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quality. Wild, or Horse Raddishes, such as grow in ditches, are hotter and drier thanthe former, and more effectual.Rhodie Rad. Rose Root. Stamped and applied to the head it mitigates the painsthereof, being somewhat cool in quality.Rhabarbari Monachorum. Monks Rhubarb, or Bastard-Rhubarb, it also purges, andcleanses the blood, and opens obstructions of the liver.وRubi tinctorum. Of Madder. It is both drying and binding, yet not without someopening quality, for it helps the yellow jaundice, and therefore opens obstructions ofthe liver and gall; it is given with good success, to such as have had bruises by falls,stops looseness, the hemorrhoids, and the menses.Rusci. Of Knee-holly or Butchers-broom, or Bruscus. They are meanly hot and dry,provoke urine, break the stone, and help such as cannot evacuate urine freely. Usethem like grass roots.Sambuci. Of Elder. I know no wonders the root will do.Sarsœ-Parigliœ. Of Sarsa-Parilla, or Bind-weed; somewhat hot and dry, helpfulagainst pains in the head, and joints; they provoke sweat, and are used familiarly indrying diet drinks.Satyrij utriusque. Of Satyrion, each sort. They are hot and moist in temper, provokevenery, and increase seed; each branch bears two roots, both spongy, yet the one moresolid than the other, which is of most virtue, and indeed only to be used, for some saythe most spongy root is quite contrary in operation to the other, as the one increaseth,the other decreaseth.Saxifragiœ albœ. Of white Saxifrage, in Sussex we call themLady-smocks. The roots powerfully break the stone, expel wind, provoke urine, andcleanse the reins.Sanguisorbœ. A kind of Burnet.Scabiosa. Of Scabious. The roots either boiled, or beaten into powder, and so taken,help such as are extremely troubled with scabs and itch, are medicinal in the frenchdisease, hard swellings, inward wounds, being of a drying, cleansing, and healingfaculty.Scordij. Of Scordium, or Water-Germander. See the herb.Scillœ. Of Squills. See vinegar, and wine of Squills, in the compound.Scropulariœ, &c. Of Figwort. The roots being of the same virtue with the herb, Irefer you thither.Scorzonerœ. Of Vipers grass. The root cheers the heart, and strengthens the vitalspirits, resists poison, helps passions and tremblings of the heart, faintness, sadness,and melancholy, opens stoppings of the liver and spleen, provokes the menses, easewomen of the fits of the mother, and helps swimmings in the head.Seseleos. Of Seseli, or Hartwort. The roots provoke urine, and help the fallingsickness.Sisari, secacul. Of Scirrets. They are hot and moist, of good nourishment,something windy, as all roots are; by reason of which, they provoke venery, they stirup appetite, and provoke urine.Sconchi. Of Sow-thistles. See the herb.Spinœ albœ, Bedeguar. The Arabians called our Ladies-thistles by that name; theroots of which are drying and binding, stop fluxes, bleeding, take away coldswellings, and ease the pains of the teeth.Spatulœ fœtidœ. Stinking Gladon, a kind of Flower-de-luce, called so for itsunsavory smell. It is hot and dry in the third degree; outwardly they help the king's