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Jtin&iva 
- Jraelf 
III. The Defcription. It bar a Knot confifiw g oj 
feveral long Branches , fillei with many Thready 
firings, from whences rifes up one or more feeble 
Stalks , which lye flat upon the Ground, it being but 
a f mall low Plant ; and from thofe Stalks come forth 
many weak and feeble Branches, upon which grow 
very f mall Leaves , almofi round, yet a little Pointed, 
without Cut or Lent, in Jhape not much unlike to 
Baftl, of a Greyifb Colour, Sprinkled over with a cer- 
tain kind of Dufiy Air pimp's, or like to very fmall 
White Sand : among which Leaves, here and there 
confifed/y , are the Seeds difperfed, which can be li- 
kened to nothing but Dufi and AJhes. The whole 
Plant is of a mofi Loathfom Savor or Smell, not much 
differing from that of old Rotten fifh, or Something 
viorfe. It perifhes in Winter, and rifes yearly again 
from its own Sowing. 
IV. The Places. It grows naturally upon Dunghills, 
and other the molt filthy places that may be : fome- 
times it is found in places like Brick-kilns, and old 
Walls, and near the Emptying places of Ordure 
or Dung ; but the cleannefs of the Ground may 
in fome meafure alter its Smell, which, as fome 
fancy, may be like old Rotten Cheefe : but that 
which grows in its natural place, fmells like abo- 
minable Stinking Fid), whence came the name Ga- 
rofmos, as is before declared. 
V. The Times. It is an Annual fpringing Plant, 
Flowers in June and July, and, The Seed is ripe pre- 
sently after, at what time it perifhes, and rifes' a- 
gain of irs own Seed ; fo that if it is once gotten 
into a Ground, it is not eafie to be deftroyed, or 
rooted out again. 
VI. The Qualities. It is Cold and Moift in the 
firft Degree ; is Alterative, Cleanling and Emol- 
lient-; and is chiefly Hyfterick, or appropriated to 
the Womb. 
VII. The Specification. It is a pure Antihyfterick, 
curing Vapors, and Fits of the Mother, arifing ftom 
almolt what Caufe foever. 
VIII- The Preparations. You may have from ir, 
I. A DecoSton. 2. A Juice. A. An KJJence. a. A Sy- 
rup. 5. A Saline Tin fire. 6. An Injeflion. 7. A_ 
Calaplafm. 8. Alt Ointment, or B n] am. 
IX. The Decottton. If made in Wine, and drunk 
from three ounces to fix, it quells hot Vapors ari- 
iing from the Stomach to the Head : if made in 
Water, it cools the Stomach and Womb, being in- 
wardly taken, and outwardly injeaed with a Womb 
Syringe. 
X. The Juice. It may be taken from j. ounce 
to lj. ounces, or more : It cleanles the Womb if it 
IS foul, and flrengchens it exceedingly ; it provokes 
the Terms, repreffes Vapors admirably, and cures 
Hyfterick hits : give it in a Glafs of White Port ■ 
and let the Patient fmell to it. 
XI. The Effence. It makes Barren Women Fruit- 
ful, provokes the Terms, if they be ftopt ; and 
ltops them if they flow immoderately ; it facili- 
tates the Birth, and brings away the After-birth, or 
Dead Child : it is commended as an Univerfal Me- 
dicine for the Womb, both eafily, fafely and fpeedi- 
ly curing any Difeafe thereof; as Vapors arifing 
from the foulnels of the Womb, or too great abun- 
dance of Seed, Fits of the Mother, and the like. 
Dofe from i. ounce to iij. ounces, in a Glafs of 
White Wine, &e. 
XII The Syrup. It has the Virtues of the Juice 
and Ellence, but not full out lo powerful as either 
of them, and therefore is to be given to more quea- 
iie Stomachs. It is alfo ufed as a Vehicle to con- 
vey the Juice or Effence down in : you may make 
it with Sugar ; but for cleanling the Womb, it is 
much better to be made with Honey. Dofe hi. or 
iv. Spoonfuls. J ' 
XIII. The Saline TinOure. This is more power- 
ful in cleaning the Womb, and reprefhng Vapors 
and Hyfterick Fits, than either the Juice or Ellence’ 
and may be exhibited from j. dram to ij. drams’ 
either 111 the Sryup, or White Port Wine. Mixt 
with equal parts of the Juice, it is good to fmell 
to, in Vapors, and Mother Fits, for the ill Scent 
thereof, caufes the Womb to fly from ir, or preci- 
pitates the Vapors downwards: and being thus mix- 
ed with the Juice, it is good againft the falling 
down of the Womb, being call in with a Womb 
Syringe -, it alfo kills Worms which breed in the 
Sores or Ulcers of Horfes, or other Cattel. 
XIV. The InjeSion. It is made of the Juice mix- 
ed with equal parts of the Syrup, and Red Wine. 
It deanfes Ulcers of the Womb, is good againft the 
Whites, ftrengthens the Matrix, and is helpful a- 
gainft its falling down. 
XV. The Cataplafim. It is applied to the Share- 
Bone in Women, in a Procidentia Uteri ; and gives 
eafe in the Gout, or other Pains arifing from a hot 
Caufe : applied to the Stomach, it repreffes Fits of 
the Mother. 
XVI. The Balfam. It cures Ulcers in the Womb, 
and Privy Parts of Man or Woman, and is a Angu- 
lar thing to give eafe in the Gout, being applied; 
as alfo to cool and diflipate Inflamations. 
CHAP. XXIX. 
Of Sea A R A C H. 
I- T' H E Names. It is called in Greek, ’Are^af/t 
\ : in Latin , Alnplex marina ; and by 
Label Xerampehm ; in Englifh, Sea Aracb, Marfh 
Arach. II. The 
