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with ginger, or Mastich. Let not the vulgar 
be too busy with it. 
Tuburnum. Or Toad-stools. Whether 
these be roots or no, it matters not much. 
for my part I know but little need of them, 
either in food or physic. 
Victorialis. A foreign kind of Garlick. 
They say, being hung about the neck of 
cattle that are blind suddenly, it helps 
them; and defends those that bear it, from 
evil spirits. 
Swallow-wort, and teazles were handled 
before. 
Ulmarie, Regine, prati, §c. Mead-sweet. 
Cold and dry, binding, stop fluxes, and 
the immoderate flowing of the menses: you 
may take a dram at a time. 
Urtice. Of Nettles. See the leaves. 
Zedoarie. Of Zedoary, or Setwall. This 
and Zurumbet, according to Rhasis, and 
Mesue, are all one; Avicenna thinks them 
different: I hold with Mesue; indeed they 
differ in form, for the one is long, the other 
round; they are both hot and dry in the 
second degree, expel wind, resist poison, 
stop fluxes, and the menses, stay vomiting, 
help the cholic, and kill worms; you may 
take half a dram at a time. 
Zingiberis. Of Ginger. Helps digestion, 
warms the stomach, clears the sight, and is 
profitable for old men: heats the joints, and 
therefore is profitable against the gout, 
expels wind; it is hot and dry in the second 
degree. 
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BARKS. 
A Pil Rad. Of the roots of Smallage. 
Take notice here, that the Barks both of 
this root, as also of Parsley, Fennel, &c. 
is all of the root which is in use, neither 
can it properly be called bark, for it is all 
the root, the hard pith in the middle ex- } 
_ cepted, which is always thrown away, when 
the roots are used. It is something hotter 
_ tod ifieter: then Racaley, and more: med | 
cinal; it opens stoppages, provokes urine, 
helps digestion, expels wind, and warms a 
cold stomach: use them like grass roots. 
Avellanarum. Of Hazel. The rind of 
the tree provokes urine, breaks the stone; 
the husks and shells of the nuts, dried and 
given in powder, stay the immoderate flux 
of the menses. 
Aurantiorum. Of Oranges. Both these, 
and also Lemons and Citrons are, of dif- : 
ferent qualities: the outward bark, viz. what 
looks red, is hot and dry, the white is cold 
and moist, the juice colder than it, the seeds 
hot and dry; the outward bark is that 
which here I am to speak to, it is somewhat 
hotter than either that of Lemons or 
Citrons, therefore it warms a cold stomach 
more, and expels wind better, but 
strengthens not the heart so much. 
Berber, &c. Barberries. The Rind of the 
tree according to Clesius, being steeped 
in wine, and the wine drank, purges choler, 
and is a singular remedy for the yellow 
jaundice. Boil it in white wine and drink 
it. See the directions at the begining. 
Cassia Lignea, §c. It is something more 
oily than Cinnamon, yet the virtues being 
not much different, I refer you thither. 
- Capparis Rad. Of Caper roots. See the _ 
roots. 
Castanearum. Of Chesnuts. The bark 
of the Chesnut tree is dry and binding, 
and stops fluxes. 
Cinnamonum. Cinnamon, and Cassia 
Lignea, are hot and dry in the second de- 
gree, strengthens the stomach, help diges- 
tion, cause a sweet breath, resist poison, 
provoke urine, and the menses, cause speedy _ 
delivery in women to travail, help coughs 
and defluxions of humours upon the lungs, — 
dropsy, and difficulty of urine. In ointments _ 
it takes away red pimples, and the like © 
deformities from the face. There is scarce 
a better remedy for women in labour, tha 
a dram of Cinnamon newly beaten in 
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