The first and seconde partes of the herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick, lately ouersene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte, lately gathered, and nowe set oute with the names of the herbes, in Greke Latin, English, Duche, Frenche, and in the apothecaries and herbaries Latin, with the properties, degrees, and naturall places of the same. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in England, and of the vertues of the same with diuerse other bathes, moste holsom and effectuall, both in Almanye and England, set furth by William Turner Doctor in Phisick. God saue the Quene

Of the herbe called Pulmonaria.

[illustration] depiction of plant

Pulmonaria.

THere are two kindes of Pulmonaria / the one is a ragged thick mosse that groweth vpon oke trees / and hath certayne spottes vpon it like as some lunges hath / wherevpon it semeth to haue the name in Latine / if it be not named in English alredy Lung∣wurt / it maye be named now so / or rather Lungmosse.

The vertues of Lungwurte.

LVngwurte of the oke drieth and bindeth. It ioyneth toge¦ther and healeth grene woundes / and speciallye them of the lunges. It is also good for y^e outragious outflowinge of weomens floures / and for spittinge of bloode / and a∣gainst great laxes that endure longe / and for the bloodye flixe. This herbe is good for the coughe / shortwindines / and other diseases of the lunges / ye maye dresse it thus: Take one Lungwurt halfe an vnce of Anis sede / of Fenel sede / of Licores / of eche two drammes / one dram of the lunges of a foxe / halfe a dram of Enula campana / beate them al into fine pouder / and put as muche sugar to them as all the pouders / menged do wey / and take euery mor¦ninge and eueneninge a spoundfull of this pouder. Some that kepe cattell / geue this herbe in pouder with salt against the shortwindiues of beastes. I thinke it were good to geue it also vnto a horse that hath bloodye gere com∣minge out of his lunges by the nose thrilles or mouth. Matthiolus calleth the herbe which I haue iudged most lyke vnto Baccharis of al herbes that euer I saw / and is called in English Sage of Ierusalem / Pulmonariam also / as other before him haue done / by the reason of the whyte spottes that are in the leaues / beynge lyke vnto suche as are on the lunges. He sayth that it is excel∣lentlye good for vomitinge out of bloode out of the mouth / that commeth from the lunges most speciallye. Sethe the floures and leaues in a suffi¦cient quantite of water / vntill the halfe be sodden awaye / then put sugar to it and drinke it. Ye maye beate the herbe and floures / and take the iuyce pu∣rified with halfe as muche sugar. The same is good for diuers diseases of the lunges / as the Italianes haue left in their writinges.