22 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
Time. It isto be foundonly in April and May; but in June, if hot weather 
cometh, it generally withers and dies, 
GovzRNMENT AND Virtuzs. The moon owns this herb. Moon-wort is cold 
and drying, ina greater degree even than adders-tongue, and is therefore fervice- 
able in all wounds, both inward and outward. The leaves boiléd in red wine, and 
drunk, ftay the immoderate flux of women’s courfes, and the whites. It alfo 
ftayeth bleeding, vomiting, and other fluxes; helpeth all blows and bruifes, and 
confolidates fractures and diflocations. It is good for ruptures; but is chiefly ufed 
by moft, with other herbs, to make oils, or other balfams, to heal freth or green 
_ wounds, either inward or outward, for which it is exceeding good, as is before 
obferved. . 
Alchymitts fay, that this herb is peculiarly ufeful to them in making filver; and 
jt is reported, that whatever horfe cafually treads upon this herb will lofe his 
fhoes; it is alfo faid to have the virtue of unlocking their fetlocks and caufing them 
to fall off; but whether thefe reports be fabulous or true, it is well known to the 
country people by the name of Unfhoe-horfe. Galen faith, that, if it be given to 
fuch as are enraged by the biting of a mad dog, it doth perfectly cure them. 
2H Moss. 
IT would be -needlefs totrouble the reader with a defcription of every kind of 
mofs ; that of the ground-mofs and tree-mofs, which are both well-known, being 
fufficient for our purpofe. 7 
_ Pace. The ground-mofs grows in moift woods, at the bottoms of hills, in 
bogey grounds, fhadowy ditches, and other fuch-like places, in all parts of the 
kingdom. 
The other groweth only upon trees. 
_ GoveRNMENT AND Virtues. All forts of mofs are under the dominion of Sa- 
os ‘tum. The ground mofs, being boiled in wine, and drunk, is held to be very effi- 
sruifed and boiled in water, and applied, eafeth all inflammations and pains pro- 
ceeding from hot caufes ; and is therefore ufed to relieve pain arifing from the gout. 
_. The different kinds of tree-mofs are cooling and binding, and partake of a digeft- 
‘ing and mollifying quality withal, as Galen faith: Bue each mofs doth partake of 
the nature of the tree from whence it is taken ; therefore that of the oak is more 
binding, and is of good effect toftay fluxes in men or women; as alfo vomitings of 
bleedings, the powder thereof being taken jn wine. The decoétion thereof in wine 
; is 
‘cacious in breaking the ftone, and to expel and drive. it forth by urine. The herb, 
