Whites, or Reds, as also the Bloody Flux.
The Roots boyled in Vinegar, and the Deco∣ction
therof held in the Mouth, easeth the
pains of the Toothach. The Juyce or Deco∣ction
taken with a little Honey, helpeth the
hoarsness of the Throat, and is good for the
Cough of the Lungs. The distilled Water of
both Roots and Leavs is also effectual to all
the purposes aforesaid: and if the Hands be
often washed therin, and suffered at every time
to dry in of it self without wiping, it wil in
short time help the Palsy or shaking in them.
The Root boyled in Vinegar, helpeth all
Knots, Kernels, hard swellings, and lumps
growing in any part of the Flesh, being ther∣to
applied; as also al Inflamations, and St.
Anthonies Fire, all Imposthumes, and pain∣ful
Sores, with heat and putrefaction; the
shingles also, and all other sorts of running,
and soul Scabs, Sores, and Itch. The same
also boyled in Wine, and applied to any Joynts
full of pain and ach••or the Gout in the Hands
or Feet, or the Hip-gout, called the Sciatica,
and the Decoction therof drunk the while,
doth cure them; and easeth much pains in the
Bowels. The Roots are likewise effectual to
help Ruptures or Burstings, being used with
other things available to that purpose, taken
either inwardly or outwa••dly, or both; as al∣so
for Bruises, or Hurts by Blows, Falls, or
the like, and to stay the bleeding of Wounds
in any part inward or outward.
This is an Herb of Jupiter, and therfore
strengthens the parts of the Body that he rules,
let Jupiter be angular and strong when it is
gathered, and if you give but a scruple (which
is but twenty grains of it) at a time, either in
white Wine, or white Wine Vinegar, you
shal very seldom miss the cure of an Ague be
it what Ague soever in three Fits, as I have
often proved to the admiration both of my
self and others, let no Man despise it becaus it
is plain and easie, the waies of God are all
such, 'tis the ungodliness and impudency of
Man that made things hard, and hath (by so
doing) made sport for al the Devils in Hell,
and grieved the good Angels, and when you
reade this, your own Genius, if you be any
thing at al acquainted with it, may dictate to
you many as good Conculsions both of this
and other Herbs.
Some hold that one Leaf cures a Quotidian,
three a Tertian, and four a Quartan Ague;
and a hundred to one if it be not Dioscorides,
for he is ful of such Whimseys. The truth is,
I never stood so much upon the number of the
Leavs, nor whether I gave it in Pouder or
Decoction: If Jupiter were strong and the
Moon applying to him or his good aspect at
the gathering of it, I never knew it miss the
desired effects.