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that troublesome cough that women call j Wmter-Gilliflowers, or Wall-flowers, helpthe Chincough; they exceedingly break i inflammation of the womb, prov oke thethe stone, provoke urine, and help such as f menses, and help ulcers in the mouth.
cannot hold their necks upright,them in white wine.
Usnea. Moss; once before.
FLOWERS.
Boil | Honeysuckles, provoke urine, ease the1 pains of the spleen, and such as can hardly' fetch their breath.
Mallows, help coughs.
Red Roses, cool, bind, strengthen both| vital and animal virtue, restore such as are1 in consumptions, strengthen. There are
Borage, and Bugloss flowers strengtnen j so many compositions of them which makesthe brain, and are profitable in fevers. j me more brief in the simples.
Chamomel flowers, heat and assuage \ Violets, (to wit, the blue ones,) cool andswellings, inflammation of the bowels, dis- \ moisten, provoke sleep, loosen the belly,solve wind, are profitably given in clysters I resist fevers, help inflammations, corrector drink, to such as are troubled with the j the heat of choler, ease the pains in thecholic, or stone. ! head, help the roughness of the wind-pipe,
StcEchea, opens stoppings in the bowels, | diseases in the throat, inflammations in theand strengthens the whole body. j breast and sides, plurisies, open stoppings
Saffron powerfully concocts, ’ and sends j of the liver, and help the yellow jaundice,out whatever humour offends the body , \ Chicory , (or Succory as the vulgar calldrives back inflammations; applied outward- | it) cools and strengthens the liver, so dothly, encreases venery, and provokes urine. \ Endive.
Clove-Gillijlowers, resist the pestilence, I IVatev lilies ease pains of the head com-Strengthen the heart, liver, and stomach, and \ ing of choler and heat, provoke sleep, coolprovoke venery. I inflammations, and the heat in fevers.
Schcenanth (which I touched slightly! Pomegranate-flowers, dry and bind, stopamongst the herbs) provokes urine potently, \ fluxes, and the menses,provokes the menses, breaks wind, helps j Cowslips , strengthen the brain, senses,such as spit or vomit blood, eases pains of! and memory, exceedingly, resist all dis-the stomach, reins, and spleen, helps drop- j eases there, as convulsions, falling-sickness,sies, convulsions, and inflammations of the j palsies, See.
womb. * Centaury, purgescholerand gross humours
Lavender flowers, resist all cold afflic-1 helps the yellow jaundice, opens obstruc-tions of the brain, convulsions, falling-sick- 1 tions of the liver, helps pains of the spleen,ness, they strengthen cold stomachs, and j provokes the menses, brings away birthopen obstructions of the liver, they provoke j and afterbirth.
urine and the menses, bring forth the birth { Rider flowers, help dropsies, cleanse theand placenta. 1 blood, clear the skin, open stoppings of the
Hops , open stoppings of the bowels, I liver and spleen, and diseases arising there-and for that cause beer is better than ale. jj from.
Balm-flowers, cheer the heart and vital j Bean-flowers, clear the skin, stop humoursspirits, strengthen the stomach. ’ j flowing into the eyes
Rosemary flowers, strengthen the brain j Peach-tree flowers, purge choler gently,exceedingly, and resist madness; clear the;] Broom-flowers, purge water, and are goodsight. i in dropsies.
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