied. The powder of the dried Leaves put into the Nose provoketh sneesing, and thereby purgeth the Head and Brain of much Rheum and Corruption. The hurtful quality. The frequent use of Clary offendeth the head, and is hurtful for the brain and memory. Clowns Wound-wort or All-heale, See my Help for the Poor, page 10.11, 12, 13, 14. CHAP. 10. Of Clove gillowflowers. The Names and Temperament. THey are called in Latin, Caryophilli; in English Clovegillow-flowers, They are temperate in heat and dryness. The Duration. They will keep good a year being well dried. The inward Use. They are very Cordial, and much in use in Fevers both pestilential and others, in faintness of the heart and spirits. The syrup is of the same Nature. The Flowers being pickled with Vinegar and Sugar are a pleasant and dainty sauce, stir up the Appetite, and are also of a Cordial faculty. The outward Use. They are used in wounds of the Head, they draw out pieces of bones the Skull being broken, ease the Headache and pain of the Teeth, being thereto applied. The Medicines made thereof. Syrup, Conserve, Vinegar. CHAP. 11. Of Colts-foot. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin, Tussilago, and Tarfara; in English, Colts-foot, Hors-foot and Folefoot. Being fresh it is cooling and drying, but when it is dry, it is somewhat hot and dry. The Duration. The Leaves and Flowers being dry will keep good a year. The inward Use. The dry Leaves are best for such as have thin Rheums and Distillations upon the Lungs causing the Cough thereby to thicken and dry it. The fresh Leaves, or Juice, or Syrup made thereof, is fittest for an hot dry Cough, and for wheesing and shortness of breath; the dried Leaves taken as Tobacco is in the like manner good for the thin Rheums, Distillations and Coughs, as also the Root taken in like sort. The distilled Water hereof simply or with Elder Flowers and Nightshade is a singular remedy against all hot Agues, to drink two ounces at a time. The outward Use. The distilled Water simply or with Elder Flowers and Nightshade helpeth the pains of the head proceeding from heat, if Clothes be wet therein and applied thereto. The same also applied to any hot swelling or inflammation doth much good, yea it helpeth Saint Anthony's fire, and burning also, and is singular good to take away weals and small bushes, that rise through heat, as also against the burning heat of the Piles, or of the privy parts, to apply wet clothes therein to the places. The fume of the dried Leaves or Roots taken through a Tunnel, burned upon coals effectually, helpeth those that are troubled with shortness of breath and fetch their wind thick and often, and breaketh the Apostumes of the breast. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water, Syrup both Simple and Compound, Conserve made of the Flowers. CHAP. 12. Of Coriander-seed. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Semen Coriandri; in English, Coriander, and Coliander-seed. It is hot and dry in the first or second Degree. The Duration They will keep good two or three years. The inward Use. These Seeds being taken in Wine killeth Worms, increaseth Blood and sperm: It is also good against the Serpent called Amphisbaena. It is comfortable to the Stomach, by heating and drying the cold and moisture thereof, helpeth the Digestion, and expresseth the Vapours therein that rise upwards, and resisteth forcible pains of the Wind Colic and the stopping of Urine: They are very convenient for cold Phlegmatic and Rheumatic bodies. Coriander Comfits taken after meat closeth up the mouth of the stomach, stayeth vomiting, and helpeth digestion. These Seeds must be prepared before they are used, which is done by steeping them all night and a day in wine Vinegar, and then dry them and keep them for your use. The hurtful Quality. They are counted hurtful for such as have the Headache, Falling-sickness, and swimming of the Head. Of such things as are made thereof. Coriander Comfits, Chemical Oil. CHAP. 13. Of Cowslips. The Names and Temperament. IT is called, in Latin, Herba Paralysis; in English, Cowslip. They are moderately dry, and a little hot. The Duration. They will keep good a year. The inward Use. They are used in the Apoplexy, Palsy, and such like diseases of the head, in arthritical Pains, Gouts and Convulsions. The roots made into a Decoction and taken, easeth the pains of the back and bladder, opening the passages of Urine which was the cause thereof. The juice of the leaves is good for such as have their inward parts hurt, rend or broken. The conserve of Cowslip is profitable in the Palsy, Apoplexy, weakness of the Joints, etc. The outward Use. The juice of the Flowers, or the distilled water is used to cleanse the skin from spots or discolourings therein, as also to take away the wrinkles thereof, and cause the skin to become smooth and fair. The Flowers or Leaves bruised and applied helpeth the joynt-gout, and swell that arise from the stinging of venomous creatures. An Ointment or Oil made with the juice of Cowslips and Linseed Oil, cureth burn and scaldings. Of such things as are made thereof. Conserve of Cowslip, The distilled Water, Syrup, Oil by infusion, Vinegar. CHAP. 14. Of Cummin-seed. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Caminum, and Cyminum; in English, Cummin-seed. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The Duration. It will keep good two or three years. The inward Use. Cummin-seed dissolveth wind in the body, and easeth the pains of the Colic, being boiled in Wine and drunk, and is used as a corrector of any windy meats: it helpeth also those that are bitten by Serpents taken in the same manner. The same taken in Beer or Posset drink, is good for those that are short wound, or are otherwise troubled with an old cough, or the disease of the breast, to boil the same with Figs in Wine. It is very useful in the Dropsy called Tympany, and in giddiness of the head. The outward Use. Being boiled in Wine, and so made into a Poultis, it taketh the swell of the Cod's by wind or a waterish humour, if it be applied thereto with Barley meal. It helpeth also other cold pains and swell being thus applied. It stoppeth bleeding of the nose being mixed with Vinegar and smelled to and boiled in Water and the lower parts bathed therewith, stayeth the bounding Courses of Women. Cummin-seed bruised and fried with an hard Egg, and laid to the nod of the neck, easeth an old head-ache, and stayeth the rheum that falleth into the eyes, or are blood-shotten, or else the powder mixed with wax into the form of a Plaster, and applied warm to the eyes will soon help it and take it away. Being applied to the belly with Wine and Barley meal boiled together to the form of a Poultis, it easeth the gripe and torments of the belly. Being quilted in a little bag with a small quantity of Bay salt, and made hot upon a Bed-pan with fire or such like, and sprinkled with good Wine Vinegar, and applied to the side very hot, it taketh away the stitch and pains thereof, and easeth the Pleurisy. The hurtful quality. It must not be used in very hot dry and choleric bodies. If it be much used either inwardly or outwardly, it is said to make the party look pale. Of such medicines as are made thereof. The Species Diacuminu. Chemical Oil. CHAP. 15. Of Devilsbit. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin Morsus Diaboli, and Succisa; in English, Devilsbit, and Forebit. It is hot and dry in the second Degree: The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It is very profitable against the Plague and all Pestilential diseases, or poisons, and the bitings of venomous beasts, the herb or root being boiled in Wine and drunk: the same also helps those that are inwardly bruised by any fall, or crushed by any casualty dissolving the clotted or congealed blood, and voiding it by stool or otherwise. The Decoction of the Herb wherein some Honey of Roses is put, is very effectual to help inveterate tumors and swell of the Almonds and throat, which do hardly come to ripeness, for it digesteth, cleanseth and consumeth the phlegm sticking thereto: It helpeth also to procure women's Courses, and to ease all pains of the Mother, to break winds therein, and in the bowels. The powder of the root taken in Beer or Posset drink driveth forth Worms in the body. It is useful in the Falling-sickness, French Pox, and inward wounds The distilled water is effectual for the aforesaid diseases. The manner of administering it. It is chief given in Decoction. The outward Use. The Herb or Root bruised and applied taketh away the black and blue marks after bruises and such like. A decoction of the Herb with some Honey of Roses mixed therein, helpeth tumour and swell of the throat and Almonds, if the mouth and throat be often gargled or washed therewith. The juice or distilled water of the Herb, is as effectual for green wounds and old sores, as the Scabiouses be, and cleanseth the head from scurf and sores, and the skin from itches, pimples, freckles, Morphew, or other deformities thereof, but especially if a little Vitriol be dissolved therein. The Dose. It is given in Powder from half a dram to a dram. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water; The Juice. CHAP. 16. Of Dropwort. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Filipendula and Philipendula; in English, Philipendula and Dropwort. It is hot and dry in the third Degree, opening and cleansing, yet a little binding: It is called Dropwort, because it helpeth such as have their Urine stopped and piss by drops. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It is very effectual to provoke Urine, as also to help the Strangury and all other pains of the Bladder and Reins, helping mightily to break and expel the Stone, either in the Kidneys or Bladder, and also to bring away the gravel, whether you use the Flowers, Leaves or Seed, but the Roots are most effectual, either taken in Powder, or in a Decoction with white Wine, whereunto a little Honey is added. The same helpeth to expel the afterbirth, is good in the Jaundice and Falling-sickness, The Roots made into Powder and mixed with Honey into the form of an Electuary, doth much help them whose stomaches are swollen, breaking and dissolving the wind which was the cause thereof, as also is very effectual for all the diseases of the Lungs, as shortness of Breath, wheezings, hoarseness of the throat, and the Cough, and to bring away cold Phlegm therefrom, or any other parts . The manner of Administering it. It is given in Powder, or Decoction chief. The outward Use. Being bruised and applied it helpeth the swelling of the Piles or Hemorrhoides. The Dose. It is given in powder from half a dram to a dram. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. CHAP. 17. Of Featherfew. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Parthemium, matricatia, and Febrifuga; because it expels Fevers or Agues; in English, Featherfew and Feaverfew. It is hot and dry in the third Degree, or hot in the third Degree and dry in the second: it cleanseth, purgeth, or scourceth, openeth and fully performeth all that bitter things can do. The inward Use. It is chief used for the diseases of the mother, whether it be the rising of the Mother, or the hardness or inflammations of the same, if a Decoction of the flowers or herbs be made in wine with a little Nutmeg or Mace put therein, and drunk often in a day: the same bringeth down the Courses also speedily, and warmeth those parts oppressed by stops or cold, as also helpeth to expel the dead Birth and the after Birth. A Decoction thereof taken with Sugar or Hony helpeth the cough and stuffing of the chest by cold, as also to cleanse the reins in them. The powder of the herb (saith Dioscorides) taken in wine with some Oxymel, or Water and Honey, purgeth like to Epithymum both Choler and Phlegm, and is available for those that are short wound and are troubled with melancholy and heaviness, or sadness of the spirits. It is very effectual for the swimming of the head and wind in the stomach, and is frequently given before the fits of Agues. It is good in the Dropsey, and helpeth such as are impotent in venereous acts, It is a good remedy against Opium taken too liberally, The manner of Administering. It is chief given in Decoction. The outward Use. Being applied outwardly to the Mother, it helpeth the rising thereof, the hardness or inflammation of the same, and bringeth down women's Courses, the Birth and after Birth, if a Woman sit over the hot Fumes of the Decoction of the herb made in water or wine. It is effectual for all cold pains of the head, the herb being bruised and applied to i crown of the head. It is a frequent custom to apply the herb bruised with Glass and Bay-salt to the wrists of the hands, before the fits of Agues. The same bruised and heated on a tile with a little wine to moisten it, or fried with a little Oil and wine in a frying-pan, and applied warm to the stomach or belly expelleth wind and griping pains. The distilled water is used to take away spots, freckles and other deformities of the skin. The hurtful quality. It must not be used in very hot and dry bodies. