Chap. 3 60 . . Eitglifb ‘Herbs. 
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ml ways under Ground, Jo like unto a Purlkep Root, 
( but that it is not Jo white ) that it has deceived Jeve- 
ral from this Root fpring up-Jevcral very large, 
■thick, fofr, woolly Leaves, lying upon the Ground, 
much cur in or tom on the edges, of a dark or veiy 
dull gray i(h green color 3 among thefe Leaves rile 
up divers thick and foft Stalks , two or three feet 
high, and fomecimes higher, which fpread themlelves 
out into feveral fm'aller Branches, With lome fmaller 
Leaves on them , and many hollow Flowers Bell 
falhion fcarcely appearing above the Husks, and 
commonly torn on the one fide, ending in five round 
points, growing one above another , ofadeadilh, 
taint, yellow, white color, lome what paler towards 
the edges, with many purplifh Veins therein, and of 
a brownifh color, or dark yellowilh purple in the bot- 
tom of the Flower, with a fmall Pointel of the lame 
color in the middle, each of them Handing in a hard 
dole Flusk, which, after the Flower is paft, grows 
very like the Husk of a Pomgranet Flower, or the 
Flower or Husk of Afarabacca, and fomevvhat (harp 
at the top points, in which is contained much fmall 
Seed, very like unto Poppy Seed, but of a dusky 
grayilh color, almoft enclining unto black, whence 
came the Name Black Henbane. 
IV. T he ^Egyptian Henbane. I Jhall put this Plant 
into this Chapter , and defer ibe it here , tho' an Exotick. , 
becattfe Parkinfon fays it is, or will have, it to be, a 
Species of the Black, and withal it is not a very great 
fir anger in font e of our Englifh Gardens , it has a 
fmall white Root , with fame Fibres adjoining to it , 
which perijhes every Tear-, this Root fends up a firong 
woolly Stalk , about two Feet high , on Which are 
growing lelfer Leaves than thofe of the Common Kind 
afore deferibed , and almolt as much torn on the 
edges, efpecially thofe towards the bottom, but thofe 
which grow up higher towards the top are little or 
nothing indented on the edges, and the higher the 
fmoorher edged , all of them being very white and 
hoary 3 the Flowers Hand every one of them at the 
Joints with the Leaves, and at the tops likewife, in 
inch like Husks as the Common does, and of the fame 
pale yellow color, with purple Veins therein, at the 
firft blowing of them, but afterwards, as they grow 
larger, fo the color changes to be of a dark: reddifh 
color, with Veins of a deeper Dye, and a whitifh 
bottom, with a Purple Pointel, encompaffed with 
yellow Threads in the middle, which being paft a- 
way , there fucceeds fuch like prickly Heads as the 
Common Kind has, and alfo fuch like Seed. 
V. The Places. The firft is commonly found 
growing by the Way fides, and under Hedge fides, 
and old Walls, about the borders of Fields, on old 
Dunghills which have lain long, and in other rude 
and untilled places 3 the other is an Exotick, com- 
mon to be had in JEgypt, as the firft is with us, but 
by tranfportation of the Seed to us, is now to be 
found in feveral of our Gardens. 
IX. 1 he Preparations. You may have, 1. The 
Leaves whole and in ftbfiancr. 2. A Juice of the 
Leaves and Roots. 3. An EJfence of the fame. 4. 
A Juice or Emulfion oj the Seed. 5. An Oil of the 
Seed by InJolation or Exprsjfion. 6 . The Seed in Jub- 
ilance. 7. A Decoction of Root, Herb, and Seed. 8. 
A Vinegar of the Root or Herb, or green Husks of the 
Flowers. 9. An Ex trail oj the Juice of the Roots 
and Leaves. 1 o. An Oil or Ointment of the Root, or 
Leaves, or of their Juice. 11. A Calap/afm oj the 
Roots or Leaves boiled in Red Port l Vine. 12. A 
Fomentation. 13. Fumes of the herb or Seed. 14. 
