( i8 7 ) 
&c. Cala-mint, Lady’s Mantle, or Agrimony 
boiled in red Wine, or their Powders drank in red 
Wine, are good in a Diabetes. Cala-mint is alfo 
good for the Cramp, for which Parkinfon com- 
mends a Deco£tion of frefh or dried Roots of Ele-? 
campane in Spring W ater, to foment the Parts •, or 
Verjuice rubbed warm on the Parts. Boyle recom- 
mends Tops of Rofemary. 
201. 
Cat-mint ( Nepeta ) is aromatic, acrid, bitter, 
hot, and dry ; contains fmall and fubtil Parts ; 
thins and opens. It is chiefly ufed in Difeafes of the 
Uterus , as obftrufted Menfes , Barrennefs, Cutting 
thick Phlegm in the Lungs, &c. It is moflly drank 
in Tea, or infufed in Wine. Its Root chewed, 
Hoffman fays, makes mild Men fierce. Cats will 
^leftroy it, if not well fenced with Thorns. 
202. 
Misletoe (Vifcum) is reckoned a Specific in 
the Falling Sick n'efe, Apoplexy, and Vertigo, either 
in Powder, Deco&ion, or hung about the Neck as 
an Amulet. That of the Oak, from theSuperfti- 
tion of the Druids , has been moft eiteemed ; others 
prefer that of the Halle. Dr. Bowie fays, the Powder 
taken feveral times in Carduus, and Poppy Water, 
is a fecret in Pleurifies. Some give it for Worms, 
others for Quartans. The Powder or Juice of its 
Berries, (trained into Oil, and drank, gives prefent 
Relief in fevere Stitches. There is a Birdlime 
made of it, which made into a Plailter with Rofin 
and a little Wax ripens Swellings in the Groin, hard 
Tumours behind the Ears, or other hard Impoft- 
humes. With Frankincenfe it foftens old Ulcers 
and Impolthumes. Sir John Coiebatch wrote a 
Treatife on its Ufefulnefs in the Epilepfy. 
203. Money* 
