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Roses is much usod against heat and inflammations in the 

 head, to anoint the forehead and temples, and being mixt 

 wi(h Unguentum-Populncum, to procure rest ; it is also 

 used ior the licat of the liver, the back and reins, and to 

 cool and heal pushes, wheals, and other red pimples rising 

 in the face or other parts. Oil of Hoses is not only used 

 by itscU to cool any hot swellings or inflammations, and. 

 to bind and stay iliixes or humours unto sores, but is also 

 put into ointments and plaisters that are cooling and 

 binding, and restraining the flux of humours. The dried 

 leaves of the red Rosis are used both inwardly and out- 

 wardly, both cooling, binding, and cordial, for with them 

 are made both Aromaiicuin liosarurn, Diarr hodon JbbattSy 

 and Succharum Ilosariim, each of whose properties are 

 before declared. Rose leaves and mint, heated and ap- 

 plied outwardly to the stomach, stay castings, and very 

 much strengthen a weak stomach ; and applied as a 

 fomentation to the region of the liver and heart, do much 

 cool and temper them, and also serve instead of a Rose- 

 cake (as is said before) to quiet the over-hot spirits, and 

 cause rest and sleep. The syrup of Damask Roses is 

 both sim])le and compound, and made with agaric. The 

 simple solutive syrup is a familiar, safe, gentle and easy 

 medicine, purging choler, taken from one ounce to three 

 or four, yet this is remarkable herein, that the distilled' 

 water of this syrup should notably bind the belly. The 

 syrup with agaric is more strong and eiTe6tual, for one 

 ounce thereof by itself will open the body more than the 

 other, and worketh as much on phlegm as choler. The 

 compound sj rup is more forcible in working on melaa> 

 cliolic hinniiurs; and available against the leprosy, itch, 

 tetters, 6cc. also hoiiey of Roses solutive is made of the 

 same infusions that the syrup is made of, and therefore 

 ■worketh the same ctfe6l, both opening and purging, but 

 is offener given to phlegmatic than choleric persons, and 

 is more used i?! clysters than in potions, as the syrup 

 made witli sugar is. The conserve and preserved leaves- 

 o.f those Roses are also operative in gently opening the 

 belly. 



The simple water of the damask Roses is chiefly used 

 for fumes to sweeten things, as the dried leaves thereof 

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