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(which are erroneoufly called the rofe feed), being powdered, and drunk, in the dif- 
tilled water of quinces, ftayeth the defluxion of rheum upon the gums and teeth, 
preferving them from corruption, and fafteneth them if they be loofe, being wafhed 
and gargled therewith, and fome vinegar of {quills added thereto. The heads, with 
the feed, being ufed in powder, or in a decoction, ftay the Jask and {pitting of blood. 
Red rofes do ftrengthen the heart, ftomach, and liver, and the retentive faculty ; they 
mitigate the pains that arife from heat, affuage inflammations, procure reft and fleep, 
{tay running of the reins and fluxes of the belly; the juice of them doth purge and 
cleanfe the body from choler and phlegm. The husks of the rofes, with the beards 
and nails, are binding and cooling, and the diftilled water of either of them is good 
for heat and rednefs in the eyes, and to ftay and dry up the rheums and. watering of 
them. Of the red rofes are ufually made many compofitions, all ferving to fundry 
good ules, viz. electuary of rofes; conferve, both moift and dry, which is more 
ufually called fugar of rofes ; fyrup of dried rofes, and honey of rofes; the cordial 
powder called diarrhodon abbatis and aromatica rofarum, the diftilled water of 
rofes, vi of rofes, ointment and oil of rofes, and the rofe-leaves dried, which, 
although no confpofition, is yet of very great ufe and effect. The ele€tuary is purg- 
ing, whereof two or three drachms taken by itfelf in fome convenient liquor is a 
purge fufficient for a weak conftitution ; but may be encreafed to fix drachms, ac- 
cording to the flrength of the patient. It purgeth cHoler without trouble, and is 
good i in hot fevers, and pains of the head arifing from hot choleric humours and heat 
in the eyes, the jaundice alfo, and joint-achs proceeding of hothumours. The moitt 
conferve is of much ufe, both binding and cordial ; for, until it be about two years. 
~ old, it is more binding than cordial, and after that more cordial than binding : fome 
‘of the younger conferve, taken with mitbridatum, mixed together, is good for thofe 
that are troubled with diftillations of rheum from the brain to the nofe, and deflux- 
_ dons of rheum into the eyes, as alfo for fluxes and lasks of the belly; and, being 
mixed with the powder of maftic, is very good for the running of the reins, and 
for the loofene!s of humours in the body. The old conferve, mixed with arématicum 
m , is a very good cordial again{t faintings, fwoonings, weaknefs, and trem- 
blings of the heart, ftrengthening both it and a weak ftomach, helpeth digeftion, 
ftayeth cafting, and is very good prefervative in the time of infection. The dry con- 
ferve, which is called fagar of rofes, is avery good cordial to ftrerigthen the heart 
and fpirits, as allo to flay defluxions. The fyrup of dried red rofes ftrengtheneth a 
ftomach given to ¢ iba acs 
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eth putrefaction and infeétion heated liver, comforteth the heart, refilt- 
nection, and helpeth to ftay lasks ahd Auxes. Honey of 
roles is much ufed in gargles and lotions, to wath fores, either in the mouth, throat, 
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