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THE COMPLETE HERBAL

Satyrij utriusque. Of Satyrion, each sort. jThey are hot and moist in temper, provoke 1venery, and increase seed ; each branch jbears two roots, both spongy, yet the one jmore solid than the other, which is of most fvirtue, and indeed only to be used, for some jsay the most spongy root is quite contrary jin operation to the other, as the one in- jcreasetli, the other decreaseth. \

Saxifragice alba. Of white Saxifrage, in jSussex we call them Lady-smocks. The Iroots powerfully break the stone, expel Iwind, provoke urine, and cleanse the reins, 1Sanguisorbce. A kind of Burnet. j

Scabiosa. Of Scabious. The roots either jboiled, or beaten into powder, and so taken, |help such as are extremely troubled with \scabs and itch, are medicinal in the french {disease, hard swellings, inward wounds, jbeing of a drying, cleansing, and healing jfaculty. |

Scordij. Of Scordium, or Water-Ger- imander. See the herb. j

Scilla. Of Squills. See vinegar, and jwine of Squills, in the compound. j

Scropularia, §c. Of Figwort. The roots jbeing of the same virtue Avith the herb, \I refer you thither. \

Scorzonera. Of Vipers grass. The root jcheers the heart, and strengthens the vital 1spirits, resists poison, helps passions and ltremblings of the heart, faintness, sadness, iand melancholy, opens stoppings of the!liver and spleen, provokes the menses, ease \women of the fits of the mother, and helps \SAvimmings in the head. ;

Seseleos. Of Seseli, or Hartwort. The jroots provoke urine, and help the falling- jsickness. j

Sisari , secacul. Of Scirrets. They are \hot and moist, of good nourishment, some- \thing windy, as all roots are; by reason of?which, they provoke venery, they stir up \appetite, and provoke urine. |

Sconchi. Of SoAv-thistles. See the herb, jSpina; alba, Bedeguar. The Arabians *

called our Ladies-thistles by that name;the roots of which are drying and bind-ing, stop fluxes, bleeding, take aAvaycold sAvellings, and ease the pains of theteeth.

Spatula fatida. Stinking Gladon, a kindof FloAver-de-luce, called so for its unsavorysmell. It is hot and dry in the thirddegree; outwardly they help the king’s evil,soften hard swellings, draAv out brokenbones: inwardly taken, they help convul-sions, ruptures, bruises, infirmities of thelungs.

Tamarisci. Of Tamaris. See the herbs,and barks.

Tanaceti. Of Tansie. The root eaten,is a singular remedy for the gout: the richmay bestOAV the cost to preserve it.

Thapsi, SfC. A venomous foreign root:therefore no more of it.

Tormentilla. Of Tormentil. A kind ofSinqfoil; dry in the third degree, but mode-rately hot; good in pestilences, provokesSAveat, stays vomiting, cheers the heart, ex-pels poison.

Trifolij. Of Trefoil. See the herb.

Tribuli Aquatici. Of Water Caltrops.The roots lie too far under water for me toreach to.

Trachellij. Of Throat-wort: by somecalled Canterbury Bells: by some CoventryBells. They help diseases and ulcers inthe throat.

Trinitatis herba. Hearts-ease, or Pansies.I knoAV no great virtue they have.

Tunicis. I shall tell you the virtue AvhenI knoAV what it is.

Tripoli}. The root purges flegm, expelspoison.

Turbith. The root purges flegm, (beinghot in the third degree) chiefly from theexterior parts of the body: it is correctedAvith ginger, or Mastich . Let not the vulgarbe too busy Avith it.

Tuburnum. Or Toad-stools. Whetherthese be roots or no, it matters not much.