Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.

CHAP. VIII. Of drawing and Repelling Medicines.

IN the second forme, * 1.1 are drawing Medicines which attract the humours, and Spirits out of the body into the superfi∣cies, but that attraction is made by heate, concurring with tenuity of substance, and some are hot and dry in the se∣cond degree; which draw moderatly; others in the third degree, which draw more; others in the fourth, which draw most of all, and with their heate raise a tumour in the skin, with rednesse, and lastly raise blisters, from whence medicines to take away haire, Synapismes, Rubifying medi∣cines are prepared, such are the Rootes of both kinds of birth∣wort, selandine, sow-Breed little Dragon, Gentian, wild Pellitory, or sneezing-wort, Crowfoot, mustard-seed, Cresses, Garlick, Onions, Leaven, an Indian fruit like a Birds heart, and the juice like blood, Gum Amoniack, Galbanum, saga∣penum, Opoponax, dry Pitch, Propolis•• or that in a Hony∣combe like wax, Goose dung, Pidgeons dung, Hen dunge, and Cantharides.

Repelling Medicines, * 1.2 are opposed to attracting, and pro∣hibit the Flux of humours, or represseth and casteth back that humour which hath newly flown in, and moves there∣in, and is not as yet settled; they performe this, either be∣cause they are cold or astringent, or because they have both a cold and astringent faculty; astringents are two-fold, some are cold, others not, and indeed they doe most powerfully bind, which are both cold, and astringent; those things which repell only by frigidity and are aqueous, or humid, are cold water, life for ever, Purslan, Ducks-meate, Endive, Let∣tice, Night-shade, Coltrops of water, Venus Nauell, Flea∣wort, the white of an egg; cold things astringent are, Plan∣tine, narrow leaved Solomons seale, Mouseare, Daizes, Horsetaile, the leaves of service, or sherve Tree, Oake, Mirtle, Medler Tree, the Flowers of Rosemary, Pomgranates, Mirtle-berries, Oake Apples, swallow Peares, Barberries, Mirtles, the Barks of Pomgranates, the Rootes of wild Dam∣sons, the Rootes of Barberries, the Rootes of Cinqfoile, Snake-weed, (or small Bistort) Tormentill, the juice of Pomgranates, Acacia, Hypocistis, or sap of the Rootes of Cystus, of Mulberries not ripe, sorrell, Irish slat, Bolearme∣nack,

sanguis Draconis, Tutty, hot astringents are, spike, Aloes, Frankencense, Mirrh, Cypresse, Wormewood Cyprus Nuts, the Barks of Frankencense, sweet Garden Flag, Al∣lom.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Things drawing.
• * 1.2

  Repelling.