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. Filipendula, See Dropwort. CHAP. 18. Of Golden Rod. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Virga aurea; in English, Golden Rod. It is hot and dry almost in the second Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It is much in use against the stone in the Kidneys, and to provoke Urine, as also to bring away gravel. The Decoction of the herb green or dry, or the distilled water thereof is very effectual for inward bruises, and stayeth bleedings in any part of the body, and of wounds also, and Fluxes in women, and fluxes of the belly, as also the bloody flix in man or woman, availeth in Ruptures, and is a sovereign wound herb. The manner of Administering it. It is given chief in Decoction. The outward Use. The green herb bruised and applied helpeth bruises, bleeding at the nose or wounds bleeding, Fluxes of the belly and Ruptures. It healeth green wounds quickly, or old sores and ulcers that are hard to be cured, which often come by flux of moist humours thereunto, and hinder them from healing: it is likewise useful in all lotions for sores or ulcers in the mouth or throat, or in the privy parts of Man or Woman: the Decoction thereof likewise helpeth to fasten the teeth that are lose. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 19 Of Harts-tongue. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin, Lingua Cervina, and Phyllitis, in English, Harts-tongue. It is cold and drying. The inward Use. It is commended against the hardness and stopping of the Liver and Spleen, and against the heat of the Liver and Stomach, it is very good also against lasks and the bloody flux, and spitting of blood. Dioscorides saith, it is good against the biting of Serpents: The leaves are green almost all the year. The distilled water is commended against the passions of the heart, and to stay the Hicket. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. The distilled water thereof is said to help the falling of the palate, and to stay the bleeding of the gums, if the mouth be gargled therewith. The herb or the juice applied doth mundify or cleanse wounds and ulcers. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water of the leaves. CHAP. 20. Of White House-leek. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Sempervivum, and sedum majus, in English, Houseleek and sengreen. It is cold in the third Degree, moderately drying and binding. The inward Use. The juice thereof taken with Sugar, or a Posset made with the juice is singular good in all hot Agues and inflammations, for it cools and temperateth the blood and spirits, quenches thirst, helpeth fluxes of the belly, stayeth the Courses in women, killeth worms, and is good against the biting of the Phalangium Spider. The distilled water is profitable for the purposes aforesaid. The outward Use. The juice dropped into the eyes, is good to stay all hot defluxions of sharp and salted rheum into them. It cooleth inflammations, Saint Anthony's fire, and all other hot corruption in the flesh, scaldings also and burn, the shingles, fretting Ulcers, Cankers, Tetters, Ringworms and the like, easeth the hot gout. The juice taketh away warts and Corns being often bathed rherewith, and the skin of the leavs being laid on afterwards: it easeth the headache, and distempered heat of the brain in Frenzies, or for want of rest, being applied to the temples or forehead: the leaves bruised and laid upon the crown or seam of the head stayeth bleeding at the nose very quickly. The leavs being gently rubbed on any stung with nettles or bees, or any venomous Creature, doth presently take away the pain. The distilled water of the herb is good for the purposes aforesaid. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. The Juice, Syrup. CHAP. 21. Of Hyssop. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin, Hyssopus and Hyssopum; in English, Hyssop, and Hyssop. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year being dried. The inward Use. Hyssop boiled with Rue and Hony, and drunk, doth help those that are troubled with Coughs, shortness of breath, wheesing and Rheumatic distillations upon the Lungs; taken also with Orymel, or water and honey, it purgeth gross humours by the stool, and with honey killeth worms in the belly. It amendeth the native colour of the body spoilt by the yellow Jaundice, helpeth the Dropsy and the Spleen, if it be taken with Figs and Nitar. It is good in the Falling-sickness, provokes Urine, expels wind, and brings down women's Courses, and easeth the sharp fits of Agues. The distilled water is good for the same diseases, but doth not work so effectually as the Decoction. The syrup also hath the same virtue. The manner of administering it. It is given in Pills, Decoction, and in Electuaries. Pills against the Falling-sickness. Take of Hyssop, Horehound and Castoreum of each half a dram, of the Root of Male Peony two drams, of Assafoetida one scruple, with the juice of Hyssop make Pills, and take two or three of them every night so long as they last. A Decoction, good against the Cough and tough Phlegm. Take of Hyssop one handful, Figs two Ounces, Sugar-candy one Ounce, boil them in a quart of Muscadine, until half a pint be consumed, strain it, and drink a small draught thereof morning and evening. The outward Use. It taketh away black and blue spots and marks that come by strokes, bruises or falls, being boiled and the places bathed therewith. It is an excellent Medicine for the Quinsy, to wash and gargoyle the throat, being boiled with Figs; it helpeth the , being boiled in Vinegar, and gargled therewith; the hot vapours of the Decoction taken by a Funnel in at the Ears, easeth the inflammations of them; Mesue saith, the singing noise of them; being bruised, and Salt, Honey, and Cummin-seed put to it, helpeth those that are stung by Serpents. The green Herbs bruised any a little Sugar put to it, doth quickly heal any green wound or cut in the hand, or else where. The Oil thereof being anointed, killeth Lice, and taketh away the itching of the head. The hurtful Quality. Hot and dry bodies must be sparing in the use of it. Pliny saith, it is an enemy to the stomach, and provoketh casting: it is best in the Spring and Winter, and that for aged and Phlegmatic persons, and all such as abound with cold and rheumatic humours. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water, Conserve of the Flowers. Species Diahyssopu, Syrup both Simple and Compound, Oil. CHAP. 22. Of Knotgrass. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Polygonum and Ceutumnodia, from the many joints or knots that every branch hath. It is cold in the second or third Degree, of a binding Nature. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. The Juice or Decoction thereof is most effectual to stay any bleeding at the mouth, and to cool and temper the heat of the blood, or of the stomach, and to stay any flux of the blood or humours, either of the belly or womb, as Courses in Women, or the running of the Reins also. The juice given before the Tertian or Quartane Ague comes, is said to drive it away: it is also good to provoke Urine when it is stopped, as also when it passeth away by drops, and with pain, and when it is hot and sharp also, to take a dram of the Powder of the Herb in wine for many days together: being boiled in Wine and drunk, it helpeth those that are stung or bitten by venomous Creatures, and the same is very effectual to stay all falling down of humours rheumatic upon the stomach, and killeth Worms in the belly or stomach, and easeth all inward pains that arise from heat, sharpness and corruption of blood and choler, and is good for inward wounds. The distilled water taken by itself, or with the powder of the herb or seed is very effectual to all the purposes aforesaid. The manner of Administering it. It is chief given in Decoction. The outward Use. The juice hereof stayeth the bleeding of the nose being applied to the forehead and temples, or to be squirted up into the nose: the same cooleth all manner of inflammations, even Saint Anthony's fire, or any other breaking forth of heat, all hot swell and impostumations, all eating and sweeting, or burning sores and fistulous Cancers, or foul filthy Ulcers being applied or put into them, but especially for all sorts of Ulcers and sores in the privy parts of Men or Women, restraining the humours from falling to them, and cooling and drying up the hot and moist inflammations that are apt to to follow such sores in such places. It keepeth all fresh and green wounds by restraining the blood, and quickly closeth up the lips of them: the juice dropped into the ears helpeth them wonderfully, although they are foul, and have running matter in them. It helpeth also the inflammation of the eyes being put therein. The Dose. The Dose in Powder is from half a dram to a dram. Of such medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 23. Of White Lilly. The Names and Temperament. It is called in Latin Lilium Album, and Rosa Junonis; in English White Lilly. The Leaves or Flowers are hot and moist, and partly of a subtle substance, the root is dry in the first Degree, and hot in the second. The inward Use. The Roots boiled in honeyed water and drunk, driveth forth by the siege all corruption of blood, as Pliny saith, The seeds are good to be taken against the biting of Serpents, and expelleth the poison of the Pestilence, causing it to break forth in blisters in the outward part of the skin, being taken in Wine, or the roots stamped and strained with wine, and given to drink for two or three days together. The juice tempered with Barley meal, and baked in cakes, and so eaten ordinarily for a month or six weeks together with meat and no other bread during that time is said to cure the Dropsy. The distilled water being taken is said to cause easy and speedy deliverance, and to expel the after Birth. The same water is used in diseases of the Lungs, shortness of Breath, the Cough, etc. The outward Use. The Root roasted and well mixed with Oil of Roses doth soften the hardness of the Matrix, and provoketh the Courses in Women, being laid thereupon. The same stamped with honey glueth together sinews that be cut in sunder, consumeth or scoureth away the Ulcers of the head called Achores, and likewise all scurvinesse of the beard and face, and is good to be laid to all dislocations, or places out of joint. The same stamped with Vinegar, the leaves of Henbane, or the meal of Barley, cureth the tumors and Apostumes of the privy members: it bringeth the hair again upon places that have been burned or scalded, if it be mingled with oil or grease, and the place anointed therewith: the same roasted in Embers, and stamped with leaven of Rye bread and Hogs-grease, breaketh pestilential botches, and ripeneth Apostumes in the flanks, coming of Venery and such like: the same mixed with oil of Roses cureth wildfire, burn and closeth up wounds and ulcers, and is good also to be laid upon the biting of Serpents. The same boiled in Vinegar and applied cureth corns. To break a Felon. Take of Sorrel, Marsh Marigold, of each half a handful, white Lily root a dram bruise them and roast them in Embers in a Dock leaf; bind it on hot to the places affected. The oil made of the Flowers, is good to supple, mollify and digest, excellent to soften the sinews, and to cure the hardness of the Matrix. The distilled water mixed with Camphor and oil of Tarter is used to beautify the face. