36 «6s CUL PEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
Pace anp Time. .-Thefe alfo grow in eariins, they flower in June, and _— 
is ripe in July. ins beioie 
GovERNMENT AND Vonae Mars claims saheidhdindnc} aver all the wholefome: 
herbs: adrachm of the dried, root of monks rhubarb, with a {cruple of ginger,’ 
made into powder, and taken, fafting in a draught or mefs of warm broth, purgeth’ 
choler and phlegm downwards, very gently and fafely, without danger : the feed there- 
of, contraraly, doth bind the belly, and helpeth:to:ftay any fort of lask or bloody flux.’ 
The dittilled water thereof is very profitably ufed to heal fcabs, as alfo'foul ulcerous’ 
fores, and to allay the inflammation of them: The juice of the leaves or roots, or the 
decoction of them in vinegar, is ufed as a moft effectual aoate to — {cabs and 
running foress:. 
. The baftard-rhubarb coh all the properties = the monks rhubarb, but is more 
effectual for both inward and outward:difeafes. . The decoétion thereof, with vine-’ 
gar, dropped into the ears, taketh away the pains ; gargled in the mouth, taketh 
away the tooth-ach; and, being drunk, healeth the jaundice. The feed thereof’ 
ceafeth the gnawing and griping pains of the ftomach, and taketh away loathing. 
‘The root thereof _helpeth the ruggednefs of the nails, and, being boiled in wine, 
helpeth the fwelling of the throat, commonly called the King’ s evil, as alfo the {wel- 
lings of the kernels, of the ears. . It helpeth them that are troubled with the ftone, 
provoketh urine, and helpeth the dimnefs of the fight, The roots of this baftard- 
rhubarb are ufed in opening and purging diet-drinks with other things to open the 
liver, and to cleanfe and cool the blood.. : 
The properties of that which is called the Englith rhubarb are he iste with the 
former, but much more effeétual, and hath all the properties of the true Indian rhu- 
barb, except the force in purging, wherein it is but of half the ftrength thereof, aad. 
: erelore a double quantity muft be ufed ; it likewife hath not that bitternefs and 
+s on; in other things it worketh almoft in an equal quality, which are thefe:. 
geth the body of choler and phlegm, being either taken of itfelf, made into pow- 
nd drunk in a draught of white wine, or fteeped therein all night, and taken 
put among other purges, as Shall befthought Seeprenie nt, -cleanfings the 
i ome Gdes ; ‘< and alfo i it ftayeth fpitting of blood. T he sates taken 
and alittle Venice turpentine, cleanfeth the reins, and ftrength- 
fectual to ftay the running of thereins. It is alfo given for. 
= n the head, for thofe that are troubled with ne 
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