Aromatick Scent ; and while ft it is green is Some- 
thing clammy in handling. 
IV. The fccond , or American, or Virginian 
Oak of Jerufalem. Its Root is fmall, Fibrous and 
and Woody. s It rifes up alfo higher than the former , 
and its Branches are more Lignons and durable. 
The Leaves are Something like unto Wild Arach, 
but larger , and much cut in on the edges , like un- 
to the former. The whole Plant both Flowers and 
Seed , is moft like to the frft or our Common Kind; 
and where it is a Native , or in Virginia, Florida, 
Mexico, Sic. it will abide the Winter Seajon, be- 
caife it is nothing fo violent ns ours ; but it will 
not endure the Winters cold with us , without much 
care in Houfing and preferring it : but it will 
Spring up again of the Seed fovan the next Tear , as 
fome other Plants do. The Smell hereof is Some- 
thing ft rang , but very p/eafant , and comes very 
near to that of the former. 
V. The Places. The firft grows plentifully in 
Italy, as alfo in the Southern parrs of France , both 
by Water fides, and in dry Sandy Grounds, but with 
us it is Nurlt up only in Gardens. The Second is 
a Native of Mexico , Florida, Carolina, Virginia , 
from fome of which places, it has been brought 
home to us, and planted in our Gardens, or in 
Pots, that it may be Houfed, and fo be preferved 
againft the coldnefs of the Winter. 
VI. The Times. They both Flower and Seed in 
Auguft and September, and do often times raife 
themfelves of their own fowing, more elpecially 
the former. 
VII. The Vitalities. They are hot and dry in the 
fecond Degree: they are both Aperitive, Attenu- 
ating , Inciding , Pectoral , Arthritick , Hyfterick, 
and a little Cathartick as fome Authors hold. 
VIII. The Specification. They are of extraordi- 
nary ufe in the curing of Afthma's, Coughs, Wheez- 
ings, and other obftruftious of the Breft, Lungs, 
Reins and Womb. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make, i. A 
Liquid Juice. 2. An E fence. 2. A Decoction , or 
Infufion in Wine. 4. A Pouder of the herb. y. 
An Ointment or Balfam. 6 . A Fumigation. 7. A 
Cat ap la fm. 8. A Spirituous Tintlure] 9. An Acid 
Tintlure. 10. An Oily TinUure. n. A Syrup. 
T be Virtues. 
X. The Liquid Juice. It is a very good thing 
againft an Afthma, Wheezing, and (hortnefs of 
Breath, being taken with an equal quantity of 
Honey Morning and Evening : It opens obftruffions 
of the Breft and Lungs, and caules an ealie ex- 
pectoration of the tough Flegm , and other crude 
Humors which opprefs them : It cleanfes alio filthy 
and corrupted Lungs, caufing the putrid Matter to 
be fpit forth, and if they be exulcerated, it very 
much conduces to the healing. Dofe from two 
to three Spoonfuls Morning and Night. 
XI. TheEJfence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, and may be given from 1 Spoonful to 2, 
mixt with an equal quantity of Clarified Honey, 
or with as much Syrup of Violets, and fo to be 
taken twice a day as the former. It is an excel- 
lent thing againft a Cough or Catarrh, or conti- 
nual defluxion of thin, fait, and fharp Rheum. 
XII. The Dccotlivn or Infufion in Wine. If a 
little of Liquorice Root bruifed , be added to 
it, it will be fo much the better; and then 
taken from 3 to 6 Ounces mixed with a Spoon- 
ful or 2 of C'arified Hony, or Syrup of Violets, 
it will have aJI the effe&s of the Juice or EJJence. 
Outwardly ufed as a Gargle for fore Mouths and 
1 nroats, or for old running Sores, or putrid Ulcers 
m any other parts, it cleanles them, drys, and ad- 
mirably induces their healing. 
