Vertues and use.
Motherwort, is held to be of much use for the trembling of the Heart, and in faintings and swounings* 1.1 from whence it took the name Cardiaca. The Pouder thereof to the quanti∣ty of a spoonful drunk in Wine is a wonderful help to Women in their Sore Travails, as al∣so for the suffocations or risings of the Mo∣ther; and from these effects it is likely it took the name of Motherwort with us. It also pro∣voketh Urine and Womens Courses, clenseth the Chest of cold Flegm oppressing it, and killeth the Worms in the Belly: It is of good use to warm and dry up the cold Humors, to digest and dispers them that are setled in the Veins Joynts, and Sinews of the Body, and to help Cramps, and Convulsions.
Venus owns the Herb, and it is under Leo, there is no better Herb to drive Melancholly Vapors from the Heart, to strengthen it, and make a merry cheerful blith soul, than this Herb, it may be kept in a Syrup or Conserve, therfore the Latins called it Cardiaca: Besides, it makes Women joyful Mothers of Children, and settles their Wombs as they should be, therfore we call it Motherwort.