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grow foft and fliggv. It is Aperitive, Abfterfive, 
and Diurecick, FeEloral , N'ephritick, Hyfterick, 
and Alexipharmick. 
X. T. be Preparations. You may make herefrom, 
i. A Liquid Juice 2. An EJf-nce of the whole 
Plant. 3. A DecoH'ton of the Plant. 4. A Wine 
of the Plant. 5. A Lohoch of the Juice of the 
Plant. 6. An EleUuary. 7. A Ponder of the 
Leaves and of the Seed. 8. A Lotion. 9. An 
Ointment. 10. An Oil by Dtcofliort. 1J. ACata- 
p/afm. 12. A DiJtiHed Water. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Liquid juice. Taken inwardly to % 
or 4 Ounces or more, according ro Age, it will 
make the Belly Soluble, ir opens obftruUions ol 
the Stomach and Lungs, helps Wheezing and fliort- 
nefsof Breath; It provokes the Terms, allays Va 
pors, and prevents Hyfterick-fits: it provokes Urine, 
and expels Sand, Gravel and Tartarous Matter out oi 
the Reins and Bladder. It kills Worms in Children, 
eafes and takes away Stitches in the fide, removes 
the oppilation of the Spleen expelling the windi- 
nefs thereof; and is faid alfo to provoke to Venery : 
being taken for two or three Days together it Hops 
Spitting or Vomiting Blood, coming irom the Lungs 
or Stomach, being put into Green Wounds or old 
Sores, it cleanfes them and induces their healing 
The common Dofe is 2, 3, or 4Sponfuls at a time 
in a Glafs of Wine, or other fit Vehicle. 
XII. The Effence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice , and more powerful than it, for which 
reafon it may be given in a lefs Dole, as from 1 
Spoonful to 3 in Water, Broth or Wine. Itwarms 
the Stomach, heals Sores and Ulcers in the Mouth 
or Throat, and given with 10, 1;, or 20 Grains of 
Myrrh in fine Ponder , it helps moft cold and moilt 
Difeafes of the Womb. It eafes Pleuritick Pains, 
helps the Choiick, expels Wind from the Vifcera, 
tefilts Poifon, and is good againft the Stinging or 
Biting of any Venomous Creature as of Serpents, 
Mad Dogs, Scorpions, Hornets, Etc. and refilts the; 
Poifonous qualities of Hemlock , Henbane , Man- 
drake , Mufhromes, Nigbtfliade, See. Bathed upon 
overwearied Members it refrefhes them, eafes Pains, 
and Difcuffes fimple Contufions. 
XIII. The DecotHon m Water or Wine. It has 
all the Virtues of the Juice and Effence , but no- 
thing near fo powerful, and therefore may be given 
Morning, Noon, and Night from 3, to 6 , or 8 
Ounces, made pleafant with a little double refined 
Sugar. 
XIV. The Wine. It is made by a cold Infttfton of 
the Green Herb or Plant in Wine for 3 or 4 Days, 
and then prejfing out the Wine ; and repeating this 
lnfufion in the fame Wine , 3 or 4 times or more , 
til! thh Wine is very Jirong thereof and at /aft 
prejfing it out again ; after which, letting it ft and 
till its fine , the clear is to be decanted and kept for 
life. It may be done with Madera Wine, White 
Port, White Lisbon, Sherry , or Canary , as every 
one likes belt It has the Virtues of the f ormer 
Preparations, is very Stomatick, and a fafe and 
Pure Medicine to open OblfruUions of the Vifcera, 
but chiefly of the Womb, which it wafms and 
ftrengthens very much. 
XV. The Lohoch of the Juice. To every Pint 
of the Juice , half a Pound of Honey is to be put ; 
and they are to be melted together in a Sand heat , 
or in Balneo, and the humidity is to be evaporated till 
it comestothecon/iftencyof a Lohoch: It opens the 
obltruSions of the Bronchia of the Lungs, and 
cures Coughs, Wheezings, Hoarfnefs, Ihortnefs 
of Breath, Afthma’s, and helps toexpeftorate cold, 
rough and impafted Flegmin the Lungs or Stomach; 
and to fpit forth thepurulencyof a Pleurifie, and to 
fpend it that way : it is alfo good to difeufs the 
Tumors or Swellings of the Almonds and Throat' 
to ftrengthen the I Ivu/a, and reduce it to its place. 
