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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Ntttle seed, provokes venery, opens stop- 

 pages of the womb, helps inflammations of 

 of the sides and lungs ; purgeth the breast: 

 boil them (being bruised) in white wine 

 also. 



The seeds of Ammi, or Bishop' s-weed, 

 heat and dry, help difficulty of urine, and 

 the pains of the cholic, the bitings of venom- 

 ous beasts ; they provoke the menses, and 

 purge the womb. 



jinnis seeds, heat and dry, ease pain, ex- 

 pel wind, cause a sweet breath, help the 

 dropsy, resist poison, breed milk, and stop 

 the Fluor Albus in women, provoke venery, 

 and ease the head-ache. 



Cardamoms, heat, kill worms, cleanse the 

 reins, and provoke urine. 



Fennel seed, breaks wind, provokes urine 

 and the menses, encreases milk in nurses. 



Cummin seed, heat, bind, and dry, stop 

 blood, expel wind, ease pain, help the 

 bitings of venomous beast : outwardly ap- 

 plied (viz. in Plaisters) they are of a dis- j 

 cussing nature. 



Carrot seeds, are windy, provoke lust ex- 

 ceedingly, and encrease seed, provoke urine 

 and the menses, cause speedy delivery to 

 women in travail, and bring away the 

 placenta. All these also may be boiled in 

 white wine. 



Nigella seeds, boiled in oil, and the fore- 

 head anointed with it, ease pains in the 

 head, take away leprosy, itch, scurf, and 

 help scald heads : Inwardly taken they 

 expel worms, they provoke urine, and the 

 menses, help difficulty of breathing. 



Stavesacre* kills lice in the head, I hold it 

 not fitting to be given inwardly. 



Olibanum mixed with as much Barrow's 

 Grease (beat the Olibanum first in powder) 

 and boiled together, make an ointment 

 which Avill kill the lice in children's heads, 

 and such as are subject to breed them, wilji 

 never breed them. A Medicine cheap, 

 safe, and sure, which breeds no annoyance 

 to the brain. 



The seeds of Water-cresses, heat, yet trou- 

 ble the stomach and belly ; ease the pains 

 of the spleen, are very dangerous for 

 pregnant women, yet they provoke lust- 

 outwardly applied, they help leprosies, scald 

 heads, and the falling off of hair, as also 

 carbuncles, and cold ulcers in the joints. 



Mustard seed, heats, extenuates, and 

 draws moisture from the brain : the head 

 being shaved and anointed with Mustard, 

 is a good remedy for the lethargy, it helps 

 filthy ulcers, and hard swellings in the 

 mouth, it helps old aches coming of cold. 



French Barley, is cooling, nourishing, and 

 breeds milk 



Sorrel seeds, potently resist poison, help 

 fluxes, and such stomachs as loath their 

 meat. 



Succory seed, cools the heat of the blood, 

 extinguishes lust, opens stoppings of the 

 liver and bowels, it allays the heat of the 

 body, and produces a good colour, it 

 strengthens the stomach, liver, and reins. 



Poppy seeds, ease pain, provoke sleep. 

 Your besl way is* to make an emulsion of 

 them with barley Avater. 



Mallow seeds, ease pains in the bladder. 



Chich-pease, are windy, provoke lust, en- 

 crease milk in nurses, provoke the menses, 

 outwardly, they help scabs, itch, and in- 

 flammations of the testicles, ulcers, &c. 



White Saxifrage seeds, provoke urine, ex- 

 pel wind, and break the stone. Boil them 

 in white wine. 



Rue seeds, helps such as cannot hold 

 their water. 



Lettice seed, cools the blood, restrains 

 venery. 



Also Gourds, Citruls, Cucumbers, Melons, 

 Purslain, and Endive seeds, cool the blood, 

 as also the stomach, spleen, and reins, and 

 allay the heat of fevers. Use them as you 

 were taught to do poppy-seeds. 



Wormseed, expels wind, kills worms. 



Ash-tree Keys, ease pains in the sides, 

 help the dropsy, relieve men weary with 



