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for my part I know but little need of them, 

 either in food or physic. 



Victorialis. A foreign kind of Garlick. 

 They say, being hung about the neck of 



AveUanctrum. Of Hazel The rind of 

 the tree provokes urine, breaks the stone ; 

 the husks and shells of the nuts, dried and 

 given in powder, stay the immoderate flux 



cattle that are blind suddenly, it helps them ; ( of the menses. 



and defends those that bear it, from evil ( Aurantiorum. Of Oranges. Both these, 



spirits. \ and also Lemons and Citrons, are of dif- 



Swallow-wort, and teazles were handled jferent qualities: the outward bark, viz. what 

 before. j looks red, is hot and dry, the white is cold 



Ulmaria, Reginte, prati, fyc. Mead-sweet, j and moist, the juice colder than it, the seeds 

 Cold and dry, binding, stops fluxes, and \ hot and dry ; the outward bark is that 

 the immoderate flowing of the menses : you \ which here I am to speak to, it is somewhat 

 may take a dram at a time. 5 hotter than either that of Lemons or 



Urticce. Of Nettles. See the leaves, j Citrons, therefore it warms a cold stomach 



Zedoarite. Of Zedoary, or Setwall. This j more, and expels wind better, but strengthens 

 and Zurumbet, according to Rhasis, and j not the heart so much. 

 Mesue, are all one ; Avicenna thinks them \ Berber, $c. Barberries. The Rind of 

 different: I hold with Mesue; indeed they \ the tree according to Clcesius, being steeped 

 differ in form, for the one is long, the other | in wine, and the wine drank, purges choler, 

 round; they are both hot ,and dry in the? and is a singular remedy for the yellow 

 second degree, expel wind, resist poison, j jaundice. Boil it in white wine and drink 

 stop fluxes, and the menses, stay vomiting, j it. See the directions at the beginning, 

 help the cholic, and kill worms ; you may j Cassia Lignea, <$c. It is something more 

 take half a dram at a time. iily than Cinnamon, yet the virtues being 



Zingiberis. Of Ginger. Helps digestion, 1 not much different, I refer you thither. 



warms the stomach, clears the sight, and is 

 profitable for old men: heats the joints, and 



Capparis Rod. Of Caper roots. See 

 the roots. 



therefore is profitable against the gout, j Castaitcaritm. Of Chesnuts. The bark 



expels wind ; it is hot and dry in ihe second : 

 degree. 



BARKS. 



A Pil Rod. Of the roots of Smallage. 

 Take notice here, that the Barks both of 







of the Chesnut tree is dry and binding 

 and stops fluxes. 



Cinnamonum. Cinnamon, and Cassia 

 Lignea, are hot and dry in the second 

 degree, strengthens the stomach, help 

 digestion, cause a sweet breath, resist poi- 

 son, provoke urine, and the menses, cause 

 speedy delivery in women to travail, help 



this root, as also of Parsley, Fennel, &c. coughs and defluxions of humours upon 

 is all of the root which is in u^c, neither * the lungs, dropsy, and difficulty of urine, 

 can it properly be called bark, for it is all j In ointments it takes away red pimples, and 

 ihe root, the hard pith in the middle ex- j the like deformities from the face. There 

 repted, which is always thrown away, when { is scarce a better remedy for women in 

 the roots are used. It is something hotter j labour, than a dram of Cinnamon newly 

 and drier than Parsley, and more medicinal;) beaten into powder, and taken in white 

 it opens stoppings, provokes urine, helps! wine. 



digestion, expels wind, and warms a coid | Citrij. Of Pome Citrons. The outward 

 stomach : use them like grass roots. : pill, which I suppose is that which is mean 



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