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THE COMPLETE HERBAL

The spleen. Bettony, Wall-flowers. 5 Flowers purge choler. Peach flowers 5The reins and bladder. Bettony, Marsh 5 Damask Roses, Violets ,mallows, Melilol, Schoenanth, Spikenard. \ Flegm. Broom flowers, Elder flowers.

The womb. Bettony, Squinanth or Sche-| If you compare but the quality of thenanth, Sage, Orris or Flower-de-luce. j flowers with the herbs, and with the expla-The joints. Rosemary-flowers, Cowslips , | nation of these terms at the latter end, youChamomel, Melilot. \ may easily find the temperature and pro-

I'/OKI-S, as then «* so they cool g ** ^ flowe(5 of 0x . eye be!ng boi | ed int0

The head. Violets, Roses , the three sorts j a poultice with a little barley meal, takeawayof Poppies, and Water-lilies. \ swellings and hardness of the flesh, being

The breast and heart. Violets, Red Roses , j applied warm to the place.

Water-lilies. f Chamomel flowers heat, discuss, loosen

The stomach. Red Roses , Violets . land ratify, boiled in Clysters , they are ex-

77/ e liver and, spleen. Endive, and Succory . j cellent in the wind cholic, boiled in wine,Violets , Borrage, and Bugloss, moisten j and the decoction drunk, purges the reins,the heart, Rosemary-flowers, Bawm and j break the stone, opens the pores, cast outBettony, dry it. . 5 choleric humours, succours the heart, and

. .. , , 7 ,. , l eases pains and aches, or stiffness coming

According to property, so they bind. 1 by travelling.

Balaustins, Saffron , Succory , Endive,? The flowers of Rocket used outwardly,red-roses,Melilot, Bawm ,Clove-gilliflOwers, \ discuss swellings, and dissolve hard tumors,Agnus Castus . [ you may boil them into a poultice, but in-

Discuss. Dill, Chamomel, Marsh-mallows, \ wardly taken they send but unwholesomeMgJJows, Melilol, Stoechas, &c. \ vapours up to the head.

Cleanse . Damask-roses, Elder flowers, 1 Hops open obstructions of the bowels,

Bean flowers, See.

• liver, and spleen, they cleanse, the body of

Extenuate. Orris, or Flower-de-luce, \ choler and flegm, provoke urine.

Chamomel, Melilot, Stoechas, &c. ; Jasmine flowers boiled in oil, and the

Mollify? Saffron , white Lilies, Mallows, \ grieved place bathed with it, takes awayMarsh-mallows, &c. : cramps and stitches in the sides.

Suppure. Saffron , white Lilies, See. 5 The flowers of Woodbine, or Honey-Glutihate. Balaustines, Centaury , See. ] suckles, being dryed and beaten into pow-Frovoke the terms. Bettony, Centaury , \ der, and a dram taken in white wine in theChamomel, Schoenanth,Wall-flowers, Bawm 1 morning, helps the rickets, difficulty of

Peony, Rosemary, Sage.

breathing; provoke urine, and help the

Stop the terms. Balaustines, or Pome- ? stranguary.granate flowers, Water Lilies. ? The flowers of Mallows being bruised and

Expel wind. Dill, Chamomel, Schoenanth, ? boiled in honey (two ounces of the flowersSpikenard. |is sufficient for a pound of honey; and

Help burnings. White Lilies, Mallows, \ having first clarified the honey before youMarsh-mallows. j put them in) then strained out; this honey

Resist poison. Bettony, Centaury . j ;taken with a liquorice stick, is an excellent

Ease pain. Dill, Chamomel, Centaury , \ remedy for Coughs, Asthmas , and ( con-Melilot, Rosemary. ? sumptions of the lungs

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