cumbers , Melons and Pompions whereon, after 
thole have been taken away, they many times foiv 
their PurJIane Seed ; where if it is much Watered, 
the warmth of the Dung, and the Water together, 
make? it grow great and- large, and continues it in 
that State, if it be fometimes cut, till tVinter. 
The third grows many times in our Gardens , 
without any previous help of ours. And in molt 
of our Plantations , in New England, New for/t , 
New JerJie , Miry -Land, Pcnfdvama, Virginia , 
North and South Carolina , when they ly void. It 
will fpontaneoufly Cottle up, and over fpread many 
Acres of Ground, even in one Spring, and in thofe 
places where never any has grown from the begin- 
ning of the World to that time, and this it does 
in almoft all our Fallow Plantations , thro’ the 
whole Continent of llorida, which confidering it 
does fo univerfally do it, and that in fuch vaft 
quantities, as fometimes almoft to cover a Planta- 
tion, it is a Remark worthy (the taking notice of. 
The fourth, Camerarius in Homo Medico , fays, 
thatjie found it growing about Lipfwick% and 1 
have been informed by fome , that they found it 
growing Wild, in fome of the Northern Counties 
of England. 
X. T he Times. They may be all Sown in 
March or April, and they fpring up in May, and 
are freilt and green in May and June , they are 
fit for Salleting in July , and fo continue all Au- 
gust, and fometimes to the end of September, if 
the Seafon is favourable and warm, even till the 
colds nips them, and caufes them to perifh. 
XI. T he Qualities. All thefe forts of PurJIane 
are cold in the third degree ; and the two Garden 
Kinds moift in the fecond Degree ; but the Wild 
Kinds moift only in the firft Degree. They are 
Abfterfive, Cofmetick , Diuretick , Emollient, Re- 
laxive, Repercuflive , Nephritick, Hyfterick, and 
Galaftogenetick. 
XII. The Specification. PurJIane is good againft 
Burning Fevers , hot and cholerick Fluxes of the 
Bowels, Catarrhs, want of Sleep, Gonorhua in 
Men, and Whites in Women, as alfo the over- 
flowing of the Courfes. It cools the Blood, gives 
eafe in the Strangury, and takes away the heat and 
fealding of the Urine. Abates Lull, extinguilhes 
the Seed, flops Vomiting, as alfo defluxions of hot, 
fait, and fealding Humors into the Eyes. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, I. A Sallet. 2. A Liquid Juice. 5. An 
infpijfate Juice. 4. An Ejfence. ;. A Syrup. 
6. An Oil or Ointment. 7. A Cataplafm. 8. A 
Dijtil/ed Water. 9. A Ponder of the Seed. 10. 
A Collyrium. 
The Virtues. 
mg from Heat, and caufes Sleep and Reft, and is 
of good ufe for iuch as are in a Delirium or Frenzy. 
It is prevalent againft OutragiousLuft, extinguilhes 
at lealt diminilhes the Seed, and being over much ufed’ 
abolifhes the Natural power of Procreation. It is 
good to ftay Vomiting, and fweetned with a little 
white Sugar, is good againft an old and dry Cough 
Althma , and (hortnefs of Brearh. It quenches 
vehement Thirft, and heals Ulcers of the Lungs. 
It is good alfo againft Inttamarionsand Ulcers of the 
Secret, parts in Man or Woman, and gallings of 
thofe parts: and ufed with Honv, it heals excori- 
ations, and even Ulcers Of the Bowels, and Anus 
and obliterates a Tenafmus , tho’ of fome Weeks 
ftanding. Dofe from 2 to 4 Spoonfuls or mote 
Morning and Night, 
XVI. The Infpijfate Juice. Camerarius fays, 
That the thickned Juice , Made up into Pills with 
Ponders of Gum Tragacartth , and Gum Ar abick, 
and taken ('from a Dram to two Drams, Morning 
and Evening) prevails much, in helping fuch as 
make a bloody Urine, or pifs Blood. 
, XVII. The Ejfence. It has all the Virtues of 
the Liquid and Infpijfate Juices , excepting, that it 
does not fo powerfully fupprefs Lull, or Exanimate 
the Seed. But it more powerfully heals excori- 
ations of the Bowels, Anus, Lungs, and other 
inward parts. Outwardly applyed it gives eafes 
in the Gout, and foftens the hardnets of the 
Nerves. It is good for Womens Doln and pain- 
ed ^ rea P s ’ and orher Tumors caufed by heat and 
Innamation. It is good againft the bitings of 
Serpents or other poifonous Creatures, and to 
draw forth the Poifon, being bathed upon the 
part. Applyed to the Navels of Children which 
Hick forth, it helps them; it is good alfo for 
fore Mouths and fore Gums, which are much 
fwollen, and to fallen toofe Teeth, and take away 
their pain, when they feem to be on edge as 
it were, after the eating of fower things. Dofe 
from 2 to 4 Spoonfuls. 
XVIII. The Syrup. If made with Honey of the 
Juice, it not only prevails againft Coughs, Colds, 
Althma s, but is alfo prevalent againft a Fhthifis 
or Ulceration of the Lungs, and has all the 
other Virtues of the Juice and hfjence , being given 
from 2 to 4 Spoonfuls, Morning and Night. 
XIX. The Oil or Ointment. They cool Inflama- 
tions, heal galling in the Groin and Secret parts 
give eafe in the Head-ach, Gout, and other p3ins 
P^ing from heat, and [difeufs Pufhes 1 
Wheals, Pimples, and other like hot and fiery 
Eruptions in the Skin. They are alfo good 3- 
gainlt Burnings and Scaldings, and Womens hard 
minified and inflamed Breafts; as alfo the flinging! 
and bitings of Hornets, Wafps, Bees, Serpents 
and other venomous Creatures. ’ 
XIV. The Sallet. It is made of the green Leaves 
and very young Stalks, with Salt, Sugar, Vine- 
gar and Oil. It is good to cool and attempe- 
tate the Blood and Lympha , is grateful to hot and 
fainting Stomachs and is profitable for fuch as have 
the Falling-Sicknefs. The Wild PurJIane is ufed 
beyond Seas , and in out Plantations in tlorida , as 
fimiliarly in Sallets and Meats , as the firft Garden 
Kinds, and with all the fame good effects, faving 
that it is not altogether fo moift, and therefore 
the more fit to flop lome forts of Fluxes. 
XV. The Liquid Juice. It is good againft the 
burning Fits of Agues and Cholerick Fluxes of 
the Belly, and is profitable againft the Whites and 
Reds in Women, as alfo a Gonorrhoea in Men -. it 
flops Catarrhs, eafes pains of the Head proceed- 
AA. Ibe Calaplajm of the Green Herb. It is 
prevalent againft Anthony’s Fire, Gout Sciatica 
grained Nerves if Inflamed, Pimples, Tettars’ 
Ringworms Shingles, and other hot breaking! 
out of the Skin. Made with Vinegar, a little Linfeei 
Oil, and Ponder of Hut Galls, and applyed, it takes 
away pains and creeks in the Neck, and other parts - 
and dtfeufles and heals Ample Contufions in th! 
Muicular parrs. 
T The Difiil/ed Water from the whole Plant 
It has all the Virtues of the Juice, Ejfence, and 
Syrup but nothing near fo efteaual, and therefore 
may be given in a double or treble Dofe, or ufed 
as a Vehicle to Convey other Preparations in, be- 
ing fweetned with double Refined Sugar. It pre- 
-^ nt ^ on y ls Fire^ beautifies the face 
and bkin, and allays the Infiamations of the 
Eyes. 
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