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troublesome cough that women call the 
Chincough; they exceedingly break the 
stone, provoke urine, and help such as can- 
not hold their necks upright. Boil them in 
white wine. 
Usnea. Moss; once before. 
FLOWERS. 
Boraae, and Bugloss flowers strengthen 
_the brain, and are profitable in fevers. 
Chamomel flowers, heat and assuage 
swellings, inflammation of the bowels, dis- 
solve wind, are profitably given in clysters 
or drink, to such as are troubled with the 
cholic, or stone. 
Stechea, opens stoppings in the cls; 
and strengthens the whole body. 
Saffron powerfully concocts, and sends 
out whatever humour offends the body, 
drives backinflammations,applied outward- 
ly, encreases venery, and provokes urine. 
Clove-Gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, 
Strengthens the heart, liver, and stomach, 
and provoke venery. 
Schenanth (which I touched slightly 
amongst the herbs) provokes urine po- 
tently, provokes the menses, breaks wind, 
helps such as spit or vomit blood, eases 
pains of the stomach, reins, and spleen, 
helps dropsies, convulsions, and inflamma- 
tions of the womb. 
Lavender-flowers, resist all cold afflic- 
tions of the brain, convulsions, falling-sick- 
ness, they strengthen cold stomachs, and 
Open obstructions of the liver, they provoke 
urine and the menses, bring forth the birth 
and placenta. 
Hops, open stoppings of the bowels, and 
for that cause beer is better than ale. 
Balm-flowers, cheer the heart and vital 
Spirits, strengthen the stomach. 
Rosemary-flowers, strengthen the brain 
mrmiaes and resist madnes; — the 
Winter-Gilliflowers, or Wall-flowers, 
help inflammation of the womb, provoke 
the menses, and help ulcers in the mouth. 
Honey-suckles, provoke urine, ease the 
pains of the spleen, and such as can hardly 
fetch their breath. 
Mallows, help coughs. 
Red Roses, cool, bind, strengthen both 
vital and animal virtue, restore such as are 
in consumptions, strengthen. There are so 
many compositions of them which makes me 
more brief in the simples. 
Violets, (to wit, the blue ones,) cool ar 
moisten, provoke sleep, loosen the belly, 
resist fevers, help inflammations, correct 
the heat of choler, ease the pains in the 
head, help the roughness of the wind-pipe, 
diseases of the throat, inflammations in the 
breast and sides, plurisies, open stoppings 
of the liver, and help the yellow jaundice. 
Chicory, (or Succory as the vulgar call 
it) cools and strengthens the liver, so doth 
Endive. 
Water lilies ease pains of the head com- 
ing of choler and heat, provoke sleep, cool 
inflammations, and the heat in fevers. 
Pomegranate-flowers, dry and bind, stop 
fluxes, and the menses. 
Cowslips, strengthen the brain, senses, 
and memory, exceedingly, resist all dis- 
eases there, as convulsions, falling-sickness, 
palsies, &c. 
Centaury, purges choler and _ gross 
humours helps the yellow jaundice, opens 
obstructions of the liver, helps pains of the 
spleen, provokes the menses, brings away 
birth and afterbirth. 
Elder flowers, help dropsies, cleanse the 
blood, clear the skin, open stoppings of the 
_ liver and spleen, and diseases arising repnial & 
from. = 
| Bean-flowers, clear the BTN stop oe 
humours flowing into the eyes. i 
Peach-tree flowers, purge choler_ pent} 
_ Broom-flowers, purge water, an 
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