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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Ndtk seed, provokes venery, opens stop- j The seeds of Water-cresses, heat, yet Iron- 

 pages of the womb, helps inflammations of I ble the stomach and belly ; ease the pains 



of the spleen, are very dangerous for 

 pregnant women, yet they provoke lust 

 outwardly applied, they help leprosies, scald 

 heads, and the falling off of hair, as also 

 carbuncles, and cold ulcers in the joints. 

 Mustard seed, heats, extenuates, and 



draws moisture from the brain 

 being shaved and anointed with 



the head 

 Mustard, 



of the sides and lungs ; purgeth the breast: 

 boil them (being bruised) in white wine 

 also. 



The seeds of Ammi, or Bishop' s-Keed, 

 heat and dry, help difficulty of urine, and 

 the pains of the cholic, the bitings of venom- i 

 ous beasts ; they provoke the menses, and 

 purge the womb. 



Annis seeds, heat and dry, ease pain, ex- 

 pel wind, cause a sweet breath, help the ! filthy ulcers, and hard swellings in the 

 dropsy, resist poison, breed milk, and stop j mouth, it helps old aches coming of cold, 

 the Fluor Albus in women, provoke venery, i French Barley, is cooling, nourishing, and 

 and ease the head-ache. 



Cardamoms, heat, kill worms, cleanse the 

 reins, and provoke urine. 



Fennel seed, breaks wind, provokes urine 

 and the menses, encreases milk in nurses. 



Cummin seed, heat, bind, and dry, stop 



is a good remedy for the lethargy, it helps 



breeds milk 



Sorrel seeds, potently resist poison, help 

 fluxes, and such stomachs as loath their 

 meat. 



Succory seed, cools the heat of the blood, 



of the 1 



; extinguishes lust, opens stoppings 



blood, expel wind, ease pain, help the {liver and bowels, it allays the heat of the 

 bitings of venomous beast: outwardly ap- j body, and produces a good colour, it 

 plied (viz. in Plaisters) they are of a dis-f strengthens the stomach, liver, and reins. 



cussing nature. 



Carrot seeds, are windy, provoke lust ex- 

 ceedingly, and encrease seed, provoke urine 

 and the menses, cause speedy delivery to 

 women in travail, and bring away the 

 placenta. All these also may be boiled in 

 white wine. 



Nigella seeds, boiled in oil, and the fore- 

 head anointed with it, ease pains in the 

 head, take away leprosy, itch, scurf, and 

 help scald heads : Inwardly taken they 

 expel worms, they provoke urine, and the 

 menses, help difficulty of breathing. 



Stm-esacre, kills lice in the head, I hold it 

 not fitting to be given inwardly. 



Olibanum mixed with as much Barrow's 

 Grease (beat the Olibanum first in powder) 

 and boiled together, make an ointment 

 which will kill the lice in children's heads, 

 and such as are subject to breed them, will 

 never breed them. A Medicine cheap, 

 safe, and sure, which breeds no annoyance 

 to tbe brain. 



Poppy seeds, ease pain, provoke sleep. 

 Your best way is to make an emulsion of 

 them with barley Avater. 



Mallow seeds, ease pains in the bladder. 



Chich-pease, are windy, provoke lust, en- 

 crease milk in nurses, provoke the menses, 

 outwardly, they help scabs, itch, and in- 

 flammations of the testicles, ulcers, &c. 



White Saxifrage seeds, provoke urine, ex- 

 pel wind, and break the stone. Boil them 

 in white wine. 



Hue seeds, helps such as cannot hold 

 their water. 



Lett ice seed, cools the blood, restrains 

 venery. 



Also Gourds, Citnds, Cucumbers, Melons, 

 Purdain, and Endive seeds, cool the blood, 

 as also the stomach, spleen, and reins, and 

 allay the heat of fevers. Use them as you 

 were taught to do poppy-seeds. 



Wormseed, expels wind, kills worms. 



Ash-tree Keys, ease pains in the sides, 

 help the dropsy, relieve men weary with 



