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THE COMPLETE HERBAL

washed with it, it cleanses the gums of cor-$ being anointed with the same, cools the reins,

ruption, and fastens loose teeth.

land seminal vessels, stops the running of

Frankincense being used outwardly in the] the reins and Fluor Albus, the moderate useway of a plaister, heats and binds; being]of Venery, the like it doth if it be drankapplied to the temples, stops the rheums ] inwardly with Bettony-water, take but athat flow to the eyes, helps green wounds, ] small quantity of it at a time inwardly, itand fills hollow ulcers with flesh, stops the \ resist poison and bitings by venomousbleeding of wounds, though the arteries be $ beasts; outwardly, applied as before, andcut; being made into an ointment withj[the eyes anointed with it, stops hot rheumsVinegar and HogVgrease, helps the itch, ] that flow thither.

pains in the ears, inflammations in women's \ Opopanax purges thick flegm from thebreasts commonly called agues in the breast; ] most remote parts of the body, vix. thebeware of taking it inwardly, lest it cause; brain, joints, hands, and feet, the nervesmadness. ; and breast, and strengthens all those parts

Turpentine is hot in the second degree, it \ when they are weak, if the weakness pro-heals, softens, it discusses and purges, j ceed of cold, as usually it doth; it helpscleanses the reins, provokes urine. j weakness of the sight, old rotten coughs,

Styrax Calamitis is hot and dry in the ] and gouts of all sorts, dropsies, and swell-second degree, it heals, mollifies, and con- j ings of the spleen, it helps the stranguarycocts; being taken inwardly helps the cough, | and difficulty of making urine, provokesand distillations of the lungs, hoarseness and ] the menses, and helps all cold afflictions ofloss of voice, helps the hardness of the ] the womb ; have a care you give it not towomb, and provokes the menses. ; any pregnant women. The dose is one

Ammoniacum, hot and .dry in the third ] dram at most, corrected with a little Mastich ,degree, softens, draws, and heats; being dis- ] dissolved in Vinegar and outwardly appliedsolved in vinegar, strained and applied ] helps the passions of the spleen,plaister-wise, it takes away carbuncles and;

hardness in the flesh, it is one of the best; *• '"."" 1 "” i

remedies lhat I know for infirmities of the { In , }ie next lace the ColIege te]Is you a , alespleen, be.ngapphedtotheleft s.de; be.ngj concernin ^ Liquid j u f ces , and Tearsmade into an ointment with o.l, it .s good j wl]ich are ° t0 for present use

to anoint the Inn bs of such as are weary:; * A

a scruple of it being taken in the form of a \ College.] Vinegar, Juice of Citrons, Juicepill loosens the belly, gives speedy delivery; of sour Grapes, Oranges, Barberries, Tears ojto women in travail, helps diseases of the; a Birch-tree, Juice of Chermes, Quinces , Pome-spleen, the sciatica and all pains in the; granules, Lemons , Wood-sorrel, Oil of unripejoints, and have any humour afflicting their; Olives , and ripe.. Olives, both new and cold, Juicebreast. j of red and Damask Roses , Vine Tears of a

Camphire, it is held by all authority to be ] Vine.cold and dry in the third degree, it is of very j Culpeper. ] The virtues of the most ofthin subtile parts, insomuch that being;these may be found in the Syrups , and arebeaten into very fine powder it will vanquish j few of them used alone,away into the air, being beaten into powder \and mixed with oil, and the temples anointed ;therewith, eases headaches proceeding of]heat, all inflammations whatsoever, the back ]