Chap. 34, 'Englifi Herbs. 
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both Choler and Flegm, but it purges Flegm more 
maniieftly than Choler. It wonderfully helps the 
Obftrufl'dns of the Liver and Spleen, and therefore 
is excellent againlt the Dropfie and Y ellow Jaun- 
dice, and ftubborn Agues, which come from plenty 
of Evil Humors. You may tteep 6, 7, 8, or 9, of 
the Leaves in Wine for one Dofe, according as the 
Age and Strength of the Patient may be, and repeat 
it twice or thrice a Week. 
XII. The infufion. Made of the Leaves in Mead 
pr Whey, with the Addition of Lome Spikenard to 
Correct it, it performs all that the Wine doth, and 
is Very effectual for thofe that are afflifted with a 
Sciatica, and other like Pains of the Joints. 
XIII. The Decodion. Made in Whey, Mead, or 
'Wine, of the Leaves, adding alfo a little Mace, Cin- 
namon, or Spikenard, by Boiling, which ought not 
to be much, becaufe then the Virtue will be lolt ; 
it mightily prevails againft Quotidian, Tertian and 
Quartan Agues, and performs all that the Wine, or 
Infufion can do : this may be given every other day, 
anointing alfo the Back Bone and Soles of the Feet 
with the following Oil. Now here is to be noted, 
that in making this Decoflion, the Liquor in which 
the Leaves are put, ought firft to boil, that they 
may not remain long in the Decoffion, becaufe of 
lofing their Virtue, as aforefaid. 
XIV. The Extend. Made of the Roots, being 
Green , and beaten into a Mafs, and the Juice Extra- 
fled with Wine, till the whole Virtue is drawn 
forth, and then evaporated to the due thicknefs of 
an Extraft. Being thus made, it will keep all the 
Year, and is mote fafe than the fimple Pouder of 
the Root -, and may be given from xv. grains to 
half a dram. But Schroder has an Alcaltfaie Ex- 
trtiO , which is called alfo Coagulum Afar: , thus 
made. Ik Take Roots and Leaves of A f arum, ex- 
trad a Jtrong Tincture with Spirit of Wine reftified . 
which fitter through brown Taper, to which add the 
fixed Salt of the AJhes . made by elixiviation . and 
calcined again . even to melting digeji a while , then 
abftrad the Sfirir, till the Ext rad becomes of the 
thicknefs of Honey. Dofe from j.fcrttple to iij.fcru- 
fles. It may be given againft the Bitings of Ser- 
pents, and mad Dogs, King’s Evil, Afthma’s, Quar- 
tans, Worms in Children, and in any of the Cafes 
which the Pouder of the Roots, or Wine, In- 
fufion or Decoflion of the Leaves, are intended 
for. 
XV. The EJfence. It is a good Emetick and Ca- 
thartick, but works not fo ftrongly Upwards as the 
fimple Juice, or the former Pouders, Wine, Infu- 
fions, or Decoflions -, and after it has done work- 
ing, it commonly provokes Sweat powerfully, ex- 
pelling the Relicks of the Difeafe that way. Dofe 
from j. dram to ij. or iij. drams in Wine or Mead, 
as the Patient is in Age and Strength. 
XVI The Eleduary. You may fee the Prepara- 
tion of it in our London Bifpenfatory, lib. 4. cap. 22. 
fed. 9;. It may be given from ij. drams to iv. to 
evacuate by Vomit all forts of Humors from the 
Stomach, and Parts adjacent : ’tis fo gentle that 
Aged People,' and Women with Child may fafely 
take it • give it in Mead or Wine. 
XVH. The Saline Tindure. It is Extracted from 
the green, or fiefti gathered Roots and Herbs. This 
.works more by Urine and Sweat, and is gentler 
than many of the other Preparations. Dofe from j. 
drain to ij. drams ; it carries off the Morbifick 
Matter of many inveterate Difeafes, as the Drop- 
lie, Jaundice, Gout, Sciatica, King’s Evil, Agues, 
Cachexies, Green-fickncfs, Apoplexies , Lethargies, 
Megrims, Surfeits, Efc. by all the Ways, as Vomit, 
Stool, Urine and Sweat. The Head walhed or Ba- 
thed therewith, comforts the Btain and Nerves, 
which are difaffeited with taking Cold, and ftreng- 
tltens a weak Memory. 
