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and.inflammations, to quench thirft, to ftrengthen a weak ftomach, to pracure an 
appetite, to {tay vomiting, and is very excellent in any contagious ficknefs, or pefti- 
lential fever. The fyrup made of the juice is effectual in all. the cafes aforefaid, and 
fo.is the diftilled water of the herb. Spunges or linen cloths wet in the juice, and 
applied outwardly to any hot fwellings or inflammations, do much. cool and help 
them. The fame juice taken, and gargled in the mouth, for fome time, and fre- 
quently repeated, doth wonderfully help a ftinking canker or ulcers therein, Itis | 
of fingular fervice for wounds in any part of the body, to ftay the bleeding, and to 
cleanfe.and heal the wounds; and helpeth to ftay any hot defluxions into the nes. 
or lungs, and cleanfeth the vifcera. 
SO We THISTLES. 
: SOW-THISTLES grow in every part of this Kingdom, and are fo well ae 
that they need no defcription. — : 
o(Puace. ‘They grow in our gardens and manured grounds, and fometimes bi oi 
. Falls: the path-fides of fields and highways. 
GovERNMENT AND Virtues. This and the former are ote the influerice of 
Venus. Sow-thiftles are cooling, and fomewhat binding, and are very fit to cool an 
. ot | ftomach, and to eafe the gnawing pains thereof. The herb, boiled in wine, is 
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very helpful to ftay the diffolution of the ftomach ; and the milk that is taken frora 
the ftalks when they are broken, given in drink, is beneficial to thofe that are fhort © 
winded. Pliny faith, that it hath caufed the gravel and ftone to be voided by urine, 
and that the eating thereof helpeth a ftinking breath. The faid juice, taken in warm 
drink, helpeth the ftranguary. “The decoétion of the leaves and ftalks caufeth abun- 
dance of milk in nurfes, and their children to be well coloured, and is good for thofe 
whofe milk doth curdle in their breafts. The juice boiled or thoroughly heated 
with a little oil of bitter almonds in the peel of a pomegranate, and dropped into the 
ears, is a fure remedy for deafnefs, fingings, and all other difeafes, “in them. The 
herb bruifed, or the juice, is profitably applied to all hot inflammations in the eyes, 
or wherefoever elfe, and for wheals, blifters, or other the like eruptions, or heat, i in ~ 
the fkin Ap. for the. heat and itching of the hemorrhoids, and the heat and fharp- 
‘nefs of hur the fecret parts ‘of manor woman. The diftilled water of the : 
herb is not aie effeetual for all the difeafes aforefaid, to be taken inwardly with eet 
ttle: fagar,, (which. medicine. the daintieft ftomach will not refufe,) but outwardly, — 
ying. cloths or -fpunges wetted therein, It is good | for women iia 
‘figs oe Dey to clear ‘thes : kin, and tc 10 § give a luftre thereto.. ‘The virtue. “sd = E 
