The inward use.

Saffron is profitable for the Head, Stomach, Heart, Liver, Spleen, Bladder, Womb, Animall, Vitall, and Naturall spirits. It is use∣full in cold Diseases of the Brain and Nerves, quickens the me∣mory and senses, doth much comfort the heart, and recreateth the spirits, and makes them chearfull that use it; therefore 'tis called Corhominis, the heart of man; and when we see a man o∣ver-merry, we have a Proverb, Dormivit in sacco croci, he hath slept in a bag of Saffron. It expells venomous vapours from the heart, and therefore is very usefull in the Plague, Pestilence, and Small Pox, strengthneth the stomach, preserveth the entralls, helpeth concoction, and naturall heat; it is very profitable for the Lungs and Phthifis, or consumption of the Lungs and shortnesse of the breath, therefore by some it is called Anima pulmonum, the soule of the Lungs. It is good in the Pleurisie, openeth the stoppings of the Liver and Gall, therefore is usefull in the Jaundise, and against Melancholly, provoketh Urine and Venus, hastneth Child-birth: is procures a good colour to them that use it, and drives away Page  [unnumbered] drunkennesse, as Authours say; but I rather believe it hasteneth drunkennesse, by fuming up to the Brain; for 'tis apparent that it provokes sleep and drowsinesse. It is profitable in fits of the Mother, especially the tincture thereof. It is best for old persons, such as are flegmatick, and melancholick, and that in the winter season.