Vertues and Use.
Orpine is seldom used in inward Medicines with us, although Tragus saith from experi∣ence in Germany that the distilled water there∣of is profitable for gnawings, or excoriations* 1.1 in the Stomach or Bowels, and for Ulcers in the Lungs, Liver, or other inward parts, as al∣so in the Matrix, and helpeth all those Disea∣ses, being drunk for certain daies together: And that it stayeth the sharpness of Humors in the Bloody Flux, and other Fluxes in the Body, or in Wounds: The Root, thereof also performeth the same effect. It is used out∣wardly to cool any heat or Inflamation upon any Hurt or Wound, and easeth the pains of them: as also to heal Scaldings or Burnings: The Juyce thereof beaten with some green Sallet Oyl, and anointed: The Leaf also brui∣sed and laid to any green Wound in the Hands or Legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the Throat, much helpeth the Quin∣sie, It helpeth also Ruptures and Burstiness.
If you pleas to make the Juyce into a Syrup with Honey or Sugar, you may safely take a spoonful or two at a time (let my Author say what he will) for a Quinsie, and you shall find the Medicine more pleasant, and the Cure more speedy, than if you took a Dogs-turd which is the Learned Colledges vulgar Cure.
The Moon owns the Herb, and he that knows but her Exaltation, knows what I say is true.