Chap. 256. Engl ifh Herbs. 
rhine to purge the Head of pituitous_, cold and moilt 
Humors, and lb does good to thole who are trou- 
bled with the Megrim, long and inveterate Head- 
achs. Vertigo, Lethargy, Epilepfy, Apoplexy, Phren- 
fy, Madnefs, Pally, and moll: other Diieafes of the 
Nerves and Tendons. Given to two or three fpoon- 
1 uls in a Glafs of White Lisbon, it purges the Belly 
gently, expels Wind, diiculTes the Hardnefs of the 
Spleen, and eafes the After-pains of Women in 
Child-bed. 
XII. The Infpijfate Juice. It has all the Virtues 
of the Liquid, being dilfolved in Wine or Water, 
and ul'ed in the fame manner : dilfolved in Wine 
and dropped into the Ears, it eafes the Pains in 
them, and put into an hollow Tooth, it eafes the 
Pain thereof : dilfolved in Water, and given to fucli 
as are troubled with Vapors or Fits of the Mother, 
it cures them : dilfolved in Wine to rhe Thicknefs 
of Turpentine, it cures the Ruptures of Childrens 
Navels when they Hick forth, being applied with 
good Bandage : and given to one or two drams, dil- 
folved in White Lisbon or Port Wine, it provokes 
the Terms in Women, and facilitates the Birth, 
brings forth both Child and After-birth. 
XIII. The DecoBion of the Root in White Lisbon 
or Port Wine. It has all the Virtues of the liquid 
and infpilfate Juices, but in a much lefs degree of 
Efficacy : fweetned with Honey or Sugar-Candy, it 
is good for Coughs, Colds, Catarrhs, Alihma’s, 
Shortnefs of Breath and Difficulty of Breathing, ex- 
pels Wind, and gives eafe in the Colick. Dofe four, 
fix or eight ounces three or four times a day. It is 
a good Lotion to walh moift running Sores withal, 
for it cleanfes and dries them, ftrengthens the Part, 
and induces the Healing. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Root. Being put into in- 
veterate and foul Ulcers, running Sores, and fuch 
like of difficult Cure, it cleanfes them throughly, 
removes any Splinters of broken Bones, or other 
things in the Flelh, ftrengthens the Part admirably 
againft Defluxions, dries them, induces their Cica- 
trizing, and perfe&Iy heals them ; and therefore is 
alfo of extraordinary Ufe to be put into fuch Oint- 
ments and Ball'ams as are Vulnerary, and applied to 
the Cure of ftubborn and rebellious Ulcers, Fiftula’s, 
and the like. This Pouder being taken to a dram 
or more, mixed with the Seed of Garden Rue 
half a dram, and taken in Wine and Water mixt, 
or in Water alone, it allays Vapors from the Spleen 
and Womb, and cures Fits of the Mother. 
XV. The Cataplafm. It is good to be applied to 
the Bitings of mad Dogs, Vipers, Rattle-Snakes, 
and other Serpents and venomous Creatures -, for by 
its powerful attraUive Force, it draws forth all the 
Venom and Poyfon from the Part, and fecures the 
Life of the Patient : but this is to be underftood, 
that it mull be made of the green Root beaten to a’ 
Pulp, and it will be fo much the better, if half the 
quantity of Garlick be added to it, and alfo that it 
be applied to the Wound whilft it is recent, or pre- 
lently after it is made. This Cataplafm draws forth 
likewile Thorns, Splinters, and fuch like things 
which are got into and flick in the Flelh ; and it 
is good againft Pains and Aches of the Joints, or a- 
ny other Parts, proceeding from Cold and Moi- 
fture. 
