S18 CULPBPER'S COMPLETE HBBBATm 



7HtM.—lt is in its prime in October &nd November, 

 Government and Virtues. — It is under the dominion of 

 Jupiter, and under the sifi^n Cancer. It is a singular good 

 herb for all diseases of the liver, both to cool and cleanse 

 it, and helps inflammations in any part, and the yellow 

 jaundice; biding bruised and boiled in small beer, if drank, 

 It cools the heat of the liver and kidneys, and helps the 

 running of the reins in men, and the whites in women, it 

 is a good remedy to stay the spreading of tetters, ring- 

 worm, and other fretting or running sores and scabs ; and 

 is an excellent remedy for such as have livers that are cor- 

 rupted by surfeits, which cause their bodies to break out : 

 for it fortifies and sti-engthens the liver exceedingly. It 

 is recommended for the bites of mad-dogs, if used in the 

 following manner : take nine or ten ounces of blood from 

 the body for four mornings successively, and give the pa- 

 tient the followiog in warm cow's milk : take ash -coloured 

 Liverwort, half an ounce, black pepper, two drams, both 

 finely powdered, mixed, and divided into four equal parts. 

 Having first taken the four doses, let the person, for one 

 month, Imtbe two or three times a day in the sea, and the 

 longer he stays in the better. 



LOOSESTRlTK-^Lytimachia,) 



Called also Yellow Willow Herb. 



Descrtv. — ^The Loosestrife has several brown hairy stalks, 

 two feet nigh or more, having sometimes three or four, but 

 oftener only two leaves at a joint, which are of a yellowish 

 ^^reen colour, hairy underneath, and darker, about three 

 inches long, and an inch broad in the middle, growing nar- 

 rower at both ends. The flowers stand several together 

 on the tops of the branches, consisting of a single leaf di- 

 vided into five parts, with several stamina in the middle, 

 of a yellow green colour. The seed-vessels are round, and 

 parted in two, containing small seed ; the root is long and 

 slender, and creeps upon the surface of the earth. 



Place. — It grows in watery places, and by river-sides. 



Time. — It flowers from June to August 



Oovemment and Virtues. — This herb is good for all man- 

 ner of bleeding at the mouth or nose ; for wounds, and all 

 fluxesof the belly, and the bloody-flux, given either to 

 drink, or else taken by clyster; it stays also the abundance 

 of womens' courses ; it is good for green wounds, to stay 

 tt« bleeding, and quickly closes up the lips of the wouncL 



