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Show 368 Cuar.i4- Theatrum Botanicum. Tripe 3. growneripe, flit or cut witha knife intwo or three places, that the milke iffuing forth, may be gathered into {ome convenient thing, and hardned afterwards in the Sunne, but notat the fire, which will not be fo blacke asthat Opivm, chatcommeth ufually tous, whichis rather AZeconinm as Diofcorides ferteth it downe, which is made of the juice of both leaves and heades prefied forth, of the white as well as of the blacke Poppy. for the erue beii Opinm is fomewhat ofa whitifh yellow or brownith colour, and giveth no fuch yellowtin@ure, as that whichis fophifticate andmade with Glancium,( whichis the yellowjuice of an herbe,with leaves like untohorned Poppy, but divers have thought G/zacinm,to be the juice ofChelidonius majus,others of Pomum amoris majys, and lalily Bawhinus and fome others,thinke it to be ofthis thorny Poppy, becan(e it giveth a yellow juice) but as Bellowivs writeth, that to have anyquantityof true Opiam, irracher confifteth inthe multitude of gathe~ rers( for it muft be both {peedily gathered,and in the heat of the day ) then in the great quantity of ground fowen therewith, it being a tedious worke ; fora very {mall quantity can be but gathered byanyone in aday, in thar everyhead yeeldeth but little, and mult be attended tobe taken from them, beforeit be dryed too much upon them. . The Vertues, All the forts of Poppyés are cold in the fourth degree, but efpecially Opivm or the condenfate juice; as Galen and divers other authours doe affime, yet Matrhiolus fticketh thereat, thinking it rather to be hor, by the fharpenefle and bitternefle thereof, and is Anodinnm medicamentum, that is fucha medicine, that byprocuring fleepe eafeth manypainesfor the prefent, whichindeede it dothbut palliate or caufe to be quiet foratime ; the conti-= nual uf whereof, bringeth very often more harme,and a more dangerous diféafe thenit hath allayed, thatis an infenfibleneffe or {tupefaction ofa part or member, which commeth to be the dead palfie, for although Diofco« rides, Galen, and others write, thatthe white feed is familiarly taken in bread, and made into cakes and caten withpleafure, and CWfatthiolus and divers others have obferyed thatin our dayes, the white Poppy feede, is owen in Ita/y and other places, and much ufed, yea and the blacke feede alfo, althoughas theyall agree, it is ftronger in operation, and onely medicineable, or onely to be ufed in Phyficke to helpe difeafes; for ALatthiolus writetlithat the inhabitants about Tre#r, doe fowthe blacke feede in their fields and grounds, among Beanes and other pulfe, which theyfamiliarly eate, being made into cakes, that are made ofmany foldes, the feede be ing caft in betweene the folds, and fo kneaded together, and yet hee {aith, they are no whit more fleepy or Crowfie, then thofe that eate none of them: as alfo thatin Stiria and the upper Ax/fria,the inhabitants doe cate the oyle preffed out ofthe blacke feede in their meates familiarly, inthe fteadof Sallet oyle, and finde no incon. veniency of drowfinefleat all thereby ; wich made himas he faith, venture to give the creame ofthe feede made up with Barly water oftentimes, and in great quantity, in the hot fits of agues, and burning feavers, both toafwadethirft, andto procure reft , and herebyas he faith, he fhooke of that feare of Poppy, that his wife Mafters had by their grave admonitions, feafoned him withall in former times: the Garden Poppy heads with feedes made into a Syrupe, is bothfrequently ufed in our dayes,and to very good effect to procurereft and fleepe The Theater of Plants. water of the flowers of the wildered Poppyes, is held to be of much good ufe againft furfets, todrinke it evening and morning itisalfo more cooling in quality then any other Poppy, and therefore cannot but be as effecuall in hot agues, frenfies, and other inflammations, ¢ither inward or outward , the Syrupe or water tobe ufed therein, or the greene leaves ufed outwardly, either in an ointmentas it is in Popwleon,a cooling ointment: or any other wayesapplyed, Galen in 7. facultatnm fimplicinm medicamentorum, faith the feede is dangerous to be ufed inwardly. Gerard was much miftaken, to thinke that this wilde Poppy fhould be that, which fhould be ufed in the compofition called Diacodinm, and citeth Galen fot his authour, asif he had taught him that optnion, not underftanding what kinde of Poppy Galen doth meane by wild Poppy; for he according as Dia/cor!~ des afore him hath done, accounteth onely the great white Poppy, whofe heads are fomewhatlong, to be the garden or manured kinde, and the other blacke kind tobe wild, and doth not meanethisred Poppy, becaufeit isonely wild with us, and not fowen,as whofoeverfhall obferve the places throughly fhall finde, The thorny Poppy being butoflate invention, hath not beene applyedto any difeafe by any, that I can heare of. Cuar XV; Argemone, Baftard wilde Poppy. 