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cured feveral Young Perions , (even Women kind , 
which are the molt difficult) who had been troubled 
with the fame many Vears, the Cure Succeeding be- 
yond expectation : The Emulfion of the Seed will 
alfo do the fame thing, but whether it is fo power- 
ful as the Seed in fubltance I will not determine, 
becaufe a great Virtue may relide in the Hulls or 
Husks of the Seed, which in the Emulfion are all 
call away -. but if the Emulfion be made with all the 
Husks of the Seed in it, I know not but then it may 
do as well as the Seed in fubftance it /elf-, it the 
Seed is given in fubltance, it ought tirlt to be all 
bruifed in a Stone or Glals Mortar, and then mixed 
with the pulp of a roafted Apple, ol other P r E > Pj' r 
Vehicle, and fo given (for fome time) every Night 
going to Bed. , ,r 
XVI. The Dccotfion of Routs . Herb, or Seed, it 
the Feet are wafhed herewith it caufes Sleep , and 
given in a Clyfter it does the fame , lo alfo bathed 
upon the Temples and Forehead, and a little fluffed 
up the Nofttils alfo-, it has all the Virtues of the 
green Leaves , Liquid Juice and Lffence at Seel. X. 
XI. XII. if in like manner applied, but the Decotti- 
011 is much the weaker Preparation, and ought there- 
fore to be the oftner ufed : The DecoSion of the 
green Husks of the Flowers has alfo the fame Vir- 
tues. 
XVII. T he Vinegar of the Root, green Hat), or 
green Hush. It is made by Infufion in [harp White 
Wine Vinegar, either by Infolation, Digellion in a 
Sand heat, or gentle boiling , or digelting in a boil- 
ing Balneo ; if it is held in the Mouth it eafes the 
pains of the Teeth, given inwardly in a fmall Dole, 
as from half a Dram ro a Dram, or more, in fome 
lit Vehicle, it caui'es Reft and Sleep, more efpecial- 
ly if it is alfo bathed upon the Noftrils, Forehead, 
and Temples, and a Role Cake dipped in the fame 
be applied to the Temples bathed upon places infla- 
med, tumified, or pained, or aftefted with the Gout, 
it eafes them; it alfo allwages the fwelling of the 
Spleen, and eafes its pain. 
Lib. i. 
XVIII. The Ext raft of the Juice of the Roots and 
Leaves. The Juice being produced by exprejfion is to 
be inf pi (fated in a gentle Sand heat , or in the Sun . till 
it comes to perfect drynefs of a Gum.wbicb done.it is- to 
be reduced, by beating in a Mortar. to a grofs Ponder, 
and then it :is fit for extraction -. this is done two ways , 
viz. cither with fair Water , or with Spirit oj H me -. 
you mufi dijfolve it in either the one or the other Mcn- 
flruum in' a gentle Balneo, or in a gentle Sand heat , 
and keep it in that digejUon forty eight Hours . J ba- 
king it two or three times a day-, then being Jcttled 
till it is perfectly fine, decant off the clear Tintlure. 
which rejerve , put more , either fair Water, or Spi- 
rit of Wine, and ext rail again cut before, till no more 
Tintlure will- arife -. decant this clear Tintlure. which 
hut -to the former refereed Tintlure . cafling the feces 
away-, this Tintlure. whether Aqueous or Vinous. put 
into a proper Vcfiel. if it is an Aqueous Tintlure 
you may put it into a Glafs Bafon . or well glazed 
Earthen Bafon, and in a gentle Sand heat' evaporate 
to drynefs, and then it is done ; hut if it is a Spiri- 
tuous Tintlure, put it into a Glafs Body or Vefica, 
which fit with a Glafs Head, and in a gentle Sand 
heat, or in Balneo, draw off the Spirit, till the Mag- 
ma remaining is oj the lhicknefs of new Honey , or 
foinething thicker ; the Spirit you may keep for the 
like ufe again , the ExtraS you may take out, (by 
breaking the Glafs Body) and keep it in a Pot or Box 
clofe covered from the Air. It is Soporiferous and 
Narcotick, diffolved in Water or Vinegar, and ufed 
outwardly, it will do all that the green Leaves 
Liquid Juice, Eflence, or Decoffion can do ; if it i; 
diffolved in Canary, or other Wine, it is good a 
gainft Deafnefs, or dulnefs of hearing, nqife and 
pains in the F.ars , and held in the Mouth it gives 
eafe in the Toothjch ; and fo diffolved in Wine, or 
orlierwife in Spirit of Wine, it may be given from 
twenty to thirty, or forty drops, or more, in any 
convenient Vehicle, to caufe Reft and Sleep, and to 
eafe the pains of the Spleen and Bowels, or pains in 
other parts of the Body, it operating not much dif- 
ferent from an Opiate -, and this Extract is that Juice 
of Henbane which you ought to put into the Com- 
pofition when you Confeft the Laudanum Optatum 
Paracelji. 
