A hd keine ENGL ESH PHYSICIAN, 
LP mouse. EAR. 
Desoription. Moufe-ear is alow herb, creeping upon the ground, by fmal} 
ftrings like the frawberry plant, from which it fhooteth forth fmall roots, whereat 
grow, upon the ground, many {mall and fomewhat fhort leaves, fet in a round form 
together, hollowifh in the middle, where they are broadeft ; of an hoary colour all 
over, and very hairy, which, being broken, produce white milk. From among 
thefe leaves {pring up two or three {mall hoary ftalks, about a {pan high, with a few 
{maller leaves thereon; at the tops whereof ftandeth ufually but one flower, confift- 
ing of many paler yellow leaves, broad at the points, and a little dented in, fet in 
three or fourrows, the largeft outermoft, very like a dandelion flower, and a little 
reddifh underneath about the edgés, efpecially if it orow in dry ground ; which, af- 
ter they have ftood long in flower, turn into down, which, with the feed, is blown 
away by the wind. 
Pxacez. Itgroweth on the banks of ditches, and in fandy ground. 
Time. It flowereth in June and July, and remaineth green all the winter. 
GoveRNMENT anp Virtues. Themoonowns thisherbalfo. Thejuice thereof, 
taken in wine, or the deco¢tion thereof drunk, doth help the jaundice, ‘although of 
long continuance ; it is a {pecial remedy againft the ftone, and griping pains of the 
bowels. The decoétion thereof, with fuccory and centaury, is held very effectual 
to help the dropfy, and them that are inclining thereunto, as well as difeafes of the 
fpleen. It ftayeth the fluxes of blood, whether at the mouth or nofe, and inward 
: bleedingsalfo ; ; it is veryefficacious for wounds both inward and outward ; it help- 
eth the bloody flux, and the abundance of women’s courfes.* There is a fyrup made 
of the juice thereof, and fugar, by the apothecaries of Italy, -and other places, which — 
is accounted very ferviceable to thofe that are troubled with the cough or phthific. 
| The: fame is alfo fingularly good for ruptures or burftings. The green herb, 
= d, and direétly applied toany frefh cut or wound, doth quickly | heal it ; and 
ce, dec tion, or powder of the dried herb, is very good. to ftay the malig- 
of fpreading and fretting cankers and ulcers. The diftilled water of the plant 
ilable inall the difeafes aforefaid, and to wafh outward wounds and fores, and 
ing tents or cloths wet therein. 
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n iircdisrs nite, and to keep them in due proportion, and regular, n° medicine 
in the whole Materia Medica was ever found fo efficacious as the author’s Lunar Tinéture; the inherent virtues 
ef which contain the falubr Oo s qualities of this and all other lunar herbs congenial to the female fex. a 
