AND COMPLETE HERBAL.) > #3 
warm to the belly, itnot only voideth hor,’ choleric, and other offenfive, humours, 
but eafeth the pains and. torments of the beliy°coming thereby ; and are therefore: 
ufed in all clyfters conducing to thofe purpofes. The fame thedicine, when afed by- 
nurfes, procureth them ftore of milk. The decoction of the feed of any of the’ 
~ common mallows, made in milk’or wine, ‘doth exceedingly help excoriations, ‘the 
phthific, pleurify, and other. difeafes'of the cheit’and-lungs that proceed from hort 
caufes, #f continued to be taken for any length of time: The leaves and root have 
the fameeffects. They help much/alfo in excoriations of . the guts and bowels, and 
.hardnefs of the mother, and in all/hot and tharp difeafes thereof.’ The juice drunk — 
in wine,’ or the decoction of them therein, help women to more fpeédy-and eafy de- 
livery. | Pliny faith, that-whoever takes.a-fpoonful of any of the mallows fhall-that 
day be free from all difeafes whatfoever, and that it is‘agood fpecific forthe falling- 
“ficknefs: "The fyrup alfo, and conferve made of the flowers,: are very effeGtual for 
the fame difeafes, and to open-the body when coftive. . The leaves, bruifed and laid 
to the eyes’ with a little honey, taketh:away the impofthumation of them,’ The 
leaves bruifed or rubbed upon any place ftung with bees; -wafps; or thelike, prefently 
taketh away the pains} rednefs, and fwellings, ‘that arife therefrom! Diofcorides 
faith, the decoétion of the eaves and roots helpeth all forts‘of poifon; ‘provided .the 
poifon is direétly voided by vomiting. .A poultice’ made: of the leaves;: boiled and 
bruifed,, to which is added fome bean.or /barley-flour,.and:oil of rofes,,-is ‘an’ efpes 
Cial remedy. againft all hard: tumours, | inflammations, or impofthumes;; fwellings of 
the tefticles, and other parts, and eafeth;the: pains of them; alfoy,againtt the hard. 
~ Snefs of the liver or fpleen, on being applied to the affected »places. ~The juice) of 
mallows, boiled in old oil, taketh away all roughnefs of the fkin, as alfo the fcurf, 
dandriff, or dry feabs on the head, or other parts, - if ai therewith, or wafhed 
with the decoétion ; and preferveth the hair tia fall of, It is alfo effeftual 
_ againft fcaldings and burnings, St. Anthony’s fire, and all: other hot,redy and pain- 
ful; fwellings in any part of the body. The flowers’ boiled in oil or, water (as.every 
one is difpofed), with a little honey and allum put thereto, isan excellent gargle, to 
wath, cleanfe, and heal, any fore mouth or throat, in a fhort fpace. If the feet be 
- bathed or wathed with the decoétion of the leaves, roots, and flowers, it helpeth 
much the defluxions of rheum from the head. If the head be wafhed therewith, it 
Preventeth baldnefs. “Phé greett leaves (faith Pliny, Beaten with nitre and applied 
to the part, draw out thorns or ps ‘icks in the fleth 5 and, in fhort, there is.no wou 
external of in ter nal 1, for wh which this is not afovercign remedy. nieroraieal 
| The marfh. Hc ows are mott effectual in all the difeates, before-mentioned, ” T he 
: leaves are likewite led to loofent the belly gently, and i in decostions for cly Jim) 
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