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water, Conserve, Oil, both simple and compound CHAP. 24. Of Lily Coural. The Names and Temperament. IT is called Lilium Courallium, in English, Lily Coural, Lily of the Valley, May Lily, and Liricon fancy. They are hot and dry of complexion. The inward Use. The Flowers distilled in wine and drunk the quantity of a spoonful restoreth speech to those that have the dumb Palsy, or Apoplexy, and is good against the gout and comforteth the heart; it is very profitable in the swimming of the head, Palsy and all cold diseases of the head, The outward Use. The distilled water thereof helpeth the inflammation of the eyes, being dropped therein. The powder thereof being blown up into the nose, is a good Errhine, and doth draw away cold humours from the brain, The flowers put into a glass, and set in a hill of Aunts close stopped for the space of a month and then taken out, therein you shall find a liquor that easeth the pain of the Gout, and helpeth the Serpigo, or Titter. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water, both simple and compound Spirit, Conserve, Oil Chemical, and by infusion. CHAP. 25. Of Liverwort. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Lichen, Hepatica, and Jecoraria, and that either because it healeth the Lichen Tetters, which deform the skin and make it rough, or from helping the diseases of the Liver. It is cold and dry, and somewhat binding. The inward Use. It is singular good for all the diseases of the Liver, both to cool and cleanse it, and helpeth also inflammations in any part, and the yellow Jaundice likewise. Liverwort being bruised and boiled in small Beer and drunk cooleth the heat of the Liver and Kidneys, and helps the running of the reins in Men, and the whites in Women. It is good in the hectic Fever, and all other hot Fevers, as also in the Scab, Tetter, and all other running sores. If it be boiled in Posset drink and taken, it helpeth bleeding at the Nose. The manner of Administering it: It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. It stoppeth the bleeding of wounds being applied, and is also a singular remedy to stay the spreading of Tetters or Ringworms, and other fretting sores and scabs. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 26. Of Mouseare. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Pilosella and Auricula muris; in English Mouseare. It is hot and dry, and of a cleansing, binding and consolidating quality. The inward Use. The Juice hereof taken in Wine, or the Decoction thereof drunk doth help the Jaundice, although of long continuance, to drink thereof morning and Evening, and abstaining from other drink two or three hours after; it is often used as a special remedy against the stone and other pains of the bowels. The Decoction thereof with Succory and Centory, is held very effectual to help the Dropsy, and them that are inclining thereto, and the diseases of the Spleen: It stayeth the Fluxes of blood either at the mouth or nose, and inward bleedings also, for it is a singular wound herb. It helpeth the bloody Flix, and stayeth the abundance of women's Courses. The Juice or Decoction of the herb taken before the fit of a Quartane Ague, is said to keep back or much to lessen the fit, and by the use of it to take it quite away. It is good for Ruptures or burstings. The distilled water thereof is available in all the diseases aforesaid. The syrup made thereof is useful for such as are troubled with the Cough and Consumption, as also for inward bleedings and Ruptures. The manner of Administering it. It is given in Juice, Decoction or Powder. The outward Use. The green herb bruised, and presently bound to any fresh cut or wound, doth quickly sodder the lips thereof; and the Juice, Decoction or Powder of the dried herb is most singular to stay the malignity of spreading or fretting Cankers or Ulcers. Wheresoever, as well those in the mouth, as secret parts of Men and Women. The distilled water is good to wash wounds and sores, and to apply Tents or clothes wet therein. The Powder of the dry herb, stayeth bleeding at the nose, being put therein. It is said to be so powerful to harden iron or steel, that if any edged or pointed tool shall be often quenched in the juice thereof, it will cut all other iron, or steel, or stone very easily, without turning edge or point. The Dose. It is given in powder from half a dram to a dram, in juice from one spoonful to two. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. The Syrup. CHAP. 27. Of Nep. The Names and Temperament. IT is called Nepeta, Herba Cattania, and Herba Catti, and that because Cat's delight both to smell and eat thereof and gladly rub themselves against it. It is hot and dry in the third Degree, and of thin parts. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It is used to procure women's Courses, it warmeth and comforteth the coldness, and drieth the overmuch moisture of the mother, which may be the cause of barrenness, and by the frequent use of it may cause women to be more fruitful. It is also good for the wind, and pains of the mother or rising of it. It is used in pains of the head that come from any cold cause, as Catarrhs and thin Rheums, and for giddiness thereof, and for winds in the stomach and belly; also for cramps or cold aches to dissolve the cold and wind that affecteth the place, and to bring warmth and comfort thereunto afterwards. It is used for colds and coughs, and shortness of breath. The juice thereof drunk in Wine is profitable for those that are bruised. The manner of Administering. It is chief given in Decoction. The outward Use. A bath made thereof and used, or to sit over the hot Fumes, doth help to bring down women's Courses, help barrenness, and warm those parts. The green herb bruised and applied to the Fundament there abiding for two or three hours, easeth the sharp pains of the piles, the juice also is effectual for the same purpose, being made up into an Ointment and applied. A Decoction thereof is commended to wash the head, to take away the scabs thereof, and may be effectual for other parts of the body also. CHAP. 28. Of Onions. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin, Cepa; in English, Onions. They are hot and dry in the fourth Degree. The inward Use. Onions provoke the appetite, ease the pains of the belly, provoke urine and women's Courses, help the biting of a mad Dog, and of other venomous creatures, to be used with a little Honey and Rue, and increase sperm, especially the seed. They also kill the worms in children if they drink the water fasting wherein they have been steeped all night: being roasted under the Embers, and eaten with Honey and Sugar, and Oil, they help an old Cough, by cutting the tough Phlegm and causing it to be easily spit forth. It is counted by many a good preservative against infection, to eat Onions fasting with bread and salt. Onions sliced and dipped in the juice of Sorrel, and given to one sick of a Tertian Ague, to eat, taketh away the fit in once or twice so taking them. The manner of Administering them. The best way to use them is to boil them, and so to eat them with Butter, Vinegar and Pepper, or to lay them a steep some time in water, and so to eat them. The outward Use. The juice snuffed up into the nostrils, purgeth the head, and helpeth the Lethargy, and is good also for scalding or burning by fire, water or gunpowder, and used with Vinegar taketh away all blemishes, spots and marks in the skin, and dropped into the ears, easeth the pains and noise in them: applied also with Figs beaten together helpeth to ripen and break Impostumes and other sores, especially being first roasted in Embers, stamped with Salt, Rue, and Honey, and so applied, they are good against the biting of a mad Dog. The juice of Onions mixed with the Decoction of Pennirial, and a cloth wet therein and applied, easeth the Gout. Some take a great Onion, and being made hollow, they fill the place with good Treacle, and then roast it well under Embers, after which let the outermost skins be taken away, and being well beaten and applied to any Plague sore, or putrid ulcer, they say it is a sovereign Medicine. The juice mixed with Hony, and a bald head anointed therewith causeth the hair to grow again. They provoke the Hemorrhoides being laid unto them, either by themselves or stamped with Vinegar. They help Kibes being roasted and applied with butter or hogsgrease. The hurtful quality. Being too often or immoderately eaten raw, they breed ill and corrupt humours in the stomach, inflame the blood, increase thirst, cause drowsiness and the head-ache, hurt the sight, dull and disturb the memory and understanding. They are hurtful to young men and choleric persons. They are flatulent or windy. CHAP. 29. Of Osmund royal. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Osmunda regalis, of the singular properties therein, also Filix aquatica; in English, Osmund royal, Osmund the waterman, water Fern and Zut. Christopher's herb. The root is hot and dry. The Duration. The root will keep good two or three years, The inward Use. The Decoction of the leaves or roots drunk, is useful for Ruptures or burstings, as also for such as have falled or bruised themselves, or have any inward wound, and giveth ease to the Colic and splenetic diseases. The powder hath the sams virtue, and is excellent for such as cannot hold their water. The manner of Administering it. It is given in Decoction or powder. The outward Use. It is singular in wounds, bruises, broken bones, Ruptures or burstings, boiled into an Ointment or Oil as a Balsam or Balm, or boiled in astringent wine, and so applied in manner of a Poultis. The Dose. The Dose of the root in powder, is from half a scruple to two scruples. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water of the leaves, Syrup. CHAP. 30. Of Parsley. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Petroselinum; in English, Parsley, or garden Parsley. It is hot and dry in the second Degree, the seed hot in the second Degree, and dry almost in the third: the root is also of a moderate heat. The inward Use. It is much used in meats and broths in all Countries, and doth help to provoke Urine, and women's Courses, and to break wind both in the stomach and bowels, and doth a little open the body, but the root much more, and openeth the stops of both Liver and Spleen, and is profitable for the yellow Jaundice, and Dropsy, Galen commendeth it against the Falling-sickness, and to provoke Urine mightily, especially if the roots be boiled and eaten with Parsneps. The seed is held by most to be most effectual, yet some do think the root to be strongest: but the seed is effectual to provok Urine and women's Courses, to expel winds, to break the stone, and to ease the pains and torments thereof, or of any other part in the stomach and body procured by wind, and also is effectual against venom, and is put therefore into counterpoisons for that purpose as also against the danger that cometh to them that have taken lethargy; it is also used among other things, that serve for the Cough. The seeds boiled in white wine and taken help to bring away the Birth and after Birth. The distilled water of the herb is much used by Nurses for Children against wind and gripe in the belly or stomach. The manner of administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. A Decoction against the Jaundice, Dropsy, Falling-sickness, Stone in the Reins. Take of Parsley seeds, Fennel, Aniseed and caraways of each an Ounce of the roots of Parsley, Burnet, Saxi frage and caraways, of each one Ounce and a half: let the seeds be bruised and the roots washed and cut small, let them all be steeped in a pottle of white wine one night, and in the morning boiled in a close earthen vessel until a third part or more be wasted, which being strained and cleared, take four Ounces thereof at a time, morning and evening first and last abstaining from drink for three hours after. The outward Use. The leaves of Parsley laid to the eyes that are inflamed with heat or are swollen doth much help them, if it be used with bread or meal: and being laid to women's hard breasts that come by the curding of their milk, doth abate the hardness quickly, if it be fried with butter and applied, and doth also take away black and blue spats or marks by bruises, falls, &c, The juice thereof dropped into the ears with a little wine easeth the pains thereof. The hurtful quality. Parsly eaten raw and too frequently, hurts the head, breedeth choleric blood, and is hardly digested. Women with child must not be too bold with it lest it prove dangerous to them. