376 HEDGE-MUSTARD. 



the good eifects attributed to it by Lol)el * and others, in 

 asthma and old coughs, as also in restoring the voice and 

 removing hoarseness, for which purpose a syrup was prepared 

 from it, which bore the name of Syrupus cantatoris, or singer's 

 syrup. Rondeletius informs us that hoarseness occasioned by 

 loud speaking was cured by this means in three days. " Ettmul- 

 ler commends the seeds of Hedge-Mustard as an excellent 

 medicine in suppression or difficulty of urine, in the dose of a 

 drachm in powder, taken in a glass of white wine. It is not, 

 however, in these affections, merely, that this plant may be 

 employed with advantage ; the same decided effects will be 

 found to result from its use in accumulations of viscid 

 pituitous matter in the stomach and bowels. In these cases 

 an infusion in wine will be found peculiarly efficacious. "f 



" Externally, this plant has been greatly celebrated as an 

 application to occult cancer and indurated tumours, wherever 

 situated." J 



The juice may be made into a syrup with an equal quantity 

 of honey or sugar : or a decoction of an ounce of the dried plant 

 to a pint of water, may be sweetened in the same manner ; 

 in this form it has been recommended in ulcers of the mouth 

 and throat. The roots and seed have been likewise employed. 

 It must be kept in mind that preparations of this plant will 

 not allow of an excessive degree of heat, or of its long con- 

 tinuance. 



* Advers. nov. stirp. p. 69. 



t J. A. Waller, Brit. Dora. Herb. p. 183. 



:{: Ibid. 1. c. 



