AND COMPLETE HERBAL. 373 
Mf rworovsn. WAX, oR THOROUGH- LEAF, 
Description. COMMON thorough-wax fendeth forth one ftraight round ftalk, 
arid fornétimes' more, two feet high and better, whofe lower leaves; being of a bluith. 
green colour, are fmaller and narrower than thofe up higher, and ftand clofe thereto; 
not compaffing it, but, as they grow higher, they more and more encompafs’ the 
ftalk, until it wholly:(as it were) pafs' through them, branching towards the top into 
many parts, where the leaves crow fmaller again, every one ftanding fingly. Fhe 
flowers are very {mall and yellow, ftanding in:tufts at:thevheads of the -branchesy 
where afterwards grow the feed, and blackifh, many thick thruft together. Phe 
root is fmall, long, and woody, perifhing every year after feed-time, and rifing again 
plentifully of its own fowing, 
- Puacs. It is found growing.in many corn-fields and. pafture-grounds in Great 
Britain. La Pe 
Time. It flowereth in July, and the feed isripein Augufs . ..._ Ae 
GovERNMENT AND Virtuss. Both this and the former are under the in uence AP, 
Saturn. Thorough-wax is of fingular good ufe for all forts of bruifes and wounds, 
either inward or Badard! and old ulcers and fores likewife, if the decoction of the 
herb with water or wine be drunk, and the places wafhed therewith, or the juice, or 
green herb bruifed or boiled, either by itfelf or with other herbs, in oil or hog’s 
greafe, to’be made into an ointment to ferve all the year. The decoction of the herb, 
or the powder of the dried herb, taken inwardly, and the fame, or the gfeen leaves, 
bruifed and applied outwardly, i is fingular good. to cure ruptures and burftings, elpe- 
cially i in nchildren, before they be too old. | | 
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Goaane NigenTeA ‘AND Stliee, It is under the. government. ot Ve enus., T de her’ 
isa notable ftrengthener of the lungs’. there is fearcely a better remedy growing for: 
that difeafe in children which they commonly call the chin-cough. It purgeth. the: 
body of phlegm, and is an excellent remedy for fhorthefs'of breath: it kills wormsin 
the belly. An. ointment-made‘of. it takes-away ‘hot {wellings and warts, helps the 
Ss ened Sind canes —, iene the fpleen, Ic is exe 
pels wind, 
