Chap. 408. 'Englij!) Herbs. 
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head and Temples gives eafe in the Herdach, tho’ 
it be of lqng continuance, and applied warm to the 
Sides of fuch as are troubled with the Spleen, Aches, 
or Stitches in the Side, refolves the Coagulum if any 
be, and gives preheat eaie ; the Decoction of Leaves 
or Berries in Wine is of excellent ufe to cure old 
running Sores dud filthy Ulcers, which are difficult 
to be healed, it admirably cleanfes, dries, and heals 
them -, and it is alfo effectual tor the fpeedy cure of 
green fimple WouncR, by uniting the f lefh and con- 
lolidatiug their lips ; the fame is good to heal 
Scaldings with Water and Burnings with Fire, and 
the Exulcerations which happen thereby, occafioned 
by the faltnefs, heat, or fharpnefs of Humors flow- 
ing thereto. 
XXI. The Vouder of the Flowers. A Dram of the 
Flowers (being dried carefully and reduced to pou- 
der) being drank twice a day in Red Wine cures a 
Diarrhoea, or Lool'enefs, yea' a Bloody Flux, as Di- 
ofcorides faith. 
XXII. The Fonder of the Berries. It is good 
againft the Jaundice, kills Worms in Old or Young, 
and prevails againft the biting of the Fhalangium ; it 
is a lingular Remedy both to prevent the Plague or 
Peftilence before infection, and to cure the fame af- 
ter it has frized the Paiienr, by drinking the Pouder 
from half a Dram to a Dram, (according to Age 
and Strength) in any fit Prophvlaftick Vehicle, or 
proper Antidotal Liquor, Morning, Noon, and Night, 
for two, three, or four days together; and being ta- 
ken in White Port Wine for lbme certain time it 
opens the obftruftions of the Reins, Ureters, and 
Bladder, gives eafe in the Strangury, provokes Urine, 
and breaks the Stone, expelling Sand, Gravel, and 
Tartatous Mucilage from the Urinary parts and pai- 
fages : Tragus fays that it provokes the Terms in 
Women, and is fo powerful in its operation on thofe 
parts, in driving forth the dead Child and Afterbirth, 
that it ought to be cautioufly ufed, and not but up- 
on neceflity. 
XXIII. The Bath of the Leaves mi Berries. It 
is ‘a ftrong Decoftion of them made in Water; if a 
Woman which has a dead Child fit therein as hot 
as (he can conveniently bear it, it forces away the 
Child and Afterbirth, and being once or twice re- 
peated caufes a due cleanfing; if a Woman whofe 
Courfes are flopp’d fit therein, and repeat it for 
feme few times, it effectually brings them down, 
but a Woman with Child ought cautioufly' to for- 
bear the ufe thereof becaufe it will endanger Abor- 
tion. 
XXIV. A Peffary of Leaves and Berries. It lias 
all the Virtues and Operations of the Bath in the 
former Seftion, but not altogether fo powerful, yet 
it very much prevails to bring down the Terms 
when flopp’d, and being often repeated forces away 
the dead Child, &c. as is before exprefled. 
XXV. The Fume made of the Branches being burnt. 
It expels peftilential and infeftious Vapors, correUs 
a putrid Air, which caufes malignity and putrifafti- 
on, and drives away Bats, Gnats, and other trouble- 
fom Infefts of that kind. 
XXVI. The Acid Tincture of the Berries. It o- 
pens all obftruftions of the Urinary parts, breaks 
and expels the Stone, refills Vomiting, (Lengthens 
the Stomach, and is a good Prophylaftive and Cu- 
rative of the Plague or Peftilence ; it dellroys the 
malignity and putrifaftive heat of all Fevers, cools, 
and allays Tliirft. Dofe fo many drops as to give 
the Veb scutum a pleafing acidity, which may be re- 
peated two, three, or four times a day, or more, as 
need requires. 
XXV II. T be Spirituous Tincture of the Berries. 
It has the Virtues of the Juice, Effence, Decoftion, 
and Pouder, but a much more pleafing Medicament, 
becaufe finer, purer, confining of more fubtil parts, 
and given in a much finaller Dofe, and by reafon of 
irs preparation with Spirit of Wine is To more 
Cordial and Stomatick. Dofe fifty or fixty drops 
Morning and Night in a Glals of Wine, but it is 
not long to be continued left it induces Barrennefs; 
outwardly bathed upon Nervous and Tendonous 
parts it comforts and (Lengthens them, and alleviates 
aches and nains coming from a cold and moift caufe. 
XXVIII. The Oily {endure. Inwardly , given it 
prevails againft the Palfie and Lethargy, gives eafe 
in the Strangury, provokes Urine, breaks and expels 
the Stone and Gravel in Reins or Bladder, and alle- 
viates the pains of the Colick ; outwardly applied in 
the Gout, (a little Camphir being diffolved therein) 
it gives eafe in pains and flitches of the Side and 
Spleen, difeuffes cold Tumors, and gives relief in a 
Gout proceeding from a cold caufe. Dofe inward- 
ly from ten to twenty, or twenty five drops, dropp’d 
firft into Sugar, and then the Sugar mixed with the 
Vehiculum you defign to give it in. 
CHAP. CCCCIX. 
Of IVY Water, 
0 R 
Ivy Leav’d CROWFOOT. 
I-'T'bf E Names. I know not of any Greek Name 
X it has, but it is called in Latine Ueierula 
Aquatica by Gerard and Lobel , alfo Ranunculus He- 
icracem Dalechampij & Lugdunenfis , Lenticula 
Aquatica trifulca Bauhini , Ranunculus Hederaceus 
Aquaticifs , in Englijh Water Ivy , or Ivy Leav'd 
Crowfoot. 
II. The Kinds. It is certain it is no Species of 
Ivy, properly fo called, but a lingular Plant of its 
Kind, obtaining the Name Heclcrula meetly from 
the form of its Leaf and feems from the nature and 
qualities of the Herb to be more allied to the Stock 
of the Crowfeet than any other Plant. 
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