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Pract. It groweth commonly in this kingdom, particularly in ploughed ground, 
being very troublefome ‘both to hufbandmen and gardeners to weed out of their 
grounds. 
GovERNMENT and VIRTUES. It is a gentle remedy under the dominion of Ju- 
piter. This is the moft medicinal of all the quich-graffes : being boiled and drank, 
it openeth obftructions of the liver and gall, and the {topping of the urine, and 
eafeth the griping pains of the belly, and inflammations; wafteth the matter of the 
ftone in the bladder, and alfo the ulcers thereof. The roots bruifed and applied, 
do confolidate wounds. The feed doth moft powerfully expel urine, and ftayeth the 
lafk and vomiting. The diftilled water alone, or with a little wormfeed, killeth the 
worms in children. | 
The method of ufing it, is to bruife the roots, and having well boiled them in 
white wine, drink the decoétion : it is opening, but not very fafe in purging : and 
it is a remedy againft all difeafes arifing from ftoppages of the body. 
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CALLED alfo crane’s bill. 
‘Description. This hath divers fmall, round, pale-green leaves, cut in Bisa the 
edges, much like mallows, ftanding upon long reddifh hairy ftalks, lying in a round 
compafs upon the ground; among which rife up two or three, or more, reddifh, 
jointed, flender, weak, and hairy ftalks, with fome fuch-like leaves thereon, but 
fmaller, and deeper cut toward the tops, where grow many very fmall, bright red 
flowers of five leaves each ; after which cometh {mall heads, with fmall fhort beaks 
pointing forth, as all other forts of thefe herbs do. 
 Pracz. It groweth in pafture grounds, and by the Eee in aed places, | 
and is fometimes found growing in gardens. = 
Time. It flowereth in June, July, and Auguft, es earlier see fometimes 
Tater, and the feed is ripe quickly after. 2 7 = ene 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtues, It is a very gentle, though martial plant. It has 
been found by experience to be fingularly good for the wind cholick, and pains there- 
of ; as alfo to expel the ftone and gravel in the kidnies. The decoction thereof in — 
wine, is an excellent good wound-drink for thofe who have inward wounds, hurts, 
or bruifes, both to ftay the bleeding, to diffolve and expel the congealed blood, and 
to heal the parts ; as alfo to cleanfe and heal outward fores, deere and fiftulas; 
Steen wounds are likewife quickly healed by bruifing the herb, and applying it e oe 
the part affected. The fame decoction in wine, fomented to any place pained wi 
the gout, or to any joint-achs or pain of the finews, giveth great eafe, The powder 
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