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XX. The CfoMftm. Made with Vinegar by 
boiling, and applio^/it fottens hard Tumors, is 
good againlt Contufions, flops the Flux of Flumors 
to any part, and gives eafe in the Gout. 
XXI. The Diftilled Water. It has fome fmall 
matter of the Virtues of the Juice, Effence and De- 
coflion but is chiefly ufed as a Vehicle, to convey 
other Preparations in. 
XXII. The Spirituous TinUure. It is a famous 
thing againft all manner of Fluxes of Belly and 
Womb, but efpecially thofe of Blood •, it flops fpit- 
ting, vomiting and pifling of Blood, and wonderful- 
ly flrengthens the Stomach, Bowels and Womb ^ 
and it timely and prudently given, prevails again!! 
a Diabetes, becaufe by its Spirituous Nature, it fo 
admirably Arengfhens all the Veflels and Paflages. 
Dole two drams Morning and Night. 
XXIII. The Acid Tincture. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the Vinegar at Solatia, aforgoing, befides 
which it is an excellent Stomanck, flops Vomiting, 
flrengthens the Stomach, cuts Flegm, caufes a good 
Appetite and Digeflion, opens ObilruUions, and 
cleanles the Bowels : mixed in equal quantities 
with Ttnftura Marti s , and given Daily, Morning, 
Noon and Night, in lome convenient Vehicle to one 
dram, more or lefs, it perfectly cures the Green- 
ficknefs in Virgins, and the Yellow Jaundice in Elder 
People. 
XXIV. The Oily Tintfure. It prevails againft 
Defedations of the Skin, Scurf, Dandrift, Morphew, 
and that kind of Difeafe called Leuce , or the 
Spotted Leprofie ■, inwardly taken to half a dram, 
or one dram in White Wine, it admirably ftreng- 
thens the Back, and eafes the pains thereof ^ opens 
Obltruftions of the Urinary Parts, and expels 
lmall Stones, Gravel, Sand, and other Tartarous 
matter. 
XXV. The Balfam or Ointment. It digefts con- 
tufed Wounds ^ cleanfes old, putrid, running Sores 
and Ulcers, drys them, and luddenly heals them. 
There are but lew better Vulneraries than this Bal- 
lam and Ointment •, and being applied to the Gout, 
efpecially the Balfam, it eafes the pain, and fo ef- 
fectually draws forth the Morbifick matter, that 
for the raoft part the Patient remains perfectly 
cured. 
XXVI. The Colfyrium. It is made of the Juice 
mixed with Honey •, a quarter of a pound of Honey 
to a pint of the Juice. Put into the Eyes, it clears 
the fight, and flops fluxes of Rheum tailing down 
into them : there is nothing better for curing Ul- 
cers in that part, the Eye being walhed therewith 
three or four times a day. It is alfo an excellent 
Lotion to heal a lore and ulcerated Mouth, as alfo 
Ulcers in the Throat and Gums, the parts afFeCted 
being often Gargled and Walhed therewith : and 
if the fore or Ulcer feems to be inveterate, or pu- 
trid, the Collyrium will be fo much the more excel- 
lent, if to the former quantity two or three ounces 
of Common Spirit of Wine be added. 
CHAP. CXXXI. 
Of CIST US Dwarf. 
1 . nr HE Names. It is called in Greek, 
(xov *) Xa[xuujr@- ’■ In Latin, Helianthemum 
and Cham* ci ft us : In Englifh , Dwarf CiJ} us, and 
Small Sun-flower. 
II. The Kinds. Parkinfon makes Nine Kinds of 
this Plant, but a great part of them are Foreigners 
to us, and therefore not to be taken notice oft 
Thofe which are Natives of our Countrey^&re chief- 
ly three: i .Helianthemum Vulgar e i Cbamtecillus 
fore luteo, Flos Solis quorundam, 6ur Common 
Dwarf Ciftus, or lmall Sun Flower. 2. Hclianthe- 
m urn fore albo. White Dw'arf Ciftus. 3. Cham.t- 
cifius ferpilli foliis fore Cameo, The Great Dwarf 
Ciftus with Wild Time Leaves, and a blulh colored 
flower. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft has a hard and 
woody Root , of a brownifh color , and growing in time 
to be fomewhat great , and very long, and divided into 
fmall Branches at the lower end : From this Root 
come forth fever al fmall and weak, yet hard and al- 
mof woody Branches, lying for the mo ft part round 
about the Head of the Root upon the Ground, on 
which grow by pairs , many fmall and fomewhat )ong 
Leaves, thick, fat, and full of fubfance, a little foft 
or hairy, or covered with a foft Down, with other fmall 
Leaves alfo growing between them : at the lops 
whereof ft and three or four fmall pale yellow, and 
fometimes gold yellow colored Flowers, conffing of 
five round pointed Leaves apiece, zoith fome yellow 
threads in the middle, of a pretty favor or fuel l in 
fome places, but lefs or none in others : which be- 
ing p aft away, there follow fmall round Heads, in 
which arc contained fmall yellow Seed. This Plant 
dies not, but continues many years, increafing in its 
Branches, which yield a Vifcous or Mucilaginous 
Juice, like unto Comfrey, and is of an Auftcre 
Aftnngent tafte. 
IV. The fecond has a Root like the former, and 
differs not much from it, but that it grows up fome- 
what higher, the Leaves are a little longer, and not 
fo thick fet together , alfo more Woolly and Downey , 
thereby obtaining a whiter color. The Flower has the 
fame number oj Leaves, is alfo fomewhat longer, and 
white withal ■, being in fome places a little J'weet, in 
others little or nothing at all • and its Tafte is 
Aftringent like the j or mer. 
V. The third has a Root very Fibrous, fpreading 
much under Gound : from whence rife up many red- 
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