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fomewhat like unto Peach Leaves , but much lefjer 
and narrower ; they are alfo long , but fomewhat nar- 
rower than thofe of the Mild. AsGnart, and without 
any [pots at all , yet fometimes they have been found 
with redifh Marks upon them. The Stalks are about 
a Loot and half high , round , fnooth and Jointed , 
zo/ 7 fr a kind of Knee at each Joint : at the greater 
Joints , (W well towards the tops of the Stalks and 
Branccs , tfj- at the tops alfo , come forth fmall fpiky 
heads of blufh or readifh Colored , and fometimes 
more red or white Flowers Mixed, clujlering together, 
which falling away , comes little blackifh Seed , 
fomewhat broad or flatifh and fometimes of a reddifh 
yellow Color-, of a hot and biting Tafe, (as is all 
the ref of the Plant ) aim of like unto Pepper, whence 
came the name of Water Pepper; but the Herb it felf 
is without any fmclL 
IV. The Virginian Kind is in moft things , as its 
Roots , Stalks , Branches , Joints , Leaves , iW 
/rx /i/fc our Englifh fo/iw Defcribed , and dif- 
fers only in the form of the Flowers growing , and 
their Color , growing on tnore fender and long 
fpikes , tfW their Color being white. 
V. Places. ■ Hydropiper grows almoft every 
where, throughout the Kingdom, in moift and was- 
try Places, and near unto Rivers and Ditch-Iides, 
Handing plalhy Waters , running Brooks and fuch 
like. The latter has been brought out of Virgi- 
nia, and is nourilhed up with us in Gardens. 
VI. The Mimes. They Flower in June and July, 
to Augufl, and the Seed is Perfe&ed or Ripe not 
long after •, yet it is to be obferved the Virginian 
Kind Flowers fomething later here, and therefore 
its Seed is fomewhat later Ripe. 
VII. The Qualities. Hydropiper is hot and dry 
in the fourth Degree. It Incides, Attenuates, opens, 
and is Diuretick, and Emmenagogick, and by Ap- 
propriation is Cephalick, Neurotick, Hyfterick and 
Nephritick. 
VIII. The Specification. It is known by manifold 
and large Experience to be a peculiar Plant againft 
Gravel and Stone, whether -in Reins or Bladder. 
IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep only, 
i. The Dryed Herb. But you may prepare there- 
from, 2. The D filled Water- ?. The Juice. 4 . 
Ihe t (fence. 5. I be Oil. 6 . The Ointment . 7. 
The Cataplafm. 8. The Root, an\l Seed. 
The Virtues . 
X. The Herb. It is hot and dry, ufed chiefly in 
Wounds, hard Tumors and inveterate Ulcers. Some 
ufe it in the Tranlplantation of Dileafes, and re-, 
moving of Inchantments. The Green Herb ftrew- 
ed in a Chamber, is laid to kill all the Fleas ; and 
a good handful put under a Horfes Saddle, will 
make him go briskly, altho’ half tyred before. 
XI. The Lift'd led. Water. It is a Specifick againft 
Stone and Gravel in both Reins and Bladder, and has 
cured to admiration when all other things in the 
World has failed; and fo great things have been 
fome hundreds of times experimented of this Ample 
Lift tiled Water, which feem to be even Miraculous, 
it performing what much reputed greater Medica- 
ments cannot do: I write not this from my own Ex- 
perience only, which in this cafe is very confidera- 
ble, but we have alfo the Suffrage of very Great 
and Learned Men, as to the lame thing. And this 
thing I would have to be noted. That in any of 
my Books, wherefoever I have mentioned Perjica- 
ry or Arfmart Water, either Amply or with other 
Preparations againft the Stone, Gravel, &fc. I always 
in all thofe places, intend the Water of thisprefent 
Herb, of which we now Ipeak, viz. Hydropiper , or 
Biting Arfmart. 
XII. .The Juice. Given to j. ounce in White 
Port Wine it provokes the Terms, facilitates the 
Birth, and brings away the After-Birth ; and given 
in yj. or viij. ounces of the Diftilled Water , it pro- 
vokes Urine, and opens obftructions of the Urinarv 
Paffages. 
XIII. The Effence. It has the Virtues of the Juice, 
comforts the Head, Nerves, Stomach, Lungs, Womb, 
and Reins, provokes the Terms, and cauies a good 
Digeftion, eafes pains of the Gout from a cold Caufe, 
waifs and confumes liiperhuous Humors in any part, 
and is admirable againft all cold and moift Difeafes 
of the Brain, Nerves and Wofnb, as Fallingfick- 
nefs. Vertigo, Lethargy, Apoplexy, P-allie, Me- 
grim, Barrennels, Etc. and made into a Syrup with 
Honey it is a good Peftoral. Dofe ij. drams., 
XIV. T. be Oil. It diffolves and difeufles all cold 
Swellings, Scrophulous and Scirrhous Tumors 
Quinfies, Congealed Blood, Pleurilies, Efc. 
XV. The Ointment. It is good againft Bruifes 
in any part, and prevails againft Oedema’s, and 
other cold Tumors of the Joints, Kings’ Evil Swel- 
injg, and Kernels in Neck and Throat. 
XVI. The Cataplafm. It prevails againft Contu- 
fions, hindering putrifaffion ; and applyed to a 
Fellon or Whitloe, it takes away the Pain almoft 
prefently, and in a fhort time after cures it. 
XVII. The Root and Seed. Either the Root or 
Smlbruifed and applyed to an Aching Tooth, gives 
prefent eafe, and in Ihort time after perfectly cures 
it : Put into a hollow Tooth, it does alfo the 
lame thing. 
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