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 31. Of Pellitory of the wall. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Helxine and Perdicium, because Partridges sometimes feed thereon; also Parietaria and herba Muralis, or Muralium, because it groweth near to walls. It is counted by most to be cold and moist, but surely it is hot, otherwise it cannot be so effectual against wind and the stone. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. The dried herb in powder made up with Honey into an Electuary, or the juice of the herb, or the Decoction thereof taken with Sugar or Honey, is a singular remedy for any old continual, or dry cough, shortness of breath, and wheesing in the throat: the juice thereof taken to the quantity of three ounces at a time doth wonderfully ease those that are troubled with the suppression of their Urine, and to expel both the gravel and stone. The Decoction also of the herb being drunk, easeth the pains of the mother, and provoketh the Courses; the same also easeth those griefs that arise from the stops of the Liver, Spleen and Reins. The distilled water drunken with Sugar worketh the same effects. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. It is much used in Glisters to ease pains in the back, sides or bowels proceeding from wind, or the like stops of Urine, or the gravel and stone: it worketh the like effect also, if the bruised herb sprinkled with some Muskadine be warmed upon a tile, or in a dish upon a few quick coals in a chaffingdish, and applied to the belly. The decoction thereof may serve as a bath for women to sit in to bring down their Courses, to ease gripe, etc. The same Decoction also with a little Honey added thereto will serve to good purpose to gargoyle the throat when it is swollen or pained. The juice held a while in the mouth easeth the toothache, and dropped into the ears, easeth the noise and hum in them, and taketh away the pricking and shooting pains in them. The juice, or herb bruised and applied with a little salt is very effectual to cleanse Fistulaes' and to heal them. It is likewise very effectual for any green wound that if it be bruised and bound thereto for three days you need no other medicine or salve to heal it. A Pultis made hereof with Mallows, and boiled in Wine with Wheat bran and Bean flower, and some Oil put thereto, and applied warm to any bruised Sinew, Tendon, or Muscle, doth in a very short time restore them to their strength, and taketh away the pains of bruises, and dissolveth the congealed blood of any beat, or falls from high places. The juice or the distilled water cleanseth the skin from Spots, Freckles, Purples, Wheals, Sunburn, Morphew, etc. and leaveth the skin smooth and delicate. The said Water or Juice, doth assuage hot Impostumes, burn or scaldings, as also all other hot tumors or inflammations, be it Saint Anthony's fire, or any other eruptions of heat, being bathed often with wet clothes dipped therein; or the said juice made into an Ointment with Ceruse and Oil of Roses, and anointed therewith, which doth also cleanse foul rotten Ulcers, and stayeth creeping Ulcers, and running Scabs in children's heads, and helpeth also to stay the falling off the hair of the head, etc. The leaves mixed with Oil of sweet Almonds in manner of a Pultis, and laid to the pained parts, is a good help for them that are troubled with the Stone, or are troubled with Wind and gripe. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. CHAP. 32. Of . The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Pulegium, because it killeth fleas being burned; In English, , and Pudding-grasse. It is hot and dry in the third Degree, and of subtle parts. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It maketh thick phlegm thinn, warmeth a cold stomach, and digesteth raw matter, being boiled and drunk; it provoketh women's Courses, expels the dead child and after Birth, and allayeth the gnawing of the stomach. Being mixed with Honey and salt and drunk, it is a good Medicine for the Lungs, and helpeth cramps. The Decoction thereof is good in the Falling-sickness, Dropsy, Jaundice, stopping of the Urine, and in the Leprosy. Drunk with wine, it helpeth such as are stung with venomous beasts. The manner of administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. Applied to the nostrils with Vinegar, it reviveth those that are fainting or sounding: being dried and burnt it strengtheneth the gums. It is helpful to those that are troubled with the gout applied to the place till it wax red: applied in a cerot or plaster, it taketh away spots or marks in the face; it much profiteth those that are splenetic or liver grown being applied with salt. The Decoction helpeth those that have the itch, being bathed therewith: being put into baths for women to sit therein, it helpeth the swelling and hardness of the mother, and when it is out of its place. Being bruised and put into Vinegar it cleanseth foul Ulcers, and causeth the matter to digest; it helpeth black and blue eyes and all discolourings of the face by the fire. Being boiled in wine with Honey and Salt, it helpeth the toothache. It helpeth the cold griefs of the joints, taking away the pains and warming the cold parts, being fast bound to the place after a bathing, or having been in a hot house. A lotion to refresh wearied limbs. Take of and Origanum of each a handful and a half, of Sage a handful. Boyl them in water, and wash therewith or bathe therein at night. The hurtful quality. Very hot and dry bodies must not be too busy with it: Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water, Conserve, Oil Chemical. CHAP. 33. Of Periwinkle. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Vinca Pervinca, and Pervinca, also Clematis Pervinca; in English, Periwinkle, and Pervinkle, It is hot about the second Degree, something dry and astringent. The inward Use. The leaves boiled in wine and drunk, stoppeth the lask and bloody flix. An handful of the leaves stamped, and the juice thereof given to drink in red wine stoppeth the lask and bloody flux, spitting of blood, the bleeding of the Hemorrhoides, and the overflowing of women's Courses, which seldom faileth in any. It is also excellent in inward wounds. The manner of Administering it. It is given in juice, or in Decoction. The outward Use. The juice or the herb bruised, and put into the nose, stoppeth the bleeding thereof. The same chewed helpeth the toothache, and all stinging of venomous beasts being thereto applied. The same mingled with milk and oil of Roses and put into the Matrix in a Pessary or in other Suppository, taketh away the pains thereof. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. Pilewort, See Celandine. CHAP. 34. Of garden and wild Poppies. The Names and Temperament. THe white Poppy is called in Latin, Papaver album sativum, the black, Papaver nigrum sativum; the red, Papaver rubrum sativum; the red wild Poppy is called Papaver Rhaeas, Papaver erraticum, and Sylvestre, in English, Red Poppy and Corn-Rose. They are all cold and moist, some in the third, some in the fourth Degree. The inward Use. They are chief in use to cause sleep, to cool the body, and also in diseases of the breast and lungs, especially in the Cough, Hoarseness and Consumptions of the Lungs. The Garden Poppy heads with seeds made into a syrup, is frequently used to procure rest and sleep, in the sick and weak, and to stay hot Rheums that fall from the head into the stomach, and upon the lungs, causing a continual Cough, the forerunner of a Consumption: the same also helpeth the hoarseness of the throat, and when one hath lost their voice, which the oil of the seed doth likewise. The black seed boiled in wine and drunk is said to stay the flux of the belly, and the immoderate Courses of women. The empty shells, or husks of the Poppy heads, are usualy boiled in water, and given to procure sleep; so do the leavs in the same manner, A caudle made of the seeds of white Poppy or made into Almond milk, and so given causeth sleep. The wild or red Poppy that groweth in the Corn, while it is young, is a salad herb in Italy in many places, and is used to prevent the Falling-sickness. The Syrup made with the Flowers is given to those that have a Pleurisy, and the dried flowers also, either boiled in water, or made into Powder, and drunk either in the distilled water of them, or in some other drink, worketh the like effects, and is good also in all other diseases of the head and breast. The distilled water thereof is used against surfeits, to drink it evening and morning. It is more cooling than other Poppies, and therefore cannot but be as effectual in hot Agues, Frenzies and other inflammations, the Syrup or water to be used. Concerning Opium which is the juice of Poppy thickened; see my first part of the nature of Simple Medicines, Chap. 49. The manner of Administering it. It is used in Decoction, Syrup, etc. The inward Use. A Decoction of the leaves provoketh rest, if the temples and head or feet be bathed therewith, and the Oil doth the like. The green heads or leaves bruised and applied with a little Vinegar or made into a Pultis with Barley meal and Hog's grease, cooleth all inflammations, as also that disease called Saint Anthony's fire. The hurtful Quality. It must not be used in cold and moist bodies, nor to such as have the Palsy, Cramp, Lethargy, etc. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water, Syrup, both simple and compound of many kinds. Ex tract. Lohoch Oil. CHAP. 35. Of Quinces. The Names and Temperament. TThe Quince is called in Latin, malus Cydonia, and Cotonea; bccause they were first brought out of Candy, saith Pliny in his Natural History, Book 15. Chap. 11. page 436. Malum Cotoneum, Pomum Cydonium, and many times Cydonium without any addition, are other names given to it. They are cold in the first, and dry in the second Degree, and very binding. The sweet are not so cold nor binding as the sour. The inward Use. They are good to stay all manner of fluxes in man or woman, and choleric lasks, castings, and whatsoever needeth binding, and that more when they are green, than any way prepared by fire. The Syrup made of the juice is very profitable for the same also, so is the Conserve: If a little Vinegar be added, it stirreth up the weak appetite, and the stomach given to casting, and if some spices be added, it comforteth and strengtheneth the decaying and fainting spirits, and helpeth the Liver oppressed, that it cannot perfect the digestion, and correcteth choler and phlegm. To take of the raw juice of Quinces, is held a preservative against the force of deadly poison. They are good for those that spit up blood, or vomit blood, or for the Hicket. The Mussilage of the seed taken with a little Sugar is good for the harshness and hoarseness of the throat, and roughness of the tongue. Quinces used before meals bind the belly, but eaten after meals they lose the belly. The manner of Administering them. They must not be eaten raw, but either roasted, baked, etc. The outward Use. The smell of Quince taketh away the strength of the poison of white Hellebore, which Hunters make to kill wild beasts by dipping their Arrow heads therein: It hath also been found certain, that if Quinces be brought into a house where Grapes are hung up to be kept dry all the year, they will assuredly rot with the very smell of them. If there be need of any outward binding and cooling of any hot fluxes, the Oil of Quinces, or the other Medicines that may be made thereof, are very available to anoint the belly or other parts therewith, it likewise strengtheneth the stomach and belly, and the sinews that are loosened by sharp humours falling on them, and restraineth immoderate sweatings. The mussilage of the seeds made in water is very good to cool the heat, heal the sore breasts of women. The Cotton or Down of Quinces boiled in wine and applied to plague sores, healeth them up, and laid as a plaster made up with wax, it bringeth hair to them that are bald, and keepeth it from falling, if it be ready to shed. The seeds are very useful in Glisters against fluxes of the belly. The hurtful quality. Quinces are not convenient for such as are much troubled with costiveness, or much bound in their bodies. