Chapi 486. 'Englijh Herbs. 
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opens' obltruUicns of the Lungs , and is good 
jagainft Coughs, Colds, Wheezing, (hortnefs of 
Breath, difficulty of Breathing, and Ulcers of 
the Lungs : but then the Hony ought to be 
clarified, and mist in equal quantities with it: 
and io applyed to Green Wounds it heals them: 
and digelis, cleanfes, incarnates, and drys up old 
and rotten Ulcers. 
XI. The Catap/afm. Applyed to Green 
Wounds or fimple Contufions it quickly cures 
them : and applyed to old and running Sores, 
it refills the Putridity, cleanfes them, and 
afterwards wonderfully confolidates and heals 
them. 
XII. The Ointment or Bnlfam. It is a lingu- 
lar good Vulnerary , healing limple Green 
Wounds at a few times Drelltng: and if they 
are Compofed or Complicate, it caufes Digelti- 
on in a very (holt time , then cleanfes , incar- 
nates and heals them. It heals alfo old Ulcers 
and Fiftula’s , Kited Heels, and other Diftem- 
pers of like Kind: and applyed to the Gout 
from what caufe loever , whether hot or cold, 
it eafes the Pain and cures it. 
XIII. The Sallet. It is made of the Herb, 
being Boiled in Water, or in Broth, mjde of 
Fat Pork, or Bacon, or Fat Beef, or Veal) 
being dreft up with Butter, Vinegar and Pep- 
der, and fo eaten, it makes the Belly folu- 
ble, and cleanfes the Pituitous Humors. 
with a greyilh or whitilh green Dull , as if it 
was covered with a fine Meal, like unto Arach, 
for which reafon, it is, as I fuppofe, that fome 
have accounted it a Species or Kind of that 
Plant. 
V. The Pieces. It is commonly found grow- 
ing in untill’d Land, by Hedge fides in Orchards 
and Cardens , and Ditch (ides in fome Paflure 
Grounds , and among Rubbilh , near common 
Ways, old Walls, Pales, and other like places, 
In molt Counties of England. 
VI. The Times. It Flowers in June and 
July ) and the Seed is ripe in July and Augujl , 
or fome little time after. 
VII. The Qualities. It is Temperate in re- 
fpefit of heat or coldnefs, drynefs or moitture; 
Abfterfive or Cleanfing, and Emollient or Loofen- 
ing, by reafon of its Fatnefs and flippery- 
nefs. 
VIII. The Specification. It heals Green Wounds, 
and cleanfes and cures old and putrid Ulcers. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A Liquid Juice of the Herb or Root. 
2. A Cataplafm of the Herb or Root, a- An 
Ointment or Balfam. 4. A Sailer. 
T be Virtues. 
X. The Liquid Juice. Mixed 3 or 4 Spoon- 
fuls of it with as much, or half as much Hony , 
and given inwardly, it loolens the Belly and Pur- 
ges away Cold , glafiy and flimy Humors ) it 
CHAP. CCCCLXXXVlI. 
Of MERCURY Herb French, 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
-L A imtusK, Linozoflis , S’ 'i !( uo Semen, ^ 
r Ep^« Tnla, Mcrcurij Herba : alio tiusQnny, Par- 
thenion, (but not truly:) in Latine , Mercuri- 
alis : and in Englijh . , Herb-Mercury, and French 
Herb-Mercury. 
II. The Kinds. There are two principal Kinds 
hereof, viz. I. Mercurialis vulgaris , vel Hor- 
tenfis , The Common or Garden French Mercury, 
which is twofold, viz. 1. Mercurialis vulgaris 
Mm, The Common Male French Mercury. 2. 
Mercurialis vulgaris Fa-mi na. The Common Fe- 
male French Mercury. II. <toni.ii, Phyllum, S’ 
’ExaiSpiwAw , EHophy/lum , qitaft Oleafoliuml in 
Latine, Pbyllum , and in Englijh, Childs Mercu- 
ry ) and this is twofold, viz, 3. iorrie fau hmr, 
Pbyllum thelygonon, Diofc. lib. 3. Phyllum fiemi- 
nificum, vel jceminiparum, Phyllum Spicatum Bait- 
him. Female Childs Mercury. 4. ^okkIv \hamohi.,r, 
Phyllum EUophyllunt, ecio.li> apimojerov , Phyllon 
Arrhenogonon, Phyllum Tefliculatum Bauhini, Pbyl- 
lum Marficum , S’ Mariparum , The Male 
Childs Mercury. Of all which in older. 
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