AND ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



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The Tears of Vines, the liquor of the ' Waters concocting flegm in the head^ are 



Birch-tree, May dew. 



Culpeper.~\ That my country may receive 

 the benefit of these waters, I shall first 



Bettony, Sage, Marjoram, Chamomel, 

 Fennel, Calaminth, Rosemary-flowers, 

 Primroses, Eye-bright. 



shew the temperatures, secondly, the vir- j In the breast and lungs. Maiden-hair, 

 tues of the most usual and most easy to j Bettony, Hysop, Horchound, Carduus 

 come by : If any should take exceptions Benedictus, Scabious, Orris, or Flowcr-de- 

 that I mention not all, I answer first, I luces, Bawm, Self-heal, c. 

 mention enough. Secondly, who ever i In the heart. Bawm, Rosemary, 

 makes this objection, they shew extreme \ In the stomach. Wormwood, Mints, 

 ingratitude ; for had I mentioned but only | Fennel, Chervil, Time, Mother of Time, 



one, I had revealed more to them than ever : 

 the College intended they should know, or i 

 give me thanks for doing. 



The qualities and appropriation of the simple \ 

 Distilled Waters. 



Simple distilled waters either cool or 

 heat : such as cool, either cool the blood 

 or choler. 



Waters cooling the blood. Lettice, Pur- 

 slain, Water Lilies, Violets, Sorrel Endive, 

 Succory, Fumitory. 



Waters cooling and repressing choleric humours, 



or vapours in the head. 

 Nightshade, Lettice, Water Lilies, Plan- 

 tain, Poppies, viz. The flowers both of 

 white black and red Poppies, black Cheries. 



Marigolds. 



In the liver. Wormwood, Centaury, 

 Origanum, Marjoram, Maudlin, Costmary, 

 Agrimony, Fennel. 



In the spleen. Water-cresses, Wormwood. 

 Calaminth. 



In the reins and bladder Rocket, Nettles, 

 Saxifrage, Pellitory of the Wall, Alicam- 

 pane, Burnet. 



In the womb. Mugwort, Calaminth, 

 Penny-royal, Savin, Mother of Time, 

 Lovage. 



Waters concocting Melancholy in the head, 

 are 



Hops, Fumitory. 



The breast. Bawm, Carduus Benedictus. 



The heart. Borrage, Bugloss, Bawm, 



The breast and lungs. Violets, Poppies 5 Rosemary, 

 all three sorts, Colt's-foot. The liver. Endive, Chicory, Hops. 



In the heart. Sorrel, Quinces, Water! _ The spleen. Dodder, Hart's-longue, 

 Lilies, Roses, Violets, green or unripe 

 Walnuts. 



In the stomach. Quinces, Roses, Violets, 

 Nightshade, Houseleeks, or Sengreen, Let- 



tice, Purslain. 

 In the Ivoer. 

 shade, Purslain, Water Lilies. 



Endive, Succory, Night- 



Tamarisk, Time. 



Having thus ended the appropriation, 

 I shall speak briefly of the virtues of dis- 

 tilled waters. 



Lettice water cools the blood when it is 

 over-heated, for when it is not. it needs no 

 cooling : it cools the head and liver, stays 



In the reins and bladder. Endive, Sue- 1 hot vapours ascending to the head, and 

 cory, Winter Cherries, Plantain, Water \ hinders sleep; it quenches immoderate 

 Lilies, Strawberries, Houseleek or Sen- I thirst, and breeds milk in nurses, distil it in 

 green, black Cherries. j May. 



In the womb. Endive, Succory, Lettice, j Purslain water cools the blood and liver, 

 Water Lilies, Purslain, Roses. j quenches thirst, helps such as spit blood, 



Simple waters which are hot, concoct { have hot coughs, or pestilences, 

 either flegm or melancholy. \ The distilled water of water Lily-Jlowers 



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