XVI. The Balfam. It is good for cleanfing, dry- 
ing and healing of old Sores, putrid and feetid Ul- 
cers, and the like, in any Part of the Body. It is 
an excellent thing againft the Sciatica and Gout 
whether in Hands, Arms, Legs or Feet 5 and gives 
eafe in any other Pain, as alio in Tumors or Swel- 
lings, bringing Apoltems to Suppuration in a little 
time; it warms, comforts and ftrengthens any Part 
debilitated thro 5 Cold, or a Flux of Humors upon j 
the fame. J 
X\ni The Sp, muons TmBure of the Root. Ir 
powerfully warms and comforts a cold Stomach 
cleanfes and mcalidares rhe Womb, facilitates the 
birth, and brings both it and the After-birth away 
It is good againft fainting and fwoonine Fits and 
anrl C °T^ andm 0 A7 Diferapers of the Head, Brain 
and Nerves as Vertigo’s, Apoplexies, Ep leplie 
Lethargies Convulfions, Palfies, and the like being 
Se d d y 'nor f° d outwurdl F applied to the Parr°s 
altetted. Dole from one to two drams in fome 
fpecihck Vehicle Morning and Night. 
„ c, dT'”B"re. It cures Naufeouf 
nefs and Vomiting, and fo abfolutely ftrengthens a 
weak Stomach, that there are for that purpofe but 
tew things better. It is a lingular thing to Lprefs 
lapors and the Fits of the Mother, expels Wind 
and g’ves eafe in the Colick. Bathed upon places 
affected with the Gout for fome time, it abfolutely 
“.“ fes a g00ti Appetite and a ftrona 
Digeftion, refhfies the Difcrafy of the Blood and 
Humors, purifies them, and abfolutely cures the 
Scurvy whether m a hot or cold Habir of Body 
Dole fo many drops at a time as may make a 
° yiy 1 01 Ale Pkaftntly acid. 
XiX. The Oily TmBure. it ernes Difeafes of the 
extream Parts arifing from Cold and Moilture 
ftrengthens the Nerves and Tendons, being anointed 
upon the Parts afteaed and is a truly noble tiling 
againft Convulfions and Palfies. It opens Obftru- 
aons of the Reins, and cleanfes rhe Ureters and 
Bladder ftom Stones, Gravel, Sand and rartarous or 
vifcous Matter adhering to them, and gives prefent 
Relief in the Strangury : it alfo repreffes the 1 its 
of Agnes being given in fome fit Vehicle two hours 
before the coming of the Fit. Dole from ten to 
twenty drops or more in a Glafs of generous Wine, 
being firft well mixt with white Sugar and that 
Morning and Night. ° c 
CHAP. CCLVI. 
Of FENUGREEK Garden, 
1 T *{E Names. It is called in Arabick, Olba 
» hebbe and Helbe : in Greek , T b.u by Diof- 
conies ; Theophrafii , a Cornu fimilitudine 
Jive Jit Capri vel Bovis , the crooked Seed-Vellels 
being fo like to their Horns ; 4 H ip- 
pocratu : m Latin, Ixnumgr cecum , hvmun Gnecun: 
tor that Columella lib. 2. cap. 1 1 . lays the Greeks had 
two times of fowing it, the one before Winter to 
be Fodder for their Cartel, the ocher in February 
for Seed ; for which Reafon he calls ir, Siliqui\ 
Pliny calls it, Si/icia ^ and 1 arro, Sihcula : in tlng- 
lijh we call it, Pccnugreek , which is as much as to 
fay, Greek hay. 
II. The Kinds. They are principally two viz 
r. Pcenumgrcecum fativum. Garden Fcenugreek of 
which in this Chapter. 2. Potnumgnccum Jylve]be 
Wild Fcenugreek, of which in the next. J 
III. The Defcnption. It has a Root which is 
Jmall, andmadeoj many Fibres, perijhing every Tear 
after it has perfeBed its Seed, before Winter : from 
this Root fpnng forth fometimes but one , fometimet 
two or three long, Jlender, trailing, holloa, green 
Stalks which fpread themfelves out into Jeveral 
Branches on which do grow , at Jeveral /paces, ma *> 
ny Leaves almoft like thofe of fo,? Meadow Trefoil, 
but rounder and lejjer , green on the upper fide , bu t 
tending 
