AND COMPLETE HERBAL: 189 
CLOVE GILLIFLOWERS 
TO defcribe this herb, it being fo well known, would be altogether fruitle(s. 
“GOVERNMENT AND Virtues. They are fine temperate flowers, of the nature 
and under the dominion of Jupiter; even fo temperate, that no excefs, neither in heat, 
cold, drynefs, nor moifture can be perceived in them. They are great ftrengtheners 
of the brain and heart, and will therefore make an excellent cordial for family pur- 
pofes. Hither the conferve or fyrup of thefe flowers taken at intervals, is good to 
help fuch whofe conftitution is inclinable to. be SEEDER: It is food to expel: 
poifon and help hot peftilent fevers. : 
| GERM AN D‘E R; 
Description. COMMON germander fhooteth forth many ftalks, with fall! 
and fomewhat round leaves, dented on the edges; the flowers ftand at the tops, of a 
deep purple colour, The root is compofed of many fprigs, which fhoot forth.a great. 
way round about, foon overfpreading the adjacent eroepd, 
Prac. It groweth ufually in gardens. 
Time. It flowereth in June and July, and the feed is ripe in’ Se hame 
Government and Virtues. It is a herb under the dominion of Mercury. It: 
ftrengthens the brain and apprehenfion exceedingly, and relieves them when droop- 
ing; taken with honey, it is a remedy for coughs, hardnefs of the fpleen, and diffi-. 
culty of urine; or made into a decoction and drank, it helpeth thofe who are trou-. 
bled with the dropfy, efpecially. if taken at the beginning of the diforder. It alfo 
bringeth down womens’ courfes, and expelleth the dead child; being drank in wine 
and the bruifed herb outwardly applied, it is a certain cure for the poifon of fer- 
_ pents; ufed with honey, it cleanfeth old and foul ulcers, and made into an oil,. and.’ 
the eyes anointed therewith, taketh away the moifture and dimnefs of them, and is. 
good for the pains of the fides and cramps. The decoétion thereof taken for fome 
_ days together, driveth away. and cureth both the tertian and quartan agues; it is 
alfo good againft all difeafes of the brain, as continual head-ach, falling ficknefs,, 
melancholy, drowfinefs and dulnefs of the fpirits, convulfions and palfy.. A drachm 
of the feed taken in powder, purgeth by urine, and is good againft the yellow jaun-- 
dice; the juice of the leaves dropped. into the ears, killeth the worms in them, and 
_ the tops. thereof when they are in bloom, fteeped twenty-four hours in a. draught ~ : 
white wine and drank, killeth and eames worms in the belly. 
STINKING GLADWIN. 
Description. THIS is a fpecies of the. fower-de-luce, having feversl awe . | 
as from the root, id — refembling thofe of the Bowegaei: but that- 
they: 
