‘AND (COMPLETE HERBAL: 207 
Sian, Half a drachm ofithe:feed j in. powder, taken in drink, killeth worms in the 
body, bringeth down women’s.courfes, and: expelléeth urine. A fyrup; made of the 
juice. and fugar, cureth the yellow jaundice,, eafeth the head-ach proceeding from 
heat,, and tempereth the heat of the liver and ftomach; itis likewife given with good 
effect to thofe who, are afflicted, with jong, and hot, agues. .. Both the wild and the 
: manured are of one property, and alike effectual. i in.all the.aforefaid Siledett Mats 
me ; this plant,. confequently i its operations are obvious. 
a OL iS giana 
Description. COMMON Hoarhound groweth up with Phas hoary ftalks, 
about half a yard or two feet high, fet at the joints with two round, crumpled, rough, 
leaves, of adull, hoary, green, colour, of a tolerable pleafant fmell, buta very-bitter _ 
tafte. The flowers-are fmall, white, and gaping, fet i in rough, hard, prickly, hufks; 
thefe, together with the leaves, furround the joints from the middle of the ftalk up- 
wards, and are fucceeded by {mall, round, blackifh, feed. The root is blackith, 
hard, and woody, with. many ftrings, and very. durable. ; 
_Puace. It is found in moft parts of this kingdom, clbecially in. ‘ty grounds, 
and watte, green, places, 
Time, It generally blofioms. in ar about July, and the feed i is ripe in Augutt. 
GoverNMENT AND Virtves. It is an herb of Mercury. A: decoétion of the 
dried herb with the feed, or the juice of the green herb taken with. honey,-is a. cer- 
tain remedy for thofe who are purfey or fhort-winded, or have a cough, or are fallen 
Into aconfumption, either through long ficknefs, or’thin diftillations of rheum upon 
the lungs. It helpeth. to expectorate tough phlegm from the cheft, being taken with 
the roots of iris, or oris. It bringeth down the menftrua, expelleth the afterbirth, 
and giveth eafe to thofe who are afflicted with long and painful, travail ; and is an 
excellent medicine to expel poifon, or cure the venomous bitings or ftingings. of fer- 
‘ents, &c. The leaves, ufed with honey, purge foul ulcers, ftay running or creep- 
ing fores, the growing of the fiefh over the nails, and eafe the pains of the fides. 
The juice thereof, ufed with wine and honey, helpeth to clear the eyefight, and, 
fhuffed. up the noftrils, purgeth away the yellow-jaundice ; the fame, ufed witha 
Tittle oil of rofes and dropped into the ears, eafeth the pains thereof. Galen fays, It 
‘openeth obftruétions both of the liver and fpleen, and purgeth the breaft and lungs 
of neta 3 Or, outwardly applied, it both cleanfeth and digefteth. Mathiolus alfo 
* *The decane this plant is particularly seiiacnchda) as a.certain remedy for confu met 
ots as alfo to remove long and d tedious coughs, and reftore breath to thefe who are thor pe oS 
