The water is good for Podagra gout and swelling; cloths moistened in it and laid over the area.

III. Shepherd's Purse.

Take this herb and temper it with the juice of Mandragora mandrake, that is, Alrun mandrake, and give it to a dog or another animal. It will become pregnant in its kind and will have fruit in its kind. From which fruit, if a molar tooth is taken and drunk in its food or drink, all who drink of it will immediately start a quarrel. And if you wish to calm this and stop it again, give them the juice of Baldrian valerian, and there will immediately be peace among them as before.

And this herb is good for women who have their menses too heavily; pounded and placed on the lower back.