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CHAP. CCCXXXV. Of Bugle.
The Names.
IT hath no Greek name that I can meet with, but it is called in Latine Consolida media, and Solidag•• min••r, as also Buglum, or Bugla, but more commonly Bu∣gula. Matthi••lus calleth it Laurentina, and Herba Laurentina; some would have it Cham••••iss••s spicat•• Plin••, and others to be his Anonymos, we call it Bugle, Brown Bugle, and the middle Consound, and sometimes Sicklewort.
The Kindes.
There being but six sorts of Bugle, I shall put them all down: 1. Ordinary bl••w flowred Bugle. 2. Bugle with a white flower. 3. Bugle with a blush colou∣red flower. 4. Blew mountain Bugle. 5. Bugle with yellow flowers. 6. Sweet Portingall Bugle.
The Forme.
The ordinary blew floured Bugle hath larger▪ Leaves then those of Self-heale, and somewhat longer▪ but otherwise not much different, in some green on the upper side, in others more brownish, dented about the edges, somewhat hairy as the square Stalk also is, which riseth to be about a foot high sometimes, with the Leaves set by couples; from about the middle of the said stalke up to the top, stand the flowers, together with many smaller and browner Leaves then the rest, which are below, set at distances, the stalke being bare between them; amongst which flowers are also some lesser then others, of a Blewish, and sometimes of an Ash colour, not much unlike to those of Ale-hoofe or Ground-Ivy, after which come small round blackish seed: The root i•• composed of many strings, and spreadeth upon the ground in divers parts, round about like unto M••ney-wort or Penny-royall.
The Places and Time.
The first groweth generally throughout all England, in Woods and wet Copses; and moist Fields; and the second groweth in the like places, but not so frequently; the third groweth in Austria, and some other places of Germany; the fourth up∣on Carnedh Ll••wellin in Wales; the fifth is said by Ban••inus to grow with Us here in England, and the last in Portingal. They flower from May unto July, and perfect their seed in the meane time: the main root abideth many yeares.
The Temperature.
Bugle is temperate in heat, but drying moderately, and with some astringency.
The Vertues.
The Leaves of Bugle being bruised and applyed to any manner of Ʋlcer or Sore, whether new and fresh, or old and inveterate, doth wonderfully cure it; and so it doth Gangrenes and Fistulaes also, if the places be washed and bathed with the juice thereof. The same made into a Lotion with Honey and Allome cureth all sores of the Mouth and Gumms, be they never so foule, or of long con∣tinuance; and worketh no lesse powerfully and effectually for such Ʋlcers and Sores, a•• happen in the secret parts of Men or Women: Being also taken inward∣ly, or outwardly applyed, it helpeth those that have broken any bone, or have any member out of Joynt. The decoction of the Leaves and Flowers made in Wine and taken, dissolveth congealed blood in those that are bruised inwardly by a fall, or otherwise; and is very effectual for any inward Wounds, Thrusts or Stabbs into the Body or Bowels, and is an especial helpe in all Wound-drinkes; and for those that are Liver-grown, as they call it. An oyntment made with the Leaves of Bugle,