242 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
torments in the belly it provoketh women’s courfes, if it be ufed as a peffary, 
Being made into powder, and mixed with honey, it taketh away the black marks of 
blows and bruifes, by applying it tothe part. It is alfo good for inflammations.of, 
and water in, the eyes, being mixed with fine flour, and laid upon'them. - The juice, — 
dropped into the ears, eafeth the pains and finging noife in them. It is of great fer- 
vice when put into thofe ointments and falves that are made to warm. and comfdrt 
the outward parts, as the joints and finews ; for fwellings alfo, and ‘places out of joint. 
The. powder thereof, fnuffed up into the nofe, provoketh {neezing, and thereby. 
purgeth the brain; when chewed in the mouth, it produceth much phlegm.. The _ 
~ oil extracted from this herb is very warm and comfortable to: joints and finews that 
are {iff and hard, tending to molify and fupple them. Marjoram is likewife much 
vies in — odoriferous waters, ee Se. 
tes 
NAb ofS etG:0 bees Paes apie Pe 
THESE, being fo plentiful in almoft every garden, are fo well known, that they — 
need no defcription. , . a . 
Time. They flower all tle furamer Jong, and fometimes in winter, if it be mild. 
> GoveRNMENT AND VirTUES. Tt is an herb of the Sun, and under Leo. They 
ftrengthen the heart exceedingly, are very expulfive, | and little lefs effectual, in the 
‘fmall-pox and meafles, than faffron. The juice of marigold leaves mixed with vine- 
gar, by bathing any hot fwelling therewith, inftantly giveth eafe, and affwageth the 
pain, The flowers, either green or dried, are much ufed in poffets, broths and — 
drinks, being comfortable to the heart and {pirits, and expelling any malignant or 
peftilential quality which might annoy them. A plaifter made with the dry ate 
in powder, hogs-greafe, turpentine, and rofin; applied to the breait, firspethens and 
faccours the heart greatly, in fevers, whence epidemics? or not. : 
MASTER. WORT. a, —. 
scription. COMMON matter-wort hath divers ftalks of winged seevealil 
andry parts, three for the moft part ftanding together at a {mall feot- 
= mn both fides of the greater; and three likewife at the end of the ftalk, fome- 
_ what bro: ut in on the edges into three or more divifions, all of them dented 
fica, but that thele grow lower to the ground, and on fialler talks ; among which 
A r three fhort ftalks, about two feet high, and lender, with leaves 6 
beloy > but with fimaller and fewer divilions, pearing 
fadark-green colour, fomewhat refembling the leaves of ange 
