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Heat, by which it is Diu- 
rctick. 
Golden in 
Latin Saxifraga aurea. 
It is Bitterifh , Hot , 
and Aftringent, with a 
Rclifli like Meadow-Sax- 
ifrage ; of the Virtue of 
the former. 
Common Field SJCftlMOUS, 
in Latin Scdbiofa major 
comm uni or. It has many 
foft, hairy, whitilh green 
Leaves, fome are much 
jag’d , fome but little ; 
they have fmall Threads 
in them, which may be 
feen by breaking them. 
It has many round , hairy, 
green Stalks, two or three 
Foot high ; they have 
hairy , green Leaves on 
them, deeply and neatly 
divided. At the top of 
the Stalks Hand round 
Heads of Flowers, of a 
pale bluiOi Colour, many 
plac’d together. The 
Root is white and thick, 
and grows deep in the 
Earth. It grows frequently 
in Palturcs, and amongft 
Corn. 
The Herb boyl’d in 
Wine, the Juice, or th& 
diftill’d Water, cures Im- 
pofthumes, a Pleuriiie, a 
Cough, and other Difeafes 
of the Breaft. *Tis alfo 
good for a Quinfie , and 
the Plague ; And it cures 
the Itch, and little Pocky 
Ulcers in the Fundament, 
and other Parts , called 
Bjpagades. 
3>C0Jt>Utm, or Water- 
Germander y in Latin Scor- 
dium. The Stalk is an. 
Hand high, or higher, and 
branchy. The Branches 
take Root in fcveral pla- 
ces, and fo it incrcafes 
much. The Leaves grow 
two at a Joint ; they at# 
long, wrinkly, foft, whitilh, 
hairy, and indented ; and 
they fmell like Garliek , 
and talle bitter ; they are 
like Germander - leaves. 
The Flowers arc like Ger- 
mander-flowers 5 they arc 
red. 
Scordium is Alexiphar- 
mick , and Sudorifick,. 
’Lis cliiefly tiled in the 
Plague, and for Obftrii- 
dlions of the Liver, .Spleen 
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