Chap. 52. 'Englijb Herbs. 
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XI. X be lnfpiffate Juke. DilTolved in a mix- 
ture of Red Wine and Water, it is a lingular thing 
to heal internal wounds, and Hop inward bleedings, 
and to reprels the Fits of the Mother. Iniefded up 
the Womb two or three times a day, it 'flops the 
overflowing of the Terms, and the Whites in Wo- 
men. If it be reduced to ponder, and drank to one 
dram in Red Port Wine it heals inward Wounds, 
and outwardly being ftrewed upon any frefli green 
Wound, it heals it. 
XII. T be Spiritous TinBure. It heals inward 
Wounds, and gives eafe in the Colick ; and is found 
to be of excellent ufe in fainting and fwooning Fits. 
Dofe from j. dram to ij. drams in any proper Ve- 
hicle. 
XIII. The Oleaginous TinBure. Given to j. dram, 
it opens obflruftions of thfe Womb, and is good a- 
gaintt Fits of the Mother. It alfo eafes vehement 
pains in the Back and Reins, being given in a pro- 
per Vehicle twice a day. 
XIV. The Oil by lnfufion in Oil Olive. It is a 
moll Angular Vulnerary, not only for all forts ol 
external Wounds, but lor inward Wounds alfo, be- 
ing drunk ( in fome proper Vehicle) from ij. drams 
to four, twice or thrice a day. And as for all forts 
of outward Wounds which are green or frelh, it 
drys them, confolidates their Lips, and heals them. 
It alfo drys tip the moifture of inveterate or old 
Ulcers, which hinders them from healing, and dif- 
pofes them to a Ipeedy cure. Being applied with 
Lint, it is good againft the Piles or Hemorrhoids ; 
and being applied hot, it is effectual againft Pun- 
Uures of the Nerves. Some Authors fay, that an- 
ointed on the Bellies of Women whicli are Barren, 
it caufes them to be fruitful. It alfo cures burn- 
ings with Fire, or fcaldings with Water,, and eafes 
the flinging ol Bees, Waljrs, Hornafs, iS'c. and be- 
ing anointed on the Marks, Scars, or blemilhes of 
Wounds ; it takes them away, or much abates 
them. _ 
XV. The BalJ'am. If it is made of the former 
Oil, by addition of Venice Turpentine,- or Balfam 
Capivi , and Bees Wax ; it becomes a moll lingular 
Vulnerary,' and in many refpeUs more excellent than 
the Ample Oil, and indeed is much more profitable 
for the healing of rotten running Sores, and old 
putrid Ulcers ; applied to Cramps or Convuliions 
for fome time, it helps the fame, and is a lingular 
thing to cleanle and heal Ulcers in Womens Breafts, 
and luch as happen in the Secret Parts of Man or 
Woman. 
by J. Bauhin , Noli me tangere : by Tragus , Mer- 
curialis fylveJUs altera : by Dodoneus , Impatient Her- 
ba ; and by Columna^ Halfamitd altera. 
CHAP. LII. 
BALSAM-APPLE Female and Yellow. 
I. *T A H E Names. It is alfo unknown to the 
-1 Greeks : but is called in Latin by Matthio- 
lus , Anguilla. , Fuchflus , Gejner and Tragus , Balfi- 
mina altera : by Dodoneus , Ba/faminum : by Lug- 
dunenfis , Balfamina : by Cordus , Baf amelia : by 
Gefner ad Cordum , Balfamina amigdoloides : by Ca- 
merarius , Tab ermont anus , and Gerard, Balfamina 
Fccmina : by L obel, Balfamina f comma perflcifolia •, 
and by Cefalpina , Catanance : and in Englijb Balm 
Apple female. 
II. The Kinds. It is the fecond kind of the Balm 
Apple-, viz. the Female -, differing very much from 
the former, both in the form and manner of grow- 
ing. The Tellow Baf amine is the third kind, and 
by Lobel,Camerarius , Gerard , and others, is called 
Terflcaria Siliquofa , in Englijb , Codded Arfmart 
III. The Defer iption. The Female Balm Appl£ 
does much differ from the former : It has a Root dif- 
perfed into manifold Arms , from whence proceeds 
many f mall firings Spreading under the Earth : The 
Stalks arife from the main flock of the Root , which 
are thick , fat , full of Juice , in Jubfiance like the 
fialks of Turflane , of a reddifh colour , and fome what 
fbining. The Leaves are long and narrow , much like 
thofe of the Willow or Teach tree, a little toothed 
about the edges : among which come forth the Flow- 
ers, of an incarnate colour , tending to blewnefs , with 
a little tail or f pur annexed thereto, like to Larks 
heels, of a faint, light crimfon colour. Thefe being 
gone , there comes up in their places the Fruit, or 
Apples , rough and hairy, round, and fharp at the 
point, and leffer than thofe of the Male , at Jiff green, 
but aftenmrds yellowifh when ripe, the which open 
of then if. elves when full ripe, and caft abroad their 
Seed, much like unto a Fetch, fays Dodoneus j or like 
to Lentils, as other Authors fay. But that which 
Gerard had in his Garden cafl forth the Seed like 
Cole-flower, or Muftard-feed , which made him to 
think that either the Clime had altered its fh. ape, or 
that there was two kinds thereof. 
IV. The yellow Balfamint ( vohich Gerard places 
with the Arfmarts, and Parkinfon with the Mercu- 
ries ) has a black and thready . Root, which perifhes 
every year, from which Spring forth Stalks about two 
foot high , tender , green , and Jbmewhat purplifb , hol- 
low, fmooth, juicy and tranfparent, with large and 
eminent Joints : From whence proceed Leaves like 
thofe of French Mercury, a little larger and broader 
towards their Stalks, and thereabouts afo cut in 
with deeper Teeth or Notches. From the bofoms cf 
each of thefe Leaves, come forth long Stalks hang- 
ing downwards , which are divided into three or four 
branches, upon which hang yellow flowers, much ga- 
ping, with crooked Spurs or Heels, and J pot ted afo 
with red or crimfon f pots. The Flowers being gone, 
there fucceeds Cods containing the Seed , which are 
about tzvo Inches long, fender, knotted, and of a whi- 
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