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VIII. The fifth, or White Curled Horehound. It 
heu herd, round , white, woolly, or downy Stalks ; the 
Leaves are fmaller than the lalt, and a little crum- 
pled and curled at the edges, and a little dented al- 
fo they are of a greyifh color on both lides , but 
not fo woolly as the laft ; the Flowers Hand in the 
fume manner as the reft, in prickly Husks, but whi- 
ter than any of the former. 
IX. The Places. The firft , being the Common 
Kind, grows plentifully in all places of England, in 
dry Grounds, and walte Greens, alfo near unto old 
Walls, Banks, Ditch lides, High Ways, and beaten 
Paths, in untilled places; it grows in all other 
Countries alfo, where it alters fomething, according 
to the fituation and nature of the Countries, for 
commonly that which grows in Candid and Hungaria 
is much whiter , and of a fweeter fmell , and the 
Leaves oftentimes narrower and Idler than that 
which grows in England, and other Northern Coun- 
tries ; the fecond grows naturally in Spain, the third 
in Candia, the fourth about Paris in f rattle, the fifth 
in Germany, all which four latter grow w ith us on- 
ly in Gardens , being firlt raifed of Seed brought 
from thofe places. 
X. The Times. They all Flower in July and 
Augttfi, (and that in the fecond Year after the row- 
ing of them) and their Seed is ripe not long after. 
XI. The Vitalities. White Horehound is hot in 
the fecond degree , and dry in the third , bitter in 
tafte, Aperitive, Digeftive, Abfterfive, Peftoral, He- 
patick, Splenetick, Hyfterick, Sudorifick, Emmena- 
gogick, Alexipharmick, and Analeptick. 
XII. The Specification. It is good againft Coughs 
and Ihortnefs of Breath , cures Ulcers of the Lungs, 
eafes pains of Liver and Spleen, expels Poyfon, and 
heals old filthy Ulcers. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A Liquid Juice. 2. An EJJettce. 3. Pra- 
fimel. 4. A Decollion. 5 A Syrup. 6 . A Wine. 
7, A Vinegar. 8. A Pouder. y. An Ointment or 
half am. 1 o. A Cataplafm. 1 1 . An Acid 1 mil arc. 
12. A Spirituous Tinffure. 13. An Oily Tinffure. 
14. A Saline Tinffure. 15. A Decoffion Compound. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. T he Liquid Juice. Being given to two or 
three Spoonfuls, and repeated twice a day, in a Glafs 
of White Port Wine, to Women whofe Courfes are 
obit ructed, it brings them down ; being dropt into 
the Ears it eafes their pain, and taken in a Glafs of 
Wine it helps Stitches and Pains in the Sides; fnuft 
up the Nollrils it is a good Errhine to purge the 
Head and Brain of mucous Humors and filthinefs ob- 
ftrufting that Ventricle; it opens obftrutlions of Li- 
ver and Spleen, as Galen fays : Matthiolus lays it is 
available for fuch as have bad Livers, and have an 
Itch, or running Tettars upon them. 
XV. The Effence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice, belides which it is good for fuch as are 
purfie and wheaze, or are Ihort winded, for liich as 
are weakned by long Sicknefs, and ate wafted and 
fallen into a Confumption ; it brings forth both Birth 
and Afterbirth, and is good to facilitate the Birth of 
fuch who have long and hard Labor ; it expels Poy- 
fon of any Vegetable, and cures fuch as are bitten by 
mad Dogs, Serpents, or other venomous Beafts ; it 
kills Worms in Children, and prevails againft the 
Yellow Jaundice. Dofe two or three Spoonfuls 
Morning and Night in a Glafs of Wine. 
