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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



have their usual courses, or the whites flow- 

 ing down too abundantly. It helps sore eyes. 

 Of the leaves infused or boiled in oil, om- 

 phacine or unripe olives, set in the sun four 

 certain days, or the green leaves sufficiently 

 boiled in the said oil, is made an excellent 

 green balsam, not only for green and fresh 

 wounds, but also for old and inveterate ul- 

 cers, especially if a little fine clear turpen- 

 tine be dissolved therein. It also stays and 

 refreshes all inflammations that arise upon 

 pains by hurts and wounds. 



What parts of the body are under each 

 planet and sign, and also what disease may 

 be found in my astrological judgment of 

 diseases; and for theinternal workof nature 

 in the body of man; as vital, animal, natural 

 and procreative spirits of man ; the appre- 

 hension, judgment, memory ; the external 

 senses, viz. seeing, hearing, smelling, tast- 

 ing and feeling; the virtuous, attractive, 

 etentive, digestive, expulsive, &c. under 

 the dominion of what planets they are, may 

 be found in my Ephemeris for the year 1651. 

 In both which you shall find the chaff of 

 authors blown away by the fame of Dr. 

 Keason, and nothing but rational truths left 

 for the ingenious to feed upon. 



Lastly. To avoid blotting paper with one 

 thing many times, and also to ease your 

 purses m the price of the book, and withal 

 to make you studious in physic ; you have 

 at the latter end of the book, the way of 

 preserving all herbs either in juice, con- 

 serve, oil, ointment or plaister, electuarv 

 pills, or troches. 



AGRIMONY. 



Descript.] THIS has divers long leaves 



(some greater, some smaller) set upon a 



italk, all of them dented about the edges 



green above, and greyish underneath, and 



Ale hairy withal. Among which arises 



up usually but one strong, round, hairy, 



brown stalk, two or three feet high, with 



smaller leaves set here and there upon it. 



At the top thereof grow many small yellow 

 flowers, one above another, in long spikes; 

 after which come rough heads of seed, hang- 

 ing downwards, which will cleave to ami 

 stick upon garments, or any thing that shall 

 rub against them. The knot is black, long, 

 and somewhat woody, abiding many years,' 

 and shooting afresh every Spring ; which 

 root, though small, hath a reasonable good 

 scent. 



Place.] It grows upon banks, near the 

 sides of hedges. 



Time.'] It flowers in July and August, 

 the seed being ripe shortly after. 



Government and virtues.'] It is an herb 

 under Jupiter, and the sign Cancer ; and 

 strengthens those parts under the planet 

 and sign, and removes diseases in them by 

 sympathy, and those under Saturn, Mars 

 and Mercury by antipathy, if they happen 

 in any part of the body governed by Jupi- 

 ter, or under the signs Cancer, Sagitarius or 

 Pisces, and therefore must needs be good 

 for the gout, either used outwardly in oil or 

 ointment, or inwardly in an electuary, or 

 syrup, or concerted juice: for which see the 

 latter end of this book. 



It is of a cleansing and cutting faculty, 

 without any manifest heat, moderately 

 drying and binding. It opens and clean- 

 ses the liver, helps the jaundice, and is 

 very beneficial to the bowels, healing all 

 inward wounds, bruises, hurts, and other 

 distempers. The decoction of the herb 

 made with wine, and drank, is good against 

 the biting and stinging of serpents, and 

 helps them that make foul, troubled or 

 bloody water. 



This herb also helps the cholic, cleanses 

 the breast, and rids away the cough. 

 A draught of the decoction taken warm be- 

 fore the fit, first removes, and in time rids 

 away the tartian or quartan agues. The 

 leaves and seeds taken in wine, stays the 

 bloody flux ; outwardly applied, being 

 stamped with old swine's grease, it helps 



