AND COMPLETE HERBAL; $5 
ing bored with an augur, and diftilled afterwards; any of thefe being drank for 
fome time together, is available to break the {tone in samy. kidnies or bladder, and is 
good alfo to wath fore mouths *. 
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THIS fmall herb groweth not above a fpan high, with many branches {pread up- 
on the ground, fet with many wings of {mall leaves; the flowers grow upon the 
branches, many fmall ones of a pale yellow colour being fet at a head together, 
which afterwards turn into fmall jointed cods, well refembling the claws of fmall 
birds, whence it took its name. 
There is another fort of bird’s foot in all things like the former, but a little larger, 
- the flowers of a pale whitith red colour, and the cods diftin& by joints like the other, 
but a little more crooked, and the roots do carry many {mall white knots or kernels 
amongft the ftrings. 
-Puacez. Thefe grow on heaths, apd 3 in many open uncultivated sein in this land. 
Time. They flower and feed in the end of fummer. © 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtues. They belong to Siesta, he is are of a aden, bind: | 
ing quality, and thereby very good to be ufed in wound drinks, as alfo to apply | 
outwardly for the fame purpofe. But the latter bird’s foot is found by experience to 
break the ftones in the back or kidnies, and drive them forth, if the decoétion there- 
of be taken ; it alfo wonderfully helpeth the rupture, being taken inwardly, and out- 
wardly applied tothe place. 
All falts have beft operation upon the fon, as ointments and plaifters have ied 
* The leaves-of the birch-tree are hot and dry, cleanfing, refolving, opening, and bitter ; for 
which reafon they are of no {mall ufe ina dropfy, the itch, and the like. The bark is bituminous, 
and is therefore mixed with perfumes that are fo correét the air. The fungus of it has an aftringent 
quality, upon which account it ftops blood miraculoufly. This tree, in the beginning of fpring, 
before the leaves come forth, being pierced, yields plentifully a {weet and potulent juice, which 
fhepherds, when they are thirfty, often drink i in the woods. — Tracus, Hetmont, Cuarie- 
TON, and others, commend the virtues and efficacy of this liquor, and not undefervedly, for the | 
ftone in the kidnies and bladder, for bloody urine, and the  ftranguary. This tree begins to yield 
its juice about the middle of February, and fometimes not till the beginning of March. Tragus 
alfo commends it for the jaundice. Some wath their faces with i it, to take off {pots and beautify é 
the fkin. Dr. Needham ee fcorbutic confumptions with it; he ufed to mix with i it good wine 
and permitted to dry on, _ = me fe: 
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