Chap. 364. 
XXVIII, The half am oj Root and Herb. It is a 
moll admirable Vulnerary, not inferior to any made 
of Trundle , or Se 0 ii#[, All-heal , or any of the 
Woundworts, it digefts contufed or othervvife com- 
plicated green Wounds and Phagedenick or eating 
Ulcers, and cleanfes them, and if' there is a want of 
Flefli it admirably, incarnates, dries, and heals them ; 
it is good alfo againft fretting and running Cankers, 
Wheals, Pulhes, and the like breakings out of the 
Skin.- 
XXIX. The Cataphfn of the Seed. Take fonder 
of the Seed , Darnel Floater, of each a like quantity , 
Vsnegar-a J. ufficient -quantity-,- to make- it into a Cat-a- 
plafm. Being applied it difcuffes fimple Contufions, 
and prevails againft Scabs, Pimples, Wheals, Herpes, 
Scurf, Morphew, Leprofie, difcoloringsof the Skin, 
and other defcedations. 
XXX. The Djiilled Water. Ir-has the Virtues 
of the Juice, Effencb, Decoction, or Infulion of the 
Herb and Root , but much lefs efficacious , and is 
chiefly ufed as a - Vehicle to convey fome of the a- 
foregoing or following internal Preparations down 
into the Body. " 
XXXI. The Acid TinUure of Root and Herb. It 
.refills Poyfon, and the Plague, and all forts of Ma- 
lign and Peftilential Difeales, it prevaus againft the 
things of Spiders, as the Tarantula, of Mad Dogs, 
Vipers, Rattle-Snakes, and other Serpents, as alfo 
the biting or flinging of any venomous Creature; it 
is prevalent alfo againft all hot and burning Fevers , 
it quenches Thirft, extinguifhes the heat, and de- 
ftroys the Febritick Fermenr. Dofe from ten drops to 
forty, fifty, or fixty, in any proper Vehicle, and ac- 
cordingto the quantity of the Liquor it is taken in. 
XXXII. The Acid 'TinUure of the Seed Canchrys. 
It is Stomachick, caufes good Appetite and Digefti- 
on, refills Plague and Poyfon, opens obftruftions of 
Stomach and Lungs, takes away Hoarfenefs and 
Wheezing, and thereby caufes free relpiration or 
breathing; it has all the Virtues of the Tinflure in 
the former Seftion, and is to be taken in the fame 
Dofe and manner. 
XXXIII. The Spirituous TinUure of Root and 
Herb. It is prevalent againft Poyfon, expels Wind, 
and gives prefent eafe in the Colick and Gripings of 
the Guts from cold , crude, and (harp Humors, it 
provokes Sweat, and is good againft the Plague or 
Peftilence, expelling the malignity thro’ the Pores 
of the Skin ; being taken in Wine it is good againft 
the bitings of poyfonous Serpents, provokes Urine 
and facilitates the Birth of Women in Labor. Dofe’ 
from one Dram to two or three Drams in Wine. 
XXXIV. The Oily TinUure of Root and Herb 
Outwardly applied it eafes the Gout, and all exter- 
nal pains proceeding from cold, ftraining of the part 
Blows, Falls, or the like, it gives eafe in Cramps’ 
and Convulfions , and very much ftrengthens the 
parts weaken’d by thofe Direafes ; it is alfo prevalent 
againft the Palfie, being anointed upon the Vertebra: 
of the Back, and alfo upon the part afflifted. 
XXXV. The Saline TinUure. It is of great ufe 
againft Freckles , Lentils, Sunbuming, Tanning of 
the Skin, black and blew Marks, Scurf; Morphew 
and other like defilements thereof 
C H A P. CCCLXV. 
Of HE RB FRANKINCE N SE 
Broad Leav’d, 
OR, 
Frankincenfe ALLHEAL. 
r.L-i rilijqiaq J lid. ;i fo.Yi ( i'\ 
I.npi/f 1 Names.' It is e^lfecl in Greek. 
. -Jr in Liittne Libanotis Lot/folra i qn& 
\n Englijh Broad. Leav'd Herb Lr^inkin,cenjt\ or Bru ( :d 
Leav d Frankincenfe Allheal. 
' N-Tbc Kpids. is the feeond Species of rhe 
Generick Kind, and is fourfold , viz. 1, Libanotis 
Theophrafii , Libanotis fer tills primaThcophra- 
JHLib. 9. Cap.. 2. Se/cli JEthiopicam Uerba Podon.a, 
oefeh prim a Tragi , Dauci alteram genus bkebjit , 
Lumen, Lugdunenfis , The -Greater White Heib 
rrankincenfe. 2. Libanotis Theophrafii minor Li- 
banoUsfertilisfecunda Theopbrafii The Lefer White 
Herb Frankincenfe. 3. Libanotis Apij Lolm Crehca 
Theofnirafii , Siler Creticum^ & Libanotis ver a Lhco- 
P') Camerarij , The trueft Herb Frankincenfc of 
Theophraftus. .4. Libanotis Aqui/egia Lciio Latifio- 
lia, Sefeli JEibiopicum alteram , Columbine Leav’d 
Herb Frankincenfe. 
Thf.;-S^npwws.. The f , or Greater 
White Herb Ftankincenie , hat a Root which grants 
great and long , whitijh os the outfide , with a Tuft 
°l ” f! r at ,he f.°P , abiding long, and having a lirong 
Jmell and tafle , like the Roots of many other \Jmhd- 
Itjerous Slants;, from this Root fpring forth many 
great lopg Stalks, with wings ofTarge broad Leaves 
fome eight Indies long apiece, and almoft tour inches 
broad five. being fet together, two and two, one 
againft another , and one at the end , three Or four 
Inches broad below , and fmaller to the end being 
fomewhat hard in handling, of an overworn g’reenifti 
color , and a little dented about the edges among 
which rifes up a round ftrong Stalk, oftentimes four 
or five Feet high , having fuch like Leave; on the 
Joints but fewer, and lelfer than grow below, and 
a few Branches rifing from the upper Joints, bearing 
large fpread Umbles of whitilh Flowers, after which 
comes fomewhat Hat and round light Seed , two of 
them joined together, white on that fide where it is 
joined, and ftraked with rough crumpled Brakes on 
the back or round fide, and of a pate brown color 
when it is ripe, but a little purplilh below. 
The fecond, or Leffer White Herb Frankin- 
cenfe, has a Root not much unlike the former white 
but more bitter than it ; this agrees with the’ former 
111 the (nape or form of th.- Leaves, Flowers, Seeds 
and lhape of the Root , but that they are all lefs ’ 
and the number of the Leaves are more, fet together 
on every Stalk, being alio mere deeply denied about 
the edges: There is another fort of this Plant winch 
Bauhmus calls Libanotis Lot, f olid minor Semlnec if. 
po, which differs only in having fewer Leaves on the 
Stalks, altho as fmall, and but one or uvo de-D 
cuts on the edges. ^ 
V- The third or Trueft Herb Frankincenfe of 
Theophraftus , has a Root which is covered with a 
blaekijh Bark, and very white underneath, fuelling 
llrong, like Frankincenfe, from which fprings up a 
Stalk about a Foot and halt high, divided into feme 
Branches, with Leaves let fparingly both below and 
above,^ lomething refcmbling Smallagc for the lar^e- 
nels of the Leaves, and dented about the edges, bear- 
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