Chap; 1 1 8. EwgUJh Herbs. 1 6 j 
in a Glafs of Wine, Morning, Noon and Night, in 
all cold and moift Conftitutions. 
XX. T be Acid. Tin’Jure. It admirably helps Di- 
geftion, creates a good Stomach, repreifes Vapors, 
and is good againft Fits of theMother. Dole tltirty 
or forty drops in any Liquor the Patient drinks, or 
in a Glals of Wine two or three times a day. 
XXI. The Oily TinSure. It is Diuretick, eafes 
pains of the Back and Reins, being taken inwardly 
tp twenty or thirty drops in any proper Vehicle : 
outwardly bathed upon the part, it gives cafe in 
Pains ot the Gout, proceeding irom a cold Caufe ; 
and is eminently good againft Cramps in any part, 
Convulfions, and the Palfie, if it be well anointed 
on the Paralitick part before a good fire, and rubbed 
in for an hour together, and fo continued daily for 
twelve, fifteen, or twenty days, till the Patient 
finds lie comes to the feeling ftrength, and ule 
of his Limbs, &c, 
XXII. The Spirit drawn from the Seed. It revives 
the Spirits, chears the Heart, comforts Nature, re- 
prefles Melancholly, warms and ftrengthens a cold 
Stomach, and is good againft Fainting and Swoon- 
ing Fits. Dofe half an ounce, or more, a time, 
being dulcified, upon occafion. 
XXIII. The Di filled Oil from the Sfrd. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice, Effence, DecoSion, Pouder, 
Tin&ures and Spirit, but much more powerful to 
all the faid purpofes and intentions. Dofe from 
eight to fixteen drops, dtopt into Sugar, and then 
diifolved in any proper Vehicle the Patient likes 
belt, and is alfo agreeable to the Medicament in re- 
filling the Difeafe. 
XXIV. T be Powers. They have all the Virtues 
of the Oil, but much more fubtil and penetrating, 
and more pleafant and eafie to be taken by delicate 
and weak Stomachs. Dofe two or three drams in 
a Glafs of generous Wine, Morning and Night. 
XXV. The Elixir. Ic provokes Urine, ( having all 
the Virtues of the Spirit, TinUure, Oil and Powers 
exalted) and breaks the Stone, if it is foft and gritty, 
expelling Gravel, Sand and Tartarous Matter from 
all the Urinary VelFels. It opens ObftruUions of 
the Liver and Spleen, cleanfes the Blood from cor- 
rupted Humors, and is commended againft the Ca- 
thexia, or evil difpofition of the whole Body, ari- 
fing from a cold, moift, and watry habit of the fame; 
and therefore, in the going off of a Dropfte , when 
the Bowels are much weakned, and the Tone of 
them extreamly hurt, it fo comforts and ftrengthens 
them, as to make the Body to withftand the return 
of the Difeafe, into which if the Patient fhould Re- 
lapfe, it is generally fatal. The Dofe is half a 
fpoonful in Sherry, Clanary, or Madera Wine. 
CHAP. CXVIII. 
CENTORY the Greater. 
I. ‘ i v H E Names. It is called in Greek , KsmiWp 
-L 7-1 id ja : In Latin , Centaurium magnum : of 
Theophrajlus Kcvuuleu ■ and in Englijh , Centory the 
Greater, or Greater Centory. 
II. The Kinds. There are four Kinds of this 
Centory, I. Centaurium majus vulgar e, Centaurium 
magnum. The Common Great Centory. 2. Centau- 
rium majus alterum , The other Great Centory, or 
VVhole leav’d Centory. 3. Centaurium majus Amc- 
ricanum , or Canadanum , Centaurium foliis Cynarx , 
Centaurium Pyrenxum , The American Centory, with 
Artichoak Leaves. 4. Centaurium majus luteum , 
The great yellow Centory. 
III. The Defcriptions. The Juft of thefe has a 
Root which grows to be more than two feet long , and 
.is large as a reafonable great Parjnep-root , blackif > 
on the out fide, and Jbmetmg of a reddifh yellow with- 
in, abiding many years , and fending forth frejh 
Leaves every Spring, thofe dying for the ntoft part 
which were green all the Summer ; which Leaves 
are many, large , long , and foft , deeply cut in on the 
edges , 0} a pale green color on the upper fide, and 
whitijh underneath, without any thing of the great 
bitlernefs which is in the leffer Centory, which is no 
Species of this Plant. The Stalk is long and round, 
and three or four feet high, divided at the top into 
many Branches, on which Jland large, round, J'caly 
green heads, footing forth at their tops, many J'mall 
Threads or Thrums , of a pale blewijh AJh-color. In 
which, after they are fallen, do grow, large, whinfh, 
Jmoolh, fining Seeds, not much unlike Thijlle Seeds , 
but larger, and lying amongft a great deal of Downy 
Matter. 
IV. The fecond Great Centory has a Root growing 
to be as great or greater than the former, and black 
on the out fide, but yellowif within, yielding a ycl- 
lowtf red Juice, which is a little bitter, but more 
Aromatical than the former, from the head of this 
Root comes forth many Leaves lying almoft upon the 
ground, which are long, and as large almoft as the 
former, but without any jaggednefs or divijion at all 
in them, yet deeply dented about the edges , and of 
a deep green color. The Stalk is round and great , 
but rifes not up fo high as the other does, nor di- 
vides it J elf at the top into fo many Branches, but 
bearing only two or three heads on a Stalk, which 
are fcaly , in the fame manner, and in it J'uch like 
Thrums or Thready flowers, of a pale whit if color , 
which being paft, there comes fuel) like Seed in the 
heads, lying in a flacky or Downy Subfiance, and 
every one bearded in the fame manner, but a little 
blacker. 
V. The third , which is the American, or Floridian 
Great Centory, has a Root great and black on the 
out fide, but longer than the fir ft, and of the bignefs 
of ones Wrift. It has larger Leaves than the firjj 
and more jagged , or cut in deeply on the Edges, 
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