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Common ttttQftef, in La- 
tin juncus icvis . 
The Roots of our com- 
mon Rufhes are long and 
hairy , fpreading largely 
in the Ground , from 
which, as from one entire 
Tuft , proceed a great 
many fmall Rudies ; fo 
well known, that I need 
fpend no time in defen- 
ding them. ThefeRulhes 
are of a dry Nature. The 
Seed of Rulhes dried at 
the Fire, and drunk with 
Wine, ftayeth the Disk, 
and the overmuch flowing 
of W omens Terms : Of 
which Galen gives this 
Real on , becaufe their 
Temperature confflb of 
an Earthly Eflence , mo- 
derately cold and watery, 
and meanly hot , there- 
fore do they the more 
eallly dry up the lowex- 
parts, and by little and 
hrtle fend _ up the cold 
Humours into the Head, 
whereby Drowfinefe and 
die Head-ach are caufed. 
The tender Leaves that 
are next the Root make a 
convenient Ointment a- 
gainft the bitings of the 
Spider calld Phalagium* 
The Seed of the Buil-rufh 
is moft Sopoferous , and 
therefore greater care mufl 
be taken in the Admini- 
ftration of it. 
S. 
C^ffCOn, in Latin Crocus* 
^ The moderate ufe of 
it is good for the Brain. It 
renders the Scnfcs brisk f 
It fhakes ofl Sleep and 
Dulnefs, and chears and 
ftrengthens the Heart. It 
concods the Crude Hu- 
mours of the Breaft, and 
opens the Lungs, and frees 
them from Obftrudions , 
And it is Inch an eftedual 
Remedy for the Breaft and 
Lungs, that it foinetimes 
revives Confumptive Peo- 
ple, when they are, in a 
manner, worn out. ’Tis 
frequently ul'ed in Fainr- 
ings, for Apoplexies, in the 
Jaundice, and for Obftru- 
dions of the Liver, in the 
Plague, and other Malig- 
nant Difeafes. ’Tis alfo 
good in an Afthma, mix'd 
withOylof Almonds. It 
provokes Urine, and the 
Courfesy 
