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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Sarse-Pariglie. Of Sarsa-Parilla, or 
Bind-weed; somewhat hot and dry, helpful 
against pains in the head, and joints; they 
provoke sweat, and are used familiarly in 
drying diet drinks. 
Satyrij utriusque. Of Satyrion, each 
sort. They are hot and moist in temper, pro- 
voke venery, and increase seed ; each branch 
bears two roots, both spongy, yet the one 
more solid than the other, which is of most 
virtue, and indeed only to be used, for some 
say the most spongy root is quite contrary 
in operation to the other, as the one in- 
creaseth, the other decreaseth. 
Sazifragie albe. Of white Saxifrage, in 
Sussex we call them Lady-smocks. The 
roots powerfully break the stone, expel 
wind, provoke urine, and cleanse the reins. 
Sanguisorbe. A kind of Burnet. 
Scabiosa. Of Scabious. The roots either 
boiled, or beaten into powder, and so taken, 
help such as are extremely troubled with 
scabs and itch, are medicinal in the french 
disease, hard swellings, inward wounds, 
being of a drying, cleansing, and healing 
faculty. 
Scordij. Of Scordium, or Water-Ger- 
mander. See the herb. 
Scille. Of Squills. See vinegar, and 
wine of Squills, in the compound. 
Scropularie, §c. Of Figwort. The roots 
being of the same virtue with the herb, I 
refer you thither. 
_ Scorzonere. Of Vipers grass. The root 
cheers the heart, and strengthens the vital 
spirits, resists poison, helps passions and 
tremblings of the heart, faintness, sadness, 
and melancholy, opens stoppings of the 
liver and spleen, provokes the menses, ease 
women of the fits of the mother, and helps 
_ Swimmings in the head. 
_ Seseleos. Of Seseli, or Hartwort. The 
<2 gp oke urine, and help the falling- 
__ Sisari, secacul. Of Scirrets. They are 
thing windy, as all roots are; by reason of 
which, they provoke venery, they stir up 
appetite, and provoke urine. 
Sconchi. Of Sow-thistles. See the herb. 
Spine albe, Bedeguar. The Arabians 
called our Ladies-thistles by that name; the 
roots of which are drying and binding, stop 
fluxes, bleeding, take away cold swellings, 
and ease the pains of the teeth. 
Spatule fetide. Stinking Gladon, a kind 
of Flower-de-luce, called so for its unsay- 
ory smell. It is hot and dry in the third 
degree; outwardly they help the king’s evil, 
soften hard swellings, draw out broken 
bones: inwardly taken, they help convul- 
sions, ruptures, bruises, infirmities of the 
lungs. 
Tamarisci. Of Tamaris. See the herbs, 
and barks. e 
Tanaceti. Of Tansie. The root eaten, is 
a singular remedy for the gout: the rich 
may bestow the cost to preserve it. 
Thapsi, §c. A venomous foreign root: 
therefore no more of it. 
Tormentille. Of Tormentil. A kind of 
Singfoil; dry in the third degree, but mod- 
erately hot; good in pestilences, provokes 
sweat, stays vomiting, cheers the heart, ex- 
pels poison. 
Trifolij. Of Trefoil. See the herb. 
Tribuli Aquatici. Of Water Caltrops. 
The roots lie too far under water for me to 
reach to. 
Trachellij. Of Throat-wort: by some 
called Canterbury Bells: by some Coventry 
Bells. They help diseases and ulcers in the 
throat. 
Trinitatis herbe. Hearts-ease, or Pan- 
sies. I know no great virtue they have. 
Tunicis. I shall tell you the virtue when 
I know what it is. 
Tripolij. The root purges flegm, expels 
Turbith. The root purges flegm, (being 
hot in the third degree) chiefly from the 
