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Orrice, Iris, Flower-de-luce. Botanifls 
reckon up only eighty Species of this Plant, be- 
fides about forty Species more of the Bulbous Kind ; 
fome of which are cultivated in Gardens, others 
grow wild in the Fields ; nor are all the firft Spe- 
cies 
roof, applied warm ,* or the inward or outward Ufe of Bugle, 
and an Ointment made of it, with Sanicle and Scabious, in 
Hog’s Lard. Boyle the warm Juice of great Celandine. Mor- 
rifon , the Juice of Pilewort, in flight Wounds. Etmuller , the 
Juice of Herb Robert, beaten up with a little Venice Turpen- 
tine to a Balfam ; or the early Flowers of St. John s-wort, one 
Part Flowers, of Mullein half a Part j infufe before a flow Fire, 
in three Parts Spirits of Wine, till it be a fine Tindture ; ftrain, 
and add Venice Turpentine, and infufed Oil of Male Balfam ; 
mix and make a Balfam. Thibdut fays. Take Myrrh, Aloes, 
and Dragon’s Blood, in Powder, each a Dram j Spirit of 
Wine, five or fix Ounces ; digeft in a Sand-Heat, till the Gums 
are diffolved, then add a Pugil of St. John’s-wort Flowers ; let 
them Hand a Day and a Night, and, while yet warm, exprefs 
their Liquor, add Venice Turpentine half an Ounce, and dif- 
folve in a gentle Heat ; it makes a moft noble Balfam. Bay 
fays, the exprefs’d Oil of St. John’s-wort Seeds is inferior to 
no Balfam. Etmuller fays, the Juice or Powder of Yarrow, 
heals green Wounds quickly ; or the frefli Leaves of Tobacco 
laid on them ; or Gerard's Oil of Adder’s-tongue, with a little 
Turpentine ; or Arfmart Leaves, ufed as in Ulcers, cures per- 
fectly ; or Gerard's Ointment of frefli Leaves of Clown’s All- 
heal, made with Hog’s Lard, thus : Take the frefli Leaves, four 
Handfuls ; Hog’s Lard, four Ounces ; Sallad Oil half a Pound ; 
boil all till the Herb is crifp j difl'olve in the warm Liquor, 
over a flow Fire, two Ounces of Venice Turpentine ; keep it 
in a clofe Pot ; it is a wonderful Vulnerary. Etmuller advifes a 
warm Poultife of pounded Comfry Root to be applied. Rayrzo-' 
nius commends Perri winkle and Mother- wort, of each a Hand- 
ful ; boil in a Quart of Ale to a Pint, ftrain, and give four 
Spoonfuls of it warm Morning, Afternoon, and Night, to 
drink, and wafh the Wound as often with it. For inter- 
nal Wounds, Hoffman gives us a fure Remedy, an Infufton of 
Yarrow in warm Water, three or four times a Day to drink. 
Burnet Leaves, boil’d and drank, do the fame ; or bruifed and 
applied to an outward Wound. For putrid Wounds, Ray 
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