AND COMPLETE HERBAL. "larg 
GovERNMENT AND Virtuss. It is an excellent fauce for thofe whofe blood wants 
clarifying, and for weak ftomachs, being an herb of Mars ; it is hurtful to choleric 
people, but highly ferviceable to thofe who are aged, or troubled with cold difeafes. 
Aries claims fome fhare of dominion over this plant; it therefore ftrengthens the 
heart, and refifteth poifon ; let fuch whofe ftomachs are fo weak that they cannot 
digeft their victuals, or have no appetite thereto, take of muftard-feed a dram, cin- © 
namon as much, and, after beating them to powder, add half as much pow- 
der of mattic, and, with gum arabic diffolved in rofe w ucR, make it up into 
troches, of which the quantity of half a dram may be taken an hour or two before _ 
meals, and the good effects thereof will foon be apparent, more particularly to the 
aged of either fex. Muftard-feed hath the virtue of heating, difcuffing, rarefying, 
drawing out fplinters of bones, and other things, out of the flefh ; provokes the — 
menfes; is good for the falling ficknefs, lethargy, drowfinefs, and forgetfulnefs, 
by ufing it both inwardly and outwardly, rubbing the noftrils, forehead, and temples, 
to warm and quicken the fpirits, as, from its fierce fharpnefs, it purgeth the brain 
by fneezing, and drawing down rheums, and other vifcous humours, which, by 
their diftillation upon the lungs and cheft, caufe coughing; when taken inwardly 
‘it operates more forcibly if mixed with honey. The decoction of the feed made in 
wine, provoketh urine, refifts the force of poifon, the malignity of mufhrooms, and 
the venom of fcorpions, or other poifonous animals, if it be taken in time. If ‘ad- 
miniftered before cold fits of the ague come on, it altereth, leffeneth, and cureth, 
them. The feed, taken either by icfelf, or with other things, either in an eleCtuary 
or drink, is a great incentive to venery, and helpeth the fpleen, pains in the fide, and 
_ Snawing the bowels. If ufed as a gargle, it draweth up the pallet of the mouth, 
when fallen down. It alfo diffolveth fwellings about the throat, if it be applied ex- 
ternally, Being chewed in the mouth, it oftentimes helpeth the tooth-ach. The 
outward application hereof upon the pained place, in cafes of the fciatica, difcuffeth 
the humours, and eafeth the pains : as alfo of the gout, and other joint-achs. " It is 
frequentlyufed to eafe pains of the fides, loins, fhoulders, or other parts of the body, 
_by applying thereof as a blifter, and cureth the difeafe by drawing it to the outward 
part of the body ; it is alfo ufed to help the falling of the hair. The feed, bruifed, 
and mixed with honey or wax, taketh away the black and blue marks occafioned by 
falls or other bruifes ; the roughnefs or fcabbednefs of the fkin ; as alfo the leprofy 
and loufy evil ; it helpeth alfo the crick inthe neck. The diftilled water of° the 
_ herb, when it is in flower, is much ufed to drink inwardly for any of the difeafes 
aforefaid, and to wath the mouth when the pallet isdowns and as a gargle for dif- _ 
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