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Common Amomum. 



AMOMUM VULGARE. 



^J^HOUGH the Amomum before mention- 

 ed be not ufed in Preicription, it is an Ingre- 

 dient in fome old Compofitions j and, being^of- 

 ten not to be met with, it has been found ne- 

 ceflary to fubftitute another carminative Seed in 

 its Place ; this grows on an EngUJh Plant, thence 

 called alfo Amomum. 



The common Amonum, othei-wife called Baf- 

 tard Stone Parfley, is frequent ab9ut 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 

 odd one at the End. There grow fomc large 

 and very beautiful ones from the Root ; thofe on 

 the Stalks are fmaller. The Flowers grow in 

 little Umbels or Clufters, at the Extremities of 

 all the Branches, They are fmall and white. 

 Two Seeds follow each Flower, and thefe arc 

 ftriated; fmall, and of a fpicy Tafte ; the Plant 

 is diflinguifhed at Sight from all the others of its 

 kind, of which there are many, by the Slender- 

 nefs of its Stalks and Branches, and the Smallnefs 

 of the Umbels : And more than all by the pecu- 

 liar Tafte of the Seeds, which have a Flavour of 

 Mace. 



It is proper to be particular, becaufe the Plant 

 IS worth knowing. Its Root is good for all Dif- 

 eafes of the urinary Pafiages, and the Seeds are 

 good in Diforders of the Stpmach and Bowels, 

 and alfo operate by Urine, The Quantity of 

 a Scruple given in Cholics often proves an 

 inimediate Cure, and they are a spod Ingredient 



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