S54 oulpeper's completjs herbal. 



liver, breaks the stone, and stays women's courses. The de- 

 coction of the leaves work the same effects. The water that 

 is found in the hollow places of Oaks, is very effectusJ 

 against any foul or spreading sciibs. The distilled water 

 of the leaves is one of the best remedies for the whites. 



OATS.— C^wna Sativa.) 



Bescrip. — ^The root is fibrous, the stalk hollow, jointed t^ 

 yard hign; the leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale green. 

 The flowers are in a loose panicle, and terminate the stalk. 



Place. — It grows wild from seed, but is cultivated. 



Time. — It is reaped early in harvest. 



Oovemment and Fir^t^M.— Oats fried with bay salt, and 

 applied to the sides, take away the pains of slitches and 

 wind in the sides of the belly. A poultice made of the 

 meal of oats, and some oil of bays added, helps the itch 

 and leprosy ; as also the fistulas of the fundament, and dis- 

 solves hard imposthumes. The meal of oats boiled with 

 vinegar and applied, takes away freckles and spots in the 

 face, and other parts of the body. 



01^10^.-^ AlHum Cepa.) 



This plant is so common and well known that it needs no 

 description. 



Place. — It is not a native of this country, but is largely 

 cultivated in our gardens, for esculent purposes. 



Time. — The flowers appear early in Summer. 



0(yvemment and Virtues. — Mars owns them. Thev are 

 flatulent, or windy, and provoke appetite, increase thirst, 

 ease the bowels, provoke the courses, help the bites of mad 

 dogs, and of other venomous creatures, used with honey 

 and rue ; increase sperm, especially the seed : they kill 

 worms in children, if they drink the water fasting wherein 

 they have been steeped all night. Being roasted under the 

 embers, and eaten with honey, or sugar and oil, they much 

 conduce to help an inveterate cough, and expectorate tough 

 phlegm. The juice being snuflFed up the nostrils, purges 

 the head, and helps the lethargy, yet often eaten is said to 

 procure pains in the head. The juice is good for either 

 scalds or bums. Used with vinegar it takes away all blem- 

 ishes, spots, and marks in the skin ; and dropped into the 

 ears, eases the pains and noise in them. Applied also with 

 figs beaten together, helps to ripen and break imposthumes, 

 and other sores. Ijeeks (Allium Porrnm) are like them in 



