82 CULPEPER's ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
mead anda little pennyroyal, is good for thofe that are troubled with putrid agues, 
whether quotidian, tertian, or quartan, and to draw down and evacuate the blood — : 
and humours that by falling into the eyes doth hinder the fight: the decoCtion 
thereof made in wine and taken, killeth the worms in the belly, openeth obftruc- 
tions both of the liver and fpleen, cureth ftitches and pains in the back or fide, ther ~ 
torments and griping pains of the bowels, and the wind cholic; and mixed with | 
honey purgeth the belly, helpeth to bring down women’s courfes, and is of fpecial 
ufe for thofe that are troubled with the falling down of the mother, and pains there- 
of, and caufeth an eafy and fpeedy delivery of women in child birth ; it helpeth 
alfo to break and expel the ftone either in the bladder or kidnies. The decoétion 
with wine, gargled in the mouth, eafeth the tooth ach ; it is commended againtt 
the ftinging or biting of venomous ferpents or mad dogs, being ufed inwardly and 
applied outwardly to the place. A dram of the powder of betony taken witha — 
little honey in fome vinegar, doth wonderfully refrefh thofe that are over wearied 
by travel; it ftayeth bleeding at the mouth or nofe, and helpeth thofe that pifs or 
Spit blood, and thofe that are burften or have a rupture, and is good for fuch as 
are bruifed by any fall or otherwife. The green herb bruifed, or the juice applied 
to any inward hurt, or outward green wound in the head or body, will quickly 
heal and clofe it up; as alfo any veins or finews that are cut, and will draw forth — 
~any broken bone or fplinter, thorn, or other thing gotten into the flefh; it is no lefs 
profitable for old fores, or filthy ulcers, yea, though they be fiftulous and hollow, 
but fome do-advife to ‘put a little falt to this purpofe : 
hog’s lard, it helpeth a plague-fore, and other boils and pufhes : the fumes of the. 
‘decoétion while it is warm, received by afunnel into the ears, eafeth the pains of 
s them, deftroyeth the worms, and cureth the running fores in them; the juice 
“dropped into them, doth the fame. The 
being applied with a litde 
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