Chap. 93. 
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Herb 
vs. 
2 y 
to convey the other things in : But mixed, witli half 
its quantity of the Juice or Effence, it is good to 
walh a Sore or Ulcerated Mouth, and to cure fuch 
Sores or Ulcers which happen in the Secret Parts ot 
Men or Women. 
XV. The Spirituous Tmtlurc. It heals admirably 
any Sore or Ulcer, whether inward or outward. In 
Ulcers of the Lungs it may be mixed with the 
Syrup aforenamed, thus : fV of the /aid Syrup , one 
ounce : of the diftilled Water an ounce and half : 
of the Tincture two drams : mix for a Ttofe to Jie gi- 
ven in Ulcers of the Lungs. Outwardly mixed with 
the Juice or Effence , it cleanfes old Ulcers, Incar- 
nates and heals, and fometimes heals fimple Wounds 
at once or twice drelfing ■, you may make it thus : 
Th of the Juice or Ejjence four ounces : of the Syrup 
an ounce and half : of this Tintlure one ounce : mix 
them , to wajh the Ulcer withal. 
XVI. The AcidTintlure. It is an admirableithing 
againft inward Wounds, Thrufts, or Stabs into the 
Body or Bowels, and is excellent to be mixed with 
all Wound Drinks, and to be given mixed with the 
Syrup, againft the Rickets in Children : It flops the 
running of Gangreens, being applied ; and opens 
Obftruffions of the Liver, and Gall ; and is good to 
be mixed with Walhes for fore Mouths and Throats. 
Dofe inwardly from thirty to forty drops, in any 
fpecifick Vehicle. 
XVII. The Oily Tintlure. It cures Wounds at a 
few times dreffing, but chiefly Wounds of the 
Nerves, for which it is a Sovereign thing : If a 
Nerve is ptickt or wounded, it prefently eafes the 
pain, and prevents the return of Convulfions upon 
that account. 
XVIII. The Saline TinSure. It is cleanfing, and 
is good to walh and bathe thofe parts which are 
apt to break out with Botches, Boils, Scabs, Itch, 
Scurf, Morphew, and other Defcedations of the 
Skin. 
XIX. The Lotion. It is made of the Juice thus : 
5 l Clarified Juice of Bugle a pint : Honey three oun- 
ces : Allum fix drams : mix and diffblve over a 
gentle fire. It is good to wafh inveterate and run- 
ning Sores with, which are very foul, and have 
been of long continuance ; and it is as powerful 
and effeftual to heal all running and ftinking Ulcers 
in the Secret Parts of both Men and Women, and 
is an excellent Gargle for curing Sores, and Cankers 
in the Mouth and Throat. 
XX. The Ointment. It is made of the Leaves of 
Bugle two parts : of Self-heal , Sanic/e, and Sca- 
bious , of each one part -, bruifed and boiled in Hogs 
Lard , or in a mixture of equal parts of Sheeps Suet , 
and Oil Olive , until the herbs are crifp , and then 
ftrained forth, and kept for ufe. It is a very good 
thing for healing any frelh or green Wound, tho’ 
lacerated, torn, or bruifed •, it brings it to digeftion, 
cleanfes, incarnates, and fpeedily heals it. Parkin- 
fon fays, that he could wilh that all the good Wo- 
men and Ladies, that defile to do good to their own 
Families, or their poor Neighbours, not to be with- 
out this Ointment, always ready prepared, and ar 
hand by them. 
XXL The Balfam. It has the Virtues of the 
Ointment, but more digeftive, cleanfing, and i near- 
native, and therefore more fit for complicated 
Wounds, which are accompanied with Contufions, 
Dilacerations, and other ill Symptoms. 
XXII. The Cataplafm. Made of the green Herb, 
it is good to abate Inflammations, and other hot 
Swellings in the Neck, Throat, and other Parts. It 
difeufles Contufions, dilfolves congealed Blood, and 
is profitably applied to thole Parts which are hurt 
by any blow or tall : It is alfo profitable to be ap 
plied to all forts of Ulcers, whether recent or in- 
veterate, walhing the lame alio with the Lotion 
preferibed in Sett. 19. aforegoing, eterytime you 
drefs them. It is good to be applied to broken 
Bones, and Dillocations, where the parts have been 
long out of Joint, and have been ohen reduced, and 
fall out again by realon ofWeaktiefs: but as thele 
things ought to applied outwardly, fo the Elfence, 
or Juice, ought to.be tiled all along inwardlv, to 
corroborate the Tone of the Parts. 
XXIII. The Fixed Salt. It is opening, cleanfing, 
and diuretick, removes all Tartatous matter out of 
the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder : and raken to one 
fcruple with the Elfence, it is good to heal Wounds, 
and Ulcers of the Urinary parts. 
CHAP. XCIII. 
O/BUGLOSS Garden. 
I. ' [ A H E Names. It is called in Greek , Blytoaw, 
X ( but it is rather the name of Borage, for fo 
the Greeks called that Plant, and this our Buglofs 
was rather the l.effer Buglofs ; alfo Aiix» 4 «, with 
■Dodonsus : which Parkinjon fays was unknown ro 
the Ancients. In Latin , Buglqffum : and in Englijh 
Buglofs ( after the Latin name. ) 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral forts of it, as, 
1. The Garden, which is Bug/offum Hortenfe. 
2. Bugloffa SylveJJns , Wild Buglofs. 7. Echium, 
Vipers Buglofs. 4. Wall .rid Stone Buglofs. y. Pl- 
utonium, Marjh Buglofs : (Ji thefe laft four we (hall 
treat in the four next Chapters. 6. Anchufa Al- 
kanet, of which we have treated in Chap. 8. afore- 
going. 
BVGLOJ5A. 
III. The Garden Kind , of which we treat in this 
Chapter, is twofold, viz. i. AdjsAJ.tr, I ' ' . Bag- 
lojum Vulgare, which is the Greater Bug S/s, 
2. BugloJJum Luteum, which is the Lrffcr Eug 'ojs, 
and. 
