The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Vertues.

The iuice, according to Dioscordies, is good against the bloudy flix, being taken either by potion [ A] or Clister.

It is excellent good for greene wounds, and stancheth the bloud: being also put into the no∣sthrils, [ B] it stoppeth the bleeding at the nose.

The smoke of the burned herbe driueth away serpents, and killeth flies and gnats in a house; [ C] which Pliny speaketh of in his 25. book, chap. 8. Snakes, saith he, craull a way at the smell of Loos∣strife. The same Authour affirmeth in his 26 booke, last chap. that it dieth haire yellow, which is not very vnlike to be done by reason the floures are yellow.

The others haue not been experimented, wherefore vntill some matter worthy the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doth [ D] offer it selfe vnto our consideration, I will omit further to discourse her 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

The iuice of yellow Lysimachia taken inwardly, stoppeth all fluxe of bloud, and the Dysenteria [ E] or bloudy flix.

The iuice put into the nose, stoppeth the bleeding of the same, and the bleeding of wounds, and [ F] mightily closeth and healeth them, being made into an vnguent or salue.

The same taken in a mother suppositorie of wooll or cotton, bound vp with threds (as the man∣ner [ G] thereof is, well knowne to women) staieth the inordinate flux or ouermuch flowing of womens termes.

It is reported, that the fume or smoke of the herbe burned, doth driue away flies and gnats, and [ H] all manner of venomous beasts.

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