2 - CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
Time. Daffodils fower in March and April, and the feed ripens foon after; 
Government and Virtues. Yellow daffodils are under the dominion of Mars, 
and thé roots hereof are hot and dry almoft in the third degree. The roots boiled 
and taken in pofiet drink, caufeth vomiting, and is ufed with good fuccefs at the 
appearance of approaching agues, efpecially the tertian ague,, which is frequently 
‘caught in the fpring-time. A plaifter made of the roots with parched barley-meal, 
diffolves hard fwellings and impofthumes, being applied thereto ; the juice mingled: 
with honey, frankincenfe, wine, and myrrh, and dropped into the ears, is good 
-again{t the corrupt filth and running matter of the ears ; the roots made hollow and 
boiled in oil, doth help raw kibed heels ; the juice of the root is good for. the mor~ 
phew, and the difcolourings of the fkin. 
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Names. THISi is likewife called palm-trer, and. the fruit,. dates, or fet of the: 
palm-tree. 
Description. It groweth toibe a large tree, with a ftraight thick efinle co- 
vered with a fcaley bark ; at the top whereof grow many long branches, bearing a 
vaft number of long, ftraight, narrow leaves, or twigs like reeds, fo that the whole 
tree appears to be nothing but a bundle of reed leaves ;. amongtt the branches grow- 
eth the fruit, claftering together at the firft, and wrapped.ina certain long and broad 
_ €overing, like a pillow, which afterwards openeth and Deworh the fruit, ftanding — 
along on certain. {mall {prigs, growing out of a flat yellow. branch; the fruit is long 
_and round, containing within it a long and hard ftone. Of this tree there are two 
kinds, the male and female; the male tree bringeth forth flowers only, which vanifh 
: away as foon as the bloffom is full, and the female beareth the fruit, and bringeth it 
_ to perfection and ripenefs. 
= Pract. The date-tree siraiore in apie Arabia, India, Syria, Juda and. 
ern countries. 
Tt continueth always green, and Ferethc) its flowers in the fpring. In.hot — 
the fruit j is ripe in autumn, 
et tT and Virtugs, The branches and leaves are cold: and aftringent, 
ee ie aftringent, but hot and dry, almoft in the fecond degrees 
wy Detore it is thoroughly ripe. Dates are hard of digeftion, and caufe opp 
lations in the ee they ingender windinefs, head-ach, and grofs blood, 
ae = hg ripe, they are not fo hurtful, but nourith 
indifferently, bejng wel dina good ftomach. Dry dates ftop loofenefs, ¢ and 
s of the ftomach, efpecially of women with Sik 
