C H 
( 5 ° ) 
G H 
chiefly us’d for Swellings, 
and'Hardnefs of the Paps. 
Take of the Roots of 
Chervil, Knee-holm, Poly- 
pody of the Oak, of each 
one Ounce ; of the Leaves 
of Water-Hemp, Agrimo- 
ny, of the Oak of jerufa - 
lem , of Maiden-hair, and 
Ground-Ivy , each one 
Handful ; of the Seeds of 
Baftard-Saffron oneOunce, 
of the Roots of Plorentine- 
Flower-deluce , half an 
Ounce, of the Seeds of 
Danewort five Drams, of 
the Root of the Sweet- 
fmelling Flag half an 
Ounce ; boyl them in two 
Quarts of Fountain-water , 
to the Confumption of a 
third part 5 then ftrain it, 
and add one Ounce and 
an half of Sena, and two 
Drams of Agarick ; Me- 
choacan and Turbith,each 
half an Ounce; of Yellow- 
Sanders one Dram and an 
half, of the Roots of Leffer 
Gaianga one Dram ; boyl 
hem in a clofe VefTel two 
ours, then ftrain the Li- 
fer, and add two Ounces 
°%e beft Hony, clarified 
^ithe White of anEgg : 
^^e a purging Mead : 
The Dofe is fix or eight 
Ounces, twice or thrice 
a Week. This is proper 
in a Dropfie of the Brea ft. 
Cl} , in Latin 
Cera/us. 
Cherries, when they are 
frefti, loofen the belly; but 
when dry , they bind :Thofe 
that are Iweet, purge; but 
they are offenfive to the 
Stomach. Sharp and harfti 
Cherries are Binding. The 
diftill’d Water of fharp 
Cherries, and the Cherries 
themfelves extinguilh Fe- 
verifti Heats, and quench 
Thirft, and create an Ap- 
petite: And, preferv’d with 
Sugar, they are very grate- 
ful to the Stomach, and 
reckon’d by the Women 
the beftS weet-Meats; but, 
by reafon of the Abun- 
dance of their Moifture, 
they cannot be kept long. 
The decodtion of dried 
Cherries is excellent in Hi- 
pocondriack Difeafes ; and 
many have been cur’d by 
this Remedy alone. Sweet 
Cherries are peculiarly 
good for Difeafes in the 
Head, the Falling-fickncfs, 
