Chap. -513. EngUjh Herbs. 
but (till in the better Grounds, tor which reafon it 
grows fo large. 
VII. T he limes. It Flowers in June and July, 
but mod ufually in the latter Month : and the Seed 
is ripe in Auguft , or not long after. 
VIII. The Qualities. The Seed is chiefly in 
ufe, and is faid to be hot and dry in the fe'cond 
Degree: it is like in Talte to Garden Crejs , and 
is as Galen lays, of a heating Quality, confuting 
of a thin Subftance, does exceedingly attenuate, 
and is of a cutting, cleanfing nature. It is Aperi- 
tive, Abiterfive , Vulnerary, Pefloral and Alexi- 
pharmick. 
IX. The Specification. It is a lingular thing a- 
gainft Allhma’s, for it not only helps Wheezings, 
Hoarfnefs, and difficulty of breathing, but alfo is 
faid to reftore fuch as have loft their Voice, and 
therewith their Spirits almoft alfo. It is prevalent 
againft the Jaundice, Griping of the Guts and Poi- 
fon ; gives eafe in the Gout and Sciatica, and in- 
duces the healing of hollow Ulcers , Fiftula’s, 
running and eating Sores, Cankers in the Mouth 
and Throat, &c. 
X. T he Preparations. You may have herefrom, 
t. A Liquid Juice or EJJence. 2. A DecoBion in 
Water or Wine. 3. A ft tuple Syrup or Loboch. 4. 
-A Compound Syrup. ;. A Pouder of the Seed. 6. 
A Cataplafm of the Seed. 
The Virtues. 
XI. T he Liquid Juice or EJJence. They are 
made of the whole Plant when in Flower. They 
are very good for fuch as have the yellow Jaundice, 
the Plurifie, pains in the Back and Loins, as alfo 
for Tortions and Gripings in the Belly, and the 
Colick, or for fuch as have taken Poifon ; being 
given inwardly from two Spoonfuls to four, in 
any proper Vehicle ; or given by Clyfter in double 
that quantity, in a fufficient quantity of Mutton 
Broth. 
XII. The DecoBion of the whole Plant in Wine 
or Water. It has the Virtues of the Juice or 
EJJence, comforts and warms the Stomach and 
Bowels , and is good to heal Excoriations of 
the Guts: efpecially being ufed Clyfter-wife. 
Old running Sores and Ulcers, Fiftula’s 
and eating Cankers in the Mouth or other 
parts, being walhed therewith it induces their 
healing. 
XIII. The ftmple Syrup or Lohoc of the Juice of 
the Plant. It is made with Hony or Sugar , by gen- 
tle boiling them together , and defpumating the mix- 
ture. It is inciding and cleanfing, and caufes an 
Expefloration of Vifcid, or tough, or Salt Flegm 
from the Stomach and Lungs, making it eafy to 
be fpit forth : and indeed it is a very good 
thing in moft Difeafes of the Lungs , as 
Hoarfnefs , Wheez-ing , Vehement Coughs , 
Afthma’s, or difficulty of Breathing , and (bort- 
nefs of Breath: as alfo for fuch as have utter- 
ly loft their Voice, with a kind of linking of 
the Spirits , it being taken every day , four or 
five times a day or oftener , for fome reafonable 
time. 
XIV. Syrupus de Eryftmo Compofitus. The Com- 
pound Syrup of Hedg Muftard. Take Hedge Muf- 
tard (the whole Plant) frejh gathered when in 
flower 6 Handjuls-, Leaves of Borage , Cichory, 
Maiden-Hair , of each a Handfuls ; of the Cordial 
f lowers, Rofemary, Betony , of each half a Handful ; 
Raifons floned, Roots of Elecampane , Coltsfoot , 
755 
Liquorice of each 2 Ounces-, An feeds half an 
Ounce- Water Hydromel, of each i Pound and 
A 5 Ju c c , e i Hedge HyJJop depurated^ Ounces : Di- 
gejt a whole Day-, afterwards Boil in Ba/neo, preKne 
out the Liquor Jhongly : to 4 Pounds of which 
clarified Liquor, add Sugar Candy 4 Pounds and a 
Half, and make tnem into a Syrup m Ba/neo accord- 
ing to Art. lx is a very good Pefloral, and caufes 
6 -a 6 */ X ^ e ^ orac ’ on Vifcid Flegm, or other pu~ 
tnd Matter out of the Lungs, curing moft Difeafes 
ot that \ if c us-, as Afthma’s, Hoarlenefs, Wheez- 
ing Ihortneis ot Breath, fpitting Blood, Ulcers 
mthe Lungs, Uftement Coughs, 0Y. Dofe an 
Ounce and half or more at a time, twice a 
Vehicl’” a0tle ’ ° r m ' XC Wlth fome P r0 P er 
XV. The Pouder of the Seed. It is held to be 
a ipecial remedy againft Poifon, being inwardly 
raken from half a Dram to a Dram or more, mbit 
with Hony, or in Syrup of Green Ginger , or of 
Cttron Peels ; it is alio prevalent againft the Colick, 
and all other inward Pains, and Tortions of the 
Stomach and Bowels : it provokes Urine and the 
Terms-, gives eafe in the Strangury, facilitates the 
Birth, and forces away the After-Birth, given in a 
Glafs ot White Port or Lisbon Wine: made into 
a Lohoc with Hony, it caufes eafie expeftoration of 
cold pituitous or corupt Matter, out of the Breft 
and Lungs, is prevalent againft Coughs, Catarrhs, 
Atthma s and other like Diftempers of thole parts 
and has all the Virtues of the Juice, EJJence, De- 
coll ion and Syrup, \aforegoing. 
XVI. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Seed 
oruifed and mixed with Honey. Applyed , it is 
lingular good for pains, in the Hips, or Huckle 
Bones, called the Sciatica, the Gout, and alt other 
pains of the Joints; as alfo for Fittula’s, hollow 
Ulcers, running Sores, and eating Cankers, in 
Mouth or Throat , or behind the Ears, as alio for 
01 ^ weUin S s °f Womens Breafts, or in 
the Telticles or Stones. 
CHAP. DXIH. 
Of MUSTARD Treacle ; 
OR, 
Mithridate MUSTARD. 
1 T * is «l'ed in Gmvf, ew,- 
tn ^. 9 7 ”’ Thlafp, £? Phlafpe quod 
fruBus quafi tnfrafrus : & 
quafi fruBum C/ypeatum: alfo Zn « 
15 b £- pu , t ln 7re “ele or Mithridate. 
p . . ■ There are at leaft Nine Generick 
or Principal Kinds of this Plant as 'ThinCn' 
venfe, the Field Kind: ^SuTf^Lll 
he M S: -“‘‘rf the Cand f Tufts.- MohtZlm 
the Mountain: C/ypeatum, the Buckler-like fnlti- 
cofum, the Shrubby : kxoticum, the Strange ■ Dra- 
J b 2 bo, 
