Chap. 209. EngUJh He. 



con verum o{' Serapio iSf Avken : and fo 'it is ufed 

 with us in all Compofitions wherein Taraxacon is 



folii Cafalpini^ The narrow-leav'd Dandelion. 



^ancle/ion. 



'smJ/7^^^^^^^^^^ 



■^fJi'm 



'fc(?>^,orBroad-leav'd 



ve'nhelefs Jhoot forth again anew, and with difficulty 

 be deftroyed when it hoi once taken deep Rooting : 

 from the Head of this Root fpring forth fever al long 

 and deeply gajhed Leaves, lying roundabout it on the 

 Ground-, the ends of each Gajh or Jag on both fides 



loot much more. From among thefe Leaves (which 

 hot-jialks, (rather than Stalks) of about fix, eight 

 ' Ihemfearw^^ 7h7t7Zne "llr'l ^7li 77ow"r 



'",'{! 1 '''/ ^"^^'" '°'' ^'^'J''°"' ''"'''' ""^i'' 



_ ^LTheVlaces. They grow almoft every where, 

 n'Lr\o W^er°-Ditches, as alfo'in GaTdens and hJ- 



Vll The Times. They flower thro' all the Sum- 

 mer Months ; and the firft is found in fome place or 



iftheWinreris^miTd, and no°t emeam'coU^"''' ^ 

 VIII. The Qualities. Dandelion is cold and dry 

 in the firft Degree : Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diurenck 

 andalittleAllringent; Ston:utick, Hepatick, Sple- 



X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 

 I. A Sallet. 2. A liquid Juice. 3. An Ejjcnce. 



, Salt and Pepper, it is laid to bi 



ifting, and likewifeat Nighr going to Bed, eithei 

 lone by it felf, or mixt with a Glafs ot White Pori 



fObftruaions of the Bowels, expel the Jaundice 

 revoke Urine, refill Hypochondriack Melancholy 



ing mXin \C,''a'^d'acu'ted wTrh'a lev* d'rop5 

 ofOil of Sulphur, it prevails againft all ibrcs of 

 burning, putrid, malign and peftilential fevers. 



XV. The diftilled Water. Acuated Wi th Oil of 

 Sulphur, it prevails againtt the Sported-f ever, ani 



