20. For bleeding at the Nose

Take Amber and bruise into gross powder, put it upon a chafingdish of coals, and receive the smoke up into the nose with a funnel.

21. Another

When no other means will stop the bleeding at the nose, it has been known that it hath been stopped by opening a vein in the ear.

OF THE MOUTH, AND ITS DISEASES

22.A Caution

Whosoever would keep their mouth, or tongue, or nose, or eyes, or ears, or teeth, from pain or infirmities, let them often use sneezing, and such gargarisms as they were instructed in a preceding chapter; for, indeed, most of the infirmities, if not all, which infest those parts, proceed from rheum.

23.For extreme heat of the Mouth

Take Rib-wort, and boil it in red Wine, and hold the decoction as warm in your mouth as you can endure it.

24. For a Canker in the Mouth

Wash the mouth often with Verjuice.

OF THE TEETH, AND THEIR MEDICINES

25.A Caution

If you will keep your teeth from rotting, or aching, wash your mouth continually every morning with juice of Lemons, and afterwards rub your teeth either with a Sage-leaf, or else with a little Nutmeg in powder; also wash your mouth with a little fair water after meats; for the only way to keep teeth sound, and free from pain, is to keep them clean.

26. To keep Teeth white

Dip a little piece of white cloth in Vinegar of Quinces, and rub your gums with it, for it is of a gallant binding quality, and not only makes the teeth white, but also strengthens the gums, fastens the teeth, and also causeth a sweet breath.

27.To fasten the Teeth

Seethe the roots of Vervain in old Wine, and wash your teeth often with them, and it will fasten them.

28. For the Tooth-ache

Take the inner rind of an Elder-tree, and bruise it, and put thereto a little Pepper, and make it into balls, and hold them between the teeth that ache.

OF THE GUMS, AND THEIR INFIRMITIES

29. For a Scurvy in the gums