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The Juyce of Lettice mixed or boyled with Oyl of Roses, and applied to the Forehead and Temples procureth Sleep, and easeth the Headach proceeding of an hot caus; being eaten boyled, it helpeth to loosen the Belly. It helpeth digestion, quencheth thirst, encreaseth Milk in Nurses, easeth griping pains of the Stomach or Bowels, that come of Choller. It abateth Bodily lust, represseth Venerous Dreams, being outwardly applied to the Cods with a little Camphire: Applied in the same manner to the Region of the Heart, Liver or Reins, or by bathing the said place with the Juyce or distilled Water, wherein some white Sanders and red Roses are put also, it not only represseth the heat and Inflamation therein, but comforts and strengthens those parts, and also tempereth the heat of Urine. Galen adviseth old men to use it with Spices, and where Spices are wanting to ad Mints, Rocket and such like hot Herbs, or els Citron, Lemmon, or Orange Seeds, to abate the cold of one, and heat of the other. The Seed and distilled Water of the Lettice work the like effects in al things: but the use of Lettice is chiefly forbidden to those that are short winded, or have any imperfection in their Lungs, or spit Blood.
The Moon owns them, and that's the reason they cool and moisten what heat and driness Mars causeth, because Mars hath his fall in Cancer, and they cool the Heart, becaus the Sun rules it, between whom and the Moon is a Reception in the Generation of Man, as you may see in my Guide for Women. |
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Watching, Head-ach, Indigestion, Thirst, Milk encreaseth, Choller, Bowels, Lust, Venerious Dreams, Inflamation, Heat of Urine. |
