436  CULPEPER’s‘ ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
. Ain ointment of lupines, to beautify and.make the face {mooth, is made in the 
following manner: Take the meal of lupines, the gall of a goat or fheep, juice of 
lemons, and a hale alumen facchatinum, and mingle them into the form of a foft 
ointment. 
The meal of lupines, boiled: in-vinegat and applied tothe parts, taketh away 
knobs, kernels, or pimples.. T he fhells. being burnt, the fmoke thereof. drives 
away gnats and fites. | | . 
| ie slo “MA DDER. 
Description. Garden- madder thooteth forth imany very Tong’ weak, ee 
fquare, reddifh ftalks, trailing’on the ground a great’ way, very rough and hairy, and 
full of joints, at ‘every one of which come ‘forth divers long and fomewhat narrow 
_ leaves, ftanding like a ftar about the ftalks': ; rough alfo and hairy, toward the tops 
whereof come foftth many fmall pale yellow flowers 5 5 after which come fmall round 
heads, green at firft, and reddifh afterwards, but black when they are ripe, wherein — 
_ Is contained the feed. The’ root*is not very reat, though about a yard long, 
fpreading divers ways, and is of a clear red colour while it is freth. 
Pract. | Itis cultivated-in gardens orlarge fields, onaccount of the profits. 
Time. It flowereth toward the Say of fummer, and the feed i is ripe quickly 
after. fembsuc. 7 OOigul » 
GoveRNMENT AND Vikubes It is an herb of Mars; hath an oe aaa 
but afterwards binds and ftrengthens; is an affured remedy for the yellow jaundice 
by. opening the obftrudtions of ‘the liver and gall, and cleanfing thofe parts 9 it 
epencth alfo theobftructions of the ipleen, and diminitheth the melancholic humour - 
= It is available for the palfy and fciatica ; is ‘effectual for. inward and outward 
= “Inaies, and is therefore much uféd in vulnerary drinks. The root, for all. thof 
id purpofes, is to be boiled in wine or water, as the cafe requireth, and fome 
: fugat put thereunto afterwards. 43 ‘he feed hereof, taken with vinegar. and 
elp th the fwelling and hardnefs of the fpleen, The decoétian of the leaves. 
$a ‘good fornéntation for women to fit over that haye not their courles. 
The leaves and ‘Toots, | beaten and applied to any part thatis difcoloured with 
freckles, ‘mo morp ew, 1 , the white fcurf, or any fuch deformity of the Giins cleanfets 
and: ‘thoroughly aketh them away. 
» The root of this mad der, holden in the ts while freth, will, ‘vanes a ‘perfon 
makes water, change it to the colour of blood. 
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