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 leaues of Yarrow doe close vp wounds, and keepe them from inflammation, or fiery swel∣ling: [ A] it stancheth bloud in any part of the body, and it is likewise put into bathes for women to sit in: it stoppeth the laske, and being drunke it helpeth the bloudy flixe.

Most men say that the leaues chewed, and especially greene, are a remedy for the tooth-ache. [ B]

The leaues being put into the nose, do cause it to bleed, and ease the paine of the megrim. [ C]

It cureth the inward excorations of the yard of a man, comming by reason of pollutions or ex∣treme [ D] flowing of the seed, although the issue do cause inflammation and swelling of those secret parts, and though the spermaticke matter do come downe in great quantity, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the juice be injected with a syringe, or the decoction. This hath been prooued by a certain friend of mine, sometimes a Fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, who lightly brused the leaues of common Yarrow, with Hogs-grease, and applied it warme vnto the priuie parts, and thereby did diuers times helpe him∣selfe, and others of his fellowes, when he was a student and a single man liuing in Cambridge.

One dram in powder of the herbe giuen in wine, presently taketh away the paines of the colicke. [ E]

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