CITLPEPBB'i COMPLETE HERBAU i& 



good for the head-ache and swimming therein, and tarn- 

 mgs of the brain : and is effectual also against all venom- 

 ous creatures ; and applied upon the temples stajeth 

 inflammations in the eyes : it helpeth burnings being used 

 without oil, and with a little alum put to it is gcKKi for 

 St. Anton/s fire. It is ^ood for all weals, pustules, blis- 

 ters, and blains in the skin : the herb boiled i^nd laid upon 

 chilblains or kibes, helpeth them : the decoction thereof 

 in water and some vinegar, healeth the itch if bathed 

 therewith, and cleanseth the head of dandruff^ scurf, and 

 dry scabs, and doth much good for fretting and running 

 sores, ulcers, and cankers in the head, legs, or other parts, 

 and is much commended against baldness and shedding 

 the hair. 



The red beet root is good to stay the bloody flux, wo- 

 men's courses, and the whites, and to help the yellow 

 jaundice : the juice of the root put into the nostrils purg- 

 eth the head, helpeth the noise in the ears, and the tooth- 

 ache : the juice snuffed up the nose helps a stinking 

 breath, if the cause lies in tne nose, as many times it doth, 

 if any bmiae had been there ; as also want of smell com- 

 ing tnat way. 



BETONY (WATER.)— C^e^onica Aquatica,) 



Called also Brown-wort : and in Yorkshire, Bishop'o- 

 leavst. 



Jkterip, — First, of the water betony, which riseth np 

 with square, hard, greenish stalks, sometimes brown, set 

 with broad dark green leaves dented about the edges with 

 notches, somewhat resembling the leaves of the wood 

 betonj, but much larger too, for the most part set at a 

 joint. The flowers are many, set at the tops of the stalks 

 and branches, being round bellied and opened at the 

 brims, and divided into two parts the uppermost like a 

 hood, and the lowermost like a hip banging down, of a 

 dUrk red colour, which passing, there comes in their places 

 ■nail round heads with small points at the ends, wherein 

 lie small and brownish seeds. The root is a thick bush of 

 ■trinffi and shreds growing from the head. 



Puk€. — It groweth by 3ie ditch side, brooks, and other 

 water courses generally through this land, and is seldom 

 found far from the water side. 



TVflM.— It floweretb about July, and the seed is ripe 

 Ib August 



