The Useful Family Herbal, 9 
ComMon AMOMUM. 
AMOMUM VULGARE. 
TH OUGH. the Amomum before mention 
ed be not ufed in Prefcription, it is an Ingre- 
dient in fome old Compofitions; and, being of- — 
ten not to be met with, it has been founc ne-- 
ceflary to fubftirute another carminative Seed in 
its Place; this grows on an Exglifb Plant, thence 
called alfo Amomum, 
The common Amonum, otherwife called Baf- 
tard Stone Parfley, is frequent about our Hedges ; 
it grows to three Feet in Height, but the Stalk 
is flender, and divided into a great many Branches. _ 
The Leaves are of a bright Green and winged, 
or compofed of double Rows of fmaller, with an ioe 
odd one at the End. There see 
is diftinguifhed at Sight from all the others of its ) 
_ kind, of which there are many, by the Slender- z 
hes of its Stalks and Branches, and the Smallnefs 
of the Umbels: And more than all by the pecu- 
lise Tafte of the Scede, which tavea Plvitr of 
____ It is proper to be particular, becaufe the Plane 
is worth knowing. Its Root is good for all Dif 
_ eafes of the urinary Paffages, and the Seeds are: 
Good in Diforders of the Stomach and Bowels, 
_ and alfo operate by Urine. The Quantity _ 
4 Scruple given in Cholics often pro 
immediate Cure, and they are a good . 
