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roots; they purge flegm, and that with such 
violence, that I would advise the country 
man that knows not how to correct them, 
to let them alone. 
Cinare, §c. Of Artichokes. The roots 
purge by urine, whereby the rank savour 
of the body is much amended. 
Cynoglosse, §c. Of Hounds-tongue. 
Cold and dry: being roasted and laid to 
the fundament, helps the hemorrhoids, is 
also good for burnings and scaldings. 
Curcume. Of Turmerick, hot in the third 
degree, opens obstructions, is profitable 
against the yellow jaundice, and cold dis- 
temper of the liver and spleen, half a dram 
being taken at night going to bed in the 
pulp of a roasted apple, and if you add a 
little saffron to it, it will be the better by 
far. 
Cyperi utriusque, longi, rotundi. Of Cyp- 
erus Grass, or English Galanga, both sorts, 
long and round: is of a warm nature, pro- 
vokes urine, breaks the stone, provokes the 
menses ; the ashes of them (being burnt) is 
used for ulcers in the mouth, cankers, &c. 
Dauci. Of Carrots. Are moderately hot 
and moist, breed but little nourishment, and 
are windy. 
Dentaria majoris, $e. Of Toothwort, 
toothed violets, or corralwort: they are dry- 
ing, binding, and strengthening; are good 
to ease pains in the sides and bowels; also | 
being boiled, the decoction is said to be 
geod to wash green wounds and ulcers 
with, 
Dictamni. Of Dittany: is hot and dry 
in the third degree, hastens travail in 
Women, provokes the menses. (See the 
leaves.) 
Doronici. Of Doronicum, a supposed 
kind of Wolfs bane: It is hot and dry in 
the third degree, strengthens the heart, is a 
Sovereign cordial, and preservative against 
the pestilence: it helps the vertigo or 
swimming of the head, is admirable against 
the bitings of venomous beasts, and such as } 
have taken too much opium, as also for 
lethargies, the juice helps hot rheums in the 
eyes; a scruple of the root in powder is 
enough to take at one time. 
Dracontii, Dracunculi. 
attribute divers herbs to this name. It is 
most probable that they mean dragons, the 
roots of which cleanse mightily, and take 
away proud, or dead flesh, the very smell 
of them is hurtful for pregnant women: out- 
wardly in ointments, they take away scurf, 
morphew, and sun-burning; I would not 
wish any, unless very well read in physic, 
to take them inwardly. Matthiolus, Dios- 
corides. 
Ebuli. Of Dwarf Elder, Walwort, or 
Danewort; hot and dry in the third degree, 
the roots are as excellent a purge for the 
dropsy as any under the sun. You may 
take a dram or two drams (if the patient 
be strong) in white wine at a time. 
Echij. Of Vipers Bugloss, or wild Bug- 
loss. This root is cold and dry, good for 
such as are bitten by venomous beasts, 
either being boiled in wine and drank, or 
bruised and applied to the place: being 
boiled in wine and drank, it encreaseth milk 
in nurses. 
Ellebori, Veratri, albi nigri. Of Helle- 
bore white and black. The root of white 
Hellebore, or sneezewort, being grated and 
snuffed up the nose, causeth sneezing; kills 
rats and mice being mized with their meat. 
Black Hellebore, Bears-foot, or Christ- 
mas flower: both this and the former are hot 
and dry in the‘third degree. This is neither 
so violent nor dangerous as the former. 
Enule Campane Helenij. Of Elecam- 
pane. It is hot and dry in the third degree, 
wholesome for the stomach, resists poison, 
helps old coughs, and shortness of breath, 
helps ruptures, and provokes lust; in oint- 
ments, it is good against scabs and itch. = 
Endive, &. Of Endive, Garden Endive, — 
which is the root here specified, is held to be 
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