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. Syrup of divers kinds both simple and compound, Marmalade, Preserved Quinces, Rob Cydoniorum, Essence or Spirit, Oil. etc. CHAP. 36. Of Sage of Jerusalem. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Pulmonaria, and Pulmonaria maculosa to distinguish it from the other Lungwort; also Symphitum maculosum; in English, Sage of Jerusalem, Cowslip of Jerusalem, Sage of Bethlehem, Lungwort and spotted Comfrey. It is judged by some to be cold and dry, by others to be hot and dry. The inward Use. It is chief commended in the Cough, shortness of breath, in ulcers of the Lungs, and for such as are full of rotten matter, and also for such as spit blood, being boiled in water and drunk. It is a very good Potherb, and much in use for that purpose. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. It is used to heal old or new wounds, being thereto applied, or boiled in Hogs-grease, strained, and being cold laid thereto. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 37. Of Sanicle, or Sanickle. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Sanicula, from its excellency in healing wounds, also Diapensia; in English Sanicle, and Sanickle. It is hot and dry in the second Degree, and bitter and astringent, or binding. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It helpeth Wounds, Ulcers, Impostumes, or any inward bleedings, and doth wonderfully help those that have any tumour in their bodies in any part, if the Decoction or juice thereof be taken, or the powder in drink; for there is not found any herb that can give such present help, either to man or beast, when the disease falleth upon the lungs or throat. It stayeth all women's Courses, and all other fluxes of blood, either by the mouth, urine or stool, and lasks of the belly, the ulceration of the kidneys also, and the pains in the bowels, and the running of the reins, being boiled in water and drunk: the same helpeth ruptures or burstings, and is as effectual in binding, restraining, consolidating, heating, drying and healing, as Comfrey, Bugle. Self heal, or any other woundherb whatsoever. A spoonful or two of the juice taken three or four mornings together with a little Sugar helpeth such as have any vein broken in the lungs, or spitting of blood. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. It cureth all green Wounds and Ulcers speedily if they be washed with the Decoction thereof, or the juice. It healeth also all malign, putrid, or stinking ulcers of the mouth, throat and privities, by gargling or washing with the Decoction of the leaves and roots made in water, and a little Honey put thereto. The herb boiled in water and applied in manner of a Pultis, doth dissolve and waste away cold swell, The hurtful quality. Such as are much bound in their bodies are not to use it too frequently. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water of the green herb, The juice. CHAP. 38. Of Savine. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Sabina, and Savina; in English Savine, or garden Savine. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year, but you may have it green all the year. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The inward Use. Matthiolus saith, that a dram of Savine in powder mixed with 3 ounces of Niter, and 2 of Hony doth wonderfully help such as are short wound. The Decoction thereof drunk, doth provoke the courses, and draweth forth the Birth and after Birth, expelleth blood by urine, and is profitable for the Kings Evil. It killeth worms in children, and the Bots in Horses or , to give it in their drink, or with their Oats. The distilled water thereof is effectual against worms, and helpeth those that have a giddiness in their brain. Savine doth powerfully resist putrefactions. The manner of Administering. It is given in Decoction, or in Powder. The outward Use. The perfume of the Decoction taken underneath, provoketh the Courses, brings away the Birth and after Birth. Being mixed with Honey and used; it cures Ulcers, stayeth spreading and creeping Ulcers, taketh away their blackness, as also all spots and freckles from the face or body. It breaketh or dissolveth Carbuncles and Plague sores. It killed worms being boiled and applied to the belly, or the Oil made thereof and used doth the like. The powder of the leaves mixed with cream, or the green leaves boiled in cream, and anointed on running sores, or dry sores, cleanseth them throughly, and healeth them, as also Saint Anthony's fire. The fresh leaves bruised and laid upon running and fretting Cankers and the like, killeth and destroyeth them. The powder of the leaves used with some other things, or strewed upon doth help those blisters that rise on the yard by inordinate luxury, after they have been bathed with the Decoction of the leaves. The distilled water doth cleanse the skin from spots of marks therein, and other deformities. The smoke thereof cureth Hens that have gotten the pipp. The hurtful quality. It must not be given to women with child but with good advice, lest it destroy the Birth. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water. The Oil of Savine. CHAP. 39 Of Savoury. The Kind's, Names and Temperament. THere are two sorts of Savory chief in use; the Winter and the Summer Savory: The Winter Savory is called Satureia hortensis, or vulgaris, the Summer Savory is called Satureia hortensis activa. Both sorts are hot and dry in the third Degree, especially the Summer kind, which is both sharp and quick in taste: The inward Use. Savory expelleth wind in the stomach and bowels, and is a present help for the rising of the mother procured by wind, provoketh Urine and women's Courses, and is much commended for women with child to take often of it, It procures a good appetite to meat and takes away all manner of loathing to the same. It cutteth tough phlegm in the chest and lungs, and helpeth to bring it away more easily. It quickeneth the sight, and some write that it provoketh venery. The outward Use. It is much commended for women with child to smell often to it. It helpeth to quicken the dull spirits of the Lethargy, the juice being snuffed up into the nostrils: the juice also is of good use to be dropped into the eyes to clear the dull sight, if it proceed of raw thinn cold humours distilling from the brain. The same also heated with a little Oil of Roses, and dropped into the ears, taketh away the noise and singing in them, and deafness also. Being applied with wheat flower in manner of a Poultis, giveth ease to the Sciatica, or members that have the Palsy by heating and warming them, and taketh away the pain. It taketh away the stinging of Bees, Wasps, etc. and being laid in Chambers it killeth Fleas. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water, Chemical Oil. CHAP. 40. Of English or common Saxifrage. The Names and Temperaments. IT is called in Latin Saxifraga, and Saxifraga Anglicana, in English, Stone-break and English Saxifrage. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. A Decoction made with the seeds and roots being taken, breaketh the stone in the bladder and kidneys, helpeth the strangury, and causeth one to piss freely. The roots boiled in Wine, and taken, bringeth down women's Courses, expelleth the after Birth and dead Child. The root dried and made into powder, and taken with Sugar, comforteth and warmeth the stomach, cureth the gnawings and griping pains of the belly, easeth the Colic also, and expelleth wind. The Cheshire-women put it in their running or rennet for cheese. The distilled water is much in use to give children against the stopping of their Urine, and to ease griping pains in their belly. The manner of Administering it. It is used chief in Decoction. The outward Use. It is used outwardly in Baths and Fomentations to provoke Urine and to ease pains of the belly etc. proceeding from wind. The Dose. It is given from half a dram to a dram, both the root, herb and seeds. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 41. Of Scabious. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Scabiosa; in English Scabious. It is hot and dry in the second Degree, opening, cleansing, digesting, and making thin. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It is effectual for all sorts of Coughs, shortness of breath, and all other the diseases of the breast and lungs, ripening and digesting cold phlegm, and other tough humours, voiding them forth by coughing and spitting. It ripeneth also all sort of inward Ulcers and Apostumes, yea the Pleurisy also, if the Decoction of the dry or green herb being made with wine be drunk some time together, thereby voiding it forth by Urine, as well as other ways. Four ounces of the clarified juice of Scabious taken in the morning fasting, with a dram of Mithridate or Venice Treacle, doth free the heart from any infection of the Plague or Pestilence, so as upon the taking thereof they sweat two hours in their beds at the first, yet after the first time taking, let them that are infected take the same proportion again, and again if need be, for fear of further danger. The same is good against the stinging of any venomous beast. The Decoction drunk helpeth the pains and stitches of the sides, The Decoction of the roots taken for forty days together, or the powder of them to the quantity of a dram at a time, taken in Whey, doth as Matthiolus saith, wonderfully help those that are troubled with dangerous running or spreading Scabs, Tetters, or Ringworms, yea although they proceed from the French pox. The juice or the Decoction drunk doth very much help those that are broken out into scabs and itches. The same also wonderfully helpeth all inward wounds, be they made by thrust or stroke, by the drying, cleansing, and healing quality therein. A Syrup made of the juice and Sugar, is very effectual to all the purposes aforesaid, and so is the distilled water of the herb and flowers made in due time. The manner of Administering it. It is given in Decoction chief. A Decoction, good against the Cough and shorenesse of breath, etc. Take of dried Scabious a handful, Licoris bruised, Aniseed and Fennelseed bruised, of each one Ounce, white Orris root cut in thin slices half an Ounce Figs cut into pieces a dozen: Let all be steeped for a night, in a quart of fair water (or rather in so much wine) boiling them the next day, until a third part be consumed at the least, whereof take a draught every morning and evening warm, with Honey or Sugar. The outward Use. The green herb bruised and applied to any Carbuncle or Plague sore is found by good experience to dissolve or break it within the space of three hours; the same applied helpeth the stinging of any venomous beast. The juice made up into an ointment with Hogs-grease helpeth the itch and scab, being thereto applied. The Decoction of the herb and roots applied, doth help all sorts of hard or cold tumors, or swell in any part of the body; and is also as effectual for any shrunk sinew or vein in any place. The juice made up with the powder of Borax and Camphor, doth cleanse the skin of the face, or any other part of the body, as Freckles, Pimples, Morphew and lepry. The same Decoction helpeth the redness and spots in the white of the eyes, used either by itself, or with the juice of Fennel. The head washed with the same Decoction, cleanseth it from dandruff, scurff, scabs, sores, itches and the like, being used warm; Tents also dipped in the juice or water thereof, doth heal all green wounds, old sores and ulcers. The herb bruised and applied, doth loosen splinter, broken bone, arrow head, or other such like thing lying in the flesh, and causeth it to be easily drawn forth. