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four only opening at a Time, the Seeds are fmall 

 and brown, the Root is long and fhaggy. 



The Leaves are ufed, and thofe are beft which 

 grow from the Root, when there is no Stalk. 



They are to be given in Decoftion againft the 



Overflowings of the Menfes, the Bloody Flux, 

 the Bleeding of the Piles, and Spitting of Blood • 

 Boiled in Milk, they are alfo excellent by w^ay of 

 Pultice to tjie Piles, and other painful Swellings- 



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Mustard.- 



S I N A P I. 



A Common rough looking Plant, wild in many 

 ^^ Places, but kept alfo in Gardens, for the Sake 

 of the Seed. It grows a Yard high. The Stalk 

 is round, fmooth, thick, and of k pale Green ; 

 the Leaves are large, and of a coarfe Green, deep- 

 ly indented, and placed irre^larly, they hang 

 down, and have a difagreeable Alpe6l. The 

 Flowers are fmall and yellow, they grow in great 

 Numbers on the Tops of the Branches, and the 

 Pods of the Seed follow them. The whole Plant 

 is of an acrid pungent Tafte. The Root is white. 



The Seeds are the Part ufed •, what we call Mu- 

 ftard, is made of them, and it is very wholefome ; it 

 ftrengthens the Stomach, and procures anAppetite^ 

 The Seed bruifed and taken in large Quantities, 

 works by Urine, and is excellent againft Rheu- 

 matifms, and the Scurvy. It alfo promotes the 

 Menfes. Laid upon the Tongue it will fometimes 

 i"eftore Speech in Palfies^ 



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