XVI. Prafimel, or Honey of Horehound. It is 
made by mixing a Quart of the Juice with a Pint of 
Honey, and clarifying it with the White of Eggs. It 
is good for Coughs, Colds, Confumptions, or Ul- 
cers of the Lungs, Hoarfenels, Wheezing, fhortnefs 
of Breath ; it expeftorares tough Flegm out of the 
Thorax , but ail this it does more efteUually if it is 
mixc with a proportionable quantity of the Pouder 
of Florentine Orrice Root; if old, foul, and running 
Ulcers he drelt with it, ic cleanfes and heals them ; 
dropt into the Eyes it mightily dears the Eyefighr, 
and dropt into the Ears kills Worms, and heals Ul- 
cers therein ; fnuft up the Nollrils ir purges the Head 
admirably; taken ordinarily Morning, Noon, and 
Night, it is excellent good for Old Men, and others, 
whole Lungs are afflifled with thin , fait ,• cold 
Rheum, cuufing it to be expeSorated, lot which 
realon it is lingularly good againft Afthma’s. 
XVII. The Decoffion. It "has all the Virtues of 
the Liquid Juice, Effence, and Prafimel, but nothing 
near fo powerful , for. which reafon it may he given 
in double or trebble quantity, Morning, Noon, and 
Night; it is an excellent Lotion to walh old Sores 
withal, and to make an InjefMon of to cleanfe the 
Womb. 
XVIII. The Syrup. It is an extraordinary Peflo- 
ral, very good' lor old Coughs , and to ripen tough 
Flegm ; it is alfo good for fuch as are Afthmatick, 
or Ihort Winded, and breath difficultly, it has all 
the Virtues of the Prafimel, and nearly as good as it 
to all thofe Intentions. Dofe one or two Spoonfuls 
Morning and Night, to be given alone by it felf. 
XIX. The Wine. It has the Virtues of all the 
former Preparatiqns, but not fo powerful as the Ef- 
fence; it is. good againft the Plague or Peftilence,. 
as alfo for old People, and cold Conftitutions. 
XX. The Vinegar. It is good againft the Plague, 
given a Spoonful or two at a time in any proper ve- 
hicle, and prevails againft any Vegetable or Animal 
Poyfon ; outwardly ufed it cleats the Skin of Mor- 
phew. Scurf, Pimples, Rednefs, Tettars, Ringworms, 
Herpes, and other like fait eruptions. 
XXI. The Pouder. Given to a Dram in the 
Morning falling, and lalt at Night going to Bed, it 
kills Worms in Children, (Lengthens the Stomach , 
and provokes Sweat in elder People, refills Poyfon, 
provokes the Terms, and educeth the Birth; ufed as 
an Errhine it purges the Head and Brain of cold, 
moift, vifeous and pituitous Humors ; if it is ftrew- 
ed thick upon old, rotten, putrid, and filthy Ulcers, 
it cleanfes them, dries up the humidity, and induces 
their healing. 
XXII. The Ointment or Balfam. It is a lingular 
Vulnerary, curing green Wounds in a Ihort time; it 
is good alfo for running Sores, old Ulcers, and the 
like, for if need be it digefts, cleanfes, incarnates, 
dries, and heals ; it is good againft Pulhes, Pimples, 
Boils, £cabs, and other like breakings out, being 
applied. 
XXIII. The Cataplafm. The Leaves being made 
into a Cataplafm with Honey do cleanfe foul Ulcers, 
and put a Hop to running and Ipreading Sores, which 
are eating and rebellious; if the Cataplafm is made 
of the green Leaves boiled with Hogs Lard, and ap- 
plied to the bitings of mad Dogs prefently, it draws 
forth the Venom or Poyfon, it difeuffes the fwellings 
of Womens Breads, eafes pains, and draws forth 
Thorns, or any other thing out of the Flelh ; it heals 
alfo any fort of Scab, whether dry or moift. 
XXIV. The Acid Tinffure. . k is a lingular Anti- 
dote againft the Plague or Peftilence, and all forts of 
peftilential and malign Difeafes, it opens all forts of 
obltruftions of the Vilcera, chiefly of the Lungs , 
(Lengthens and fortifys the Stomach, caufes a good 
Appetite and a ftrong Digeftion, and poflibly it may 
be one of the belt things againft the Rickets in Chil- 
dren in the World ; let it be given in all that the Pa- 
tient drinks, fo many drops at a time, to make the 
Vehicle pleafintly fliarp, 
XXV, The 
