Vertues and use.
They are very powerful to stay and Fluxes* 1.1 of Blood or Humors in Man or Woman: the Leavs have also the like quality. The Fruit eaten by Women with Child, stayeth* 1.2 their longings after unusual meats, and is very ef∣fectual for them that are apt to miscarry, and be delivered before their time, to help that ma∣lady, and make them joyful Mothers. The Decoction of them is good to gargle and wash the Mouth, Throat and Teeth, when there is any defluxion of Blood to stay it, or of Hu∣mors, which causeth Pains and Swellings: It is a good bath for Women to sit over that have their Courses* 1.3 flow too abundantly; or for the Piles when they bleed too much. If a Pultis or Plaister be made with dried Medlars beaten and mixed with the Juyce of red Roses, whereunto a few Cloves and Nutmeg may be added, and a little red Correl also, and appli∣ed to the Stomach that is given to casting, or loathing of meat,* 1.4 it effectually helpeth. The dried Leavs in Pouder, strewed on fresh, blee∣ding Wounds, restraineth the Blood, and healeth up the Wound quickly •••• The Medlar stones made into Pouder and drunk in Wine, wherein some Parsley Roots have lien infused all night, or a little boyled, do break the Stone in the Kidneys, helping to expel it.
The Fruit is old Saturns, and sure a better Medicine he hardly hath to strengthen the re∣tentive faculty; therfore it staies Womens Longings, the good old Man cannot endure Womens minds should run a gadding: Also a Plaister made of the Fruit dried before they be rotten, and other convenient things, and applied to the Reins of the Back, stops Mis∣carriage* 1.5 in Women with Child.