CHAP. 96. De Chamedry, of Germander.
The Names.
IT is called in Latine Chamaedrys, that is, a small or low Oke, from the likenesse of the Leaves thereof, though lesser: therefore some call it Aevercula minor, in English, Germander, or English Treacle.
The temperament.
It is hot and dry in the third degree, and of thin parts.
The duration.
It will keepe good (being dry) a yeare,
The inward Ʋse.
Some say it purgeth choller. It is good for coughs taken with Hony, for those whose spleene is become hard, for those that can hardly make water, and helpeth those that are falling into a Dropsey, in the beginning of the disease, especially if a decoction be made thereof, when it is greene and drunke. It brings downe the termes, helps to expell the dead childe, and taken with Vineger doth wast or consume the Spleene; It is effectuall against any poyson, paines of the side, and cureth both Quartaine and Tertian Ague, as also the Cramp, if the Decoction thereof be taken, for some dayes together, Page [unnumbered] it is good against the Diseases of the Braine, as paines of the Head, Falling-sicknesse, Melancholly, Lethargy, Palsie, Gout, and for those that are Sottish through the dulnesse of the spirits: a dram of the seed taken in powder, doth purge Choller by Urine, and is thereby good for the yellow Jaundise, and killeth wormes, so will the tops of them when they are in flower, steeped a day and a night in a draught of White-wine, and drunke in the morning. It is commended against the Plague and Pestilence.
The manner of Administring it.
It is given in powder and Decoction, you may make the Decoction as of Mugwort.
The outward use.
It is good against venome and stinging of venemous Creatures be∣ing bruised and applyed: used with Hony it cleanseth old and foule Ulcers; and the juyce mixed with Hony and put into the eyes, taketh their dimnesse and moistnesse, the juyce also dropped into the eares killeth wormes therein. The decoction thereof stayeth the whites in women, if they sit therein while it is warme, and likewise easeth the passions of the Mother: being boyled in Vineger and applyed to the Stomach with a little Leaven, stayeth vomitings, that rise not from hot causes; the leaves and the seed of Nigella, quilted in a Cap, stayeth Rhume: being boyled in lye with Lupines, and the head washed therewith, taketh away the Dandraffe; or Scurfe thereof.
The hurtfull quality.
It is hurtfull for hot and dry bodies.
The Dose.
The Leaves and seeds are given from halfe a dram to a dram.
Of such Medicines as are made thereof.
The distilled water. Conserve, and Syrupe.
