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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



36. For hoarseness. j 43. Another. 



Take of sugar so much as will fill a com- s Let such as have weak stomachs, avoid 

 mon taster, then put so much rectified spirit \ all sweet things, as honey, sugar, and the 

 of Wine to it as will just wet it, eat this up | like ; milk, cheese and all fat meats: let 

 at night going to bed, use this three or four \ him not eat till he is hungry, nor drink be- 

 times together. \ fore he is dry ; let him avoid anger, sadness, 

 37. Another. I much travel, and all fryed meats : let him 

 If the body be feverish, use the former | not vomit by any means, nor eat when he is 



medicine as before, only use Oil of sweet 

 Almonds, or for want of it, the best Salled- 

 oil instead of spirit of Wine. 

 38. Another. 



Take Penny-royal, and seethe it in runn- 

 ing water, and drink a good draught of the 

 decoction at night going to bed, with a little 

 sugar in it. 



39- For the Quinsey. 



Take notice that bleeding is good in all 

 inflammations, therefore in this. 



It were very convenient that a syrup, and \ 

 an ointment of Orpine were always read}' 



hot 



44. For moisture of the Stomach. 

 Take a drachm of Galanga, in powder, 

 every morning in a draught of that Wine 

 you like best. 



45. For heat of the Stomach. 

 Swallow four or five grains of Mastich 

 every night going to bed. 



OF THE LIVER, AND ITS INFIRMITIES. 



46. A caution. 



If the liver be too hot, it usually proceeds 

 from too much blood, and is known by 



in the house for such occasions ; for I know \ redness of urine, the pulse is swift, the veins 



no better remedy for the Quinsey, than to 

 drink the one, and anoint the throat with the 

 other. 



OF WOMEN'S BREASTS, THEIR INFIRMITIES 

 AND CURES. 



40. For sore Breasts. 



Take a handful of Figs, and stamp them 

 well till the kernels are broken, then temper 

 them with a little fresh grease, and apply 

 them to the breast as hot as the patient can 

 endure; it will presently take away the 



anguish, and if the breast will break, it will | already. 



great and full, the spittle, mouth, and tongue, 

 seem sweeter than they used to be : the cure 

 is letting blood in the right arm. 



47. To cause the Liver well to digest 



Take Oil of Wormwood, and so much 

 Mastich in powder as will make it into a 

 poultice, lay it warm to your right side. 

 48. A caution. 



If the liver be stopped, the face will swell, 

 and you shall be as sure to have a pain in 

 your right side, as though you had it there 



break it, else it will cure it without breaking. 

 41. An inward medicine for a sore Breast. 



Let her drink either the juice or decoc- 

 tion of Vervain : it were fit that syrup were 

 made of it to keep all the year. 



49- For stoppage of the Liver. 

 Use Garden-thyme in all your drinks and 

 broaths, it will prevent stoppages before 

 they come, and cure them after they are 

 come. 

 OF THE STOMACH, AND ITS INFIRMITIES, j 50. For the liver. 



42. A caution. The liver of a Hare dryed, and beaten 



Infirmities of the stomach usually proceed Unto powder, cures all the diseases of the 



from surfeiting. 



\ liver of man 



FINIS. 



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