3 «=. CULPEPERssENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
(GovERNMENT AnD Virtvss.1}, Thisalfo isan herb. of Venus, and. an) excellent 
herb for, the womb, to ftrengthen it, and,remedyall the cold griefs of.ir, as plantane 
doth the hot, The herb _bruifed and hung about the neck, helps.the, head-ach,) 
Vervain is hot and dry, bitter, opening -obftruétions, cleanfing and healing. Ivhelp- 
eth the yellow jaundice, the dropfy, and the gout, the defects of the reins and lungs, 
and generally all inward pains and torments of the body, the leaves being boiled and 
drunk. The fame is held to be goad againft the bitings of ferpents, and other veno- 
mous beafis; and again{t the plague, and both tertian and quartan:agues; killeth — 
and expelleth worms in)the,belly, and caufeth a good colour in the face andi body; 
ftrengtheneth as well as correcteth the difeafes of the ftomach and lungs, coughs, 
thortnels of breath, and saeebngss and is fingular oad againft the dropty, tebe 
defetts as se reins and bladder, to ‘ea haan of thofe ‘malate shat mae a 
flone ; and helpeth to break. the ftone,.and to expel gravel. It confolidateth, and 
healeth alfo all wounds both inward and outward, and ftayeth bleedings; andy. ufed 
with fome honey, healeth all old ulcers and fiftulas in the legs or other parts of the 
body, as alfo thofe ulcers that happen in the mouth ; OF, ufed with old hogs, greafe, 
it helpeth the fwellings and pains of the fecret patts.in man or woman, as al{o the piles 
and hemorrhoids. Applied. with fome oil of rofes and vinegar unto the, forehead and 
temples, i it eafeth the inveterate pains and achs of the head, The leaves bruifed, ot 
the j juice of them mixed with fome vinegar, doth wonderfully cleanfe the kin,» and 
taketh away. morphew, freckles, and other fuch-like inflammations and deformities 
of the fkinin any part of the body. The diftilled water of the herb, when it is in its 
— full ftrength, dropped into the eyes, cleanfeth them from films, clouds, or mitts, that 
| = darken the fig at, and wonderfully ftrengtheneth the optic nerves, The faid water 
a is $ very powerful in all the difeafes aforefaid either inward of outward, whether they 
be ok corroding fores, or green wounds. | 
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