Lignum Vitae, see Guajacum. CHAP. 119. De Lupinis, of Lupines.
The Names and temperament.
IT is called in Latine Lupinum and Lupinus, in English Lupines, o• flat Beane. It is hot and dry, and very bitter.
The Duration.
They will keepe good a yeare or two, or longer.
The inward use.
By reason of their bitternesse they open, digest, dissolve and clense: being steeped in water, and afterwards dryed, beaten and taken with some Vineger, taketh away the loathing of the stomack to Meate and provoketh the appetite: the Decoction or Infusion of Lupines taken with Hony and Vinegar killeth Wormes in the belly, but if you mixe Rue and Pepper thereto, it will the more effectu∣all; the Meale or Powder taken with Honey and Vineger, Page [unnumbered] or in Drinke doth the same: the said Decoction taken openeth the stoppings of the Liver and Spleene, provoketh Urine and Wo∣mens Courses: If it bee taken with Myrrhe it expelleth the dead Childe.
The manner of administring it.
It is used in Decoction, or in powder.
The outward use.
A Decoction or Lye made of Lupines with Wormewood, Centory and bay-salt added thereto, stayeth the running and spreading of a Gangrene, being applied thereto very hot, with stupes of Cloth or Tow; A Decoction of them clenseth all Scabs, Morphew, Cancers, Tetters and creeping or running Ulcers and Sores, and boyled in Lie it cleanseth the head from Ulcers, Scurfe, &c. breeding therein: it also cleanseth the Face and taketh away the markes that the Pox does leave after their healing, and all other markes, and black and blew spots in the skin: the meale thereof being boyled in Vineger and applied taketh away Pimples, and scattereth the Rodes or Kernells that rise in the body, and breaketh Carbuncles and Impostumes: the burning of the huskes driveth away Gnats, Flies, &c. whatsoever. The powder mixed with Oyle of Sarin, and applied to the belly killeth Wormes.
The hurtfull quality.
Being steeped some dayes in water, untill they have lost their bit∣ternesse they may be eaten, but they breed grosse and crude humours, are very hard to digest, and slowly passe through the body.