XIX. The Oil or Ointment of the Roots, or green 
Leaves, or oj their Juice. It is made by a trebble 
addition of -the Vegetable matter to the Oil Olive, or 
Hogs Lard, or mixture of Oil and Sheeps Suet , every 
time infolating and boiling till the aqueous particles 
are all conj timed. It is good to cool inhumations , 
and eafe pain proceeding from a hot caufe; if it is 
made (inftead of the Hogs Lard, or mixture, fie.) 
with Unguent am Populcon , it will give admirable 
eafe in the Gout, alfwage the pain and fwelling of 
the Tefticlcs, and the Inftamations and Tumors in 
Womens Brealts; it eafes all pains of the Joints, 
and in any other parr , and will perform what the 
Leaves, Juice or Fffcnce can do. 
XX. The Cataphjin oj the Roots or Leaves. If 
applied to fimple recent Contufions it dilTipates the 
Tumor, or prevents its rifing, and quickly cures it; 
if made by boiling them foft in Red Port Wine, and 
applied to Womens Breafts, or to the Teftides, or 
other like painful Tumors, it eal'es the pain and af- 
fwages the fwelling; applied to the Temples and 
Forehead it eafes the Headach, gives Reft, and in- 
duces Sleep ; that made without Wine is good to be 
applied to pains in the Reins , and to the brawny 
parts of the Arms and Legs , but it ought to be ap- 
plied hot; that made with Wine Js an excellent 
thing againft the Sciatica , and the Gout in Hands 
or Feet. 
XXI. The fomentation. It is made of the Wins 
in which the former Cataplalm was boiled , adding 
to every Pint thereof a Dram or two of Oleum Tar- 
tar! per deliquium ; it allays Infiamations , difeuffes 
Tumors or Swellings proceeding from heat, and ea- 
fes any pain proceeding from a hot caufe , or hot 
and (harp Humors ; it is good alfo to bath therewith 
Hands and Feet which ate apt to be hard and dry ; 
it is.alfo good to hold in the Mouth for theTooth- 
ach, and to foment that fide of the Cheek and Jaw 
therewith, it giving prefent eafe to the pain. 
XXII. The limes of the dryed Root , Herb, or 
Seed. The Fume of dryed Root, Herb, Stalks, or 
Seed , being burned , and the Hands held over the 
Fume thereof, will quickly cure fuch as are troubled 
with Swellings or Chilblains in the Winter, the fame 
done to fuch as have Kibes in their Heels it will 
quickly heal them, tho’ inveterate and very bad; it 
alfo cures the Toothach. 
XXIII. The Dijiilled Water of the Root, Herb , 
flowers. 1 1 is effectual to all the purpofes for which 
the green Leaves, Juice, Effence, Infufion, Decocti- 
on, lie. ate ufed, but is much weaker than they ; it 
clears the Skin, being walhed with it, of heat, Pim- 
ples, hot eruptions, or breakings out. Herpes, Scurf; 
Morphew, Yellownefs, and other Deformities, i&c. 
XXIV. The Vencfick. It is made of the expref- 
fed Juice of Root or Herb, digefted in a Glafs Body 
in a very gentle Sand heat for a Week ; mixed with 
any proper matter, as Palte, Bread, Meat, lie. it 
kills Rats and Mice, or other Vermine: this Vene- 
fick mixed with fome of the Diftilled Water kills 
Nits and Lice , the Head and parts affe 8 ed being 
waffled therewith; it alfo affwages Tumors, cools. 
inflama- 
