26G THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



The spleen. Bettonj', Wall-flowers. Flowers purge choler. Peach flowers 



The reins and bladder. Bettony, Marsh j Damask Roses, Violets, 

 mallows, Melilol, Schoenanth, Spikenard. Flegm. Broom flowers, Elder flowers. 



The womb. Bettony, Squinanth or Sche- } If you compare but the quality of the 

 nanth, Sage, Orris or Elower-de-luce. j flowers with the herbs, and with the exphv- 



The joints. Rosemary-flowers, Cowslips, 1 nation of these terms at the latter end, you 

 Chamomel, Melilot. i may easily find the temperature and pro- 



Flowers, as they are cooling, so they cool \ pe 7 1 the rest ; ^ 



J The flowers of Ox-eye being boiled into 



The head. Violets, Roses, the three sorts j a poultice with a little barley meal, takeaway 

 of Poppies, and Water-lilies. j swellings and hardness of the flesh, being 



The breast and heart. Violets, Red Roses, i applied warm to the place. 



Water-lilies. Chamomel flowers heat, discuss, loosen 



The stomach. Red Roses, Violets. j and rarify, boiled in Clysters, they are ex- 



The liver and spleen. Endive, and Succory J cellent in the wind cholic, boiled in wine, 



Violets, Borrage, and Bugloss, moisten j and the decoction drunk, purges the reins, 



the heart, Rosemary-flowers, Bawm and I break the stone, opens the pores, cast out 



Bettony, dry it. j choleric humours, succours the heart, and 



,- ,. , J eases pains and aches, or stiffness comin 2 



According to property, so they bind, \ by travelling> 



Balaustins, Saffron, Succory, Endive,? The flowers of Rocket used outwardly, 

 red-roses, Melilot, Bawm ,Clove-gilliflowers, j discuss swellings, and dissolve hard tumors, 

 Agnus Castus. j you may boil them into a poultice, but in- 



Discuss. Dill, Chamomel, Marsh-mallows, Iwardly taken they send but unwholesome 

 Mallows, Melilot, Stoechas, &c. i vapours up to the head. 



Cleanse. Damask-roses, Elder flowers, : Hops open obstructions of the bowels, 

 Bean flowers, &c. j liver, and spleen, they cleanse, the body of 



Extenuate. Orris, or Flower-de-luce, I choler and flegm, provoke urine. 

 Chamomel, Melilot, Stcechas, &c. Jasmine flowers boiled in oil, and the 



Mollify. Saffron, white Lilies, Mallows, 1 grieved place bathed with it, takes awaj 

 Marsh-mallows, &c. ; cramps and stitches in the sides. 



Suppure. Saffron, white Lilies, &c. 



Glutinate. Balaustines, Centaury, &c. 



Provoke the terms. Bettony, Centaury, 

 Chamomel, Schcenanth, Wall-flowers, Bawm 

 Peony, Rosemary, Sage. 



The flowers of Woodbine, or Honey- 

 suckles, being dryed and beaten into pow- 

 der, and a dram taken in white wine in the 

 morning, helps the rickets, difficulty of 

 breathing ; provoke urine, and help the 



Stop the terms. Balaustines, or Pome- j stranguary. 

 granate flowers, Water Lilies. The flowers of Mallows being bruised and 



Expel wind. Dill, Chamomel, Schcenanth, j boiled in honey (two ounces of the flowers 

 Spikenard. I is sufficient for a pound of honey; and 



Help burnings. White Lilies, Mallows, j having first clarified the honey before you 



put them in) then strained out ; this honey 



Marsh-mallows. 



Resist poison. Bettony, Centaury. 



Ease pain. Dili, Chamomel, Centaury, 

 Melilot, Rosemary. 



taken with a liquorice stick, is an excellent 

 remedy for Coughs, Asthmas, and con- 

 sumptions of the lungs. 