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water. Syrup both simple and compound. Conserve of the flowers. Salt. CHAP. 42. Of Scurvygrasse. The Names and Temperament. THe common Scurvygrasse is called Cochlearia, and Cochlearia vulgaris; the other sort with round leaves is called in Latin, Cochlearia rotundifolia, and Cochlearia Batava; in English, Scurvigrasse, or Spoonwort, that with round leaves is called Dutch-Scutvy-grasse. It's hot and dry in the second or third Degree, especially the garden Scurvygrasse. The inward Use. The English Scurvygrasse is more used for the salt taste it beareth, which doth somewhat open and cleanse, but the Dutch or garden Scurvygrasse is of better effect, and chief used (if it may be had) by those that have the Scurvy, especially also to purge and cleanse the Blood, the Liver and Spleen; for all which diseases it is of singular good effect, by taking the juice in the Spring every morning fasting in a cup of drink. The Decoction is good for the same purpose, and the herb tunned up in new drink either by itself or with other things, for it openeth obstructions or stops and evacuateth cold clammy and phlegmatic humours both from the Liver and Spleen, wasting and consuming the swelling and hardness thereof, and thereby bringing to the body a more lively colour. The Conserve made of the leaves is a fine delicate Medicine for weak and tender stomaches, and worketh the same effect, although a little slowly; the like doth the Syrup. The manner of Administering it. It is given in juice, Decoction, etc. The outward Use. The Juice helpeth all foul Ulcers and sores in the mouth, if it be often gargled therewith, and used to the skin doth cleanse the same from spots, marks or scars that happeneth therein. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water; Syrup, Conserve, Salt, and Spirit of Scurvygrasse. Sengreen, See House-leek. CHAP. 43. Of Shepherd's purse. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Bursa pastoris, or Pera pastoris; in English, shepherd's purse or pouch, and in the North, Pickpurse and Case-weed. It is counted by most to be cold and dry, and much binding. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. It stayeth all fluxes of blood, as also the fluxes of the belly, the bloody flux and the abundance of women's Courses, or the pissing of blood, the juice or the Decoction of the herb with some Plantain being drunk, or any other way taken. The manner of Administering it. It is chief given in Decoction. The outward Use. In a Glister it cureth the bloody flix, and bruised and applied it helpeth inflammations, and Saint Anthony's fire, cureth green wounds, and is of great effect being made into a Salve for wounds in the head. It stayeth the bleeding of the nose, or any wound bleeding, being thereto applied. Some hold that the green herb bruised and bound to the wrists of the hands, and soles of the feet, will help the yellow Jaundice, and mitigate the fits of Agues. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 44. Of Smallage. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Apium, Apium palustre and Paludapium; in English, Smallage and water Parsly. It is hot and dry near in the third Degree. The inward Use. It openeth the stops of the Liver and Spleen, maketh thin thick fiegme, and cleanseth it and the blood withal. It provoketh Urine and women's Courses, and is good for the yellow Jaundice, and for the tertian and quartain Agues, if the juice thereof be taken, but especially made into a Syrup. The seed is used to break and expel wind, to kill worms, and to help a stinking breath. The root is effectual for all the purposes aforesaid, and is stronger in operation then the herb, but especially to open stops, and to rid away an Ague, if the juice thereof be taken in wine, or the Decoction thereof in wine be taken. Pliny saith, it hath an especial property against the poison of Spiders. The outward Use. The juice put to honey of Roses and some Barley water, is very good to gargoyle the mouth and throat of those that have sores and ulcers in them, and will quickly heal them: the same lotion also doth cleanse and heal all other foul ulcers and cankers else where, if they be washed therewith. The leaves bruised and boiled with Hog's grease and made into a Poultis, cureth Felons and white flaws in the fingers, being thereto applied. The hurtful quality. It must not be used in very hot and dry bodies. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. Syrup. CHAP. 45. Of Sorrell. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Oxlis of the sharp taste, and Acetosa, in English, Sorrell, and Garden Sorrel. It is cooling and drying in the second Degree. The inward Use. It is prevalent in all hot diseases to cool any inflammations, heat of the blood in Agues Pestilential or Choleric, or other sicknesses and faintings rising from heat, and to refresh the overspent spirits with the violence of furious fits of Agues, etc. to quench thirst, and to procure an Appetite in fainting and decayed stomaches; for it resisteth the putrefaction of the blood, killeth worms, and is as a Cordial to the heart, which the seed doth more effectually, being more drying and binding, and thereby also stayeth the hot fluxes of women's Courses, or of humours in the bloody flux or flux of the stomach. The roots also in Decoction or in powder is effectual for the said purposes: both roots and seeds, as well as the herb is held powerful to resist the poison of the Scorpion, so that he that shall eat thereof, shall feel no pain being stung. The Decoction of the roots is taken to help the jaundice, and to expel gravel and the stone in the Kidneys. The Decoction of the Flowers made with wine, and drunk helpeth the black Jaundice, as also the inward ulcers of the body or bowels. A Syrup made with the Juice of Sorrel and fumitory is a sovereign help to kill the force of those sharp humours that cause the itch. The distilled water of the herb is used for the aforesaid purposes. The outward Use. The juice with a little vinegar is useful for frettings and galling of the skin in any part, and for Tetters, etc. It helpeth also to dissolve or disperse kernels in the throat, and the juice gargled in the mouth helpeth the sores therein, and dropped into the ears helpeth deafness. The leaves wrapped up in a Colewort leaf, or a wet paper, and roasted under the Embers, and applied to an hard imposthume, botch, bile or plague sore, both ripeneth and breaketh it. The hurtful quality. It is hurtful to melancholy persons. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. Conserve. Syrup. CHAP. 46. Of spinach. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Spinachia and Spinacheum olus in English, spinach and Spinach. It is cold and moist in the first or second Degree. The inward Use. Being young and tender it is used in Salads, and looseth the belly, moderately cooleth the Lungs, represseth Choler, lenifieth the roughness of the throat and windpipe, and is good for those that have hot and choleric stomaches. In France this herb shred and made up in balls, fried with Oil and Vinegar, in the time of Lent, filleth up the room of an ordinary dish. The outward Use. It is outwardly used to cool inflammations, to cool the heat of the stomach and Liver, and laid upon hot swell, it taketh away the heat thereof, and dissolveth the swelling. The hurtful quality. It weakeneth the stomach, increaseth wind and waterish humours, and yieldeth little or no nourishment at all, hurteth the phlegmatic, and being often used breeds melancholy blood. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled Water. CHAP. 47. Of Succory. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Cichorium and Cichorea, in English Succory. It is cold and dry in the second Degree, others will have it to be hot, because it is bitter. The inward Use. A handful of the leaves or roots boiled in wine or water, and a draught thereof drunk fasting driveth forth choleric and phlegmatic humours, openeth the stops of the Liver, Gall, and Spleen, helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the heat of the reins and of the urine, the Dropsy also, and those that have the green sickness. A Decoction thereof made with wine and drunk is very effectual against long linger Agues; and a dram of the seed in powder drunk in wine before the fit of an Ague doth help to drive it away. The distilled water of the herb and flowers performeth the same afore said, and is special good for hot stomaches, and in Agues either pestilential, or of long continuance, and for swoundings and passions of the heart, for the heat and head-ache in Children, and to temper the distemperature of the blood and liver. The manner of Administering it. It is used chief in Decoction, juice, and Syrup. The outward Use. The distilled water, or the juice, or the herb bruised and applied, allayeth tumors, inflammations, Saint Anthony's fire, bushes, weals and pimples, especially used with a little Vinegar, as also to wash pestiferous sores: the said water is effectual for sore eyes, that are inflamed or are red; as also for Nurse's sore breasts that are pained by abundance of milk. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. Conserve. The root candied. Syrup simple and compound. CHAP. 48. Of Tamarisk. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Myrica Tamarix, and Tamariscus; in English, Tamarisk. It is of a cleansing and cutting quality, without manifest drying, that it hath a little therein, but the fruit and bark are much more drying. The Duration. It will keep good a year, the bark longer. The inward Use. It is very powerful against the stopping and hardness of the Spleen, if the root or leaves, or young branches be boiled in wine or vinegar and drunk. The leaves boiled in wine and drunk is good to stay the bleeding of the Hemorrhoidal veins, the spitting of blood, and women's Courses that flow too much, and helpeth the Jaundice, the Colic, and the bitings of the Spider Plalangium, the Viper, and all other venomous Serpents, except the Asp. The bark is as effectual or rather more to all the purposes aforesaid. It is reported that the Egyptians use the wood hereof to cure the French disease with as good success as others do with Lignum vitae, and give it always to such as have the Lepry, scab, bushes, ulcers or the like, and helpeth the Dropsy arising from the hardness and stopping of the Spleen, as also melancholy and the black Jaundice that ariseth thereof. Cups or Cans made thereof, and drunk in, is good for Splenitick persons. The manner of Administering it. It is used chief in Decoctions and diet drinks. The outward Use. It is good for the hardness of the Spleen, if the root or leaves, or young branches be boiled in Wine or Vinegar and applied. The bark and leaves boiled in Wine, and the mouth and teeth often washed therewith, helpeth the toothache, being dropped into the ears easeth the pain thereof, and is good for the redness and watering of the eyes. The said Decoction with some Honey put thereto is good to stay gangrenes, and fretting ulcers; the said decoction is also good to wash those that are subject to louse and nits. The ashes of the wood are used for all the aforesaid effects, and besides doth quickly help the blisters raised by burn or scaldings by fire or water. Of such things as are made thereof. The extract. Salt. CHAP. 49. Of tansy. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Tanacetum, because the yellow Flowers gathered in due time, do not die or whither speedily; in English, tansy. It is hot and dry in the second or third Degree. The inward Use. The Decoction of Garden. or common tansy, or the juice drunk in Wine is a singular remedy for all the griefs of the Urine to provoke it being stopped, to help those that have the strangury, and have weak reins and kidneys, and that cannot make their water but by drops. It expelleth wind, in the stomach or belly, procureth women's Courses, and expelleth windiness in the mother. It is much used in Lent and in the beginning of the Spring (while the herb is young and tender) to make Tansies, and are very profitable for those stomaches that are troubled with bad humours cleaving thereunto, both to help to digest them, and by clearing the stomach of them, to carry them away downward. The seed is given to children to kill worms; and the juice given in drink is as effectual for the same. The root preserved in Sugar, is a remedy for them that have the cold Gout, if they take thereof fasting for cerrain days together. The manner of Administering it. It is given in Decoction, or in juice. The outward Use. Being boiled in Oil, it is very profitably applied to comfort the Sinews that are shrunk by cramps, or are in pain through cold. If it be bruised and smelled unto often, as also applied to the lower parts of the belly, it is found to be profitable for such women as are given to miscarry in childbearing, to cause them to go out their full time without danger or loss. The hurtful quality. It is hurtful to young persons and choleric bodies. Of such things as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 50. Of Thyme. