The Herb Garden 
ii? 
ingredients, many of which are seldom, perhaps 
never, used now in medicine. Unripe Blackber- 
ries, Ivy berries, Eglantine berries, “ Ashen Keys,” 
Acorns, stones of Sloes, Parsley seed, Houseleeks, 
unripe Hazelnuts, Daisy roots, Strawberry “ strings,” 
Woodbine tops, the inner bark of Oak and of red 
Filberts, green “ Broom Cod,” White Thorn berries, 
Turnips, Barberry bark, Dates, Goldenrod, Gourd 
seed, Blue Lily roots, Parsnip seed, Asparagus roots, 
Peony roots. 
From herbs and simples were made, for internal 
use, liquid medicines such as wines and waters, 
syrups, juleps ; and solids, such as conserves, con- 
fections, treacles, eclegms, tinctures. There were 
for external use, amulets, oils, ointments, liniments, 
plasters, cataplasms, salves, poultices ; also sacculi, 
little bags of flowers, seeds, herbs, etc., and poman- 
ders and posies. 
That a certain stimulus could be given to the brain 
by inhaling the scent of these herbs will not be 
doubted, I think, by the herb lover even of this 
century. In the Haven of Healthy 1636, cures 
were promised by sleeping on herbs, smelling of 
them, binding the leaves on the forehead, and in- 
haling the vapors of their boiling or roasting. 
Mint was “a good Posie for Students to oft smell.” 
Pennyroyal “quickened the brain by smelling oft.” 
Basil cleared the wits, and so on. 
The use of herbs in medicine is far from being 
obsolete; and when we give them more stately names 
we swallow the same dose. Dandelion bitters is still 
used for diseases caused by an ill-working liver. 
