Chap. 178. 'Engtijb 'Herbs. 
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XII. The Qualities. They are all cold and moill 
in the fecond Degree : Aperitive, Diuretick, Stoma- 
tick, Alterative, and highly Antifcorbutick. 
XIII. The Specification. It cures the Scurvy, and 
prevails againft Heat of Urine. 
XIV. The Trepanations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A liquid. Juice of the f ruit. 2. An Efi- 
fience of the fame. 3. The green fruit 4. P ott age. 
5. A Lot ion orWaJh 6. A difii/led Water 7. The 
Seed. 8. Pickled Cucumbers. 9. Tickled after the 
Mango fafhion. 
The Virtues. 
XV. The liquid Juice. It is exprelfed from the 
Cucumber , either ripe, or almoft ripe, or unripe, as 
they are molt ftt to be eaten. It opens, is cool and 
cleanfing, provokes Urine, and opens the Obftru&i- 
ons of the Breft, Lungs, Liver and Reins, and takes 
away Inflammations of thofe Parts. It helps Heat, 
Sharpnefs and Scalding of Urine. Dofe from 1 to 
3 ounces twice a day. Outwardly applied, it makes 
the Skin fmooth and fair : and being taken for fome 
confiderable time, it perfectly cures the Scurvy in a 
hot Habit of Body. 
XVI. The Ejfence. It has all the Virtues of the 
former, but not full out fo cold for which Reafon 
this may be taken by it felf, from 1 to 3 ounces or 
more j whereas the other ought to be taken mixed 
with Ale or White Port Wine. It is an excellent 
Stomatick , very much pleafing and gratifying the 
Vifcera, if inflamed or over-heated. 
XVII. The green or unripe fruit. It is firft pa- 
red, then fliced thin •, alter which it is feafoned 
with Pepper, Salt, Vinegar and Oil, an Onion or 
two being alfo thin fliced and fhred, and put there- 
to. It is grateful to the Stomach above all other 
Sallets ; it cools the Heat thereof, as alfo the In- 
flammation of the Lungs and other Vifcera. It 
cures the Scurvy in a cold Habit of Body , nor is 
there a greater Antifcorbutick in the World, and 
may be freely eaten two or three times a day, and 
in large quantities too, without any danger or hurt 
to the Stomach and Bowels, tho’ fome ignorant Peo- 
ple may affirm the contrary. God and Nature has 
replenilhed all the hot Regions and Countries of the 
World with them in a very ample manner * and it 
is my Opinion, that they are a great means of the 
Prefervation of Life in all thofe fultry hot Parts of 
the Earth , and a Angular Preventive of Difeafes, 
efpecially of all fuch as proceed from Inflammation, 
violent Heat and Fevers, of what kind foever. It 
was not without fome Reafon that the Children of 
lfirael lulled after them in the Wildernefs : Numb. 
11. 5. We remember (faid they) the fijh which we 
did eat in iEgypt freely , the Cucumbers , and the 
Melons , and the Leeks , and the Onions, and the Gar- 
lick. And by this it appears alfo, that JEgypt was 
very well ftored with them. 
XVIII. The Pottage. Take the Fruit, cut it in 
pieces, and chop it as Herbs to the Pot, and flew 
the fame in a fmall Pipkin (or Stew-pan) with a 
iece of Mutton, (Beef, Veal, Lamb, or other 
lefh,) adding in the Hewing fine Flower of Oat- 
Meal, to give it the Confiftence of Pottage : Ge- 
rard. This may be made favory with a little Salt, 
and if you fopleafe you may alfo add to it the juice 
t)f an Orange, to make it grateful, of which you 
may eat from half a pint to a pint, or a good Por- 
ringer full every Morning to Breakfaft, as much at 
Dinner , and the fame again at Supper. Eaten in 
this manner for the fpace of three Weeks together, 
without Intermiflion, it will perfectly cure all man- 
ner of fait Putties, and copper or red Faces, red 
and fiery fhining Nofes, (tho’ as red as red Rofes) 
tho’ the Skin is filled with Pimples, Rubies, Scurtti 
Morphew, Herpes, Tettars, Ringworms, and other 
like Breakings out. 
