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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. D132 Lin. | The Defiription. Cuapr. 389. Of Hercules Wound-wort, or eAll-heale. I] Mperatoria or Mafterwoort hathgreat broad leaues not much vnlike wilde An gelica, but fmaller,and of adeeper greene colour, in fauor like Angelica, and cuery leafed Mided into fundry other little leaues : the tender knotted ftalkes are of a reddith colour, beatin B at thetop round fpokie tufts with white floures: the feedis like the feed of Dill: the rootis th icke, knott and tuberous,ofa goodfauour, and hot er biting vpon the tongue, which hath moouecd the vas. full rocall it Pellitory of Spaine,but very vnfitly andvntruely. 2 Herba Gerardi,whichPena dothalfo call Imperatoria and Offrutium ; the Germaines Podigry via, that is, Gout-woort:in Englifh, herbe Gerard, or wilde Mafterwoot, and in fome placesafer Lyte, Afhweed, is very like the other in leaues, floures,androots,fauing that they be fmallegror. ing vpon long ftems: the roots tenderer,whiter,and not fothicke or tuberous, Thewhole plant is of a reafonable good fauour,but notfo ftrong as Mafterwoort. q The Place. q The Kindes. pas is offundry kindes,as witneffeth Theophraftus in his ninth booke ; one growethin’S yrias and likewife other three,thatis to fay, Chironium, Heraclium, and Bifiulapinm’, or Chirons Allheale, Herewles All-heale, and 4/culapius All-heale.Befides thefe there is one Platyphyllor,or broad leafed : {0 that in Thcophraftus there arefix kindes of Panax’: but Diofcbrides deferibeth onlythree, Horacleum, Afclepinm, and Chironium : whercunto we haue added another fort, whofe vertues wee found out by meanes ofa husbaridman,andforthat caufe haue namedit Panax Colom, or Clownes wort. Imperatoria groweth in darke woods and defarts ;in my Garden and fundry others very plenti- 2 Panax Herathammaius, Hercules great WWound-wort, 1 Panax Heracleum, fully. Hercules All-heale. Herbe Gerard growethofit felfe in gardens without fetting or fowing,andis fo fruitfill inhis increafe, that where it hath once taken root,it will hardly be gotten out againe, fpoiling andget. ting euery yeere moreground,to the annoying of better herbes. q The Time. Theyfloure from the beginning of Iune to the beginning of Auguft. q The Names. ” Imperatoria,or Aftrantia,is called in Englifh, Mafterwoort,ot baftard Pellitory of Spaine. Herba Gerardi is called in Englifh,Herb Gerard,Aifhweed,and Goutwoort:in Latine allo Pade grariaGermanica, @ The Nature. : Imperatoria,e{pecially the root,is hot and dry in the third degree. The wilde mperaoriagor hen Gerard,is almoft of the fame nature and quality,but notfo ftrong. : GQ The Vertnes. ae A Imperatoria is not onely good againftall poifon, but alfo fingular againft all corrupt and naugh- B ty aire and infeGtion ofthe peftilence,ifit be drunken with wine. Theroots and leaues ftamped, diffolue and cure peftilential] carbuncles and botches, and firch other apoftumationsandfiellings,being applied thereto. ’ C__ Theroordrunke in wine cureth the extreme and rigorouscoldfits ofagues, and is goodagaintt the dropfie, and prouokethfweat. : < onli The fame taken in mannerafore(aid,comforteth and ftrengthneth the ftomack,helpethdigelt- on,teftorethappetite,and diffoluethall ventofities or windineffe of the ftomackeand ee It greatly helpeth fuch as haue taken great {quats,brufes, or falls from fome highplace, iffol- uing and feattering abroad congealed and clotted bloud within the body:therootwith his a" ftampedandlaid vpon the members infeéted, cureth the bitings ofmad dogs, and ofall otierve nomousbeafts. ; dwith F Herbe Gerard withhis roots ftamped, and laid vpon membersthatare troubled of ain the gout,fwageth the paine,and taketh awaythe fwellings and inflammation thercofich fioned the Germainesto giueit the name Podagraria, becaufe ofhis vertues in culing eell ___Itcurethalfothe Hemorrhoids, if the fundament be bathed with the decoétionofthe G H I and roots;and the foft and tender foddenherbes laid thereon very hot. nd veine, trix: itis good againft the collicke and ftone. that haus _Onedram oftheroot in pouder giuen certaine daies together, is a remedy for Ot sick aedropfie, and alfo for thofe that are troubled with convulfions, cramps, and the neffe. K Being giuen with winebefore thefit come, itcureth the quartaineaguc,and is aremedy#e*™ x M @ The Defcription. Falfe Pellitory of Spaine attenuateth or makeththin, digefterh, prouoketh abate as. concoéethgroffeand colde humors, wafteth away windireffe ofthe entrailes, tome pettilent difeafes. : ed thet ‘C aie fameboiled in fharpe or fower wine,eafeth the tooth-ach,ifthe mout h bewafh very not. * of r Being chewed it draweth forth water and flegme outofthe motith (which k ae 52 in Latine are called 4pophlegmatifimi) and disburdeneththe braine ofphlegmaticke Femities ate likewife vied with goodfucceffe in apoplexies,drowfie fleepes, and otherlike #98 * Cui : ; Ercules All-healeor VVound-wort hath m veryrough and haity, of an ouerworne gre ionslike thofe of the CowParfenep, and n é > ground, ro Iknd-deepe the fig leaues: among’ the like to = ‘chrifeth vp avery ftrong ftalke couered'ouer witha rou of the height of foure or cuery partiof the Sue cubits, Being wounded it ycelderh fortlra yellow gummieiuyee, as dorh ix sat the top of which ftalks ftand great tufts or Plant, whichis that precious eumcalled op in fpoky rundles like thofeof Dill, which turminto feed F yellowith floures, fet tog »lour, fharpe andhor in afte, andof a pleafing fauour : the root is verythicke,fat, and » inyce, and of a whire c ich the Venetian? nourith in their gardens, hat h great large ers mall leaucs fet together vpor h ce waiereor f each erall iT fdd'te rib, or fide 1eate 1s t On” , |