Lib. II. Of Cures ChyrurgicaL 305 



DAtes are hot and moift in the fecond Degree : They do refoWe and 

 difperfe things knic together. 

 Diaeatholican purgeth all offcnfive HiHUours which offend the Body what- 

 foever. 



Diafhcenicm or Diaphenicm, purgeth Wind exceedingly, and comforteth 

 all Gritfs of the Belly which arc begot by crude Humours, fpringing from 

 Cholicks or fuch-like Pains, 



Diahea or Dialthaa, is an Ointment made of Holy-Hox, or Sea Mallow : 

 It warmeth and moiftneth. 



Dragon-u*ort is hot and dry, and bindeth much. 



E 



E6«/i, which we call Elder, is hot and dry in the third Dep.ree ; it dri- 

 .ch, and drivethout Water, and expelleth Choler and thin Flegm. See 

 Sambucus. 



EUera terrefris^ which we cat! Ground Ivy. See Hedera. 



Elaierium. See Cucumeri. 



EUeboroy which we call netzing Powder ; of it are two kinds, the white 

 and black : It is hot and dry in the third Degree. 



Erucaj which we call Rocket, and o\ which the Wild is the beft ; the 

 Seeds therof are hot and dry, and expelleth Urine, Worms and Water. 



Elufaj which is an Herb like Spurge ; it is hot in the fourth Degree, and 

 drietb and cleanfeth exceedingly, and of feme called Woolf '« Milk. 



Euforhium is a Gum that is hot in the fourth Degree ; it drietb, purgeth, 

 cleanfeth, and exu!cera:e much. 



Excru/itn is that which we call Oxicratiott, is a certain compofition or mix- 

 ture made of Jceto and Water, and is good to allay Swellings and Tumours 



F 



FJha, which we catl a Bean, is cold and dry, and it cleanfeth, and dif- 

 folveth very much. 



Farina, which we call Bran, is hot and dry in the firft Degree, and dif-. 

 folveth very much. 



Fern is dry and binding, but the Root is hot and cleaning, and killeth 

 Worms. 



Feliej which we call Gall, is hot and dry, and it cleanfeth and mundifieth, 



Ferrugo, which we call the ruft of Iron, is hot and dry in the fecond De- 

 gree ; Ic comforteth, and reftraineth evil Humours. 



Ficiaridij which we call dry Figs, are hot and dry in the fecond Degree ; 

 they rip;n Tumours, foften and confume hardnefs, and are good for Pur- 

 fivenef?, Coughs, and Difeafes of the Lungs. 



Fikmontano, which we call a Dodder-, being a thing th^t cleaveth to Herbs,, 

 winding about them like Threads j it openeth^^ the Liver arj Milt, and pur- 

 geth all Fkgm and Choler* FHcnio. 



