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hi /up, Kettles, Dwarf-Elder, Tares, on which laft 
ic grows abundantly in fome places, where it de- 
ft roys the Pulfie, or at leaft makes it much worfe ; 
aud'is called by the Country People, Hell-meed, be- 
caufe they know not how to deftroy it. 
VI. The Places. Dodder grows in Afm minor , or 
Kalo/ia, Greece, the More a, Spain, Italy, and other 
hot Countries ; as alfo plentifully in England I 
found it growing Wild in feveral places in Cam- 
bridgefhire, upon Dwarf-Elder, and upon Kettles, 
as alio in feveral hemp- lands upon Hemp. It grows 
on leveial Plants upon Hamfte ad-heath, as upon 
Pern, See. as alfo on feveral'places on Black-heath 
in Kent, where Parkinfon fays he found it. It 
grows plentifully upon Kettles in Somerfetfhire , 
and in feveral other parts of this Kingdom ; as alfo 
upon Tares near London. 
VII. The Times. It flourilhes in July and Au- 
gufl, in which times, and alfo after, it bears its 
Flower and Seed. 
VIII. The Qualities. It is faid to be hot and dry 
in the fecond Degree : but I am of the Opinion, 
that that Dodder which grows on the hot Plants, as 
Tbime, Marjoram , Savory, Hyjfop , is hot in the fe- 
cond Degree , but that which grows on the colder 
and more temperate Plants, as Pern, Kettles, Flax , 
Hemp , See. does not exceed the firft Degree of Heat : 
for the dualities and Properties of this Herb much 
follows thole of the Plants upon which it grows, 
and fo in fome meafure changes and alters accord- 
ingly ; fo that enquiring into the Nature of the 
Plant upon which it is nourilhed, you may in part 
fee into what Nature and Properties it may be al- 
tered. It is Abfterfive, with an aftringent or bind- 
ing Quality, elpecially that which grows upon the 
Bramble, and other allringent Plants , fince it is ma- 
nifeft, that it receives a certain Quality from its 
Parents, by whofe Juices it is nourilhed. That which 
grows upon hotter Herbs, as Thyme and Savory, be- 
comes hotter and drier, and of thinner parts. That 
which grows upon Broom is Diuretick, and pro- 
vokes Urine more forcibly, and withal makes the 
Belly more foluble. That which grows upon Flax 
is lefs drying. It is dedicated to the Liver and 
Speen, as alfo the other Bowels •, and has a gentle 
fort of Cathartick or Purging Faculty with it. 
IX. The Specification. It is a peculiar thing a- 
gainft Opprelhons of the Spleen, and Hypochon- 
driack Melancholy. 
X. The Preparations. This Herb admits not of 
many Preparations, the chief are, I. A Juice or 
Effence. 2. An Infufion or Decoflion. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice or EJfence. It opens Ob- 
ftruHions of the Liver and Spleen, and purges Me- 
lancholy and aduft Choler from the Spleen and Hy- 
pochonders, and indeed from the whole Body. Dofe 
three ounces, fweetned with an ounce of choice 
Manna diffolved in it. It evacuates Flegm from the 
Head and Vifcera, difeharges the Lungs, and is pro- 
fitable againft a Vertigo, Megrim, and other inve- 
terate Pains of the Head. It prevails againft faint- 
ing and fwooning Fits, by carrying off the (harp 
and acrid Humors which caufe them. It is power- 
ful againft Madnefs and Agues, efpecially Quartanes, 
tho’ they have been of a long continuance. And as 
it is good againft Hypochondriack Melancholy, fo 
alfo it prevails againft thofe Difeafes which that Hu- 
mor breeds, as Scirrhus, Cancer, Hardnels of the 
Spleen, Pain and Windinefs of the Spleen, Stop- 
page of the Reins, Itch, Scabs, Leprofy, Elephan- 
tialis, malignant and cancerous Ulcers, as alfo the 
Malignity of the French- Pox. It very much deanfes 
the Blood from Melancholy and aduft Humors, is 
good againft the Yellow Jaundice, and tho’ it has a 
purging Property, yet it alfo ftrengthens both Liver 
and Spleen, and cures Agues in Children, if a little 
Worm-feed be added to ic. It provokes Urine An- 
gularly, and deanfes the Urinary Puilages from 
Spid, Gravel and tattarous Matter, efpecially if a 
little of the Pouder of Am feed and Tincture of 
Wormwood be added, and then it alfo eafes Gripings 
in the Bowels, and brings down the Terms in Wo- 
men. Mix the Dofe with a Glafs of White Port 
Wine, and fo let it be drunk. 
XII. The Infufion or DecoUion in White Wine. If 
you make a Decoflion thereof, the Boiling mull not 
be much, for it will not endure long boiling, be- 
caule it will loofe it felf. It has all the Virtues of 
the liquid Juice or Effence aforegoing, and may be 
taken to half a pint, more or lefs, at a time, fweet- 
ned by diffolving an ounce of pure Manna in the 
fame. It is faid to cure Children of Agues, being 
given from two to fout ounces, as aforeiaid. 
XIII. Nota. Dodder of Flax is peculiar for 0- 
pening Obftruflions of Liver, Spleen and Gall. 
Dodder upon Brambles is good againft the Yellow 
Jaundice, and ftrengthens the Vifcera much. Dodder 
of Kettles provokes Urine, opens Obftrudions of 
the Womb, and loolens the Belly. Dodder of Thyme 
comforts and warms a cold Stomach, and reftifies 
the Difcrafy of the Blood and Humors, prevailing 
againft old Head-achs, the Megrim, Vertigo, Mad- 
nefs, Epileply, purging downwards black Choler 
and Melancholy. Dodder of Broom is good to open 
ObftruQion's of the Reins, Ureters and Bladder, 
provoke Urine, expel Sand, Gravel and tartarous 
Matter, and give eafe in the Strangury, expelling 
watry and hydropick Humors. In a word. Dodder 
of all other Plants, in like manner, partakes of the 
Nature, Qualities and Properties of them on which 
they grow, (as abovefaid) whether they be hot or 
cold, cathartick or aftringent ; and it is thought to 
work more effeftually for thofe Difeafes, whereun- 
to the Herb it felf is applied. But Epithymum, or 
Dodder of Thyme, is that which, by all Phyficians, 
is accounted the moll principal and moft powerful 
Dodder ; and doubtlefs is the belt of them all, to 
be ufed to cold and moill Habits and Conftirutions 
of Body. 
CHAP; CCXXV. 
Of DOG S-B A N E. 
I. 'T - ' H E Karnes. It is called in Greek , 'AjmWtr, 
JL *; KvrSptgr , ( quia Cants interficit ; ) the 
Greeks alfo call it , from its diming Pro- 
perty ; in Latin , Apocymtm, and Pertploca : in Eng* 
lijh , Dogs-bane. 
II. The Kinds. There are five kinds hereof, viz. 
three European kinds, and two American. The Eu - 
ropean kinds ate, 1. Apocynum anguftifohum five 
repens, Climing Dogs-bane, or Narrow-leav’d Dogs- 
bane. 2. Apocynum latifolium non repens. Broad- 
leav’d upright Dogs-bane. 3. Apocynum folio an- 
gufio Sa/icts, Willow-leav’d Dogs-bane. The Ame- 
rican kinds are, 4. Apocynum re flam minus attgu - 
flifolium Americanum , The leffer uptight narrow- 
leav’d American Dogs-bane. 5. Apocynum reflum 
majus latifolium Americanum , The greater upright 
broad-leav’d American Dogs-bane, or Virginian 
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