The Natural Hiflory of Jatnaicd. 161 
XXX. Sefamum Veterim. C. B. pin. Gat. p. 59. Digitalis Orientalis Sefar 
mum dicta. Tournef. Inft. p. 165. Hockalenah. | 
Ie is frequently planted here by the Negres in their Gardens, and agrees 
to the Defcriptions of Authors, having a Fiower like Digztalis. 
The Seediis: very often:beat-up inChocolate. , gs 
In £thiopia and Aeypt, they ufe the Oil as we do Oil Olive: it is made by 
beating the Seds ina Mortar, and expreffing the Oil. Marcgr. : 
The Seed and Oil is hot, moift, emollient, and refolving, breeds grofs 
Nourifhment, and is hurtful to the Stomach, and is good in Difeates of the 
Ears.. It is Emplaftick. Ger. oo aa, 
The Arabians call this Oil Good Oil, by way of excellency, thinking it better 
than any other. Ve/ling. ene 
A Decoétion of the Plant is ufed for refolving Ophtalmie, if they be ap- 
plied to the Eyes, for Coughs, Pleurefies, Infammations of the Lungs, and 
hard {chirrous Tumours. Women ufeit for hardnefs of the Uterus, it moving 
the Menfes They ufe the fame for the Difeafes of the Skin and Face from 
Spots, exc. The Herb ard Seed boil’d in Honey, makes a Refolving Plai- 
—fter for hard and {anguincous Tumors, and dried Nerves. The Deco¢tion 
is good in Clyfters. The Seed gives grofs Nourifhment, and fattens very 
much The decorticated Seed fattens; the Oil more; and the Dregs (which 
are caten for Food in Ethiopia). more than that. Women ordinarily drink the | 
Oil to be fat, with the Dregs it is given to four Ounces in Plurifies and 
Pains, and in all defedations of the Skin, outwardly, as well as inwardly. 
Zamoni, contrary to all others, feems to diftinguifh between the Sefamum 
of Egypt and Africa. ce 
a Oil drawn from the Seed is ufed by the Poor in the Eaft-Zndies. 
Lobos. 
All Greece ufes it for Cakes, mixing it in making their Bread, and fprinkling 
it with water on the top of the Bread. The whole is hot in the firft, and moitt 
in the {econd Degree, Emplaftic, and Emollient. Dorf. 
It is planted for the Oil in Bengale. Bera. 
It comes from Greece and Peloponnefus, its numerous Roots makes the 
ground poor. Math. 
The Oil takes off the roughnefs of the Throat, clearsthe Voice, mollifies 
hardned Apoftems, and fattens very much. Lae. 
It is burdenfome to the Stomach by its Oilinefs. 
The Oil is made by bruifing the Seed, and throwing of it into water. ft 
is better for making odoriferous Oils than common Oil, becaufe of its durae 
bility. 2tius. 
The Oil is, if taken to four Ounces for many days, good azainft the Itch, 
hard breathing, Plurifie, Peripweumonia, ad menfes movendos, and for pains in 
the Stomach, Womb and Guts. Arab. Phyf. es as 
The Oil of the Seeds is given for any pains. The Jzdians ufe it in co. 
louring their Bodies with fome Simples added. A. 1. ue 
The Seeds of this Plant are ufed in many places of the Zaft and Weft- 
Indies for Food. The Oil in the Ea/f-Indies ferves for all the purpofes, 
whether Medical or Culinary, for which. we ufe ordinary Oil: It is there 
called Gergilim Oil. It is uled alfo as an excellent Remedy in fhortnefS of 
Breath, aswe now ule Linfeed-Oil, Lately Mr. Fames Cunningham, F.R. S. 
and my very good Friend, wrote to me from China, where he is Phyfician 
to the Exglifh. Fa@ory, that the Bean or Mandarin Broath, fo frequently 
mention’d in the Dutch Embaffie, and other Authors, is only an emiulfioa 
made of the Seeds of Sefassum and hot water. 
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