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purpofes, it has been long very generally cultivated in gardens : it 
fhews the fame propenfity to forming bulbs inftead of flowers as the 
A. Scorodoprafum or Rocambole Garlick, which it alfo refembles in 
other refpe&s. 
r Every part of the plant, but more efpecially the root, has a pun- 
gent acrimonious tafte, and a peculiarly offenfive ftrong fmell. This 
odour is extremely penetrating and diffufive, for on the root being 
taken into the ftomach, the alliaceous fcent impregnates the whole 
fyflem, and is difcoverable in the various excretions. 1 * This volatile 
matter is, in part at leaft, an efTential oil, which may be obtained in 
diftillation in the ordinary manner, and like the oils of many of the 
iiliquofe plants, finks in water. Applied to the fkin, Garlick produces 
inflammation, and frequently veficates the part. " On drying, this 
root lofes almoft nine parts in fifteen, without fuffering any confi- 
derable lofs of its tafte or fmell ; hence fix grains dried are fuppofed 
be equivalent to fifteen grains of the frefh 
" « 
Garlick is generically allied to the onion, from which it feems 
only to differ in being more powerful in its effects, and in its active 
matter, being in a more fixed ftate ; by ftimulating the ftomach they 
both favour digeftion, and as the ftimulus is readily diffufed over the 
fyflem, they may therefore be confidered as ufeful condiments with 
the food of phlegmatic people, or thofe whofe circulation is languid, 
and fecretions interrupted ; but with thofe fubjecl: to inflammatory 
complaints, or where great irritability prevails, thefe roots, in their 
acrid ftate, may prove very hurtful. 
The medicinal ufes of Garlick are various: it has been long in 
cftimation as an expectorant in pituitous afthmas, and other pulmo- 
nary affections, unattended with inflammation/ Its utility as a 
diuretic in dxopfies, is alfo attefted by unqueftionable authorities : 
ition,milk; and according toBennet, the difcharge of uleei 
odour verv foon after the Garlick has been taken into tr 
b As in the urine, perfpi 
becomes imbued with this 
ftomach. Vide Tabidorum theat. exerc. 29. p. 81. On being applied to the feet, the 
tafte 
D 
Lewis^ M. M. p. 33 
Vide Hall, opufc. bot. p. 332 
ixed with honey 
M. M. L 2. c. 182. Celfus 
Lib. 4. c. 4, p. 199. ed. Kr, 
Vide Mead. Monk, et prac. p. 56. Rofenftein Huf-ocb Refe-apot. p. 71. & 87. He 
Garlick to be boiled in milk, a pint of which is to be taken night and 
by Foreftus, ( Obf. lib. 9. obf. 2j), Bartholinus, 
morning 
(I-iiJi. Anat. Cent. 2. hift. 74. Sydenham, (Oper. p. 500J 
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