go CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
opening in the morning, fadeth at night; which occafioned the Spaniards to call the 
whole plant buenas noches, that is, good night. Gerrard defcribes the farfaparilla'to 
be the roots of a fhrub, having leaves like ivy; but faith nothing of the flowers oF 
fruit, which it may be believed were not then difcovered. 
‘Prace anp Time. The two firft grow in Italy, Spain, and other warm countries, 
whether continent or ifles, throughout Europe and Afia. The third is found only 
in the Weit Indies; the belt is faid to come from the Honduras, others not fo good 
from other places, as the fertility or Barrennefs of the ground, and the temperature 
of the climate, “afford i it; and it hath ripe | berries early in hot countries. se 
GovreRNMENT anp Virturs. © Thefe are all plants of Mars, of an healing quali- 
ty, howfoever ufed ; Diofcorides faith, that both leaves and berries, being drunk be- 
fore or after any deadly poifon is taken, are a remedy there-againtt, ferving to expel 
it. . In is faid alfo, that, if toa new-born child fome of the juree of the berries hereof 
be given, it fhall not be hurt by poifon ever after; it is given as an antidote againit 
all forts of poifon and venomaus things: if twelve or fixteen of the berries, being 
beaten to powder, be given in wine, it procureth urine, when it is {topped ; the dif- 
tilled water of the flowers, being drunk, worketh the fame effect, and cleanfeth the 
reins, and affuageth inward inflammations. If theeyes be wathed therewith, it taketh 
‘away all heat and rednefs in them ; and, if the fores of the legs be wathed therewith, 
it healeth them thoroughly. The true farfaparilla i is held generally not to heat, but 
rather to dry, the humours yet it is eafily perceived, that it doth not only dry the 
humours, but wafteth them away, by a fecret ancl hidden property therein ; much 
| whereof i is performed by {weatirg, which it promateth very effectually, Iris much 
uted j in many kinds of difeafes ;. as, in all cold Auxes fromthe head and brain, rheums, 
and Catarths, as alfo i in all cold griefs of the ftomach, and expelleth wind very power- 
fully. Tt helpeth not only the French difeafe, but all manner of achs in the finews | 
: or, or joints ; ‘all running fores in the legs, all phlegmatic {wellings, tetters, or ringworms, 
een manner © of {pots, and foulnefs of the fkin : # is not proper to be given to thofe 
N ip Se are over hot, or to fuch as have agues. In former times, it was uled 
e to powder, and fo drunk ; others ufed to boil it until i it became tender, wich, 
Fs : or broken, was afterwards ftrained into the decoétion, making a kind 
co} chick drink like cream. Some others, and that moft uf ually, boilisd it in water, 0 
the half, or the confumption of the third part, as they would have it f{ ronger or weak- 
er, and that either by itfelf or with other things proper for the difea, fe it was is intend 
ed for; and others alfo put it amongst other things for drink, 
An excellent ‘diet-drink may. be made.as follows :. take. aca: vite, ge is 
guaiacum, nine ounces; bark of the fame, two ounces, faffafras one ounce, farlaps- 
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