Chap. ( 90. EngUjh Herbs. 
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Where a Rheumatifm has been fo vehement: that the 
Patient has roared out Night and Day with the Ve- 
hemency and Extremity of the pain, and has lain 
Bedrid for two whole Years together, not being able 
to ufeHand or Foot, or in the lealt help themfelves, 
not fo much as to put their Hand to their Mouths-, 
this Medicament, or Compofition, being given but 
five or fix times, has perfectly reftored them, be- 
yond all expectation. 1 commend it againft a Rheu- 
matifm, as a Compofition which has no equal in 
the whole Republick of Medicine. 
XVIII. 'The Elettuary. TC Ponder of Bryonie 
Roots, four ounces : Scammorty in yonder. Liquorice 
in ponder, of each two ounces : Cloves, Ginger, in 
ponder, of each one ounce : Nutmegs in ponder, Ze- 
doary , of each half an ounce : Tartar vitriolate two 
ounces- and half : Honey clarified, thirty fix ounces : 
mix and make an Elettuary. It cures the Scurvy, 
Dropfie, and Gout ^ and is an admirable thinga- 
gainlt the King’s-Evil : It produces the Terms in 
Women, and expels the Dead Child } and cleanfes 
the Stomach, and other Bowels, of Cold, Raw, 
Windy, Slimy, Tartarous and Griping Humors: 
Dofe, in a Bolus, from one dram to two drams in 
the Morning failing. 
XIX. The Fcecula. Jt has the Virtues of the 
Juice and Effence, but not altogether fo violent ; 
it may be given, fay Authors, from five to ten 
grains -, but in ltrong Bodies you may give it from 
ten grains to twenty : mix it with Honey, the Pulp 
of a Prune or Roafted Apple, or fome fiich like 
fubftance, and fo let it be taken in the Morning : 
being mixed with die Diftilled Water or Effence, 
or any other proper Wafh, it cleanfes the Skin, and 
takes away Wrinkles, Freckles, Lentils, Spots, black 
and blew Marks, Tanning, Sun-burning, and the 
like -, let it be laid upon the Skin, and fuffered to 
dry on. 
XX. The Pejfary. It is made of the folid fub-* 
ftance of the Root : being put to the Womb, it pro- 
vokes die Terms in Women, opens Obftru&ions of 
the Womb, and educes both Birth and After-birth, as 
alfo the Dead Child. 
XXL The Saline TinttUre. Taken inwardly to 
a dram, or more, in fome proper Liquor, it pro- 
vokes the Terms, and facilitates the Birth : and out- 
wardly applied, it removes all the Vices and Defor- 
mities of the Skin, as efte&ually as either Effence 
or Fcecula. You mult wafh therewith, and fuffer it 
to dry on, repeating it feveral times a day, if the 
Difeafe is inveterate. 
XXII. The hath of the Root and whole Plant. 
It is peculiar againft all external Defamations of 
the Skin ^ as alfo to open Obftruftions of the Womb, 
and educe the Terms, and to cleanfe it from all 
other Recrements of Humors, the Patient fitting 
for fome time therein, and repeating it, if need 
be. 
XXIII. The Cataplafm of the Root. Being bruifed 
and applied Cataplal'm-wife to any place where 
Bones are broken, it helps to draw them forth : and 
being mixt with a little Wine, and applied, it breaks 
Boils, and draws forth Pufhes, and is good againft 
Felons and Whitloes, which infeft the Fingers ends, 
and Roots of the Nails. It is alfo good to cleanfe 
the Skin from Morphew, Lepfofie, Scabs and Man- 
. ginels. 
XXIV. The Oil or Ointment. It is made by boil- 
ing the bruifed Root in Oil Olive, or Hogs-Lard, 
or Oil mixt with Beef or Mutton Suet, Lfc. they 
being anointed with it, diffolve or difeufs recent Tu- 
mors, help Contufions, and take away black and 
blew Marks which come from blows or falls $ 
and withal remove moft of the other deformities 
of the Skin, if applied tor fome realbnable 
time. 
CHAP. XC. 
BRYONIE Black. 
1 . ' fl ' HE Names. It is called in Greek ’'a^a©- 
-I- /l/.sa ail'd, BfvuyicL (Airaiva : 111 Latin, Vi Its 
nigra, and Bryonia nigra : In Eng/ifb, Black Bryo- 
nia. 
II. The Kinds. There are three kinds of this : 
i- \Nmr©- dyex*, and Vitis Sylvcfir is, and' 
I Otis nigra, Bryonia nigra, Bryonia nigra Sylvcfir is, 
Bryonia mgr a communis, Sig ilium . S anti a Maria:, 
Common Black Bryonie : but why it lhould be cal- 
led Vitis Sylvefiris , or Wild Vine, I know not, be- 
caufe there is a Vitis Sylvefiris, which is Vinifera, 
and differs but little from the true manured Vine, 
but that it grows Wild, and bears few Or no Grapes 
but Pliny I fuppofe was the caufe of it, who, lib. 23. 
cap. 1. being not able to diftinguilh them, con- 
founded ’em, and made them all one. 2. Bryonia 
nigra Baccifera, Black Bryonie with fingle Ref 
Berries : This Bauhinus in his Prodromus calls Bryo- 
nia Sylvefiris Baccifera, and in his Pinax, Bryonia 
Uvk, five nigra Baccifera. 3. Bryonia nigra Dicfco- 
ridis, Vitis nigra, ( ita ditta ab acinis, radieeque 
nigris, Lf quod Vitis fimilit udinem habet : ) Vi- 
tis Chironia, The true Black Bryonie of Diof- 
corides. 
III. The Defcription. It has a Root widich ii 
brownifh, or enc lining to hlackifh on the out fide, iri 
fome places by long fianding, but white within \ it 
is large f it grows in moifi grounds ■, but much 
f mailer and whiter, ij it grows in dry, hard, and 
flony places, as DaleCh'ampius fays, fomewhat hot, 
and cf a Jhatp tafie : hrom this Root ciriJeS long 
trailing Branches* without any clafping tend re Is ■, 
but by reafo'n of the vafi number of Branches, and 
their tender nejs, it takes hold of, and climbs ujo'n 
thofe things which fiand next to it, tbo 5 Cafie to be 
loofed therefrom , contrary to the other kinds. The 
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