5) Here isofthe kindes of wilde Poppy divers other forts, fome deferibed by others, and fomé notfet forth by any before that 1 know, which beingfoundin our owneland, fhall be {poken of : withthereft, 1, Argemone capitulo rotundiore, Round headed baftard Wild Poppy. ground, fomewhat the on lying leaves greene This kind of wilde voppys hath divers hairy longer and more dividedinto parts, then thofe of the former wild Poppy, fomewhat like unto iS with us, froma the leaves of the thinneleafed Anemone or windflower, as Lobe! faith, but is feldomefo found fuch like leaves mongwhich rife up diverfe rough hairy ftalkes, more then two footehigh fometimes, bearing on the here and there on them,leffer chen thofe below all yeelding a yellowjuice or milke being broken, and rop of eachbranch one flowerleffer then the other wilde Poppy,yet confifting of foure roundpointed — fometimes witha moredelayed red colour,fometimes having each of them a blackith {potin the bottome, and fhart; out,with divers blackifh threds ftanding about fall greene head, which whenitis ripe, is fomewhat the Poprough and round, withfomecrefts thereon, anda little round head, but nota ee orftarre, like 24 itnlo vetundiore, Roan’leaded ballard wilde Poppy. 4. Argemone lutea Cambro: Britantca. Yellow wild baftard Poppy of Wales. in the ficke and weake, and:to ftay catarthes, and defluxionsof hot and thinne rheume, from the head into ae ftomacke, | and upon the lungs, caufing acontinuall cough, the forerunner of aconfumption ; buthathnot halfe that force in thofe that are ftronger, for the ftrength or debility of natire worketh divers effe&s, as you fee, as well in this, asin all or moft otherthings ; the fame alfo helpeth the hoarfenefle of the throate, a when one hathloft their yoyce, which the oyle of the (cede doth likewife : the blacke feed boyled in wineand drunke, is faid alfo to ftay the fluxe of the belly, and the immoderate courfe of womens {ic keneffe ; the empty fhels ofthe Poppyheades, are ufually boyled in water, and givento procure reft and fleepe; fo doe the leaves inthe fame mmanner, asalfo ifthe head and temples be bathed with the decoétion warme, or with the oyle of Poppyes, the greene leavesor heads bruifed, and applyed with a little vinegar, or made into a pultis with Barly medle and Aawsias eae a as alfo that difeafe called Saint Aathonyes fire. The Opium, y tather fay the Adeconium, (whichis the juice of the Poppythickned) that is commonlyuf ed inthe Apothecaries fhops,and is much weaker bythe judgement of all,both moderne and ancients,the n the true Opium) is much colder, and ftronger in effec, than any other part of the plant, but if we may know the tem yeratuire and Qualities ofthings, by their tafte and effe@, we may rather judge Opivm tobe hot then cold ‘or at he leaft, to have very hot parts init, witneffe the bitterneffe thereof, the heate and fharpeneffe that is fele inthe pice e onthe talting, and keeping it in the moutha while, that itisteady to blifter both tonsue and allare 3 4s "at the grievous or heady heavy {mell, as well in it, asin the whole planc: but it may be faith Mavs ls “the bit terneffe, heate, and fharpenefie in Opium, or Meconinm, israther acceflory then innate aad is saa b the mixture and adulterating of it with G/aucium, and to givea yellow juice, for our Opinm ifit be diffolved doth fhew a brownith yellownefle ; yet byhis leave I may fay, that eventhe freth milke With ists bi # nd {tron in fmell like the AZeconium or Opium, but becaufe our ancients, whohave found out the qualit; oe thi en di left them for our knowledge, have fo found and judged of Opium, I multas Afatthiolus faith, lea . stfonethers to defcant theron, as reafon and experience fhall dire& them: It is generallyufed as J faid b % a Treakle and Mithridatum, and inall other medicines that are made to procurereftand fleepe, and to ae he he ae head as well as in other parts, as I {aid before,or rather to palliate them, it isufed Bll bothtoc A ieete one: agues, or frenfies, and to ftay defluGtions, which canfea cough or confiumption as alfo ihre ofthe ely, or womens courfes, and generally forall the properties that the feede or any other part of the ane is ufed: ita alfo pnt into hollow teeth to eafe the paine : it is ufed both in ocular and auricular medicines Pith fiayfluxes and to eafe paines, but Galen,and divers others inthe former as wellasin our times ie e and to as forbide den fuch médicines,as too dangerous for the eyes, andeven any other wayesufed inward] aii aS be ta- ken, but with good corre@tion and greatcaution, yet divers have found that applyed to shee we ich th iven much eafe of paine : The wild or red Poppy that groweth in the corne, while it is young i $ i % a in Jtaly, inmany places, and in the territory of Trent efpecially,as ALatthiolus faith, as alfoto - os fickneffe, which Theophraftus alfo faithin his 9, booke and r 3. Chapter, was common in hit aie t fallin madeof the flowers 4s with good effect, given to thofe that havea Plurife. andthe dryed Ba ie Hs : ; iif Dae boyled in water or madeinto powder and drunke, either in the diftilled water of them,or worketh the like effect; the fame alfois ayaileable, in.all other cephalicall or’ pectorall in fome Aedrinke, griefes ; the diftilled Wate + ASW AAS |