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of their tendernefs, they ought to be lookt after 
with great care and diligence. 
XI. T be Qualities. They are hot and dry in 
the third degree : Aperitive, Attrattive, Diure- 
tick, Stomatick, Hepatick, Pefloral, Cephalick, 
Neurotick, Cardiack, Uterine-, Emmenagogick 
and Alexipharmick : but the firtt of thefe plants 
is chiefly in ufe. 
XII. The Specification. It opens obftru&ions, 
cleanles, ftrengthens, expels poifon, refills putri- 
faftion , comforts the Senfes , ftrengthens the 
Head, Brain, and Nerves, is good againft all Cold 
Aches, Pains or Griefs, as Apoplexies, Epilepfies, 
Palfies, Convulfions, Vertigo’s, Melancholy, is 
profitable againft all forts of Agues, provokes the 
Terms, refills Vapors and Fits of the Mother, and 
is good againft Coughs, Cold, Rheum, Catarrhs, 
provokes Urine, and cleanfes all the Urinary Vef- 
fels. Pena lays it is good againft difeafes of the 
Liver proceeding from bad ConcoUion : and is 
profitable againft the Colick proceeding from 
Acid, Salt and Glafly Flegm, 0 V. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from. i. A Liquid Juice. 2. An EJJence. 3. 
A Decotfion or lnfufion oj Heads and flowers. 4. 
A Syrup. 5. A Pouder of the Herb or of the 
Heads and flowers. 6 . An Oil by Infiolation or 
Decotfion. 7. The fumes of the Herb Burnt. 8. 
An Acid Tintfure of the Herb Heads and flowers. 
9. A Spirituous Tintfure of the fame. 10. An 
Oily Tintfure of the fame. 1 1 . A Spirit of the 
Heads and flowers. 12. An Oil of the fame by 
Ditfillation. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The Liquid Juice. Stcechas is faid to be 
as effectual as Hyffop, for the Breft and Lungs, 
for Colds, Coughs, Catarrhs, Hoarfnefs, Wheez- 
ing, Lfc. It is alfo a refifter of poifon, and the 
InleUion of the Plague, and all other InfeUious 
Difeafes. Galen fays, it has a quality of binding 
and opening, for which reafon it is good againft 
all thofe difeafes of the Lungs. The juice taken to 
2 Spoonfuls or more in Wine or any other proper 
Vehicle, extenuates, cleanfes, and ftrengthens all 
the inward parts and Bowels, as alio the whole 
frame of the Body. Mefucs fays, it cleanfes, 
purges, and refolves all ObftruUions of the Liver, 
Spleen and other Vifcera , hinders putrefaflion, 
and correfls their intemperature. 
XV. The EJJence. It has all the former Vir- 
tues , befides which it ftrengthens the Brain , 
Nerves, Heart, and all other inward parts, cor- 
rects and expels Flegm, and Melancholy, com- 
forts the Senfes, chears the Heart, revives the 
Spirits, and is effectual againft all cold griefs in 
any part of the Body, all Aches or Pains whether 
internal, as Colicks, or external as Gouts, Lfc. by 
taking it inwardly morning and night ftom one 
Spoonful to two in any fit Vehicle ^ and outward- 
ly bathing with it, the parts affeCted. Authors 
fay, that Stcechas has a Cathartick faculty, but I 
could never find it ; and therefore they fay or ad- 
vife it to be given with Vinegar of Squills (either 
the Juice or Eflence) againft Vertigo’s, Epilepfies, 
Megrims, and other pains of the Head, as alfo of 
the Stomach : and given with Lapis Cyancus , or 
Sal Indicum , it prevails againft Melancholy, and 
terrors and fears accompanying the lame : fo alfo, 
if taken with Juice of Buglofs and Pippins ; it takes 
away the oppreffion and fadnefs at heart. 
XVI. The Syrup. It has all the V irtues of the 
Liquid Juice, and is a more excellent PeQoral, 
more efpecially if it is made with Clarified Honey’ 
or Sugar Candy ; it is truly an excellent thing a- 
gainft all diltempers of the Breft and Lungs : 
and ufed as a Vehicle to take either the Juice or 
Eflence in, it is not only effectual for all the pur- 
poles they are intended for ; but fo mixed, they pre- 
vail againft all forts of Agues, whether Quotidian, 
Tertian, or Quartan, more efpecially whereFlegm 
abounds. But they are faid to be hurtful for fuch 
as are hot and dry, and of a Cholerick habit cl 
Body, caufing in fuch both Thirft and Fainting. 
This Syrup may be made of the Clarified Juice ; 
or of the heads, and flowers boiled in Water, 
according to the ufual method. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Herb, or of the Heeds 
end flowers. It has all the Virtues of the Juice, 
F.fTence, Decoflion and Syrup; but operates not 
with that lpeed, by realon of the grolsnefs of 
its parts, and being clog’d with fo manv Earthy 
particles. If it has any Cathartick Quality in it, 
it is very weak and flow, and therefore they ad- 
vife it to be mixt with Myrobalani lndi, or Che- 
bull, or Sal Gemma , or Virtum Sciliticum, to ex- 
cite its purgative property and quicken it. They 
fay it is made ftronger. if it is before-hand In- 
fufed in Whey, or in Wine, or Juice of Pippins, 
with a few Rations of the Sun. The Dole 
from half a Dram to 2 Drams, morning and 
evening in the Syrup, or other convenient Ve- 
hicle. 
XVIII. The Decotfion or bfufion in Whey, 
Wine, or Water, it has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, Eflence, Syrup, and Pouder; but much 
weaker, and therefore is given in the larger quan- 
tity, as to halfa Pint or more, and if they defign 
it to Purge, it is mixt with fome of the aforenamed 
Catharticks, by which it is made the more forci- 
ble. It provokes Urine and the Terms, and cleanfes 
the Urinary parts. 
XIX. T he Oil by Inflation or Decotfion. It is 
good againft Aches, and pains from a cold caufe, 
gives eafe in Cramps and Conrulficns of the 
Nervous parts, and prevails againft Palfies, and 
other like Weaknefles afflifting the extream parts: 
anointed upon the Region of the Womb, or put 
up with a Peflary, it is good for the pains and 
cold diltempers of that Bowel. 
XX. The fumes of the Herb or heads burnt. 
Taken up the Noftrils through a Funnel, it is 
good againft colds in the head, and opens ftop- 
pages of the head and brain. Received in the 
lame manner into the Ears, it is good againlt 
pains there, as alfo againft thicknefs of Hearing, 
and Deafnefs : and lb taken up the Womb, it 
comforts and ftrengthens a cold and moift Womb, 
and fometimes induces the Terms. 
XXI. The Acid Tintfure. Taken to a Grateful 
Acidity in any proper Vehicle, it prevails againft 
the Plague, Spotted Fever, and all forts of Ma- 
lign and Peftilenrial Difeafes. It fupprefles Va- 
pors in Women, and is good againft Fits of the 
Mother. Ir ftrengthens the Stomach, and caufes 
a good Appetite and Digeftion , and is indeed an 
excellent thing againft the biting of a Mad Dog, 
both inwardly taken and outwardly applyed. ’ 
XXII. The Spirituous Tintfure. It comforts a 
cold and weak Stomach, is good againft Fainting 
and Swooning Fits, prevails againft the Palfie 
and cold difeafes of the Nerves, and is Angular- 
ly good againft the Colick, Gripings of the 
Guts and Bloody Flux. Dofe a Spoonful at 3 
time in the aforegoing Syrup. 
XXIII. The 
