200 THE COMPJ TE HERBAL 



The spleen. Bettony, Wall-flowers. | Movers purge clioler. Peach flowers 



The reins anil bladder. Bet tony, Marsh \ /Damask Roses, Violets, 

 mallows, Melilot, Schoenanth, Spikenard. Flegm. .Broom flowers, Elder flowers. 



The K-omb. Bettony, Squinanth or Sche- ! If you compare but the quality of the 

 nanth, Sage, Orris or Flower-de-luce. j flowers with the herbs, and with the expla- 



The joints. Rosemary-flowers, Cowslips, \ nation of these terms at the latter end, you 

 Chamomel, Melilot. jniay easily find the temperature and pro- 



r , .j ,. ,j | perty of the rest. 



Plovers, as they are cooling, so they cool j I ^ riowers of Qx _ eye bdng boi , cd Jnfo 



Tlic head. Violets, Roses, the three sorts j a poultice with a little barley meal, takeaway 

 of Poppies, and Water-lilies. ; swellings and hardness of the flesh, being 



The breast and heart. Violets, Red Roses, j applied warm to the place. 



Water-lilies.' { Chamomel flowers heat, discuss, loosen 



The stomach. Red Roses, Violets. i and rarif'y, boiled in Clysters, they are ex- 



The liter and spleen. Endive, and Succory. ! cellent in the wind cholic, boiled in wine, 



Violets. Borrage, and Bugloss, moisten \ and the decoction drunk, purges the reins, 



the heart, Rosemary-flowers, Bawm and : break the stone, opens the pores, cast out 



Bettony, dry it. | choleric humours, succours the heart, and 



,. 5 cases pains and aches, or stiffness coming 



According to property, so they bmd.^ \ by travellin ^ 



Balaiistins. Saffron, Succory, Endive, i The flowers of Rocket used outwardly, 

 red-roses, Melilot, Bawm ,Clove-gilliflowers, discuss swellings, and dissolve hard tumors, 



you may boil them into a poultice, but in- 

 wardly taken they send but unwholesome 



Agnus Castus. 



Discuss. Dill, Chamomel, Marsh-mallows, 



Mallows, Melilot, Stoechas, &c. j vapours up to the head. 



Cleanse. Damask-roses, Elder flowers,: Hops open obstructions of the bowels, 

 Bean flowers, &c. j liver, and spleen, they cleanse, the body or 



Extenuate. Orris, or Flower-de-luce, ! choler and flegm, provoke urine. 

 Chamomel, Melilot, Stcechas, &c. ; Jasmine flowers boiled in oil, and the 



Mollify. Saffron, white Lilies, Mallows, \ grieved place bathed with it, takes away 

 Marsh-mallows, &c. : cramps and stitches in the sides. 



Suppure. Saffron, white Lilies, &c. The flowers of Woodbine, or Honey- 



Glntinate. Balaustines, Centaury, &c. \ suckles, being dryed and beaten into pow- 



Provoke the terms. Bettony, Centaury, j der, and a dram taken in white wine in the 

 Chamomel, Schoenanth, Wall-flowers, Bawm I morning, helps the rickets, difficulty H 

 Peony, Rosemary, Sage. j breathing ; provoke urine, and help the 



Stop the terms. Balaustines, or Pome- j stranguary. 

 granate flowers, Water Lilies. The flowers of Mallows being bruised and 



E.rpel wind. Dill, Chamomel, Schoenanth, | boiled in honey (two ounces of the flowers 

 Spikenard. j is sufficient for a pound of honey ; and 



Help burnings. White Lilies, Mallows, j having first clarified the honey before you 

 Marsh-rnallows. j put them in) then strained out ; this honey 



Resist poison. Bettony, Centaury. ! taken with a liquorice stick, is an excellent 



Ease pain. Dill, Chamomel, Centaury, j remedy for Cough?, Asthmas, and con- 

 Melilot, Rosemary. J sumptions of the lungs 



