AND COMPLETE: HERBAL ee 
or other parts, both to heal them and to-ftay the fluxes of humours falling upon 
them; it is alfo ufed in clifters, The cordial powders, called darrhodon abbatis 
and arcmaticus rofarum, do comfort and ftrengthen the heart and ftomach, procure 
an appetite, help digeftion, ftop vomiting, and are very good for thofe that have flip- 
pery bowels, to ftrengthen them and to dry up their moifture. Red-rofe water is of 
well-known and familiar ufe in all occafions, (and better than damafk-rofe water,) 
being cooling and cordial, quickening the weak and faint fpirits, ufed either in 
- meats or broths, to. wafh-the temples, to fmell to at the nofe, or to fmell the fweet 
’ vapours thereof out of a perfuming pot, or caft on a hot fire-fhovel; it is alfo of 
good ufe againft the rednefs and inflammations of the eyes, to bathe them therewith, 
and the temples of the head alfo againft pain and ach, for which purpofe alfo vinegar 
of rofes is of great fervice, and to procure reft and fleep, if fome thereof and rofe wa- 
ter together be ufed to fmell to, or the nofe and temples moiftened therewith, but. 
more ufually to moiften a piece of red-rofe cake cut fit for the purpofe, . and heated 
between a double-folded cloth, with a little. beaten nutmeg, and poppy-feed ftrewed 
on the fide that mult ‘Vie next to the forehead and temples, and bourid thereto all 
night. The ointment of rofes is much ufed againft heat and infammations i in the 
head, to anoint the forehead and temples, and, being mixed with unguentum pi i 
to procure reft; itis alfo ufed for the heat of the liver, of the back and reins, to 
cool and heal pufhes, wheals, and other red pimples rifing in the face or other parts. 
Oil of rofes is not only ufed by itfelf to cool any hot fwellings or inflammations, and 
to bind and ftay fluxes of humours unto fores, but is alfo put into ointments and 
plafters that are cooling and binding, to reftrain the flux of humours. The dried 
leaves of the red rofes are ufed both inwardly and outwardly, being cooling, binding, 
and cordial ; for with them are made both aromaticum rofarum, diarrbodon abbatis, ‘and’ 
faccharum roferum, each of whofe properties are before declared. Rofe-leaves and 
mint, heated and applied outwardly to the ftomach, ftay caftings, and very much 
" ftrengthen a weak ftomachs and, applied as a fomentation to the region of the liver 
and heart, do much cool and temper them, and alfo ferve inftead of a rofe-cake, to 
quiet the over-hot fpirits and caufe reft and fleep. The fyrup of damask-rofes is 
both fimple and compound, and made with agaric.» The fimple folutive fyrup is a 
familiar, fafe, gentle, and eafy, medicine, purging choler, taken from one ounce to. 
three or four 5: yet this is remarkable herein, that the diftilled water of this fy rup- 
fhould notably bind the belly. The fyrup with agaric is more ftrong and effectual,. 
fete ounce thereof by icfelf will open the body more than'the other, aa: 
as much on phlegm assholer. The compound fyrup is more pein oa ets “ 