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Thymus and Thymum; in English, Thyme. It is hot and dry in the third Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. Thyme doth help somewhat to purge phlegm, if it be taken with Honey, Salt, and Vinegar. The Decoction thereof is good for those that are troubled with shortness of breath, killeth worms in the belly, procureth the monthly courses of women, expelleth the after Birth or Secundine after it hath helped the delivery of the child and causeth tough phlegm to be easily brought away, being taken with Honey in an Electuary, and helpeth also those that are dull sighted. It is of good use in meats and broths, to warm and comfort the stomach, and to help to break wind as well for the sick as the sound. It is very profitable in the Colic, and Iliack and Nephritick passions, and most excellent against Melancholy, and stops of the Matrix, and dissolveth clotted or congealed blood in the body, Aetius saith, that four drams of dried Thyme in powder being given (in Oxymel fasting) to them that have the Gout, it helpeth them, for it purgeth Choler and other sharp humours, and that if one dram thereof be given fasting with mead, it dissolveth the hard swell of the belly. It is profitable for those that have swell in their sides, and pains in their loins and hips: it is likewise given fasting to those that have great pains in their eyes and are bleareyed. The manner of Administering it. It is chief given in Powder, or in Decoction. The outward Use. The Decoction thereof dissolveth tumors or swell when they are fresh, being bathed therewith. The juice thereof being anointed or bathed on the place with some Vinegar, taketh away lose or hanging warts. It helpeth those that have the Sciatica applied with wine and meal, and helpeth the swollen cod being laid thereto. It is used in baths to expel wind and to ease the joynt-gout. The Dose. It is given in powder from a dram to two or three drams. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. Spirit. Chemical Oil. Syrup. CHAP. 51. Of Vex vain. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Verbena, and Verbenaca; in English. Vex vain, and Pigeons grass, because Pigeons delight to be amongst it. It is hot and dry, bitter and binding, cleansing and healing. The inward Use. It is an opener of obstructions, helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the Dropsy and the Gout, as also the defect of the Reins and Lungs, and generally all inward pains and torments of the body, the leaves being boiled and drunk. The same is held to be good against the biting of Serpents and venomous beasts, and the Plague or Pestilence, against both Tertian and Quartane Agues, killeth and expelleth Worms, and causeth a good colour in the face and body, strengtheneth as well as correcteth the diseases of the Liver and spleen, is very effectual in all diseases of the stomach and lungs, as Coughs, shortness of Breath, and wheesing, and expelleth the stone in the Reins. It healeth all inward wounds, stayeth bleedings and flues of the belly. It is very profitable in cold diseases of the head and eyes restraineth lust, and doth facilitate or hasten the birth in hand labours of women. The distilled Water is useful for the aforesaid diseases. The manner of Administering it. It is chief used in Decoction. The outward Use. It healeth all wounds, and stayeth bleedings, and used with some honey, healeth all old Ulcers and Fistulaes' in the legs or other parts of the body, and also Ulcers of the mouth; or used with Hog's grease, it helpeth the swell and pains of the secret parts of Man or Woman, as also the Piles or Hemorrhoids. Applied with some Oil of Roses and Vinegar unto the forehead and Temples, it helpeth to ease the old pains of the head, and is good for those that are fallen into a Frenzy. The leaves bruised or the juice of them mixed with some Vinegar, doth cleanse the skin, and taketh away all Morphew, Freckles, pustulaes, or the like inflammations and deformities of the skin in any part of the body. The leaves bruised with Oil of Roses and Vinegar, or the Decoction of it made in Oil of Roses keepeth the hairs from falling, being bathed or anointed therewith. The Decoction of the leaves and roots helpeth the toothache. The leaves bruised and boiled in Hog's grease, helpeth the Quinsy, swelling of the throat and the Gout being applied warm. The distilled water of the herb when it is in his full strength, dropped into the eyes, cleanseth them from films, clouds or mist that darkens the sight, and comforteth the Optic nerves, and it good also to heal old sores or green wounds. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water, Ointment. CHAP. 53. Of Violets. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Viola, and Viola martia; in English Violet. The garden and field Violets are cold and moist. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. Violets are used to cool any heat or distemperature of the body, inflammations in the eyes, in the mother, or in the Fundament when they are fallen down and are full of pain, Impostumes also and hot swell, to drink the Decoction of the leaves or flowers made with wine or water: it likewise easeth pains in the head caused through want of rest. A dram of the dried leaves of the flowers of Violets doth purge the body of Choleric humours, and assuageth the heat, being taken in a draught of wine, or other drink, The powder of the purple leaves of the flowers only picked and dried, and drunk in powder with water, is said to help the Quinsy, and the Falling-sickness in children, especially in the beginning of the disease. The seed being taken resisteth the force of the Scorpion. The herb or flowers while they are fresh, or the flowers when they are dry are effectual in the Pleurisy and all other diseases of the Lungs, to lenify the sharpness of hot Rheums, and the hoarseness of the throat, the heat also of the Urine, and the sharpness thereof, and all pains of the back or reins or bladder. It is good also for the Liver and the Jaundice, and in all hot Agues, helping to cool the heat, and quench thirst: but the Syrup of Violets is of most use and of better effect being taken in some convenient liquor, and if a little of the juice or Syrup of Lemons be put to it, or a few drops of the oil of Vitriol, it is made thereby the more powerful to cool the heat and to quench the thirst, and besides the effect, giveth to the drink a Claretwine colour, and a fine tart relish pleasing to the taste. Violets taken or made up with Honey doth more cleanse then cool, and with Sugar contrariwise. The dried flowers of Violets are accounted among the Cordial flowers, and are used in Cordials, drinks, Powders and other medicines, especially where cooling Cordials, as Roses and are used. The manner of Administering it. It is used in Decoction, Syrup, Powder, etc. The outward Use. Being outwardly applied, they mitigate all kind of hot inflammations in the eyes, in the mother, or in the Fundament when they are fallen down and full of pain, Impostumes also and hot swell mixed with Oil of Roses and applied, it easeth pains in the head, which are caused through want of sleep, or in any other place arising of heat. The green leaves are always used with other herbs to make Poultices for inflammations or swell, and to ease pains wheresoever arising of heat, and for the Piles also being fried with yolks of Eggs and applied thereto. The oil of Violets is good for the foresaid purposes. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water. Syrup both simple and compound. Julep of Violets. Trochisces, Conserve, Tincture, Vinegar of Violets. Extract. Oil. CHAP. 53. Of Water Cresses. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Nasturtium aquaticum; in English Water Cresses. They are hot and dry in the second Degree. The inward Use. Water Cresses are good against the Scurvy, and to cleanse the blood and humours, and for all the other uses whereunto Brooklime is before said to be available, as to break the stone, provoke urine and women's Courses, and is very useful in the Green sickness. It is very usual in the Spring to make Pottage thereof, which is very wholesome, and cleanseth the blood, and gross humours. It is profitable in stops of the Liver and Spleen, and in the Dropsy. The outward Use. The Decoction thereof is said to be good to wash foul and filthy ulcers, thereby to cleanse them, and make them the fit to heal. The leaves or the juice is good to be applied to the face or other parts troubled with freckles, pimples, spots or the like at night, and taken away, or washed away in the morning. The juice mixed with Vinegar, and the fore part of the head bathed therewith, is very good for those that are dull and drowsy, or have the Lethargy. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. The Spirit. CHAP. 54. Of Wood Sage. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin Salvia agrestis; in English, Wood Sage, Wild Sage, and Garlic Sage. It is hot and dry in the second Degree. The Duration. It will keep good a year. The inward Use. The Decoction thereof is good to be given to those whose urine is stayed, for it provoketh it and women's Courses also. It is thought to be good against the French pox, because the Decoction thereof drunk doth provoke sweat, digesteth humours, and dissolveth swell and nodes in the flesh. The Decoction of the herb rather green than day made with wine, and taken is accounted a safe and sure remedy for those who by falls, bruises or beat doubt some vein to be inwardly broken, to disperse and avoid the congealed blood, and to close up the Vein, and is also good for such as are inwardly bursten; the same also is good for the Palsy. The outward Use. Being bruised and applied in manner of a Poultis it helpeth burstings. The juice of the herb, or the powder thereof dried is good for moist ulcers and sores in the legs or other parts to dry them, and thereby to cause them to heal the more speedily: It is no less effectual also in green wounds, to be used upon any occasion. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled water. CHAP. 55. Of Wood Sorrel. The Names and Temperament. IT is called in Latin, Lujula and Alleluja, because about that time it is in flower; Alleluja was wont to be sung in the Churches in English, Wood Sorrell, Wood Sower, Stubwort, and Sorrell Dubois. It is cold and dry in the second Degree. The Duration. It will keep long dry, but we may find it almost all the year. The inward Use. It is more effectual than other Sorels are, especially in hindering the putrefaction of blood and ulcers in the mouth and body, and in cooling heats, and inflammations, to quench thirst, to strengthen a weak stomach, to procure an appetite, to stay vomiting, and most excellent in any contagious sickness or pestilential Fever. The Syrup made of the juice is effectual in all the causes aforesaid, and so is the distilled water also. The manner of Administering it. It is given in Decoction, or in juice: The outward Use. Sponges or Linen clothes wet in the juice, and applied to any hot tumours and inflammations doth exceedingly cool and heal them; the same juice taken into the mouth and there gargled for some time, and after spit forth and fresh taken, will wonderfully help a stinking foul Canker or Ulcer therein, and helpeth well also to stay any hot defluxions or Catarrhs upon the throat and lungs: It is also singular good in wounds, punctures, thrusts, and stabs into the body to stay bleeding, and to cleanse and heal the wounds speedily. Of such Medicines as are made thereof. The distilled Water; Conserve, Syrup. FINIS. The Alphebetical Table of such diseases as are mentioned in this Second Part. A ABortion, See Miscarrying Aches cold, Chap. 27 Afterbirth, chap. 2. 