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AGKIMONY.— (^^Ttmonwj Ewpatoria,) 



Descrip. — This hath divers long leaves, some greater, 

 Bome smaller, set upon a stalk, all of them, dented about 

 the edges, green above and greyish underneath, and a little 

 hairy withal ; among which ariseth up usually but one 

 strong, round, hairy, brown stalk, two or three feet high, 

 with smaller leaves set here and there upon it. At the 

 top hereof grow many small yellow flowers, one above 

 another, in long spikes, after which come round heads of 

 seed, hanging downwards, which will cleave to and stick 

 upon garments, or any thing that shall rub against them. 

 The knot is black, long, and somewhat woody, abiding 

 many years, and shooting afresh every spring ; which root, 

 though small, hath a reasonable scent. 



Place. — It groweth upon bauks, near the sides of hedges. 



Time, — It flowereth in July and August, the seed being 

 ripe shortly after. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — It is an herb under Jupiter 

 and the sign Cancer ; and strengthens those parts under 

 the planet and sign, and removes diseases in them by sym- 

 pathy ; and those under Saturn, Mars, and Mercury, by 

 antipathy, if they happen in any part of the body govern- 

 ed by Jupiter, or under the signs Cancer, Sagittary, or 

 Pisces, and therefore must needs be good for the gout, 

 either used outwardly in oil or ointment, or inwardly in 

 an electuary, or syrup, or concerted juice ; for which see 

 the latter end of the work. 



It is of a cleansing and cutting faculty, without any 

 manifest heat, moderately drying and binding. It openeth 

 and cleanseth the liver, helpeth the jaundice, and is very 

 beneficial to the bowels, healing all inward wounds, bruises, 

 hurts, and other distempers. The decoction of the herb 

 made with wine, and drank, is good against the biting and 

 stinging of serpents, and helps them that make foul, trou- 

 bled ,or bloody water, and makes them part with clear urine 

 speedily ; it also helpeth the colic, cleanseth the breast, and 

 rids away the cough. A draught of the decoction taken 

 warm before the fit, first removes, and in time rids away 

 the tertian or quartan agues. The leaves and seeds taken 

 In wine stays the bloody flux ; outwardly applied, being 

 stamped with old swine's grease, it helpeth old sores, can- 

 cers, and inveterate ulce/s, and draweth forth thorns and 

 splinters of wood, nails, or any other such thing gotten 



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