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BISTORT, OR SNAKEWEED

Wiesen-Knöterich, Schlangen-Knöterich

Polygonum bistorta

Bistort

Planet:   Saturn
Energie: neutral warm und sehr trocken

Stichworte:
Gift Poyson
Pest Plague
Pocken Smal Pocks
Masern Meazles
Schmerzen Purples
Epidemische Erkrankungen Epidemical Diseases
Innere Blutungen Inward bleeding
Ausfluss Flux
Erbrechen Zerrungen Vomiting Ruptures
Gelbsucht Jaundice
Giftige Tiere Venemous Beasts
Geschwüre Ulcers
Schwangerschaftsabbruch Abortion
Würmer Worms
Diabetes Diabites
Tripper (Gonorrhoe) Running of the Reins
Wunden Wounds
Blutungen Bleeding
Unterleib Matrix
Stoppt die Menstruation Terms stops
Zahnschmerzen Tooth-ach
Kopf Head
Mundgeschwüre Cankers
Zahnfleisch Gums
Entzüdungen Inflamations
Mandeln der Ohren Almonds of the Ears
  
Description: This hath a thick, short, knobbed Root, blackish without, and somwhat reddish within, a little crooked or turned together, of an harsh astringent tast, with divers black threds hanging there, from whence spring up every year divers Leaves standing upon long Footstalks, being somwhat broad and long like a Dock-leaf, and a little pointed at the ends, but that it is of a blewish green colour on the upper side, and of an Ash colour gray, and a little purplish underneath, with divers Veins therin; from among which rise up divers smal and slender Stalks, two foot high, and almost naked, and without Leavs, or with very few, and narrow, bearing a spiky Bush of pale Flesh colour'd Flowers, which being past there abideth smal Seed, somwhat like unto Sorrel Seed, but greater.
There are other sorts of Bistort, growing in this Land, but smaller, both in height, Root, and Stalks, and especially in the Leavs, The Root blackish without, and somwhat whitish within, of an austere binding tast as the former.
Place: They grow in shadowy moist Woods, and at the foot of Hils, but are chiefly nourished up in Gardens. The narrow leaved Bistort groweth in the North, in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumberland.
Time: They Flower about the end of May, and the Seed is ripe about the beginning of July.
Use: Both the Leavs and Roots have have a powerful faculty to resist al Poyson: The Root in Pouder taken in drink expelleth the Venem of the Plague, the smal Pox, Meazles, Purples, or any other infectious Disease, driving it out by sweating: The Root in Pouder or the Decoction therof in Wine being drunk, stayeth al manner of inward bleedings or spittings of Blood, and any Fluxes in the Body of either Man or Woman or Vomitings; it is also very available against Ruptures or Burstings or all bruises or fals, dissolving the congealed Blood, and easeth the pains that happen therupon, it also helpeth the Jaundice. The Water distilled from both Leavs and Roots is a singular remedy to wash any place bitten or stung by any venemous creature; as also for any of the purposes before spoken of.
And is very good to wash any running Sores or Ulcers. The Decoction of the Root in Wine being drunk, hindreth Abortion or Miscarriage in Child-bearing. The Leavs also kil the Worms in Children, and is a great help for them that cannot keep their Water, if the Juyce of Plantane be added therto. And outwardly applied, much helpeth the Gonorrhea, or Running of the Reins. A dram of the Pouder of the Root taken in the Water thereof, wherein som red hot Iron or Steel hath been quenched is also an admirable help thereto, so as the Body be first prepared and purged from the offensive humors. The Leaves, Seed, or Roots are al very good in Decoctions, Drinks or Lotians, for inward or outward Wounds or other sores: and the Pouder strewed upon any cut or wound in a Vein, stayeth the immoderat bleeding thereof. The Decoction of the Roots in Water whereunto som Pomgranate Pils and Flowers are added, injected into the Matrix, stayeth the access of humors to the Ulcers thereof, and bringeth it to its right place, being fallen down, and stayeth the immoderat flux of the Courses. The Root hereof with Pellitory of Spain and burnt Allum of each a like quantity, beaten smal and made into Past, with some Honey, and a little piece thereof put into an hollow-Tooth, or held between the Teeth if there be no hollowness in them, stayeth the defluxion of Rhewm upon them, which causeth pains, and helps to clense the Head, and avoid much offensive Water. The Distilled Water is very effectual to wash Sores or Cankers in the Nose or any other part, if the Pouder of the Root be applied therunto afterwards. It is good also to fasten the Gums, and to take away the heat and inflamations that happen in the Jaws, Almonds of the Throat or Mouth, if the Decoction of the Leavs, Roots, or Seeds be used, or the Juyce of them; but the Roots are most effectual to all the purposes aforesaid.
Edgenote: Poyson, Plague, Smal Pocks, Meazles, Purples, Epidemical Diseases. Inward bleeding, Flux, Vomiting Ruptures, Jaundice, Venemous Beasts. Ulcers, Abortion, Worms, Diabites, Running of the Reins, Wounds, Bleeding. Matrix, Terms stops, Tooth-ach, Head, Cankers, Gums, Inflamations, Almonds of the Ears.
22.12.2024 J.N.