Chap. 
iy i. 
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Difcrafie of the Liver and Spleen : It is good alfo 
to eafe gnawings in the Stomach, Pains and Tor- 
ments in the Rowels, to expel Wind, and eafe the 
tains of the Mother. Dole one fpoonful in a glafs 
of Wine Morning and Night. 
CHAP. CLI. 
Of CONSOUND Daifie. 
I/'jP if E Names. It was unknown to the Greets : 
the Latins call it, Gonfolida media , 0 cuius 
Bovis brunfelfij. , and Bupthalmus , Bellium majus 
Tabernmontam : hut by all other Authors, hell is 
major , and Beilis major Vulgaris , five Syhejlris : in 
Englijh it is called Daifie or -Middle Confound, Ox 
Eye, the Great field White Lai fie, and Maudlin-wort. 
II. The Kinds. It is a Species of the Lai fie, be- 
ing the firlt and great Kind of White field Daifie 
and is twofold, i. Confolida media Anglica, Confo- fomewhat J mailer than the former, 
lida media Vulnerariorum , Beilis major agrefiis An- 
glica, The Englijh Middle Confound, or Englifin 
Great Field Daifie. 2. Confolida media, vel Beilis 
major Americana vel Virgin; ana. The American or 
Virginian Middle Confound, or Great Field Dai 
fie. 3. Confolida media, or Bugle, which fee in 
Cap. 92. aforegoing. 
which grow to be about a foot and half high, wain 
divers like Lccrves thereon , but f mailer, and leper 
divided than the lower. At the tops oj the Stalks 
and Branches grow large Flowers, each upon feveral 
Footflalks, confining of many white and narrow 
Leaves , a-s a Laic, or Border, about the yellow 
Thrums in the middle, like lhcfo of Mayweed, ha- 
ving no Smell at all : The Seed is fomewhat long, 
and is blown away with the Wind. Of this Kind 
there is one which bears double Flowers, differing 
Jr cm the former in nothing elfo. 
IV. The focond, or Virginian Kind, I'M a Root 
full of Fibres not much unlike to the former • front 
which Root rife up Stalks higher and greater than 
thofo before deforibed : the L caves alfo are larger, 
and broadej 1 towards the ends, but longer and J mai- 
ler at the bottoms, dented likewifo about the Edges, 
d hooting forth feveral Branches , at the tops oj all 
which they bear many white Flowers, as' it were in 
an Umbel, yet not Jo great, nor the white Leaves fo 
large cu the former, but fmaller, and more in num- 
ber, with a greenijh yellow in the middle and feme 
a little larger than others, and Jiiccceded with Seed 
yniddk 
QjnsountL 
Confouncl-Daific. 
I’ll The Defcriptions. T he firft or Englilh Kind 
I'm a hoot which is only a Bulb of White String 
which abide many Winters , with the Leaves Jhooitnl 
Jonh every Spring afrejh : from this Root come forth 
many long , narrow , and round pointed Leaves next 
the ground, pretty deeply Cut in on both flies, ma- 
king it look almojl like the divifwns offomc Jons of 
Oaken Leaves, or rather like lhofe of Groundlel : 
from among .thefe Leaves eftme forth the Stalks, 
V . The Places. The firft grows every where by 
Hedge bides in Meadows, and in the Borders of 
Fields, and other wafte Grounds, The fecond grows 
in Virginia, from whence it was firft brought to us 
here. 
VI. The Times. It Flowers in May and June , 
and the Seed is ripe in fome ftrort time after. 
VII. The Qualities. This Confound, or Great 
Daifie, is cold in the end of the firft Degree, and 
dry in the fecond Degree : It is Anodyn, Vulnerary, 
Nemotick, Arthritick, and Alterative. 
VIII. The Specification. It is a famous thing for 
the immediate cure of Wounds in any part. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. ft liquid Juice. 2. An E/fenee . 3. ft Syrup. 
4. ft DecoBion in Wine or Water. 5. ft Lotjon or 
Garganfn, 6 . An Ointment or Bafam. 7. ft CV 
tap/afm. 8. ft L) filled Water, 
The 
