'Englijb "Herbs. 
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IX. The Specification. Ir is peculiar againft Poy- 
fon. Plague, Sroppage of Urine, and the Courfes in 
Women. 
X. The Trepanations. You may have therefrom, 
I . A liquid Juice of the Leaves and Root. 2. An 
E fence of the fame. 3. An Infufion of Leaves and 
Roots in Wine. 4. ATouder of the Seed. 5. A bit 
migatwn. 6 . A Pouder of the Root. 7. A Spiritu- 
ous Tincture. 8. An Acid Tintture. 9. An Oily 
Tintture. 10. A Spirit. Thefe four lalt from the 
Root chiefly, or Root and Herb. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice of Leaves and Root. Taken 
from one fpoonful to two in White Port Wine, it 
is good againlt the Strangury, provokes Urine, and 
is laid to break the Stone in the Bladder, and expel 
it : it alfo provokes the Terms, and biings away 
both Birth and After-birth. 
XII. The Efence of Roots and Leaves. It has all 
the former Virtues ^ belides which, ir is good toi 
Weaknefs and Illnefs of the Stomach, prevails a- 
gainft all cold and moift Difeales of the Womb, and 
is profitable againlt the Scingings and Bitings ol 
Hornets, Scorpions, Serpents, Mad-Dogs, and other 
venomous Bealts : it prevails againft deadly Poy- 
fons, and all forts of malign and peftilential Di- 
feales. Dofe one or two fpoonfiils Morning and 
Night, in a Glafs of Generous Wine. 
XIII. The Infufion oj Leaves and Roots in Wine. 
It has all the former Virtues, but not full out fo 
powerful, and may be given to four or fix ounces : 
it expels Wind, and eales the Cholick. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Seed. Given to a dram 
or more in White Port Wine, it prevails againft the 
Strangury , provokes Urine, and breaks the Stone 
(as Authors fays) in the Bladder, and drives it 
out. 
XV. The fumigation. The Root made into little 
bits, or a very grofs Pouder, and the Fume of it, 
being caft upon live Charcoal, and received by a 
Funnel up the Womb, it warms and cleanfes that 
Part, and is faid to bring away the After-birth ^ 
fome of the Effence thereof being taken at the fame 
time inwardly. 
XVI. The Pouder of the Root. If it is given to a 
dram with fifteen grains of Rhubarb , it kills and 
drives forth Worms : and being given from one to 
two drams, it efte&ually refills Poyfon and the Ve- 
nom of Serpents, Mad-Dogs, Lfc. prevails againft 
the Plague and other contagious D.feafes, kills 
Worms in the Stomach and Belly, and gives eafe in 
the Stone. 
XVII. The Spirituous Tintture of the Root , or of 
Root and Leaves. It has all the Virtues of the Juice 
and Effence, but more powerfully warms and com- 
forts a cold, weak and lick Stomach, reftores a de- 
praved Appetite, and caufes a good Digeftion : it 
expels Wind, and gives eafe in the Cholick. Dofe 
two or three drams. 
XVIII. The Acid Tintture. It heals inward 
Wounds, and prevails againft theEpilepiy or Falling- 
ficknefs, Vertigo, Lethargy, Head-ach, Megrim, and 
other cold and moift Dileafes of the Head and Brain. 
It cuts tough Flegm, opens Obftruffions of the 
Lungs and other Vilcera, helps to break the Stone, 
and expels Sand and Gravel , as allb any kind 01 
tartarous Matter from the Breft, Lungs, Reins, Ure- 
ters and Bladder. Dofe 16 many drops as muv 
make the Vehicle pleafantly lharp, to be taken three 
or four times a day. 
XIX. The Oily Tintture. It is good againft Con 
vulfions and Cramps, as alfo Lamenels, Numbed- 
nefs, Pains, Aches, Palfies, and other like cold and 
moift Difeafes of die Nerves, being well bathed 
upon the Parts affected Morning and Night : alio 
taken inwardly, from ten to twenty five drops, in a 
Glafs of White Port Wine, it is an evcellent thing 
againft the Strangury and Obftruffions of Urine by 
Sand, Gravel, or any tartarous or flimy Matter in 
die Reins, Ureters and Bladder. Given to forty 
drops, asaforefaid, to a Woman in Travil, it brings 
lorth both Birth and After-birth. 
XX. The Spirit of herb and Root. It is a lingu- 
lar Stomatick, warming 'and comforting a cold and 
weak Stomach : it reftores its Tone, expels Wind, 
prevails againft the Cholick, and caufes a good Ap- 
petite, and an ev.cellent Digeftion, being taken an 
iour before Dinner. Dole (dulcified) one or two 
Ipoonfuls. 
XXI. Not a. If the green Herb is bruifed, and 
applied outwardly, it draws Prickles, Thornes, 
Splinters, and fuch other like things out of the 
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CHAP. CCXIX. 
Of DITTANY Ballard, Outlandifh. 
I- T' HE Names. It is called in Greek, ViMx.- 
- •7*p.t'©- K) tpivJbJ'lx.-ntpcY : in Latin , Pfeudodi * 
Samnum , PfeudodiSamus : in Englijh , Outlandijh 
Bajiard Dittany. 
II. T he Kinds. It is oppofed as the falfe kind of 
the Dittany of Crcet , of which we fhall treat ( God 
willing) in the Third Book of this herbal. Of this 
Bajiard Dittany there are two principal forts, viz. 
1. PfeudodiSamnus primus , (which, as Angltilara 
fays, is called by the now Greeks , K Ba- 
ltard Dittany. 2. PfeudodiSamnus alter lbeopbra- 
/?;, DiSammtm alterum Dwfcoridis , The other Ba- 
llard Dittany. 
III. Tii 
