340 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
Jip WINTER ann SUMMER SAVORY... 
- BOTH thefe are fo well known, (being conftant inhabitants in our gardelis;) 
that they need no defcription. ¥ Ol 303 
~GoveRNMENT AND Virtues. Mercury claims the dominion over this herb. i 
isa remedy againft the cholic and iliac paffion: the fummer kind is the “beft.” “They 
are both of them hot and dry, efpécially the fummer kind, which is both fharp ‘and 
quick in tafte, expelling wind in the ftomach and bowels, and is a prefent help for 
the rifing of the mother procured by wind, provoketh urine, and is much commend! 
ed for wonien with child to take inwardly, and to fmell often to. It cutteth tough 
phlegm in the cheft and lungs, and helpeth to expeCtorate it the more eafily : quicken 
eth the dull {pirits in the lethargy, the juice thereof being fnuffed or caft up into the 
noftrils. The juice, dropped into the eyes, cleareth a dull fight, if it proceed of thin 
cold humours diftilling from the brain. The juice, heated with a little oil of rofes, 
and dropped into the ears, eafeth them of the noife and finging in them, and of deaf- 
nefs alfo. “Outwardly applied, with four, in manner of a poultice, it giveth eafe to 
the feiatica, and members having the palfy, heating and warming them ; and taketh 
away their pains.’ It alfo taketh away the pains that comes of ftinging by bees, 
wafps, or any venomous reptile, _ Ww 
SaaS is RO Ie 
TO defcribe a plant fo well known is needlefs, it being almoft in every garden, 
and remaining green all the winter. 
Government anp Virtuzs. It is under the dominion of Mars, being hot and 
dry inthe third degree, and, being of exceeding clean parts, is of a very digefting 
quality : if youdry the herb into powder, and mix it with honey, it is an excellent 
remedy to. cleanfe old filthy ulcers, and fiftulas; but it hinders them from healing. 
The fame is good to break carbuncles and plague fores; it alfo helpeth the king’s 
evil, being applied to the place: being fpread upon a piece of leather, and applied 
to the na rel, it kills the worms in the belly ; helps {cabs and the itch, running fores, 
ci ers, and ringworms ; and, being applied to the place, may happily cure 
ores... This.I thought proper to mention, as it may fafely be ufed outward- 
ly; but inward] it cannot be taken without manifeft danger, particularly to preg- 
DANE WOME OG Mie who are Tubjeh to fogdingy os vai. ss oo alsa 
— OG] co MMON WHITE SAXIFRAGE.. “ 
Dxseription, THIS hath a few {mall reddith kernels, covered with fome’ 
Akins lying among divers fmall’blackith fibres, which fend forth feveral round, faint, 
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