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Va GARDEN AR RACH, 
CALLED alfo orach, and orage. 
Description. It is fo commonly known to every houfewife, it were but labour 
loft to defcribe it. 
Time. It flowereth and feedeth from June to the end of Auguft, 
GoveRNMENT anv Virtues. It is under the government of the Moon ; in 
quality cold and moift like unto her, It fofteneth and loofeneth the body of man 
being eaten, and fortifieth the expulfive faculty in him. The herb whether it be 
bruifed and applied to the throat, or boiled, and in like manner applied, it matters 
not much, it is excellent good for fwellings in the throat, the beft way I fuppofe is 
to boil it, and having drank the decoétion inwardly, apply the herb outwardly ; 
the decoftion of it befides, is an excellent remedy for the yellow jaundice, 
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CALLED alfo vulvaria from that part of the body upon which the operation is 
moft: alfo dog’s arrach, goat’s arrach, and ftinking motherwort, is . : 
Description. This hath fmall and almoft round leaves, yet a_Jittle pointed, 
and without dent or cut, of a dufky mealy colour, growing on the flender ftalks and 
branches that {pread on the ground, with fimall Mowers in clufters fet with the 
leaves, and fmall feeds fucceeding like the reft, perifhing yearly, and rifing again - 
with its own fowing. It fmells like old rotten fith, or fomething worfe. 
Prace. It grows ufually upon dunghills. ie 
Time. They flower in June and July, and their feed is ripe quickly after. + 
GovERNMENT AND Virtues. Stinking arrach is ufeful as a remedy to help women 
pained, aad almoft ftrangled with the mother, by {melling to it; but inwardly taken 
there is not a better remedy under the moon for that difeafe. I would be large in 
commendation of this herb, were I but eloquent. It is an herb under the dominion 
of Venus, and under the fign Scorpio. The works of God are given freely to man, 
his medicines are common and cheap, and eafy to be found: "tis the medicines of the 
college of phyficians that are fo dear and fcarce to find. I commend it for an uni- © 
verfal medicine for the womb, and fuch a medicine as will eafily, fately, and fpeedily 
cure any difeafe thereof, as the fits of the mother, diflocation, or falling out thereof; — 
it cools the womb being over heated : and let me tell you this, and I will tell you 
but the truth, heat of the womb is one of the greateft caufes of hard labour seas 
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childbirth. “Te makes barren women fruitful, it cleanfeth the womb if it be fou, 
