Vertues and use.
Stinking Arrach is used as a remedy to help Women painèd, and almost strangled with the Mother,* 1.1 by smelling to it: But inwardly ta∣ken, there is not a better Remedy under the Moon for that Disease. I would be large in commendation of this Herb, were I but Elo∣quent. It is an Herb under the dominion of Venus, and under the sign Scorpio: It is com∣mon almost upon every Dunghil. The Works of God are given freely to Man, his Medicins are common and cheap, and easie to be found: tis the Medicines of the Colledg of Physitians that are so dear and scarce to find) I com¦mend it for an Universal Medicine for the Womb,* 1.2 and such a Medicine as will easily, saf∣ly, and speedily cure any Diseas therof, as the fits of the Mother, Dislocation or falling our therof; it cools the Womb being over-hea∣red (And let me tel you this, and I wil tel you but the truth, Heat of the womb is one of the greatest causes of hard labor in Childbirth) It makes barren women fruitful, it clenseth the Womb if it be foul and strengthens it excee∣dingly; it provokes the Terms if they be stop∣ped, and stops them if they flow immoderatly: You can desire no good to your Womb, but this Herb will effect it; therfore if you love Children, if you love Health, if you love Ease, keep a Syrup alwaies by you made of the Juyce of this Herb and Sugar (or Honey if it be to clens the Womb) and let such as be rich keep it for their poor neighbors, and bestow it as freely as I bestow my studies upon them, or els let them look to answer it another day when the Lord shall come to make inquisition for Bloud.