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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
hinders sleep; it quenches immoderate 
thirst, and breeds milk in nurses, distil it in 
May. 
Purslain water cools the blood and liver, 
quenches thirst, helps such as spit blood, 
have hot coughs, or pestilences. 
The distilled water of water Lily-flowers, 
cools the blood and the bowels, and all in- 
ternal parts of the body; helps such as have 
the yellow jaundice, hot coughs and pleuri- 
sies, the head-ache, coming of heat, fevers 
pestilential and not pestilential, as also 
hectic fevers. 
The water of Violet flowers, cools the 
blood, the heart, liver and lungs, over- 
heated, and quenches an insatiable desire 
of drinking, they are in their prime about 
the latter end of March, or beginning of 
April, according as the year falls out. 
The water of Sorrel cools the blood, 
heart, liver, and spleen: If Venice Treacle 
be given with it, it is profitable in pestilen- 
tial fevers, distil it in May. 
Endive and Succory water are excellent 
against heat in the stomach; if you take 
an ounce of either (for their operation is 
the same) morning and evening, four days 
one after another, they cool the liver, and 
cleanse the blood: they are in their prime 
in May. 
Fumitory water is usual with the city 
dames to wash their faces with, to take 
away morphey, freckles, and sun-burning; 
inwardly taken, it helps the yellow jaundice 
and itch, cleanses the blood, provokes 
_ sweat, strengthens the stomach, and 
cleanses the body of adust humours: it is 
in its prime in May and June. 
The water of Nightshade helps pains in 
the head coming of heat. Take heed you 
_ distil not the deadly Nightshade instead of 
_ the common, if you do, you may make mad 
_ work. Let such as have not wit enough to 
know them asunder, have wit enough to let 
them both alone till they do. 
d ei of wits bi ertingniahes : 
all heat against nature, helps head-aches 
coming of heat, and too long standing in 
the sun. Distil them in June or July. 
Colt’s-foot water is excellent for burns to 
wash the place with it; inwardly taken it 
helps Phthisicks and other diseases inci- 
dent to the lungs, distil them in May or 
June. 
The water of Distilled Quinces strength- 
ens the heart and stomach exceedingly, 
stays vomiting and fluxes, and strengthens 
the retentive faculty in man. 
Damask Rose water cools, comforts, and 
strengthens the heart, so doth Red Rose- 
water, only with this difference, the one is 
binding, the other loosening; if your body 
be costive, use Damask Rose water, because 
it is loosening: if loose, use red, because it 
is binding. 
White Rose water is generally known to 
be excellent against hot rheums, and in- 
flammations in the eyes, and for this it is 
better than the former. 
The water of Red Poppy flowers, called 
by many Corn-roses, because they grow so 
frequently amongst corn, cools the blood 
and spirits over-heated by drinking or 
labour, and is therefore excellent in surfets. 
Green Walnuts gathered about the latter — 
end of June or July, and bruised, and so 
stilled, strengthen the heart, and resist the 
pestilence. 
Plantain water helps the headache ; being 
dropped into the ear it helps the tooth-ache, 
helps the phthisicks, dropsy and fluxes, 
and is an admirable remedy for ulcers in 
the reins and bladder, to be used as com- 
mon drink: the herb is in its prime in May. 
Strawberry water cools, quenches thirst, 
clarifies the blood, breaks the stone, helps - 
all inward inflammations, especially those 
in the reins, bladder and passages of the 
urine; it strengthens the liver and helps 
the yellow jaundice. 
_ The distilled water of Dog grass, or 
Couch grass, as some call it, cleanses the 
