Chap. 272. IfngUJh Herbs. 3 7 1 
The whole Plant is covered over with a foft and 
tender Down, and fmells fomeching like Honey. 
VIII. The fifth , or Hairy Muller Fleabane, has a 
bufhy fibrous Root like to the Lafi ; but in its Stalks. 
Leaves and flowers is fo like the third aforegoing , 
that there is no other difference to be found , but that 
in both Leaves and Stalks, befides the hoarinefs, 
this is much more hairy and rough than it, which 
caufes it to be a differing kind from it. 
IX. The fixth , or Middle kind, has a Root which 
Is pretty large and fibrous , from whence arifes a 
branched Stalk of about a foot and half high ; en- 
compaffed at certain /paces , with thick , rough, grey- 
ifh , green Leaves. At the tops of the Branches 
grow pretty fair yellow Flowers, of the largenefs 
of a little Marigold, which being faded away, 
turn into Down, and are carried away with the 
Wind. 
X. The P laces. The firft grows in Syria-, Clufius 
found it near Lisbon , and in divers parts of Spain ; 
but with us it grows only in Gardens. The fecond 
on Mountainous places in Germany, England, See. 
as alfo in Gardens : Johannes Thalius found it in 
Harcynia Sylva in Saxony, and we in many places 
t of our own Country, as near Hampflead , Sec. The 
’ third, fourth, and fifth, are found upon the Hills in Ar- 
tois, and fome Hilly places in our own Land. The fixth 
is found growing in moft places about Rivers and 
Ponds fides, Efc. and has been found in St. James's 
Lark, Tuttle fields. Sec. 
XI. The Times. They all flower in the Months 
of June, July, and Auguff fome earlier, and fome 
later than others^the Seed ripening in the mean feafon. 
XII. The Qualities. Fleabane is hot and dry in 
the third Degree : it is Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diu- 
retick, Nephritick, Hyfterick, and Alexipharmick. 
XIII. The Specification. It is lingular againft the 
Strangury, Jaundice, griping of the Guts, Epilep- 
fy, green Wounds, bitings of Mad Dogs, and all 
forts of Venemous Creatures, Etc. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, i. A Liquid Juice . 2. An Ejjence. 3, An 
Infufion or De coition in Wine. 4. An Oil by Inf ela- 
tion. 5. A Balfam. 6 . A Cataplafm. 7. A Spirituous 
Tincture. 8. An Oily Tinlture. 
The Virtues. 
XV. The Liquid Juice of Leaves and flowers. It 
provokes the Terms in Women, and expels the Dead 
Child and Afterbirth -, it cures the Strangury, for it 
provokes Urine admirably when it is made by drops, 
by opening the Palfages , and expelling the Morbi- 
fick Matter, be it what it will. Dofe two or three 
Spoonfuls, Morning and Night, ta.ken in a Glafs of 
fragrant Wine, or other fit Vehicle. 
XVI. The Effence. It has all the former Virtues, 
befides which it opens all ObftruUions of Gall, Li- 
ver, Spleen, Reins, and Womb; it is good againft 
the Yellow Jaundice, and the Griping pains of the 
Belly, and being taken to three or four Spoonfuls in 
Vinegar or Wine, it prevails againft the Epilepfie or 
Falling-Sicknels ; injeUed up the Womb it brings 
away both Birth and Afterbirth, being alfo at the 
fame time taken inwardly : given in Red Port Wine 
it (tops any Flux of the Belly. 
XVII. The Infufion or Decoition in Wine. It has 
all the Virtues of the Juice and Effence , but mult 
be given in larger quantities, as to four, fix, or eight 
Ounces: being given Morning and Evening it admi- 
rably warms and ftrengthens a cold, moift, and weak 
Stomach, provokes Urine powerfully, and prevails 
againft all forts of Pains and Griefs of the Womb: 
if the Decoflion is made in Water, it is good for 
Women to Bath in whofe Courles are ftopt, as alfo 
to eafe all forts of Pains and Griefs of thole parts. 
XVIII. The Oil by Infufion. Anointed on the 
Head it eafes the Headach and Megrim, coming from 
a cold Caufe; anointed all along the Back Bone, on 
the Stomach, and on the Pulfes, it is very effeflual 
to take away the lhaking Fits of Agues, and thofe 
Tremblings which come from cold. 
XIX. The Balfam. It is an extraordinary thin^ 
for curing fimple green Wounds, it brings to Digc- 
ftion, cleanfes, dries, and heals after a lingular man- 
ner-, anointed on the Hemorrhoids it gives eafe in 
the extremity of Anguifh, and in a little time cures 
them. 
XX. The Cataplafin. The green Leaves made 
into a Pultice, by beating in a Mortar, & c. and ap- 
plied to any fimple green Wound, or Cut, being firft 
well wafhed or cleanfed , heals it in a very Ihort 
fpace of time , warms and comforts parts chilled 
with cold , and applied to the Forehead is a good 
expedient to cure the Frenzy-, fo alfo being applied 
to the Soles of the Feet-, and fo applied, it is laid 
to flop any Flux of the Bowels. 
XXL The Spirituous Tinlture. It is good againft 
Vomiting and Naufeoufnefs, expels Wind, and com- 
forts and warms a cold, moift, and weak Stomach; 
it is good againft Poyfons, the Bitings of Mad Dogs, 
Serpents, and all forts of other Venomous Creatures ; 
it cures all forts of Fluxes of the Bowels, whether 
they be of Blood or Humors , and is an extraordf 
nary thing to be taken two, three, or four times a 
day in any fit Vehicle, (from two to four, or fix 
Drams) by fuch as are afteUed with the Palfie. 
XXII. The Oily Tintiure. This ufed as the Inf- 
lated Oil aforegoing , is much more powerful to 
warm thofe parts which are chilled with cold, and 
to take away the cold and fhaking Fits of Agues , 
as alfo to cure Tremblings, Numbnefs of any part, 
Palfies, Convulfions, Cramps, and the like; anoint^ 
ed on the Piles which are not broken, it prefenrly 
eafes the Pain, difculfes the Tumor, and in two or 
three times anointing cures them ; it is an effectual 
thing againft PunUures, Hurts, and Btuifes of the 
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