( i$9 ) 
P L 
This is excellent for an 
immoderate Flux of the 
Courfes. 
jTrfw-ptontatn , in 
Latin Plantago aquatica. 
P L 
peraturc. The Vermes 
are like thofe of the other 
Plantains. Plantain - rib- 
wort is boyled in Pofler- 
drink, and given before 
Agues, which it cures fcgr 
the crude Aftringency. 
J Tis of an Aftringcnt 
and Coolipg Tafte, and 
us’d as fuch. 
piatttain-rib-toD?t, in 
Latin Plant ago quinquener- 
via. 
It has many Leaves flat 
fpread upon the Ground , 
narrow {harp-pointed, and 
Rib’d for the moft part 
with five Nerves or Si- 
news, and therefore it is 
call’d Quinquenervia ; in 
the middle of whichLeaves 
riles up a Crefted orRib’d 
Stalk, bearing at the top 
a dark or dusky Knap , 
fet with a few white 
Flowers like the Flowers 
of Wheat, the Root and 
other parts are like the o- 
ther Plantains. Rib-wort 
grows ahnoft every where, 
in the Borders of Path- 
ways and Fertil-fields. It 
flowers when the other 
Plantains do. Rib-wort 
is cold and dry in Tem- 
pium*trce , in Latin 
Prunus. There are feveral 
Kinds of them ; the Sowre 
bind, the Sweet move the 
Belly. The Eledtuary of 
Plums , called EleBuari- 
um Diaprunum, is made 
of Damafcenes, in the fol- 
lowing manner : Take of 
frefti and ripe Damafcenes, 
one Flundred, boyl them 
in a fuflicient quantity of 
Water till they are loft, 
then pulp them through a 
Sieve, boyl an Ounce of 
Violet-flowers in the Li- 
quor gently ; then {train 
it, and add two Pounds of 
Sugar, and boyl it to a Sy- 
rup ; then add a Pound 
and an half of the Pulp 
above-mention’d, o t the 
Pulp of Caflia and Ta- 
marindsdtrain’d, and dif- 
folv’d in a fmall quantity 
of the Liquor, each one 
Ounce ; boyl it again , 
{fir it continually, adding 
the following Powders ; 
Sanders, 
