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to fatten the Gums ; the Seed anfwers the fame In- 
tentions, but is feldomer ufed. Diofcorides fays it is 
good in the King’s-Evil, and works powerfully by 
Urine *, but all Diuretics long or much ufed endan- 
ger the Ulceration of the Bladder ; for which Dr. 
Bowie mix’d Vulneraries with them. Hoffman thinks 
it increafes Seed, and ftimulates phlegmatic Perfons, 
but has a contrary Effect on the bilious. Parkinfon 
prefers young Buds of wild Afparagus to thofe of the 
Garden and Phyttck *, it is alfo good againft Diffi- 
culty of making Water, or Making it by Drops ; 
and to eafe nephritic Pains, and expel Sand and 
Gravel ; for the Jaundice *, and taken in Wine it 
expels the Poifon of the Phalangium and Serpents ; 
or, boil’d in Vinegar and applied, it braces up re- 
laxed Arteries, and helps the Sciatica. A Decoc- 
tion of the Roots in Wine, drank, helps a Frenzy, 
Falling-Sicknefs, and Pain of the Uterus ; boil’d in 
Water it clears a dim mifty Sight, and held in the 
Mouth eafes the Tooth- ach ; it cures Pains of the 
Breaft, Stomach, and Bowels, and, drank every 
Morning feveral Days together, it excites Venereal 
Defire. A Dram of its Seeds, — and Cummin Seeds 
given in four Ounces of Wine helps bloody Urine ; 
fome rejedt its Ufe in a Dropfy. The Back and 
Belly bath’d with a Deco&ion of the Root or Seed 
in Wine, or fitting in it as in a Bath, has been found 
a good Remedy againft the Pains of the Kidneys and 
and Bladder, Uterus , Cholick, or other Pains in the 
lower Parts of the Body ; and for Stiffnefs and 
Numbnefs of the Sinews or Cramps, Sciatica and 
Convulfions. The Herb provokes the Menfes , is 
ftomachic, nouriffies much and exhilarates ; it mutt: 
not be eaten too immediately, efpecially by the Bi- 
lious, left it fharpen the Humours. There have been 
Difputes whether it diflolves and expels, or gene- 
rates the Stone 3 the laft feems meer Theory. The 
boil’d 
