Chap. 51 6. ‘Englijh Herbs. 
the end of July , and in Auguf, and continues many 
times Flowering, till a Frofty Seafon comes and 
nips it j and the Seed is foon ripe after the Flowers 
are withered and gone. 
XV. The Qualities. The five firft are cold and 
moift in the fecond Degree ; Abfterfive, Difculfive, 
and Repercuflive , Anodyn, and Diuretick. The 
iixth, is hot and dry in the fourth Degree, and 
has all the other Qualities of Water Crowfoot. 
The feventh is cold and moift in the fecond De- 
gree, and has all the other Qualities of the firft 
five. 
XVI. The Specification. The firft five cool In- 
flamations, repel fluxes of Humors, provoke Urine 
and cleanfe the Urinary parts, yet heal Ulcerated 
Kidnies : They give eafe in the Gout and Sciatica ; 
and are profitable againft Scrophulous Tumors, as 
alfo to cure Green Wounds. The feventh has the 
like Specifick Vertues; befides which, it is faid to 
cure the Whites in Women. 
XVII. The Preparations. You may have from 
the firft five and the feventh, 1 . A Liquid Juice. 
2. A De coition in Water or Wine. 3. A Syrup oj 
the Green Herb , or Juice. 4. An Oil by Injolation 
or Decoition. $. An Ointment. 6 . ACataplafmoj 
the Green Herb. 7. A Difilled Water. 
The Virtues. 
XVIII. The Liquid Juice. It cools, repels, 
cleanfes, and eafes pain. It is effe&ual againft all 
Inflamations and unnatural Heats, whether inward 
or outward. Inwardly taken to a Spoonful or more 
in a Glafs of Barley Water or Broth in which a 
little of the Juice of an Orange or Limon is fqueez- 
ed, it abates the heat of Fevers, quenches Thirft, 
refrefhes a fainting Stomach, cools the heat of the 
Liver and Bowels, opens obftru&ions and cleanfes 
the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, and takes away 
the heat and Raiding of the Urine. The juice of 
the Ivy-wort , taken to 2 Spoonfuls Morning and 
Night in Red Wine cures the Whites in Wo- 
men. 
XIX. The Decottion in Water or Wine . In Wa- 
ter it has all the former Virtues , and may be given 
Morning and Night from 4 to 8 Ounces. In Wine, 
it more effectually cures inward Ulcers in Reins or 
Bladder: made with Water, and mixed with 
white Port Wine when drank, it provokes Urine, 
and is available againft the Dropfie : and in the He- 
morrhoids or Piles, it gives prefent eafe, the parts 
being fomented hot therewith. The Decottion in 
Water is good againft heat, rednefs, and Pimples 
in the Face, as alio Anthonies Fire, the parts being 
well Bathed therewith , Morning , Noon , and 
Night : and being drank , it admirably cools the 
heat of the Stomach and Liver. 
XX. The Syrup of the Green Herb , or Juice. 
It has all the Virtues of the Decottion and Liquid 
Juice , but not near fo powerful as it: mixt with 
Syrup or Juice of Limons , it is good againft Fevers, 
quenches Thirft, and comforts a weak and fainting 
Stomach. It heals alfo exulcerations of the Lungs, 
excoriations of the Bowels, and other inward parrs. 
Mixt with the Decottion made in White Wine, it 
powerfully provokes Urine, and is profitable a- 
gainft the Dropfy. 
XXI. The Oil by Infolation or Decottion. It is 
made with Oil Ompbacine , or of Unripe Olives. 
It cools Inflamations admirably, eafes the pain of 
the Piles, and cures Chilblains: and being ap- 
plyed, it gives eafe in the Gout and Sciatica. 
Anointed upon Scrophulous Tumors in the Neck 
and Throat, it eafes the pain, wa'ftes,. and conlumes 
them^ anointed upon Chilblains, it takes them 
away. 
XXII. The Ointment. It has all the Virtues 
of th tjuict and 0 / 7 , outwardly ufed. If to every 
Ounce of it two Drams of Scammony in fine 
Pouder is added, it will be a, molt effe&ual thing 
for the cure of all old running Sores and Ulcers, 
and will heal ulcerated Kibes almolt to a Miracle. 
And above all things, it will digeft, draw, cleanfe, 
and induce the healing of ftrumous Ulcers, beyond 
moft other Topick Medicaments, being skilfully 
applyed. It alfo quickly cures ulcerated Hemor- 
rhoids or Piles ; and is an excellent thing againft 
rednefs, Scurff, Morphew, Pimples, Scabs, and 
other like Defcedations of the Skin. 
XXIII. The Cataplafm of the green Herb. Be- 
ing immediately applyed upon a Ample Contufion, 
it difeufies it, or repels the prefent afflux of Hu- 
mors. It eafes pains of the Gout and Sciatica, 
abates the Inflamation and Tumor in the Tefticles 
and Penis, giving in a little time eafe and re- 
lief 
XXIV. The Di filled Water. It is Cofmetick, 
and good againft moft Defcedations of the Face and 
Skin, taking away, Heat, Rednefs, and Inflamati- 
on. Inwardly taken being fweetned with the Sy- 
rup, it abates the heat of Fevers, cools the Sto- 
mach, Liver and Reins, gives eafe in the Strangury, 
cleanfes the Reins and Bladder, and takes away the 
heat and Raiding of the Urine. Dofe from 2 to 
4 Ounces, or more, Morning and Night. It is laid 
alfo to heal Ulcers of the Reins and Bladder, be- 
ing duly taken for fome confidetable time. 
CHAP. DXVI. 
Of NAVEW; 
0 R, 
Long T U R N E P. 
I. ' S ' li E Karnes. It is called in Creek , 
X Bounins: in Latins, Kaput and Bunins-, 
in Englijh, Kavew, or Long Turnep. 
II. The Kinds. We may very well take Navew 
to be a Species of the Turnep, for the Sweet 
Garden Kind, eats like it, and full as well or rather 
better and fweeter, being drefl: like the Common 
Turnep. This Plant is either I . Bm«i ly-iru, Bu- 
nins five Kaput Horten fts, Kapus dulcis. Garden 
Navew, or Sweet Navew, or Navew Gentle. 2 
Bmv iyem., Bunias agrejiis, Kaput Sy/veflris Do- 
dontti C Lugdunenfis, Rapum Sy/vejire Tragi , Ka 
pus agrejiis Turneri , Wild Navew. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The Garden Navew, or Navew Gentle, k 
like unto the Turnep, in its Stalks , Leaves, flow- 
ers, and Seed, as alfo in its Jhape and manner of 
growing- but the Leaves of the Navew are much 
/mouther : it alfo differs in the Root, for the Turnep 
is round , almofi like a Ball, but the Root of the 
Navew 
