Chap. 304. EngUfl j Beds. 



Ahiithwli/i lets them forth, both by his Ddcription 

 and figure : but Label mi. Lugdunenfis fay they — 

 Star-fa()iion, like unto the Chelidonium minits, 



his Figure, with tlie Flowers of Common Fumit 

 like little Birds, and not Star-faftiion, like thof 



come forth, or long Pods or Cods, like tothe Che- 



Corn-fields, almoft every where, as in Gardens 

 Cornwall : it grows in &r/<j-fields, and amo 

 places. The fecond grows in many places in & 



be found in feveral othei parts of this Kingdom, 

 in Ihily, as on the Hills of Apulia and Cakbria^h 



otlier places : but with us it grows in Gardens. 



IX. The Times. The firft three flower from the 

 beginning oi May^ and continue flowering thro' al: 

 mean Seafon. But the fourrh or Tellow kind begins 



Seed ripens quickly after. This is alfo to be noted. 

 That if you would gather Fumitory to dry r- '•"-' 



405 



Pnfltc ^ "^^ ^^^ ""'" "^ Pimples, Wheals, 

 V t './u""i''' Kj"g»*o™s, Scurff, Morphew 

 After pur in 1'°^' """^ '''^ ^'^^ Breakings out! 

 leaving any evil Qyality behind it. *^^''' "°' 



but more^ffiSus' ^'d"' '^^ '^' ^°™" ^^^' 

 fo T^/ ?f^i'*''3^1%e'Diftafe arifint ItZVfl 

 M^J^chofe gXufc?"^£rS^,S 



gre^Hei'' & thYvf ^'' ™- ' "*"*•' ^.''^^' °^ 



rgh^oJbVgiv'^n''SLwi?h^a^^ 

 Syrup of W^ y,,, or Syrup of Lchll 

 loms, or Tinfture of Sena Sec fo given it not on 

 ^g«ns all Obftmaions, but is very effeaual a' 



X. T}>e Qualities, fumitory is cold am 

 the firft Degree ; Aperitive, Abfterfive, C 

 and Diuretick ; Peaoral, Hepatick, Splero 

 Nephritick i a little athartick and Al 



. XL The Specification. It is fingular againft all 

 forts of Scabs, Itch, Wheals, Pimples, Puflies, 

 Scurff, Morphew, Tettars, Ringworms, Herpes: ' 

 other Defedations of the Skin, arifing from J 

 and (harp Humors. It provokes Urine, helps the 

 Strangury, and opens all Obftruaions of the Vif- 

 XII. The Preparations. You may have 'there- 

 ftom, 1. A liquid Juice. 2. An EJJence. 3. A 

 Syrup. 4. A Decoffion in Water or Wine. J. A 

 Fouder of the dried Herb. 6. A Collyritm 7 A 

 Cataplafm. 8. A dijVilled Water. <). A Spirituous 

 TinSure. lo. An Acid TMure. \i. A Saline 



XIII. T&. liquid Juice. It opens, deanfes and 

 ftrengtliens, being taken four or five Spoonfuls at a 

 time in the Morning aft.ng, mixt with a Glafs of 

 White Port Wine. It purges a little downwards, 

 hut more efpecially if mixed with an Infufion of 

 Semi in Wine. It opens all Obftruftions ' 



XVn. The Fouder of the I 

 with- half a 



h°and"l 



01 It being mixed with' half a Dram of the Pouder 

 ofE/ula Root, and given in five or fix Spoonfuls of 



h Wind, it may be good to correa it with *a 



drops of Oil oi Ajiife or Fennel See± or with 



Pouder of the fame. 



VIII. The CoIIyrium. TaAe of the Juice or 

 EJfence of Fumitory three Ounces, Sftitled Water of 

 Fumitory, Honey, of each one Ounce, mix them. It 

 is an excellent thing againft fore, uiflamed, running 

 and watery Eyes. A fore Mouth and Throat alio 



RednefsVnd other Defeas fn them. ^ l/tbeluice is 

 mixed in equal parts with Juice of Sharp-pointed 

 Docks and Wine Vinegar, and a contaminated Skin 

 be waflied therewith, n cures it of all forts of Scabs, 

 Itch, Wheals, Pimples, Puflies, Scurff, Morphew, 

 ^c. whether in the Face or Hands, or in any other 

 Pan ©f the Body. 



XIX. Tim Cataplafm. It is an exceUent thing 

 being applied to fimple and recent Contufions, dif 

 cufling the Tumor, and hindering a farther Afflux 

 of Humors to the Part : and being applied to any 

 Defoedation of the Skin, it cleanfes it, remov^ it, 

 and quickly cures the lame. AppUed to the Gout 

 in Hands or Feet, it eafes the Pain, and hinders the 

 farther Afflux of Humors to the Part- 



ufed as a Vehiculum, to convey any of the other 

 Preparations in, down into the Btody. Tragus fays 

 it conduces much againft the Plague, being taken 



of the Body J and has been found very effeaual a- 

 gamft the Dropfy, Scurvy, Jaundice, Gout and 