XlJi. The Pouder of the Herb. Taken to a 
Dram (in any fit Vehicle) ir ltrengthens the Sto- 
mach, expels Wind, gives eafe in theCholick, and 
ltops all forts of fluxes of the Bowels, and 
ltrewed very thick upon external moift and running 
Ulcers it cleanfes them , correHs the acrimony 
drys and heals them. 1 
XIV. The Ointment or Balfam. They are good 
Anodyns and Vulneraries, digeft and heal iimple 
Green Wounds, and that in a little time; difeufs 
flatulent Tumors, digeft, cleanfe, and incarnate 
(where need is) old Ulcers, dry, and difpofe them 
Operari Cure ’ ^ * n P^ aces eafily admitting the 
XV The Fumigation. It is made of the DecoUi- 
on or Infufion in Water or Wine, which being put 
into a Cog; r Pan is to be- fet upon a Chafing Difi, 
of throughly kindled Charcole, in a Clojeftool: Then 
a Woman fitting over it, fo as the Fumes may be 
received up the Womb, it is laid to oring down 
the Courfes, and to expel the Dead Child. 
*VI I* Cataplafm. It is made of the Green 
Herb, being heated in a trying-pan, be otherwife 
and mat fined with a little Canary , Mu/cadine or 
wife, and applyedhot to the Region of the 
Womb, it gives eale in pains of the Mother. Or 
you may make it of the Green Herb , with the ad- 
dition of tdherfno and Camomil blowers, and tried 
together with the Oil of Lillies, or of Rofes, or 
Camomil. This being applyed hot to the Belly, of 
a Woman in Child-Bed, prefently gives eafe' in 
and takes away the After-Pains. 
XVII. The Spirituous linclure. It warms and 
comforts the Stomach, expels Wind in the Bowels 
is good againlt Convulfions of the Vtfcera and 
gives eafe in the Cholick. 
uTci-’ the AcidTinlhtrc. It powerfully opens 
obltruttions ol the Thorax, cuts tough Flegm, and 
makes it fit for expeHoration, ftrengthens the Sto- 
“?. ch ’ , caufes . a g° od Appetite and Digeftion, and 
kills Fv orms in Children. Dole 20 or 30-DroDs in 
any fit Vehicle. * 
XIX The Oily Tin&urc. It is good againft 
t onvuifions-of the Stomach and Bowels, prevails 
againft raralytick Diftempers, opens obltruciions 
of the Reins, Ureters and Bladder, gives relief in 
the Strangury, powerfully provokes Urine, and gives 
prefent eafe in After-pains, to Women in Child- 
Bed. Dole 20 or 30 Drops. 
XX Syrupus Botryas. Syrup of Oak of Jeru- 
lalem. Take Oak of Jerufalem , Hedge Mu/iard 
Settles of each 2 Handfuls , Coltsf oot a Handful 
and half: Boil them in a fufficicnt quantity of 
SpringWater till half be confumed ; Jirain out, and 
to 2 T ounds of the DecoOton add 2 Founds home 
fay 1 Found ) of the Juice of Turneps baked in an 
Oven tn a clofe Fot : and with 3 Founds of white Su- 
gar, boil it to the ConfiJiency of a Syrup. It is a 
good PeUoral, defigned againft Afthma’s, Coughs 
Colds, Shortnefs of Breath, Ulcers of the Lungs’ 
Spitting of Blood, Confumptions, and othei like 
Infirmities of the Breft and Lungs, proceeding from 
cold, fait, fharp Rheums, and tough Flegm ob- 
ftrutting thofe Parts. Dofe from an Ounce to 
2 Ounces, to be fuckt in leifutely with a Liquo- 
rice Stick. 
XXL Kota. This Plant or Herb, (as alfo Oak 
of Cappadocia) are much ufed to be laid in Ward- 
robes, or Preffes and Chefts, both to kill and 
drive away Moths, and by their l'weet Smell to 
Perfume the Garments. 
S H . CHAP, 
