| fdsgdsfbgsfdbhbfgbfg | CUCKOO-PINT ARUM MACULATUM The berries or roots beaten with hot ox-dung, and applied, easeth the pains of the gout. A perennial with large leaves. The flowering organs are enveloped in a characteristic sheath-like bract called a spathe. The plant is also known as Lords and Ladies because of its likeness to male and female genitalia. Another name is Wake Robin. Where to find it: It grows at the foot of hedges in the shade and in open woodland. Flowering time: Mid to late spring. Astrology: Under the dominion of Mars. Medicinal virtues: A dram (1.7 g) or more if need be of the spotted Wake Robin either fresh or dried, being beaten and taken is a sure remedy for the poison and plague. A spoonful of the juice of the herb hath the same effect, but a little vinegar added allayeth the sharp biting taste. The bruised leaves laid upon any boil or plague-sore help draw forth the poison. A dram (1.7 g) of the powdered dried root taken with twice as much sugar in the form of a licking electuary helpeth those that are pursy and short-winded, and those that have a cough. It breaketh, digesteth and riddeth away phlegm from the stomach, chest and lungs. The powder taken in wine provoketh urine and bringeth down women's courses and purgeth them effectually after childbearing to bring away the afterbirth. Taken with sheep's milk it healeth the inward ulcers of the bowels. The root mixed with Bean flour and applied to the throat or jaws that are inflamed helpeth them. The juice of the berries boiled in Oil of Roses, or beaten into powder mixed with the oil and dropped into the ears, easeth pains in them. The leaves and roots boiled in wine with a little oil and applied to the piles easeth them. Modern uses: This plant does contain poisonous and purgative substances and is not recommended for domestic use. The berries have caused poisoning in children. A homoeopathic tincture is prepared from the plant and used for respiratory conditions, such as bronchitis and whooping cough. |
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