Of Women’s Breasts, Their Infirmities and Cures
40. For Sore Breasts
Take a handful of Figs, and stamp them well till the kernels are broken, then temper them with a little fresh grease, and apply them to the breast as hot as the patient can endure; it will presently take away the anguish, and if the breast will break, it will break it, else it will cure it without breaking.
41. An Inward Medicine for a Sore Breast
Let her drink either the juice or decoction of Vervain: it were fit that syrup were made of it to keep all the year.