9 16. 17. 30. 32. 38. 40. 50 Agues, to cure, chap. 17. 21. 43, 44. 45. 47 Agues of long continuance, chap. 7 Ague tertian, chap. 22. 28, 44. 51 Ague quartane, chap. 22. 26. 44. 51 Agues hot; chap. 11. 20. 34. 52 Almonds swollen, chap. 15 Appetite to provoke, chap. 2. 10. 28. 35. 39 45. 55 Apoplexy, chap. 13. 24 Apostumes, chap. 1, 21. 22. 28. 41. 45. 52 Apostume hot, chap. 31 Arthritical pains, chap. 13 B BAck pained, chapter, 13. 31 52 Back weak chap. 9 Barrenness, chap. 9 27 Beard, scurvinesse thereof, chap. 23 Belly pained, chap. 7. 8. Bees stinging, chap. 20. 39 Bile or Botch, chap. 45 Belly to lose, chap. 35 Belly pained, chapter 14. 26 28 Birth to bring away, chap. 2. 4. 17. 30. 38. 50. 51 Blackness and spots; see Spots and Bruises. Bladder to cleanse, chap. 17 Bladder pained, chapter 13. 16. 52. Bleeding inward, chap. 18. 26. 37. 51. 55 Blood spitting, chap. 19 33. 35, 36, 37, 48 Blood pissing, chap. 43 Blood vomiting, chap. 1. 35. Blood congealed, chap. 3. 5. 8. 15. 31. 50. 54 Blood to cleanse, chap. 4. 23. 42. 44. 45. 53 Blood to increase, chap. 12 Blood hot, Chap. 20. 22. 45. 47 Bones broken, chap. 5 Bones broken to draw out. chap. 10. 41 Botches, chap. 23. 45 Bots in horses, chap. 38 Bowels pained, chap. 37 Brain cold, chap. 3 Breasts of Women pained, chapter, 47 Breasts sore, chap. 35 Breasts swollen, chap. 30 Breasts cancerous, chap. 7 Breath short, chap. 11. 14. 16. 17. 21. 23. 27. 31. 36. 38. 41. 50. 51 Breath stinking, chap. 44 Bruises and falls, chapter, 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 15. 18. 21. 27. 29. 30. 31. 54 Burning and scalding, chap. 1. 13. 20. 23. 28. 31. 48 Burstings, see Ruptures. C CAncers chapter, 20. 26. 44. 55 Cancer fistulous, chap. 22 Cankers in the mouth, chap. 26. 55 Cancers fretting, chap. 38 Carbuncles chap. 23. 38. 41 Catarrh, see Rheum. Child dead to bring away, chap. 4. 17. 32. 40. Choler to purge, chapter, 17. 47. 50. 52 Choler to repress, chapter. 46 Choleric stomaches. chapter, 46 Cod swollen, chap. 14. 15 Colic, chap. 3. 6. 8. 12. 13. 29. 40. 48. 50 Consumption, chap. 26. 34 Contagious diseases, chap. 55 Contusion, see Bruises. Convulsions and Cramps, chap. 13. 27. 32 Corns, chap. 20. 23 Cough, chap. 11. 14. 16 17. 21. 23. 26. 27, 28, 30. 31, 34. 41. 51. Courses to provoke, chapter, 2. 4. 8. 9 15. 17. 21. 23. 27. 28. 30. 31. 32. 38. 39 40: 44 48. 50. 53. 54. Courses to stay, chap. 1. 7. 14. 18. 20. 22. 26. 33. 34. 35. 37. 43. 45 Cramp, see Convulsion. Crude and raw humours to expel chap. 3 D dandruff, chapter. 41 Deafness, chap. 39 45 Digestion to help, chapter. 6. 12 Dislocations, chapter 23 Dog mad, biting thereof, chapter, 28 Dropsy. chap. 4. 7. 14. 17. 21. 23. 26. 30. 32. 47. 48. 51: 53 Dysentery flux. chap. 37 E Ears pained. chap. 28. 30. 31. 48 Ears inflamed. chap. 21 Ears running. Chap. 22 Ears, noise therein, chap. 21 31. 39 Eruptions of the skin, chap. 20. 31 Erysipelas; See wildfire. Eyes red. chap. 1. 22. 24. 30. 41. 47. 48. 52 Eyes blood shotten. chap. 14 Eyes watery, chap. 1 Eyes to cleanse. chap. 51 Eyes, spots therein. chap. 7. 9: 41. 51 Eyes swollen. chap. 30 Eyes pained. chap. 50 Eyes blear. chap. 50 Eyes films therein, chap. 7 Eyes black and blue. chapter. 32 F FAce pale. chap. 21. 42. 51 Face. spots thereof. chapter 3. 38. 41 Face to make fair. chap. 23. 32 Falling sickness. chapter 15. 16. 21. 30. 32. 34. 52 Falls. See Bruises. Fever burning. chap. 1. 10. 25. 45 Fever pestilential. chap. 10. 45. 47. 55 Fever hectic. chap. 25 Felon. chap. 23. 41 Fistulaes', chap. 5. 3 Fistula of the Leg. chapter 51 Fleas to kill. chap. 39 Phlegm to purge. chap. 17. 51 Phlegm tough. chap. 21. 28. 39 44. 50 Flux of the belly. chap. 3. 19 20. 22. 34. 35. 45. 51 Flux bloody. chap. 22. 26. 33. 35. 37. 43. 45 Fluxes in women. Chapter 18. Freckles chap. 15. 17. 31. 38 41. 53 Frenzy. chap. 20. 34. 51 French Pox: chapter 15. 41. 48. 54 Fundament inflamed. chapter 52 G Gall stopped. chap. 7. 47 Galling of the skin. chap. 45 Gangreen. chap. 5. 48 Gonorrhaea; See running of the Reins. Gout, chapter. 13. 24. 28. 32. 50. 51 Gout cold, chap. 49. 51 Gravel, chap. 16: 18. 31. 45 Green sickness, chap. 47. 53 Gripe of the belly, chap. 31 Gross humours to purge, chapter. 21 Gums bleeding, chap. 19 Gums sore, chap. 5 Gums to strengthen, chap. 32 H HAir falling, chapter 23. 28. 31. 35. 51 Headache, chap. 10. 11. 14 Headache of cold, chap. 17. 27. 51 Headache of heat, chapter 20 52 Headache in Children, chapter 47 Head itching, chap. 21 Head scabbed, chap. 27 Head to purge, chap. 28 Head cold, chap. 6. 51 Heart to comfort, chap. 3. 10. 17. 19, 24. 45. 47 Heat to assuage, chap. 52. 55 Hemorrhoides to help, chap. 7. 11. 51. 52 Hemorrhoides to provoke, chapter 28 Hemorrhoides bleeding, chapter. 33. 48 Hemorrhoides painful, chapter 27 Hicket, Chap. 19 35 Hips pained, chap. 50 Hippolito gout; see Sciatica. Hoarseness, chap. 16. 34. 35. 52 Hot eruptions, chap. 20. 22 Humours to digest, chap. 54 Hysterical fits; see Mother fits. I Jaundice, chap. 5. 7. 16. 21. 25. 26. 30. 32. 43. 44. 45. 47. 48. 51. 52 Jaundice black, chap. 48 Iliacke passion, chap. 50 Impostume; see Apostume: Inflammations, chap. 1. 9 11. 20. 22. 25. 34. 45. 46. 47. 51. 52. 55 Inward parts hurt, chap. 13 Joynt-gout, chap. 50 Joynt-cold. chap. 32 Itch, chap. 7. 32. 41. 45 K KErnels, to dissolve, chap. 7. 45 Kibes, chapter 28 Kidneys ulcerated, chap. 37 Kings-Evil, chap. 7. 38. 45 L LEg sore, chapter. 7 Leg swollen, chap. 4 Legs fistula thereof, chap. 51 Leprosy, chap. 32. 48 Lethargy chap. 28. 39 53 Lice to kill. chap. 21. 48 Limbs weary. chap. 32 Litharge taken. chap. 30 Liver stopped. chap. 2. 3. 5. 7. 19 30. 31. 42. 44. 47. 53. Liver hot. chap. 19 25. 47. Liver to strengthen, chap. 51 Liver oppressed. chap. 35 Livergrown. chap. 5. 32 Loathing of meat. chapter. 39 Loins pained. chap. 50 Lungs stopped. chapter 32. 41. 52 Lungs inflamed, chapter 46. 52 Lungs ulcerated. chapter 36 37 Lungs, Consumption thereof. chap. 34 Lust to provoke. chap. 8 Lust to abate. chap. 51 M MAtrix pained. chap. 33 Matrix stopped. chap. 50 Matrix hard. Chap. 23 Melancholy. chapter 17. 50 Milk curled. chap. 30 Miscarrying. chap. 49 Morphew. chap. 7. 15. 31. 41. 51 Mother fits, chapter 17. 27. 39 Mother pained, chap. 7. 15 27, 31. 33 Mother inflamed. chapter 17 52 Mother hard. chapter, 17. 23. 32 Mother windiness thereof, chapter 49 Mother, cold diseases thereof. chap. 6. 27 Mouth sore. chap. 5. 31. 42. 44. 45. 55 Mouth bleeding. chap. 22. 37 N Sneezing to provoke, Chapter 9 Nephritick passion, chap. 50 Nits to kill, chap. 48 Nodes in the flesh, chap. 54 Nose bleeding, chap. 14. 18. 20. 22. 26. 33. 43 O OPium too much taken. Chapter. 17 Optic nerves to strengthen. chap. 51 P of the mouth fallen. Chapter 19 Palsy, ch. 13. 24 Pestilential botch. ch. 23 Pestilence. chapter 7. 15. 23. 28. 41. 51 Pestilential Fever, See Fever. Piles; See Hemorrhoides. Pip in Poultry. chap. 38 Pimples. chap. 15. 41. 53 Plague. chap. 3. 7. 15. 41 51 Plaguesore. chap. 28. 35. 38. 41. 45 pleurisy. chap. 8. 34. 41. 52 Poison. chap. 3. 15. 35 Punctures, or thrusts. chap. 55 Pustules. chap. 47. 48. 51 Putrefaction to hinder. Chapter 55 Q QVartane Ague; See Ague. Quinsy. Chap. 21. 51. 52 R reins to strengthen. chap. 9 49 Reins pained. chap. 16. 52 Reins hot. chap. 47 Reins to cleanse. chap. 17. 31. 50 Reins running thereof. chap. 22. 25. 37 Rheums. chap. 11. 27 Rheum cold. chap. 9 27 Rheum hot. chap. 20. 34. 52. 55 Ringworm; See Tetter. Ruptures. chapter 1. 3. 5. 18. 26. 29. 37. 54 S Sadness. chap. 17 Scab. chap. 25. 31. 38. 41. 48 Scab running. chap. 41 Scalds; See Burn. Sciatica. chap. 39 50 Scurf. chap. 15. 41 Scurvy. chapter 4. 42. 53 Scorpion stinging thereof. chap. 45. 52 Secundine; See Afterbirth. Secret parts swollen. Chapter 51 Serpents biting thereof. chap. 2. 12. 13. 19 21. 23. 51 Sharp humours to purge. chapter 50 Shingles. chap. 20 Side pained. chap. 8. 14 Side swollen. chap. 50 Sight weak. chapter 6. 39 50 Sight to cleanse. chap. 9 Sinews te soften. chap. 25 Sinews shrunk. chapter. 41. 49 Sinews to strengthen. chapter 35. 49 Sinews cut. ch. 23 Sinew bruised. chap. 31 Skin to cleanse. chap. 7. 13. 31 51 Skin galling thereof. Chapter 45 Sleep to procure. chap. 8. 34. 52 Sneesing to provoke. chap. 9 Saint Anthony's fire. See Wild fire. Sores ald and running. chap. 5. 25. 38 Sores of the head. chap. 38 Sores spreading. chap. 1. 22. 25 Sores to cure. chap. 5. 7. 18. 22. 41 Speech lost. chap. 23 Sperm to increase, chap. 12. 28. Spirits faint. chap. 10. 32 35. 45 Spider against the venom thereof. chap. 20. 44. 48 Spleen stopped. chap. 2. 3. 19 21. 26. 29. 30. 31. 42. 44. 47. 53 Spleen hard. chap. 48 Spleen to strengthen. chapter 51 Spots to take away. chapter 3. 6. 8. 13. 15. 17. 21. 28. 30. 31. 32. 38. 42. 53 Steel to harden. Chap. 26 Stiches in the fide. chap. 3 14. 41 Stomach to comfort. chap. 2. 6. 8. 12. 40. 50 Stomach crude or raw. chap. 2. 8. 9 32. 40, 49 Stomach to strengthen. chap. 3. 35. 55 Stomach hot, chapter, 19 22. 46. 47 Stomach windy. chap. 17. 27 39 Stomach swollen. chap. 16 Stomach gnawing. chapter, 32 Stone to bring away. chap. 4. 8. 16. 17. 18. 26. 30. 31. 40. 45. 51. 53 Strangury. chap. 2. 16. 40. 49 Sun burning. chap. 7. 31 Sweat to restrain. Chap. 35 Sweat to provoke. chap. 54 Swell to abate. chap. 9 37. 47 Swell hard to dissolve. chapter 50. 54 Swell hot. chapter 22. 46. 52 Swimming of the head. chap. 6. 14. 17. 24. 27. 38 Swoonings. chap. 32. 47 T TEndon bruised. Chap. 31 Terms; See Courses Tetters. chap. 7. 20. 24. 25. 41 Teeth lose. chap. 7. 18 Teeth lose, to make them fall out. chap. 7 Thirst to quench. chap. 20. 45. 52. 55 Throat hoarse, chap. 52 Throat sore, chap. 18. 31 Throat swollen, chapter 51 Throat rough, chapter 35. 46 Thorns and Splinters to draw out. ch. 9 41. Thrusts or stabs, chapter 5 55 Toothe-ache. chap. 10. 21. 31. 48. 51 tumors hard to dissolve. chapter 7. 8. 41. 50 tumors hot. chap. 1. 55. tumors to help. chap. 4. 7. 9 15. 23 Tympany. chap. 14 V VEins broken. chapter 37. 54 Vein shrunk. ch. 41 Venery to provoke, ch. 9 17 39 Venom to expel. chapter. 30. 41 Venomous Creatures stinging thereof. ch. 13. 15. 20. 22. 28. 32. 33. 41. 48, 51 Viper stinging thereof. chapter 48 Viscous humours to digest. chapter 2 Ulcers to cure. ch. 5. 18. 23. 37. 38. 41. 48. 51. 55 Ulcers malign. ch. 37 Ulcers moist, ch 54 Ulcers of the leg. chap. 51 54 Ulcers fretting▪ chap. 26. 48 Ulcers of the mouth. ch. 18. 37. 42. 44. 51. 55 Ulcers in ward. chap. 41. 45 Ulcers old. chap. Ulcers creeping. ch. 38 Ulcers of the bowels. chapter. 45 Ulcers of the head. chapter 23. 31 Ulcers eating. chapter 7. 26 Ulcers running. chap. 31 Ulcers of the secret parts. ch. 5. 18. 22 Ulcers of the Lungs; see Lungs. Ulcers to cleanse. chap. 19 32 Ulcers putrified and rotten. chap. 28. 31. 32. 37. 42. 44. 53 Ulcers fistulous. ch. 3 Ulcers callous, or hard, chapter. 3 Vomiting to stay, chap. 1. 12. 35. 55 Vomit to provoke, cham 2. 4. 6. 8. 16. 21 Urine stopped. Chapter 2. 12. 18. 21. 22. 28. 30. 31. 32. 39 44. 47. 49. 53. 54 Urine flowing to stop. Chapter 24 Urine hot and sharp. Chapter 52 Urine bloody. chap. 37 Wula fallen; see palate of the mouth. W WArts to take away. Chapter 7. 50 Wasps stinging thereof; Chapter 39 Weariness of the limbs. chapter 32 Wens to take away. chap. 7 Wheels and blanes. chap. 47 Wheesing. chap. 11. 20. 30. 51 Whites in women, chap. 1. 25 Wildfire. chap. 4. 11. 20. 22. 23. 31. 34. 38. 42. 47 Wind to expel chap. 2. 6. 14. 16. 21. 30. 39 44. 49. 50. 51 Wind in the belly. chap. 27. 39 40. 49 Womb, cold diseases thereof chapter 6 Womb windy. chap. 6 Worms to kill. chap. 12. 15. 21. 22. 28. 38. 44. 45. 49. 50. 51 Wounds to cure. chap. 5. 23. 26. 29. 36: 37. 51. 55 Wounds bleeding. chap. 18: 25. 43 Wounds inflamed. chap. 1 Wounds hollow. ch. 7 Wounds green. chap. 1. 15. 18. 21. 22. 26. 31. 36. 41. 42. 54 Wounds inward. chap. 3. 5. 22. 29. 33. 41. 51. 55 Wounds of the head. chap. 11. 43 Wounds to cleanse. chap. 19 26 Wounds in the breast. chap. 1 Wounds in the bowels. chap. 1 Wounds fistulous. chap. 3. Y Yard blistered, chap. 38. FINIS. 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