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Brain. The fame Juice or Eflence, mixed with 
a little Oil of Roles and dropt into the Ears, 
it eafes their pain, and takes away Deafnefs, 
Noife, and Singing in them. 
XIII. The Decottion or Infufion in Wine. It 
has ahe former Virtues, but is weaker and there- 
fore may be given to 4, 6 , or 8 Ounces at a 
time-, it is good againft loathing and Vomiting, 
creates an Appetite, and caufes a good Dige- 
ftion. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Leaves. It may be 
given to a Dram at a time, morning and even- 
ing either in a Glafs of Wine, or mixt with 
Honey, or fome proper Syrup. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Juice, Eflence and Decoflion, but 
operates not with that Celerity and Excellency 
as they do, by reafon of its earthy fubftance 
which' very much clogs it-, befjdes it mult be 
firft digefted in the Stomach before it can exert 
its Virtue in remedying thofe Diftempers againft 
which ir is given. 
XV. The Cataplafm. The Juice made into 
a Poultice with Wheat Bread, or Rye Bread, and 
applyed to the Joints or Hips , is faid to 
give eafe to the raging pains of the Gout and 
Sciatica , as alfo d'fcufles fimple contufions , 
and takes away the Stinging of Bees, Hornets, 
Wafps, Lfc. 
XVI. The Spirituous Tintture. It is excel- 
lent againft the Colick, and all Windy Difeafes 
in the Stomach and Bowels j is good againft Hy- 
pochondriack Melancholly, and prevails againft 
Fainting, Swooning, Convulfions, Vertigo, Lethar- 
gy, and other cold and moift Difeafes of the Head, 
Brain and Nerves, and has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, Eflence and Decoflion or Infufion. Dofe a 
quarter of a Spoonful at a time Morning and Even- 
ing in a Glafs of Generous Wine. 
XVII. The Acid Tintture. It is a moft admi- 
rable Stomatick, not inferior to that of Mint, it 
is good againft an Afthma and fhortpefs of Breath 
caufed by Obftruftions of the Lungs thro 5 Flegm 
and other cold and Vifcid Humors, inciding or 
cutting them, and fo caufing them to be eafily 
Spit up. It is profitable againft all Burning, Ma- 
lign and Pettilential Fevers, and even againft the 
Plague it felf ; refills Poifon and the bitings of Vi- 
pers, Rattle-fnakes and other Venomous Creatures, 
it creates an Excellent Appetite to Food, and 
caufes a good Digeftion thereof, ftrengthening af- 
ter a fingular manner the Tone of the Stomach. 
Dofe fo many Drops as to give a Glafs of Wine 
or orher Liquor a grateful acidity, and to be re- 
peated 5, 4, or 6 times a Day or oftner. 
X VIII. The Spirit. It is a fingular Stomatick 
and Cordial, good againft Fainting and Swoon- 
ing Firs, Fits of the Mother, pains and gripings 
in the Stomach and Bowels, and all the Diforders 
of the Vifcera proceeding from Cold, Moifture, 
Wind, and Obltruflions. Dofe from a Dram to 
two Drams in a Glafs of Wine. 
XIX. The Oil by Difiillation. It may be given 
from 3 Drops to 10, being dropt into Sugar and 
mixt well therewith, and then put into a glafs of 
Wine or other fit Vehicle to be taken in. It is 
good againft Vapours, Fits of the Mother, Ob- 
ftruflions of the Terms and other cold and moift 
Diftempers of the Womb. It warms and com- 
forts the Inftruments of Generation, excites Lull, 
and is faid to Cure Barrennefs in both Sexes. It 
facilitates the Delivery of Women in Labor, brings 
away both Birth and Afterbirth, and either prevents 
or eafes after-pains caufed either by hard Labor, 
or taking Cold. It is alfo good againft all cold 
or moift Difeafes of the Head and Brain, as vehe- 
ment HeaJachs, Megrim, Carus, Lethargy, Ver- 
tigo, Apoplexy, Epilepfie, Convulfions, Palfies, 
either particular or univerfal, 8cc. inwardly taken 
and outwardly applyed, as the prudent Phyfician 
fhall advife. It is alfo good againft Fainting and 
Swooning Fits, Cardialgia, and the moft fevere 
Colick, proceeding from what caufe foever. It 
alfo refills Poifon and the bitings of Poifonous 
Creatures, as alfo the Malignity of the Plague or 
Peftilence, and all forts of Malign and Peftilential 
Fevers. 
XX. Potefiates or Powers. Thefe have all the 
Virtues of Juice , EJJence, Tinttures , and Oil, but 
are much m^re lubtil than them all -, and not be- 
ing fo concentrated as the Oil is, may be given in 
a larger Dofe, as from 50 to an hundred Drops 
in Wine, or fome other proper Liquor. They 
have a mighty power upon the Brain and Animal 
Spirits, as alfo on the Heart and Vitals, afling as 
it . were in a Moment, and fo giving many times 
prefent Relief. 
CHAP. DCXXII. 
Of SAW-WORT. 
I. ' u'^HE Names. It has no Greek, nor ancient 
X Latine Name.* The Moderns call it Ser- 
ratula (d folijs minutim f erratic ) and we in 
Englifh, Saw-wort. 
II. The Kinds. Some will have this to be a 
Species of the J ace as or Knapweeds, from its 
Scaly Heads ^ but T halms takes it to be a kind 
of greater Centory-. and Lonicerus thinks it to be 
a Species of So/idago Sarafenica Saracens Con- 
found, from its Effects. Some have called it 
Serratula Tinttoria , or Tinttoris , becaufe it was 
formerly ufed by Dyers in Dying and fetting of 
a green color j but Parkinfon thinks it was cal- 
led Tinttoria by a miftake of Tragus , Applying 
it to another Plant, viz. his F/os Tinttorius , 
into which error, Bauhinus was led, as he him- 
felf fays, by Thalitts. There are three kinds of this 
plant fometimes found, viz. 1. Serratula Vul- 
garis Jlore purpureo , our common Saw-wort with 
Purple Flowers. 2. Serratula Jlore albo , White 
Flowered Saw-wort. 3. Serratula jlore rubro , Red 
Flowered Saw-wort. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firft or our common Saw-wort with 
Purple Flowers. Its Root is a bufh of many 
firings, which cncr eafes into many heads , which 
Jhoot forth every one of them , many like leaves 
whereby it grows quickly to be a great Tuft or Bujh. 
It rifes up with many of its firft Leaves fome - 
what broader and longer , than thofe of Betony , and 
Sharper dented and pointed , all of them, fet upon 
long foot Stalks but thofe which rife up af- 
ter them , are longer and broader , and deeply cut 
in, or gajhed on the fides into many parts , and 
each part finely dented alfo in the fame manner. 
From among which Spring up many brownifh Stalks, 
with divers Leaves on them , the lower mod whereof 
are divided in the fame manner aforefaid , and fo 
