c u 
c u 
Wards and downwards. It 
moves the Courfes, and 
kills the Child in the 
Womb ; wherefore it is 
(feldom ufed ; efpecially , 
for that it is accompanied 
With Malignity. *Tis the 
moft durable of all Juices, 
for it is fuppofed to conti- 
nue good above an hun- 
dred Years. A certain Em- 
nirick cured many People 
)f Droplies,by giving them 
wo Pills, of the bignefs of 
■ Vetch, made of Wheatcn 
flower and this Juice: Af- 
erwards he walhed their 
-pgs with a Lotion, made 
f the Stalks ; and then 
c gave the Pills again, and 
) perfected the Cure. 
Cowwon-CttOtoWD , in 
atin Gnaphalium vulgar e 
Many Imall Stalks 
life from the fame Root, 
>out half a Foot, or nine 
iches high, upright, hoary, 
»wny, branchy at top. It 
s many Leaves, difor- 
rly placed, downy, nar- 
w, and oblong, much 
s than the Leaves of La- 
dder, prefs’d to theStalks 
the moft part, where- 
to they grow without 
ot-ftaiks. Among the 
C 67_) 
Leaves grow fmall Flow- 
ers. of a brown ifh yellow 
Colour. After the Flowers, 
come fmall Seeds, wrap’d 
in Down. It grows eve- 
ry where, in dry and bar- 
ren Grounds. 
i The diftill’d Water of it 
is of excellent ufe for Can- 
cers , efpecially of the 
j Brcaft ; for it hinders their 
Breaking, Rags being dip- 
ped in it, and applied to 
them. But fome dip the 
Leaves of Afarabacca in 
the Water, and apply them 
to Cancers. ’Tis of a dry- 
ing and aftringent Nature. 
TheCountry-rcople in the 
W'eft of England ufe the 
Herb infus’d in Oyl, to 
take off Black and Blue 
Bruifex and Stripes. It al- 
fo ftops the Courfes. 
Cwtrattf^ttfh, in Latin 
Ribrcs. Currants are cold 
and moift, and provoke 
Appetite, allay the Heat 
of the Stomach, quench 
Thirft ; and therefore are 
good in Fevers. They tem- 
per the Heat of the Liver, 
and Choler $ and refift Pu- 
trefaction. 
F 2 Stark 
