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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



similitude of the substance : And yet they j they are of themselves very dry, therefore 



say a Goat's liver conduces much to make j they require medicines which dry much. 



one see in the night, and they give this j Medicines appropriated to the teeth. 



reason, because Goats see as well in thej Vehement heat, and vehement cold, are 



inimical to the teeth, but they are most of 

 all offended by sharp and sour things, and 

 the reason is, because they have neither 



night as in the day. Yet is there no affi- 

 nity in temperature nor substance between 

 the liver and the eyes : However Astro- 



logers know well enough that all herbs, i skin nor flesh to cover them, they delight in 

 plants, &c. that are under the dominion of j such medicines as are cleansing and "bind- 

 either sun or moon, and appropriated to j ing, because they are troubled with de- 

 the head, be they hot or cold they strengthen; fluxions and rheums upon every light oc- 

 the visive virtue, as Eyebright, which is hot t casion ; and that's the reason the common 

 Lunaria, or Moonwort which is cold. J use of fat and sweet things, soon rots 'the 



As for what appertains to the constitu- j teeth, 

 lion of the eyes themselves, seeing they are | 

 exact in sense, they will not endure the 

 least inconvenience, therefore such medi- 



cines as are outwardly applied to them : 

 (for such medicines as strengthen the visive \ 

 virtues are always given inwardly) let them 



CHAPTER II. 



Of Medicines appropriated to the breast 

 and lungs. 



neither hurt by their hardness nor gnawing; The medicines appropriated to the breast 



quality, nor be so tough that they should 

 slick to them. Therefore let ocular medi- 

 cines be neither in powders nor ointments, 

 because oil itself is offensive to the eyes, 

 and how pleasing powders are to them, 

 you may perceive yourself by just going 

 into the dust. 



Medicines appropriated ts the mouth and nose. 

 Apply no stinking medicine to a disease: 



and lungs, you shall find called all aloiu 

 by the name of [pectorals'] that's the tetiii 

 Physicians give them, when you heat them 

 talk of pectoral Syrups, pectoral lows, or 

 pectoral Ointments. 



They are divers, some of which regard 

 the part afflicted, others the matter afflict- 

 ing. 



But although sometimes in ulcers of the 



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in the nose, for such offend not only the ; lungs, we are forced to use binding medi- 

 nose, but also the brain ; neither administer icines, to join the ulcer, yet are not these 

 medicines of any ill taste to a disease in the \ called pectorals, because binding medicines 

 mouth, for that subverts the stomach, be- N are extreme hurtful to the breast wnd lungs, 

 *u~ *..:! c ,i ~~.,*i 1 r *u,,j i iO th because they hinder one's fetching his 



breath, and also because they hinder the 

 avoiding that rlegm by which the breast is 



cause the tunicle of the mouth and of the 

 stomach is the same : and because both 



mouth and nostrils are ways by which the 

 brain is cleansed, therefore are they in- oppressed, 

 fected with such vices as need almost con- J Such medicines are called pectorals, 

 tinual cleansing, and let the medicines you; which are of a lenifying nature, 

 apply to them be either pleasant, or at| Besides, Those which make thin matter 

 least, nr>t ingrateful. { thicker are of two sorts, viz. Some are mild 



Medicines appropriated to the ears. land gentle, which may safely beadministed, 



The cars are easily afflicted by cold,! be the matter hot or cold which offendeth ; 

 because they are always open, therefore | others are very cold, which are used oi> v 

 t' ey require hot medicines. And because 5 when the matter offending is sharp. 



