Chap, lOO. Ennlilh H^y/jr. 



ufHally i 

 to a kar. 



IV. 77,v ? laces. It grows in many places of this 

 re^HigllTOy'Tetween S/<w« and Egham, and 'be" 



^^tT^ln Swwo Miles fi 



VI. -The ^ualitie,. It is temperate as to heat and 



keds to "bVho" and dry, 'digeftive,''alfo difraffive! 

 Meurotick, Splenetick, and Hyfterick ; Alterative, 



VII. The Specification. It is Angular againft die 

 lain and hardnefs of the Spleen. 



VIII. T/v Preparations. You may keep hereof, 

 I. The Juice. 2. The Ejjence. 7,. 'Fhe Saline T,n- 

 lurc. 1. T]^e Oily Tini'lure. j. A Fouder of the 

 ^oot. 6. A Pou/er of the Seed. 7. A Conferve oj 

 'he Roots. 8. A Salt. 9. A Deccliion of the Roots. 

 10. A I^ion, or Wajh. 11. A Cataplafm of the 



IX. Ml thefe Preparations have the fame Vir- 

 tues, Ufes, and Dofes, with thofe of the far 



:his Plant, nc 

 feZe^DeceOion'^otion, and C 

 . The E/Tf J^.°Tftrikes at t 



in theSeaio 

 X. The f „ 

 Lcprofic, prevails againft Faintings and Swooni: 



^^XI.'"/'^ Decoilion. It is to be made with Win 

 and has the Virtues of the Elfence ; it confum 

 the hardnefs of the Spleen, being taken inward 

 Morning, Noon, and Night, to fix ounces, and 

 often bathed warm upon the part affefted. 



XII. The Lotion. It h made of the Burs, before 

 they are ripe, being bruifed and laid to fteep in Wa- 

 ter, or Wine, in which a little Nitre U dijjolved, for 

 twenty jour hours. It difcufles Tumors, and gives 

 cafe in Pains, being bathed warm upon the parts 

 affeaed. If the Hair is fometimes wafhed there- 

 lent Gargle for a fore Mouth and Throat, 

 away the Inflammation, and healing of it ir 



XIIL 'he Cataplafm. It is made cf the I 



CHAP. C. 

 0/ BUTTER-BUR. 



1 In Latin, PetaJItes ; ( from tiie hrgenefrof 

 lie Leal, it being large like m-nnr, a Hat : ) Ibms 

 ike it to be '\pvo, Theophrajli, and fome to be Per- 

 Wata Plinij : In Englifl) it is called alfo Petajiies, 

 nd Butter-Bur : The Germans call it Pejltlence- 



