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narrow leaves finely dented about the edges, 
standing one above another up to the tops. 
The flowers are many and white, standing 
in tufts like those of yarrow, with a small, 
yellowish thrum in the middle. The seed 
is very small. 
Place.| The last grows in fields by the 
hedge sides and paths, almost every where. 
Time.] It flowers at the latter end of 
June and July. 
Government and virtues.] It is under the 
government of Mercury, and I am per- 
suaded it is one of the best purgers of the 
brain that grows, An ounce of the juice 
taken in a draught of muskadel an hour 
before the fit of the ague comes, it will 
assuredly drive away the ague at the second 
or third time taken at the farthest. Either 
the herb or root dried and chewed in the 
mouth, purges the brain of phlegmatic 
humours; thereby not only easing pains in 
the head and teeth, but also hinders the 
distilling of the brain upon the lungs and 
eyes, thereby preventing coughs, phthisicks 
and consumption, the apoplexy and falling 
Sickness. It is an excellently approved 
remedy in the lethargy. The powder of the 
herb or root being snuffed up the nostrils, 
Procures sneezing, and eases the head-ache ; 
being made into an anointment with hog’s 
tease, it takes away black and blue spots 
Occasioned by blows or falls, and helps 
both the gout and sciatica. 
PELLITORY OF THE WALL. 
Descript.| Ir rises with brownish, red, 
tender, weak, clear, and almost transparent 
Stalks, about two feet high, upon which 
Stow at the joints two leaves somewhat 
broad and long, of a dark green colour, 
which afterwards turn brownish, smooth on 
the edges, but rough and hairy, as the stalks 
are also. At the joints with the leaves from 
the middle of the stalk upwards, where it 
| oe branches, stand many small, 
are): 
| distilled water of the herb drank with 
or husks, after which come small, black, 
rough seed, which will stick to any cloth or 
garment that shall touch it. The root is 
somewhat long, with small fibres thereat, of 
a dark reddish colour, which abides the 
Winter, although the stalks and leaves 
perish and spring every year. 
Place.| It grows wild generally through 
the land, about the borders of fields, and by _ 
the sides of walls, and among rubbish. It | 
will endure well being brought up in gar- 
dens, and planted on the shady side, where 
it will spring of its own sowing. 
Time.] It flowers in June and July, and 
the seed is ripe soon after. 
Government and virtues.] It is under the 
dominion of Mercury. The dried herb 
Pellitory made up into an electuary with 
honey, or the juice of the herb, or the de- 
coction thereof made up with sugar or 
honey, is a singular remedy for an old or 
dry cough, the shortness of breath, and 
wheezing in the throat. Three ounces of 
the juice thereof taken at a time, doth won- 
derfully help stopping of the urine, and to 
expel the stone or gravel in the kidneys or 
bladder, and is therefore usually put among 
other herbs used in clysters to mitigate 
pains in the back, sides, or bowels, pro- 
ceeding of wind, stopping of urine, the 
gravel or stone, as aforesaid. If the bruised 
herb, sprinkled with some muskadel, be 
warmed upon a tile, or in a dish upon a 
few quick coals in a chafing-dish, and ap- 
plied to the belly, it works the same effect. 
The decoction of the herb being drank, 
eases pains of the mother, and brings down — 
women’s courses: It also eases those griefs 
that arise from obstructions of the liver, — 
‘spleen, and reins. The same decoction, with 
a little honey added thereto, is good 2: 
gargle a sore throat. The juice held a while 
in the mouth, eases pains in the teeth. The 
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