Vertues and Use.
An Oyntment of them cures Wounds* 1.1 and is most fit for such as have Inflamations, it being an Herb of Dame Venus; It stops the Terms in Women being boyled in white Wine and the Decoction drunk, as also the Bloody Flux; the Oyntment of it is not on∣ly good for green Wounds, but also for Ulcers and Fistulaes, especially such as abound with moisture; It staies the shedding off of Hair, the Head being bathed with the Decoction of it; inwardly taken, it helps the retentive fa∣culty of the Stomach, it helps the running of the Reins in men, and the whites in women, and helps such as cannot hold their water; and the Leaves chewed in the Mouth ease the Toothach; and these Vertues being put to∣gether shew the Herb to be drying and bin∣ding. Achilles is supposed to be the first that le••t the Vertues of this Herb to posterity, ha∣ving learned them of his Master Chyron the Centaure, and certainly a very profitable Herb it is in the Camp, and perhaps therfore called Militaris.