Drank alfo mixt with White Port Wine, from an 
Ounce to 2 Ounces, ir provokes Urine and cleanfes 
the Reins and Bladder from Sand, Gravel, Stone 
and Tartarous Slime. 
XVI. The EYHluary. Take of the Ponder of the 
Seed 2 Ounces-, of the Leaves in Ponder, Myrrh 
in fine Ponder, of each 1 Ounce ; Clarified Honey 
10 Ounces-, mix and make an EleSuary. It has all 
the Virtues of the juice , Effence, Wine and Lo- 
hoch, and may be given from 1 Dram ro 2 or 3, in 
any proper Vehicle : It is an excellent Hyfterick, 
provoltes the Terms, ftirs up Venery, facilitates the 
Birth, and brings away the After-birth, 
XVII. The Ponder of the Leaves and Seed. That 
of the Seed is the ftrongett, or more effeUual R- 
provokes Urine, Stone and Gravel, from the Reins 
and Bladder, kills Worms in Stomach and Bellv. 
eafes Pleuritick pains , opens obftruUions of 
the Liver and Spleen, and provokes Lull; it is 
alfo a Remedy againft the Stinging of Venemous 
Creatures, the Birings of Mad- Dogs, the Venom 
of Hemlock , and other cold Poifons which ftupifis 
and dull the Senfes. It is good againft the Lethar- 
gy, being taken with a little Salt, the Forehead 
and Temples being rubbed alfo therewith. Dole a 
Dram or Dram and half in a Glafs of GenerousWine. 
If h is blown up the Noftrils, it is faid to flop 
their Bleeding; and takes away the Polypus or 
deftly Excrefcence growing therein. Given to Hens 
in their Meat in Winter rime, it is faid to make 
them to lay Eggs all Winter more plentifully. 
XVIII. The Lotion. Take of the Juice or 
Effence a Pint-, of the Decoil ion , and Wine, of 
each half a Pint-, Clarified Honey 6 Ounces-, mix 
and diffolve. It is good againft Coughs, Colds, 
Wheezings, Althma’s, caufes cxpe&oration from 
the Stomach and Lungs, and has all the Virtues 
of Juice, Effence and Lohoch. It is good to gargle 
with when the Almonds and Throat are Swelled 
aflwages the Tumor of the Uvula, and reftores it 
to its place, heals Inflamations, Sores and Ulcers 
of the Mouth and Throat, and flops fpitting of 
Blood arifing fiom the Stomach. It is good alfo 
for outward Wounds and Sores, they beingwafhed 
therewith. And if it is made without the Honey, 
it is good to cleanfe the Skin from Scurf, Morphew’ 
Leprofie, and other Defcedations ; and is profita- 
ble to wa(h old, rotten and flanking Sores, or Fiftu- 
la’s, and Gangrenes, and fuch as are fretting and 
corroding: It heals Green Wounds by walking 
them therewith, and injefting it with a Syringe in- 
to them, if they be deep. 
XIX. T be Ointment. It is made of the Juice by 
adding OH and a little Wax, boiling gently to the 
consumption of the humidity. It eafes the Gout, 
and other Pains, and is good jto Anoint cold and’ 
benummed Members therewith, to bring them to 
their proper Aftivity again. 
XX. T he Oil by DecoSion. It is made of the 
Juice, or Green Herb bruifed and boiled to CriJ'p- 
nefs in Sallet Oil, and then preft forth, reiterating 
the Operation three times. Being Anointed upon a 
place flung with Nettles ; it is faid to be a prefenc 
Remedy, to take away the pain and flinging. 
XXI. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Green 
Herb bring bruifed in a Mortar. Being put up 
the Noflrils, it flops their Bleeding. Applyed to 
places affeUed with Scurf, Morphew, Leprofie, 
Scab- 
