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THE COMPLETE HERBAL

Break the stone. Mallows, Marsh-mal-? ^ , T . r • 7

lows, Gromwell, &c. j Concrete Jmces > or Jmces ma(Ic thlcK ’ are eliner

Stop the terms. Rose seeds, Cummin, i Temperate, as, Juice of Liquorice, whiteBurdock, &c. j starch.

Resist poison. Bishop’s weed, Annis,! Hot in the first degree. Sugar.

Smallage , Cardamoms, Oranges, Lemons, j In the second. Lahdanum.

Citrons , Fennel , &c. I In the third. Benzoin, Assafoetida.

Ease pain. Dill, Amomus, Cardamoms, \ Cold in the tim'd degree. Sanguis Draco-Cummin, Carrots, Orobus, Fenugreek , Lin-inis, Acacia,seed, Gromwell, Parsley, Panick. j In the third, Ilypocistis,

Assuage swellings. Linseed, Fenugreek; In the fourth. Opium, and yet someseeds, Marsh-mallows, Mallows, Corian- 5 authors think Opium is hot because of itsder, Barley , Lupines , Darnel, Sc c, 1 bitter taste.

: Aloes and Manna purge choler gently;

! and Scainony doth purge choler violently,

5 that it is no ways fit for a vulgar man’s use,

The College tells you a tale that there are 1 for il c ° n ' odes the B °' rels - Opopoanax

such things in Rerum Natura, as these,; ! ju lp f ' s ^'r ' 111 ^' er . v Lrcnt J- .

Gums, Rozins, Balsams, and Juices made m „‘e starch gently levigates or makesthick ! smooth such parts as are rough, syrup or

’ * ■ I Violets being made thick with it and so

College.] Juices of Wormwood and Maud -j taken on the point of a knife, helps coughs,lin, Acacia , Aloes , Lees of Oil, Assa-foetida, \ roughness of the throat, wheezing, excoria-Balsam of Peru and India ; Bdellium, Ben- j tions of the bowels, the bloody-flux.zoin, Camphire, Caranna, Colophonia, Juice of\ Juice of Liquorice helps roughness of theMaudlin, Euphorbimn, Lees of'Wine, Lees of\Trachea Arteria , which is in plain English Oil, Gums of Galbanum , Amoniacum, Anime, 1 called the windpipe, the roughness of whichArabick, Cherry Trees, Copal , Elemy, Juni- \ causes coughs and hoarseness, difficulty ofpei\ Ivy , Plumb Trees, Carnbuge, Ilypocystis , | breathing, See. It allays the heat of theLahdanum, Lacca, Liquid Amber, Manna, l stomach and liver, eases pains, soreness andMastich , Myrrh , Olibanum , Opium , Opopanax, j roughness of the reins and bladder, itPice-bitumen, Pitch of the Cedar of Greece , \ quencheth thirst, and strengthens theLiquid and dry Rozins of Fir-tree, Larch-tree, j stomach exceedingly : It may easily bePine tree, Pine-fruit, Mastich , Venice and f carried about in one’s pocket, and eat a littleCyprus Turpentine. Sugar, white, red, and I now and then.

Christaline , or Sugar Candy white and red, j Sugar cleanses and digests, takes awaySagapen , Juniper, Gum , Sanguis Draconis, l roughness of the tongue, it strengthens the £Sarcocolla, Scamony, Styrax, Liquid and \ reins and bladder, being weakened : being 'Calamitis, Tacha, Mahacca, Tartar , Frankin- \ beaten into fine powder and put into thecense, Olibanum , Tragaganth, Birdlime. ieyes, it takes away films that grow overCulpeper ,] That my country may receive j the sight,more benefit than ever the college of Phy- j Lahdanum is in operation, thickening,sicians intended them from these, I shall j heating and mollifying, it opens the passagetreat of them severally. \ of the veins, and keeps the hair from falling

1. Of the Juices. toff; the use of it is usually external: being

Of the Gums and Rosins. j mixed with wine, myrrh, and oil of mirtles,