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ing a Utile downwards, after which come brownijh 
Seed inclojed in Woolly Husks . 
VIII. The Places. The firft grows in many wet 
Grounds and by Water fides in many places of 
England. Diofcorides fays, it grows as well on 
Hills, as by Water fides, and it will thrive well 
if it be Tranfplanted into Gardens. Camerarius 
lays, that it is found to be Itronger and (harper 
which grows on high Grounds, than that which 
grows on the lower. Gerard fays, it grows on 
Heaths and barren places, and is found alfo in 
Woods, and near unto Hedge rows, about the bor- 
ders of Fields. It delights in fomewhat a lean 
Soil, and yet not altogether barren and dry. The fe- 
condand third grow plentifully throughout Portugal 
and Spain, and in fome parts of France , on dry banks 
and Itoney places : but with us they grow only in 
Gardens. All thefe forts will grow by Slips taken 
from them, and Planted in March or April. 
IX. The Times. They all Flower in. June and 
July, and fometimes in Auguft-, but much about 
the Times when the Common Sage Flowers, and 
the Seed is ripe in fome fmall time afterwards. 
X. The Qualities. They are all of them hot 
and dry in the fecond degree, Cephalick, Neuro- 
tick, Stomatick, Cardiack, Hepatick, Hyfterick, 
and Arthritick •, Aperitive, Subaftringent, Alexi- 
pharmick and Analeptick. 
XI. The Specification. The firft is good a- 
gainft Ruptures, Contufion, Wounds, Strangury 
and the French Pox. The two laft are good againft 
Burnings and Scaldings. 
XII. The Preparations. From the Scorodonia 
or Wood Sage, you may have 1. A Juice. 
2. An EJJence. 3. A DecoHion. 4. A Pouder . 
5. A Difiilled Water. 6 . A Spirituous TinHure. 
7. An Acid TinHure. 8. An Oily TinHure. 
The Virtues . 
XIII. Tlje Juice. It is good agaiaft Ruptures 
or Burftennefs, Contufions, and Wounds. It is 
good alfo for moift Ulcers and Sores in the Legs 
or other parts, to cleanfe and dry them, and caufe 
them fpeediiy to heal. 
XIV. The EJJence. It has all the former Vir- 
tues j befides which being ufed daily mixt with a 
proper Vehicle, or otherwife Dietetically it has 
been found fuccefsful in curing the French Pox , 
being mixt with a Decoction of Guajacum : and 
being taken for 20 or thirty days together, it cau- 
fes Sweat, drys up Ulcers, digefts Humors and 
difeufles Tumors or Swellings. It is an incompa- 
rable thing againft the Scurvy in a cold habit of 
Body, as alfo againft the Plague and all Malign 
and Peftilential Difeafes, bitings of Mad Dogs, 
Serpents, and other Venomous Creatures. It opens 
ObftruUions of the Liver, Spleen, Reins and 
Womb, repreffes Hypochondriack Melancholly , 
provokes Urine, gives eafe in the Strangury, pro- 
vokes the Terms, and facilitates the Birth. Dofe 
3 or 4 fpoonfuls in a Glafs of Wine, or other 
proper Vehicle. 
XV. The DecoHion. Made whether in Water 
or Wine, (but the latter is more effe&ual) it has 
all the Virtues of the Juice and Eflence, but muft 
be given in much a greater quantity, as to half a 
Pint two or three times a Day. Gerard fays it 
is given to fuch as have had a Fall, and are in- 
wardly bruifed, and alfo provokes Urine. And 
that this DecoUion is given to drink with good 
fuccels to fuch as are infected with the French 
Pox , for that it caufes Sweat, drys up Ulcers, 
caiifes Digeition, and confumes Tumors or Nodes 
in the riefh, being taken for thirty or forty Days 
together, or put into the DecoUion of Guajacum 
with the other Ingredients. Parkmfon fays it pro- 
vokes Unne if it is fiopt, as alio Womens Cour- 
ies. I he Decoction is to be made rather of the 
Green Herb, than of the Dryed, and in Wine ra- 
ther than in Water, for fuch as are bruifed hv 
ral s, or Blows, or where fome inward VefTel is 
broken ; becaufe it difnerfes and expels the con- 
g and oonfolidates the Vein. 
XVI .The Pouder of the Herb. It has all the 
former \ times, but not fo efeaual as the Juice 
°f, ni nce ’ , S, P ut upon running Sores and 
old Ulcers m the Leggs or other parts, it cleanfes, 
drys and heals them, caufing them to come to a’ 
fpeedy Cure. And it is no lefs effe&ual in curing 
of Green Wounds, becaufe it flops the Blood and 
caules them to confolidate prefently. 
Difiilled Water. It has the Virtues 
of the Decoction but lefs powerful, and may be 
ufed as a Vehicle, to convey the Eflence, or Tin£b- 
ures following in. If 3 - grains of white Vitriol 
be dd olved in it, it becomes a good Ophthalmick 
tot Weak, Sore and running Eyes. 
XVIII. T he Spirituous Tincture. It is Cordial 
and Antifcorbutick, good againft the Colick, and 
Gripings of the Guts : It expels Wind , is good 
againft Fainting and Swooning Fits, and is profi- 
table for fuch to take who ate troubled with the 
Pallie, Rheumatifms, and fteknefs at Stomach. 
XIX. The Acid TinHure. It prevails againft 
the Scurvy in a hot conftiturion of Body, profli- 
gates the Plague and alL Malign and Peftilential 
Difeafes, and is of great power againft the bitings 
of Mad Dogs, Serpents and other Venomous Crea- 
tures, by obliterating their Volatile Poifons, & c . 
It te£ltifies the diferafy of the Blood and Lympha 
and reftores the Tone of the Stomach, ffc Dofe 
fo many Drops at a time, as may give the Wine 
or other Vehicle a grateful Acidity. 
XX. The Oil TinHure. It opens the ObftruSi- 
ons of the Reins and Womb, provokes Urine gives 
eafe in the Strangury, ^Stone and Gravel, removes 
Tartatous Mucilage from the Urinary parts, and 
provokes the Terms in Women ; it haftens and 
facilitates the Birth, and brings away the Aftet- 
Birth, as alfo the Dead Child if any be. It is of 
Angular ufe alfo againft Pains, Aches, Numbed- 
nefs and other weakneffes of the Nerves, Limbs 
and Joints, gives eafe in the Gout from a cold 
Caufe, and is of extraordinary ufe in the Cure of 
the Palfie, being anointed Morning and Evening 
upon the Back Bone, as alfo upon the parts at- 
feUed. Dofe (in any proper Vehicle) from i ; to 
50 or 40 Drops Morning and Night. 
XXI. Nota. The two latter Plants called Wild 
yellow Sage with both broad and Harrow Leaves 
have all the Virtues of Our Common Sage, declared’ 
in the former Chapter, fo that we need not fay 
much of them in this place : but befides ail that 
is faid there, Diofcorides fays that a Cataplafm 
made of uhe Green Leaves by beating them in a 
MortarS, and applyed to burnings and fealdings 
Cures them. ’ 
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