350 The Useful Family Herbal. 
The Bark of the Root is ufed. It works ty 
Vomit and Stool as the former, but tho’ with lefs 
Violence, yet too rough for moft Conftitutions. 
It is good in the Rheumatifm. 
SQUILL. 
SCILL A; 
A Very common Plant by the Sea Side in aly, 
and other Parts of Europe, but not Native 
of this Country.. It grows a Yard high, and 
when in Flower, is very beautiful; the Stalk is 
thick, round, flefhy, and green, or elfe red- 
ith. The Flowers are white; they are fmall, 
but they have their Beauty. They ftand in a long 
Spike down a third Part of the Stalk, the Leaves 
are very large and long, they are of a deep green 
Colour, and grow immediately from the Root; 
the Root is round, and of a Pound Weight, it is- 
compofed like an Onion of many Coats, one over 
another, and is full of an acrid flimy Juice. The 
Colour is white or red, and they call it the white 
~The Root is ufed dried or infufed in Vinegar 
or Wine, and that afterwards made into a Syrup, 
with Honey. Thefe three Preparations are called 
the Wine of Squills, Vinegar of Squills, and Oxy- 
mel of Squills; they are all good againft Afth- 
mas, and Difficulty of Breathing. The Oxymel 
1s moft given for this Purpofe, the Vinegar caufes 
Vomiting, and cleanfes the Stomach, the Wine of 
Squills works b Urine, and is good againft the 
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