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and bleeding, if the powder be taken in wine. The decoc- 

 tion in wine ifl good to bathe or sit in, to stay the overflow- 

 ing of the coarsea. The powder taken in drink is available 

 for dropey. The oil witn the moss steeped in it for a time, 

 and afterwards boiled and applied to the temples and fore- 

 head, eases the head-ache coming of a hot cause, and the 

 distillations of hot rheums in the eyes, or other parts. 



MOTHERWORT.-H'Xtfonttna Cardiaccu) 



Detcrip, — This has a hard, square, brownish, rough 

 strong stalk, rising three or four feet high, spreading into 

 many branches, whereon grow leaves on each side, with 

 long footstalks, two at every joint, somewhat broad and 

 long, as if it were rough and coupled, with nxany great 

 reins therein of a sad green colour, deeply dented about the 

 edges, and almost divided. From the middle of the branch- 

 es up to the tope of them, which are long and small, grow 

 the flowers round them in distances, in sharp pointed, hard 

 rough husks, of a red or purple colour, after which come 

 small, round, blackish seeds in great plenty. The root 

 sends forth a number of long strings and small fibres, tak- 

 ing strong hold in the ground, of a dark yellowish or 

 brownish colour. 



Place. — It grows only in gardens with us in England. 



TifM. — It flowers in July or the beginning of August. 



Chvemment and Virtties, — Venus owns the herb, and it 

 is under Leo. There is no better herb to take melancholy 

 vapours from the heart, and to strengthen it. It may be 

 kept in a syrup or conserve ; it makes mothers joyful, and 

 settles the womb, therefore is it called Motherwort. It is 

 of use for the trembling of the heart, fainting and swoon- 

 ing. The powder, to the quantity of a spoonful, drank in 

 wine, helps women in sore travail, as also for the su£focat- 

 ing or rising of the mother. It provokes urine and wo- 

 mens' courses, cleanses the chest of cold phlegm, kills the 

 worms in the belly. It is of use to digest and disperse 

 them that settle in the veins, joints, and sinews of the 

 body, and to help cramps and convulsions. 



MOUSE-EAR.— ("CtfTCMritm Vulgatum.) 



Descrip. — This is a low herb, creeping on the ground by 

 imall strings, whereby it shoots fortn small roots, whereat 

 grow many small and short leaves, set in round form toge- 

 ther, and very hairy which being broken, give a whitisb 



