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1 B. 2. 
7 he Temperature. , 
The root of Peionie, as Galen faitb.dotb gently binde with a kinde of fweetnefle rand hath alfo 
ioined with it acertaine bitterifh fharpnefle : it is in temperature not very hot,little mo«e than 
meanly hot ; but it isdrie,and of fubtill parts. 
ff The Venues. 
D iofcoriAcs writethjthat the root of the Male Peionie being dried.isgiuen to women that be not 
well clenfed after their deliuerie, being drunkein Mead or honied water to the quantitie ofabean- 
for it fcowreth thofe plants, appeafeth the griping throwes and torments ofthe bel!y,and bringeth 
downe the defired fickneffc. 
Galen addeth,that it is good for thofe that haue the yellow iaundife,and pain in the kidnies and 
bladder, it clenfeth the liuer and kidnies that are flopped. 
It is found by fare and euident experience made by Galen , that the frefh root tied about the necks 
of children, is an effedtuallremedie againft the falling ficknefleibutvnto thofe that aregrovvnevp 
in more yeares,the root thereof muft alfo be miniftred inwardly. 
It is alfo giuen, faith Pliny, againft the difeafe ofthe minde.The root ofthe male Peionie is pre- 
ferred in this cure. 
Ten or twelue ofthe red berries or feeds drunke in wine that is fomething harfh orfower, and 
red, do flay the inordinate flux, and are good for the ftone in the beginning. 
The blacke graines(that is the feed)to the number of fifteene taken in wine or mead.helpes the 
flrangling and paines of the matrix or mother, and is a fpeciall remedie for thofe that are troubled 
in the night with the difeafe called Ephialtes or night Mare, which is as though a heauy burthen 
were laid vpon them, and they opprefled therewith, as ifthey wereouercomeby theirenemies,oro- 
uerprelt with fome great weight or burthen ; and they are alfo good againft melancholicke dreames. 
Syrrup made of the floures of Peionie helpeth greatly the falling ficknefle : likewife the extra- 
ction of the roots doth the fame. 
Chap. 381. Of toothed Violets or for all Veoorts. 
