Chap. 641. EngUJb Herbs. 
Bald Pate, it is Paid to caufe the Hair to grow 
again ^ and feme fay, that the juice thereof mix- 
ed with Oil does the fame thing. 
XXL The Di filled Water. It is Diuretick, and 
laid to help them much which are troubled with 
the Scone ^ and prevails alfo againlt Wind, Va- 
pours, and obltru&ions of Liver, Spleen, Reins, 
and Womb. It is not fo grateful as Wormwood 
Water, yet ftrengthens the Stomach, and other 
Vijccra. 
XXII. The Spirit. It comforts and ftrength- 
ens the Head, Brain, Nerves, Eyes, Stomach, 
Spleen,^ Reins, and Womb, is good againft Faint- 
ings, Swooning , Convulfions, and other diflaf- 
fections of the Pracordia, $e. 
XX I II. The Di filled Oil. It is prevalent a- 
gaintt Palfies, Numbnefs, Tremblings, Cramps, 
Convulfions, Pains, Aches, and other like Di- 
ftempers of the Head, Brain, Nerves, and other 
parts, heing anointed upon the Spina Dorfi and 
places affeUed: fo alfo taken inwardly from 
5 to 10 Dropts in any convenient Vehicle. It 
provokes Urine and the Terms, haftens and faci- 
litates the Birth and After- Birth, eafes or pre- 
vents. alter pains and caufes due cleanfing, £y<r. 
XXIV. The Spirituous TinUure. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice, F.flence and Infufion, 
but is much more Stomachicai , and may be 
given from 2 Drams to 4, in any convenient 
Vehicle. 
XXV. The Acid Tintture. It is prevalent a- 
gainlt the Plague or Peftilence, Spotted Fever, 
Calenture, and all other Contagious and Infecti- 
ous Difeafesj ftrengtnens the Stomach, and 0- 
ther Tifcera , caufes a good Appetite and Di- 
geftion j and after an Emetick, is a Angular good 
thirg againft Surfeiting and Drunkennefs ^ and 
has indeed all the other Virtues of the Liquid 
Juice, Eflence, DecoUion and Pouder. Dofe, fo 
many Drops as to make the Vehicle grateful- 
ly Acid. 
XXVI. The Oily Tintture. It is a potent thing 
againft Sand, Gravel, Stones, and Tarcarous mat- 
ter in the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, gives 
eafe in the Strangury, takes away Pain, Heat, 
and Scalding of Urine, is profitable againft the 
Colick, expels Wind, provokes the Terms, haft- 
ens and facilitates the Birth, After-Birth, 0 V. 
Dofe a gut. x. ad xxx. or more, (upon an Exi- 
gency) in any proper Liquor. 
CHAP. DCXLIII. 
0/ SOW-BREAD, 
I. H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
K'.y.Ady.ivQ- : by the Arabians, Buchomaricn : 
in Latine, Cyclamen^ Cyclaminos , Art unit a , Partis 
Porcinus , Tuber Terr a?, Terra Rapum : in Eng- 
lifil, SowBread- 
II. The Kinds. Authors have given us many 
Species of this Plant, at leaft a Dozen feveral 
kinds thereof ^ but we fhall chiefly Treat of 
thole which are moft common with us, which 
are the following , viz. 1 . Cyclamen Vulgare 
folio rot undo \ Art unit a Communis , Our Common 
Sow-Bread. 2. Cyclamen folio hedera autumnale , 
Ivie Leav’d Sow-Bread. 3. Cyclamen Vernurn 
fore pur pur eo^ Spring Sow-Bread Purple Flower’d. 
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fir C y da J! ten rernum Jiore albo , Spring Sow-Bread 
u hire P lower’d, y. Cyclamen Romanian Rotundi- 
jolmm , Roman Sow-Bread round Leav’d. 6 . Cy- 
clamen -eftivum, Summer Sow Bread. 
The Dejcriptftws. 
III. The firft.Or Our Common Sowbread, f which 
is moft ufed in Aporhecaries Shops.) Its Root is 
round and not flat , oj a brown color , and not 
fo black on the Outfide as fome of the others. 
It has many Leaves fprcai upon the Ground 
riftng from certain [mall long heads, which grow 
jrom the greater round Roots, as thofe of the 
following do, being in like manner with them 
folded together , and afterwards fpread themfelves 
into round green Leaves fomething like to the 
Leaves of Afarum, but not Jhining, without any 
white fpots (for the moft part) on the upperfide, 
and red or purplijh underneath , and very fel- 
dom greener. The flowers ftand upon [mall Yoot- 
ftalks, and [hew themfelves open for the mofl 
part, before any Leaves do appear , being [mailer 
and Jhorter than tho[e with the Ivy Leaves nxet 
following, and of a pale purple color, yet fome- 
what deeper , hanging down their heads, and turn- 
ing up their Leaves again , as all the others do 
but more facet than any of the Autumn flowers. 
After the flowers are paft, come the heads , turn- 
ing or winding themfelves down in like manner 
as the others do, having fuch like Seed as they 
have, but fomewhat larger, and more uneven, or 
at leaft not fo round . 
Sowbread Common. 
IV. Gerard, deferibes this firft Species after 
this manner. Its Root is round like a Turnep, 
black without , and white within, with many fmall 
firings annexed thereto. It has many green and 
round 