XVIII. The Oil by InfaTution. The Herb and Roots 
well bruifed, and put into a diffident quantity of 
Oil, with the addition of j. ounce oh Laudanum, to 
every pound of Oil ; and infolated for two Months 
in a hot Sun, then preffed forth ; ( for want of a hot 
Sun, a Sand heat may do better, which will be con- 
tinually Night and Day the lame. ) This Oil warm, 
being anointed upon all the Back, from the Neck 
to the Hips, as alfo upon the Soles of the Feet, in 
a warm Bed, it provokes Sweating ; and being up- 
on the accefs of an Ague, it prevents the cold and 
(ltaking Fit, and thereby cures thofe who have been 
long afflifled with Quotidians, Tertians or Quar- 
tans ; it is good alfo againft Cramps, and other dif- 
aft'eftions of the Sinews, and an old Cough. 
XIX. The Cataplafm. The Leaves bruifed, and 
applied as a Cataplafm, to the Forehead and Tem- 
ples, eafes the Head-ach, and caufes Sleep : and ap- 
plied to the Eyes, it takes away their Inflamma- 
tion. 
XX. The Juice. The common ufe of this Herb 
is, to take the Juice of 5, 6 . or 7 Leaves ( according 
to the Age and Strength of the Patient ) and to mix 
it with a fmall draught of Ale, Mead or Wine, and 
fo drink it to caufe V omiting. It works very ftrong- 
ly, cures Surfeits, and has all the Virtues of the 
Pouder of the Root, Wine, Infufion, Decoflion, Ex- 
trafl, or Effence. Mixed with a little Tutia pre- 
pared, and dropt into the Eyes, it cleats the Eye-fight, 
and helps the Dimnefs and Mills, which are often 
before them. 
XXI. The Conferve. Made of the Flowers, with 
refined Sugar or Honey. This being eaten is found 
by Experience to ftrengthen very much the Audito- 
ry Nerves, and to help difficulty of Hearing, Deaf 
nefs, and a bad Memory. Dofe from j. dram to iv. 
drams, in the Morning Fading. 
XXII. Nota. That moil of the Preparations of 
this Plant are not to be given to Women with Child, 
for that through their Violence, they caufe Mifcar- 
riqge. 
CHAP. XXXIV. 
Of Wild ASAPvABACCA. 
I. / T A H E Names. It is called in Greeks *A m&v 
X iyeitov : in Latin , Afar in a , Afarum Sylve- 
jhe : in Englijb , Bafard or Wild Afarabacca. 
II. The Kinds. It is the fecond Species mention- 
ed in Chap. 33. SeQ. 2. aforegoing •, and a Angular 
Herb of the fort. . 
III. The Defcription. It has Roots long and fen- 
der , creeping under the upper crufi of the Earth , 
and not J. hooting deep down, having a fomewbat Jharp 
tafle , and a little bitter withal $ from whence fpring 
forth Leaves , almofl like to our Garden Afarabacca, 
but fomewbat rounder , a?id rougher than they , fight- 
ly and unevenly indented about the edges , growing 
upon long fender hairy Toot-ftalks , yet is it but a 
low Riant , and creeping , as it were , upon the Ground . 1 
The flowers grow near unto the Ground , like unto 
thofe of Cammomil , but much lefer , and wholly Tel- 
low, as well the border of the Leaves , as the Thrum 
in the middle but Gerard fays, they are of a Mealy 
or Dufy Colour , and not unpleafant in Smell. _ This 
Riant Cluiius thinks to be his Tuffilago Alpina fe- 
cunda •, but Parkinfon fays, that by reafon of its Jharj> 
