Chap. 230. ‘Englifb Herbs. jig 
a f'pike of Flowers, not much unlike to thofe of 
Bi/lort , with like fmall Seed. Some Authors will 
not have this to be a Dracontium or Dragon-wort, 
but rather a very large fort of Bijtort. Dodonaus 
lavs, qui, ft in rerum natura efi, Bifort £ Spe- 
cies videtur. 
Vf. T be Place's. Dragons greater arid /offer de- 
light to grow in lhadowy places ^ and with us they 
grow in Gardens. 
VII. The Times. They flower in July , and the 
Fruit or Berries are ripe in Augufl and September. 
VIII. The /Qualities. Dragons or the Dragon- 
worts are hot and dry in the third Degree ^ Aperi- 
tive, Attra&ive, Suppurative, Stomatick, Pe&oral, 
Hyfterick and Alexipharmick. 
IX. The Specification. Dragon-wort is an Anti- 
dote againft Poyfon, Plague and Bitings of Veno- 
mous Creatures. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1 . 'The prepared Root 2. A liquid Juice of Leaves 
or Roots. 3. An E fence of the fame. 4. A Poudcr 
of the Root. 7. A Lohoc of the Root. 6. A Cat a - 
plafm of the frefh and green Leaves. 7. The Fruit 
or Berries. 8. A Spirituous Tincture of the Root. 
9. An Acid Tintlure of the fame. 10. An Oily Tin- 
cture. 11. A Saline Tincture. 12. A difti lied Wa- 
ter of Leaves , Root and Fruit. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The prepared Root. It is prepared by boiling 
it till it is foft, and all the Acrimony pafs’d off. It 
then nourilhes and is good for Food, it is alfo good 
to expel thick and clammy Humors from the Breft 
and Lungs : they alfo reftore in Confumptions. 
XII. The liquid Juice of Leaves or Root. It is 
Paid to remove the Pin and Web, as alfo Spots and 
Pearls in the Eyes, being put into Coltyriums or Me- 
dicines which are made for the Eyes. Diofcorides 
fays, that the Juice being dropped into the Eyes, 
cleanfes them, and helps Dimnefs of Sight. The 
fame mixed with Oil Olive and dropped into the 
Ears, eafes their Pain. 
XIII. The E fence of the fame. It has all the 
Virtues of the liquid Juice ; befides which, being 
taken inwardly ( llniverfals being premifed) to one 
lpoonful at a time in the diltilled Water, or in 
White Wine, and repeated as oft as need requires, 
it powerfully provokes the Terms in Women. 
XIV. The Ponder of the Root. If it is made into 
an EleCtuary with Honey, it is good forfuch as are 
troubled with vehement Coughs and Catarrhs, Con- 
vulfions, Cramps, Lfc. for it incides, abfterges and 
confumes grofs, tough and tartarous Humors, and 
cleanfes all the inward Parts. Dofe of the Pouder 
from half a dram to a dram. Outwardly applied, 
it cleanfes all fretting and malign Ulcers, which are 
difficult to be healed : it alfo removes all Scorbutick 
Breakings out in any part of the Body. 
XV. The Lohoc of the Root. It is made of the 
Root prepared by boiling, (at felt. 11. above) by 
beating it in a Mortar with twice its weight of Ho- 
ney. It is an excellent thing againft Coughs, Salt 
Catarrhs and Defluxions of thin Rheum. 
XVI. The Cataplafm of the frefh and green Leaves. 
Being applied, it is good for Ulcers and green 
Wounds, and heals them after an admirable manner. 
Being dry, they are more fharp or biting, and not 
lb fit for V itineraries. 
XVII. The Fruit or Berries. They are of greater 
Power than either Leaves or Root , and therefore 
are laid to cure virulent and malign running Sores ; 
and to eat away that cancerous Excretion in the No- 
ttrils called Polypus : they are alfo good to be laid 
to Cankers, and fuch like fretting, eating and coin 
fuming Ulcers. 
XV III. The Spirituous Tincture of the Root. Gi- 
ven to one dram or two in any proper Vehicle 
Morning and Evening, (after the life of Univer-* 
lifts ) it opens Obftrucfions of the Womb, and pro- 
vokes the Courfes. It eafes Pains of the Stomach 
and Bowels proceeding from Wind, or from cold, 
(limy and tartarous Humors , prevails againft the 
Cholick, and warms and comforts all the inward 
Parts •, and is an excellent thing againft Poyfon, 
Plague, lpotted Fever, or any other malign DL 
Itemper. 
XIX. The AcidTinflure. It is a famous Stoma- 
tick, takes away Naufeoufnefs and Vomiting, warms 
and comforts a cold Stomach, caufes a good Ap- 
petite and Digeftion ; and ftrikes at the Root of all 
royfons Vegetable or Animal, efpecially it refills 
the Biting of Vipers, and the Malignity of Mad 
Dogs. It is alfo a lingular thing againft malign 
Fevers, fpotted Fever, and the Plague orPeftilence, 
by overturning the very Fountains of the infectious 
Miafmata. Dofe from thirty, forty to fixty or eighty 
drops in the diltilled Water, or any other fpecifick 
Vehicle, viz. fo much as may make it pleafantly a* 
cid, according to the quantify given at a time. 
XX. The Oily Tint! ure. It is good againft 
Cramps, Convullions, Numbnefs, Pallies, rheuma- 
tick rains and Aches proceeding from Cold and 
Moifture, or in a cold and moil! Habit of Body : 
it is to be anointed upon the Parts affeCled Morning 
and Evening, and to be well rubbed in. 
XXI. The Saline Tint! ure. It is good againft: 
Blacknefs, Greennefs and Yellownefs of the Skin, 
and to take away Tanning, Sun-burning, Scurft, 
Morphew, Leproly, Scabbinefs, Freckles, Lentils, 
and other the like Deformities of the Cuticula or 
ScarfF-Skin. 
XXII. Tl?e di filled Water. It is ufed as a Vehi* 
culum , to convey many of the aforegoing Preparati- 
ons in : it is alfo a Cofmetick, fit for the beautify- 
ing the Skin, or to mix other Cofmeticks with for 
that Purpofe. It prevails alfo againft the Peftilence, 
or any malign and peftilential Fever ^ as alfo the 
Poyfon of Serpents or mad Dogs, being drunk 
warm, with a dram or tw r o of Ah t hr i date or other 
like Antidote mixed with it. 
CHAP. CCXXX. 
Of DRAGON, 
0 R, 
DRAGON-WORT Water. 
I. 'Tp H E Names. It is called is Greek , A&Cov- 
JL vov vJc'.tuAs, K) %wJ'£pv : in-Latin, Dracontium 
aquaticum, Dracunculus aquations , Aronia aquatic a, 
Dracunculus palufris five aquatih s : in Enghjh, Wa- 
ter Dragon, and Water Dragon-wort, Marjb Dragon - 
wort. 
II. The Kinds. It is the laft Species of Dragon - 
wort mentioned in Chap. 229. Sett. 2. 
III. The Defcription. It has a Root ivhich is not 
round like a Bulb, but very long, creeping, jointed , 
and of a moderate bignefs •, out of the joints whereof 
arife the Stalks of the Leaves, which are round , 
fmooth, and Jpungy within, certain white and fen - 
