_. ftrengthening the ftomach 
188 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
by the experience of the moft able phyficians, to be rather of fuperior excellence to 
that of the foreign herb. 7 
Description. The greater of the two hath many long and fmall roots, which 
grow deep in the ground, and abide all the winter. The {talks grow feveral toge. 
ther, of a brownifh green colour, which are fometimes two feet high, efpecially if the 
foil is good, having many long, narrow, dark-green leaves, {fet by couples up 
to the top; the flowers are long and hollow, of a brightifh purple colour; and end- 
ing in five corners. 
~The fimaller kind groweth up with feveral ftalks,not quite a foot high, parted into 
many branches, whereon grow two or three {mall leaves together, not unlike thofe of 
the leffer centaury, of a whitith green colour ; on the top of the ftalks grow divers 
perfeét blue flowers, ftanding in long hufks, but not fo big as the other. The root 
is very {mall and thready. 
Pace. The former groweth in many places in the eaft and weft countries, as 
at Longfield near Gravefend, alfo at Cobham, Lellingftone, and in the chalk-pits 
_ adjacent to Dartford in Kent. - 
The fecond kind groweth alfo in many places in Kent, as about Southfleet and 
Longfield, and upon the barren hills in Bedfordfhire, It is likewife found not far 
from St. Alban’s, upon a piece of waite ground on the road from Duntftable to- 
wards Gorhambury. — 
Time. They bloom in Auguft, and fhed their feed foon after, = 
_ Government anp Virtuzs, They are under the dominion of Mats. They re: 
fit putrefaction, poifon, and peftilence ; nor is there a more excellent herb for 
ftren; , and helping digeftion ; it preferves the heart, and pre-_ 
= Vents fainting and {wooning. The powder of the dried roots helps the bitings of 
venomous beafts, opens the obftructions of the liver, and reftoreth loft appetite. 
« Ss eeped in wine and drank, refrefheth fuch as are weary with travelling ; it helps — 
and griping pains in the fides, and is an excellent remedy for fuch as are 
by falls 3 it provokes urine and the terms exceedingly, confequently fhould 
by pregnant women. The decoétion is very Profitable for thofe who are ~ 
th cramps and convulfions ; alfo it breaks the ftone, and is a great help 
ie. ur S- It is good for cold difeat all 
fcabs, itch, and fretti awn expel tough phlegm, and cure 
Sitesulas daa m0 fores and ulcers. It is an admirable remiedy to deftroy the 
IRR ‘taking half a drachm of the powder in. the morning in any 
en oe Lis equally good for the king’s evil. To help agues of all 
Orts, the: yellow janes €; and the bots in cattle, there is no herb fuperior to this. 
Se FS t by any venomous bealt, if the affected partsare — 
FeOr, it will prove a certain cure, 
. a loch tags in cure. CLOVE 
