Chap. 225. Engltjh Herbs. ^07 



VI. ibe Phces. Dodder grows in AJia minor, or 



brdge^irf^Z^m Dlrf-E/der^'lni upon Nettles, 



on'' fever"al^ plants ^ij'rf //3°"'^-S, as%on 

 fern, &c. as alfo on feveral places on Bkck-hcM 



""^VII. Vhe Times"" iT'fiourifhes in July and Au- 

 guft, in which times, and alfo after, it bears its 



_ \m ""jhe %ud,tles. It is faid to be hot and dry 

 for the Qualities and Properties of this Herb much 



tered. It is Abfterfive, with an aftringent or bind- 

 ing Quality, efpecially that which grows upon the 



nifeft, that it receives z certain Quality from its 

 Parents, by whofe Juices it is nourifhed. That which 



fort of Cathartick or Purging Faculty with it. 



gainft Oppreffions of the Spleen, and Hypochon- 

 driack Melancholy. 



The Virtues. 



XI. The liquid Juice or Effence. It opens Ob- 

 ftruaions of the Liver and Spleen, and purges Me- 



Se^f ataftTVerd'^o^ M '^- ^"""f^ andispro- 

 terate Pains of the Head.' It prevails againlt faint- 

 ing and fwooning Fits, by carrying off the fliarp 

 and acrid Humois which caufe them. It is power- 

 ful againft Madnefs and Agues, efpecially Quartanes, 



. it is good againlt Hypochondriack Melancholy, fo 

 alfo it prevails againft thofe Difeafes which tliat Hu- 

 mor breeds, as Scirrhus, Cancer, Hardnefs of the 

 Spleen, Pain and Windinefs of tlie Spleen, Stop- 

 page of the Reins, Itch, Scabs, Leprofy, Elephan- 



purging Property, yet it alfo ftrengthens both Liver 

 and bpleen, and cures Agues in Children, if a little 



^'xiIL°Nom!° dJX'-7kJ^1s' peculiar for o- 

 pening Obftruaions of Liver, Spleen and Gall. 



Jaundice, and ftrengthens the Vifcera much. Dodder _ 



the Womb, and loofens the Belly. Dodder oj Thyme 

 comforts and warms a cold Stomach, and reftifies 

 the Difcrafy of the Blood and Humors, prevailing 

 againftoldHead-achs, the Megrim, Vertigo, Mad- 



Obttruaions of the Reins, Ureters and Blaader, 

 provoke Urine, expel Sand, Gravel and taitarous 

 Matter, and give eafe in the Strangury, expelling 



NawJe, Qualities 'and Properties o'f them on which 



work morfeffeaually for tho'fe Difeafes, whleui° 

 ^Dodder of Thyme, is'thM which, by all' fliylkiirl^' 

 cJ^^rT and doubtlefs is the bett of them alL to 



CHAP. CCXXV. 

 Of DOGS-BANE. 



LT->if £ mmes. It is called in Gr^^^, '^-d^^n,, 



perty : in Tatin, Apcynum, and Feriploca : in E^i- 

 ' II. The Kinds. There are five kinds hereof, viz. 



7fp7"s,^cSmh!ihJgs-i^nt^0T^^^^ 

 leav'd upright Dogs-bane. ^. Apocynum folio an- 

 gujh Salicis, Willow-leav'd Dogs-bane. The Ame- 

 ftifolium AmenlanuM, The lefTer upright narrow- 



