Chap. 185. 'Englijb 'Herbs. 



265 



t is a Specifick againft 



it fJciLitates the Delivery. It is good againft 



ther like Diftempers of the Breft and Lungs. It 

 ftruraents of Generation, reftores in Confumptions, 

 breeds Milk in Nurfes, and refills Poyfon : it is al- 



Serpents ; alfo the Bitings of Mad Dogs, and other 

 Venomous Beafts, being inwardly taken, and out- 



"^^iil^^The Sfnntuc^wller. It may be ufed as 

 a Vehicle for any of the former internal Preparations, 



much promotes the breeding of Milk. 



XXII. The half am. It is made of the Chymical 

 Oil, mixt with fix times its quantity of pure Oil of 

 Nutmegs by Expreffion. It is of wonderful Ufe to 



tent either by Age, Accident, or a long Difufe of rhe 

 Aft; the Oil of the Seed being in the meanSeafon 

 taken inwardly. Anointed upon Parts affefted with 

 Cramps and Convulfions, it generally cures them ■, 



XXIII. The Decoawn of the Seed in W. 

 Figs are added in the Boiling, it will be t 



wS ' Z^nt othem°fe ^troubM ''witl 

 Cough, Hoarfnefs or Wheezing, difficulty o 

 ing, and other Difeafes of thofe Parts ; an 



either Purging or any other Medicine. But 

 is thus generally ufed, the Decoftion muft^l 



ents common Drink. I fay all this from manifold 



TxiV^^The Cataplafm of the Seed. // it is 

 bruifed and jryed with Talks of Eggs till they are 



megs by Expreffion, or withfome of the former Bal- 

 fam, and appUed to the Head, (the Hair being firft 

 ftiaved off) it gives wonderful and fpeedy Relief in 



wfeum which^fallsin?o"he Eyes, and helps fuch 



and applied warm over the Eye-lids. The Cat 

 plafm made only with the Seed and Yolks of Eg^ 



with Che Oil of Nutmegs, being applied to t: 

 Scrotum, it is excellent to difculs a windy Tumor 

 of that Part. 



^T 



■/S'n^^/." 



mmumSylveJhe: 



'/^'itait£i' 



-"is^called'irthe^fl'e oS'^m,'' Wild cimin.''' 2! 



Tciufus) Cumi'mm Sytveftl 'aherum vel"sul 

 flZ \'"c7minum ^Syli"fn%rIctlZ^^ 

 Hypecoum Legit imitm Bauhini, The fccond or Horned 



ofcoridis, Lobelii, Pena, Lugdunenjis, Cuminum Syl- 

 veftre tertium, iif Siliquofum minus Tahernmonta. 

 ni, Hypecoum alterum Eauhini, The fecond Horned 

 " ^' Codded Wild Cumin. 



>s for thefe two latter, tho' Camerarius, Do- 

 LobeUni Gerard, with fome otliers, doac- 

 ,em as Species oi' Cumin, or kinds of Wild 



CHAP. CLXXXVI. 

 Of CUMIN Wild. 



