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time, and is unprqfiiable cu to fhyfick^ never being 



moji part but one Staik, Jeldom more, nothing Jo 

 large, nor feldam above half the height of Y&m^\, be-. 



uirlhick^^^of a'fi'ronger Sme/I a/fof\Td noT/o 

 fkiifant. The tops of the Stalks have fewer Branch- 



fmaller than thofe of Fennel, which pafs intofmJl 

 Seed, fomewhat flatter and thinner than Fennel Seed, 



dens, and fuch like Ground for the purpole j and is 



feuhd!7et it is n^t'of the Wi^d'kind.*^^' " 



V. The Times. It flowers in July, and the Seed 

 is ripe in the end of Augufi. 



VI. The Qualities. It is hot in the third Degree, 



but'when the Herb or Seed are dry, they are hot and 



dry in the third Degree , 

 with Mercury and Sulphu 



, they are hot and 



with Mercury and Sulphur; being Aperitive, Car 

 minative, Digeftive, Difcuffive and Diuretick ; Neu 

 rotick, Stomatick, Peftoral, Splenetick 



from, I. A Juice of the Herb. 2. An \ffence oj 

 the Herb. 3. A Syrup. 4. A DecoSion of Herl 

 and Seed. I A^ouler o/the Seed. 6. A Oint- 

 ment of Herb and Seed. 7. A Catapiafm of Herl 

 and Seed. 8. A diftiUed Water of Herb and Seed 

 9. A Spirituous TinSure of the Seed. 10. AnAcia 

 Tinilure of the Seed. 11. An Oily Tin3ure of the 

 Seed. 12 A Saline Tin&ure of the Seed. 13.^ 

 diftil/ed Oil thereof 14. A Spirit therefrom. 15 

 Potejiates or Powers. 16. An Elixir of the Seed . 

 cf all which in order. 



tX. The liquid Juice of the Herb. Mixt witl 

 the diftiUed Water, one or two fpoonfuls of ths 

 Juiee to four of diftiUed Water, and fo taken Morn- 

 ing, Noon and Night, it encreafes Seed, as alfc 

 m\k in Nurfes ; it expels Wind, and eafes Pains oJ 



fbls of the 'juice is mixt' with Chicken-Broth, and 

 exhibited as a Clyfter, it helps in a Tenafmus. 

 X. T/;^ Effence of the Herb. It -- - — - 

 - - ■■'befideswhich,ifitl 



of the Juice-, befides which, if it be given two 01 

 three fpoonfuls at a time in the Morning tafting, in 

 aGlafsofGenerous Wine, it wonderfuU " 

 ens the Stomach, eafes t! " 

 the Womb, and flops Vo 



mach and Bowels. 



b or its Juice 



it wonderfully ftrength- 

 ; Pains and Windinefs ol 



'^^i^c^oi^'^S^^:^.,. If 



and tickling Qtarrhs, and is good againtt Hoarle- 

 nefs. Wheezing and lofs of Voice. Drank mixed 

 with Wine, it is good againft the Hiccough, Vo- 

 miting, Loathing and Convulfions of the Stomach 

 "xiV.\if "omtmcnt of the Herb and Seed It is 

 heating and drying, warms Parts which ate cold and 



and fo applied to the Region of the Abdomen or 

 Belly, it prevails againit the Cholick and Gnpii.g 

 ot the Guts. Applied very hot to an Apoflem, and 



^"xYLThediJlilled Water of the Herb and Seed. 

 It is a good Vehicle to take any of the Preparations 

 in, whether Galenick or Chymick: and bemgdiank 



^° km^'nl Spirituous TinSure of the Seed. It 



Stomach, expels Wind, and caufes a good Appetite 

 and Digettion. It is good againit Loathing and Vo- 

 miting, flops Fluxes of the Bowels, and digcfls 



XV III. The Acid Tinffure of the Seel' It ftrength- 



raevails^gaiil HTrfeiidir Loft of ^ 



nefs of Breath and Difficulty ofBreathiiig. It abates 



: Body 1: 



Ale, Beer or Wine. 



XIX. The Oily Tinilure of the Seel It is gwd 