^ XIX. The Lotion or Wafli. Pi ftrong WbiteWint 
Vinegar a quart , Juice of Cucumbers a pint , Or rice* 
Root in fine flower or pouder, flowers of Sulphur, or 
Sulphur in fine pouder of each an ounce : Camphir in 
fine pouder half an ounce, beaten with four blanched 
Almonds • Juice of eight fiowreLimons, eight Oak-apples 
cut thro the middle : put all thefe into a firong double 
Glafs,(hake them together very firongly, and Jet it in 
the Sun or an equivalent Sand heat for 1 2 or 14 days. 
This does not only help red and fiery Faces, but alio 
takes away Pimples, Rubies, Freckles, Lentils, yel- 
low Spots, Scurft*, Morphew, Herpes, Tettars, Ring- 
worms, Tanning, Sun-burning, and all other Defor- 
mities of the Face and Skin. The Face or Skill 
ought firft to be waffled pure and clean with fair 
warm Water, to open the Pores thereof, and then 
to be dried with a Cloth * and then as foon as that 
is done, this Wafli is to be ufed and laid on, and 
fo to be fuffered to dry in of it felf, without wi- 
ping away. It is to be ufed Morning and Night, 
and always during the whole time of eating the a- 
bove preferibed Pottage. 
XX. The difiilled Water. It is good to cool the 
hot Diftemper of the Liver and Blood, to quench 
thirft, cool the Heat of Fevers, and take away the 
Drynefs and Roughnefs of the Tongue. It is good 
againft the Heat of the Reins, as alio the Sharpnefs, 
Scalding and Stoppage of Urine. Outwardly ufed, 
it cools Inflammations, helps Blood-fliot and Red- 
nefs of the Eyes, clears, cools and fmooths the Skin, 
and is good againft moft Deformities thereof, being 
often applied thereto. 
XXI. The Seed made into an Emulfion with the 
difiilled Water. It wonderfully cools the Heat of 
the Reins, and takes away the Scalding and Sharp- 
nefs of Urine -, and that Pain which is caufed by 
the Application of Cantharides in Ep if pa flicks , or 
Bliftring-plafters, which fometimes, by their lying 
on too long, caufe pitting of Blood, and almoft the 
greateft Extremity ^ thefe ill Accidents this Medi- 
cine fuddenly and eafily cures, (Sfc. 
XXII. Tickled Cucumbers. There are various 
ways of pickling Cucumbers , which we have taught 
in our Dor on Medicum lib. 2. cap. 19. fcdf. 14, 1 5. 
and other ways in fome other of our Books ; but 
this following is beft. Take a thoufand Englifh Cu - 
cumbers , wipe them very clean with a dry Cloth, 
and lay them in a Stone Pot or jar, with fennel and 
Dill, and Cloves of Gar lick, lay upon lay : upon 
which put boiling hot this Pickle. Take the beft 
White Wine Vinegar four Gallons ^ fait Brine (made 
fo ftrong as it may bear an Egg ) fix quarts •, choice 
Brandy or Sugar Spirits three quarts ^ white Pepper 
bruifed three ounces ; Cloves flit, Mace , of each 
half an ounce : having flood a day, Hop them clofe 
up •, and they will be fit to eat in about a Weeks 
time. After three Weeks or a Month draw oft or 
decant the Pickle, which boil, feum and put to the 
Cucumbers again, and fo keep them for ufe. This 
is the ufual Method. But Experience has told me, 
1. That there is no need of drawing oft, and boil- 
ing the Pickle at all, for the Brandy or Sugar Spi- 
rits are a lufficient Prefervarive of it. 2. That the 
firft adding of the Brandy or Spirits ought to be aft- 
ter the boiling of the Pickle, when you are juft a 
going to put it upon the Cucumbers. Thefe pickled 
Cucumbers excellently llrengthen the Stomach, lc- 
lift the Scurvy, and caufe a good Appetite. 
XXIII. Tickled Cucumbers after the Mango fa* 
fhion. lake Cucumbers which are pretty large, but 
fuch as ate very hard and green -, wipe them clean, 
flit them on one fide, and take out all the Seeds and 
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