 This herb cures rashes/eruptions ("empeynes"), boils, whitlow, and also the so-called French illness ("mal frances" = syphilis), and clears up tumors and abscesses.The root applied externally or taken by the mouth alleviates many diseases that can be easily understood using the Method … considering the qualities and properties described (above).Finally, this is an important and noteworthy plant, without which our apothecaries cannot do without, and so those who spend in them.”
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