A Difi tiled Water of Root, Herb, Flowers, i?. A 
Venefck. i 6 } The Cure ‘of the Poyfotl of Henbane. 
17. A Hifiory. 
The Virtues. 
X. The green Leaves in fub fiance. Applied they 
cool all inflamations, either in the Eyes, or in any 
other part of the Body, and are good to affwage all 
manner of fwellings , whether of the Cods , or of 
Womens Breafts, or in any other part $ the fame ap- 
plied to the Joints give eafe in pains of the Gout, 
and Sciatica, and to the Forehead and Temples they 
eafe a vehement Headach, proceeding from a hot 
caufe, or for want of Sleep in Fevers, and are very 
good againft fimple Contulions while recent. 
XI. The Liquid Juice of the Leaves. It has all 
the former Virtues, being bathed warm or fomented 
upon the parts afte£ted, and feems to me to be the 
more powerful of the two, but after bathing it wiH. 
be neceffary to lay Linnen Cloths four, fix, or eight 
times. doubled dipped in the fame Juice upon the dif* 
afte&ion 3 dropped into the Ears it takes away any 
noife therein, deafnefs, thicknefs of hearing, or pain 
there 3 held often in the Mouth of one who has the 
Toothach it gives relief and eafe , and if there is 
Worms in the Teeth or Gums it kills them. 
XII. The EJfence of the Roots and Leaves. It has 
all the Virtues of the green Leaves and Juice afore- 
going, and for the excellent ufe which may be made 
hereof it ought always to be kept in a readinels in 
theHoufe-, if It is mixed with Wine, or Wine and 
Water in equal quantities,, and a loufie Head bathed 
therewith, it will kill Nits and Lice, and this it 
will do in Man and Beaft; the fame thing the Li- 
quid Juice will do alfo. 
XIII. The Juice or Emulfion of the Seel. An 
Ounce. of the Seed, will make twenty or twenty four 
Dofes for a Man or Woman, it is an excellent thing 
againlt hot, fait, and lharp defluxions of Rheum fal- 
ling upon the Lungs, eafes Coughs, tho 1 never fo ex- 
tream, and is good againft pains of the Spleen, and 
Womb, and Hyfterick Fits, or Fits of the Mother • 
it Hops all forts of Fluxes of the Bowels, as Diar^ 
thoea’s, Difenteria’s, Lienteria’s, and Hepatick Flux 
as alfo the overflowing of the Terms, and the Whites’ 
in Women. 
VI. The Times. They fpring out of the Ground 
all April, and in May, and do both Flower in July , 
and in Augitft , the Seed being perfefted in Ol/ober , 
when growing ripe, if it is fullered to (hed or fall, 
it fprings up again every Year. 
VII. The Vitalities. They are cold in the fourth 
degree, and dry in the fecond or third, they are Ano- 
dyne, Aftringent, Emphrafiiive , Repercuffive, Ar- 
thritick, and Venefick. 
VIII. The Specification. They ate good againft 
inflamations of the Eyes , Sciatica , Gout, Rheuma- 
tifm, Kings-Evil, hot Tumors of the Cods, and of 
Womens Btealls, noife, deafnefs,. and pains in the 
Eats , it prevails againft Coughs , and Fits of the 
Mother. 
XIV. The Oil of the Seel by lnfalation orExpref 
fion. Dropped into the Ears it is good againft noife 
and pain there, as alfo againft thicknefs of hearing 
and kills Worms in the Ears; anointed on the joints 
of Gouty People, it gives eafe to the pain and affiva- 
ges the dwelling of the part: The Oil by Infolation 
is good for all the aforenamed things, but the F.xprel- 
fed Oil is five times more powerlul and efficacious, 
■and therefore the rather to be chofen. 
XV. The Seed in ftbftance. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the Juice or Emulfion of the Seed at Seft. 
XIII. above, befides which it is a molt excellent thing 
to be given about ten or fifteen Grains at a time (ac- 
cording to the Age of the Petfon) tofuch as fils a 
■ Bed, or cannot hold their Water, being continued 
for feme time ; and by this Remedy alone I have 
U u u cured 
