Urine, ftrengthen the Brain, and caufe much Milk *, 
hence their Ufe in the Cholic, Vertigo , to Nurfes, 
&c. The Root, when tender, is reckon’d as good as 
the Seed to eat *, it ispleafanter and more delicate than 
Parfnip \ it affords much diftill’d Oil, and much 
more Acid than that of Anife. This Oil given on 
Sugar is very good in Pains of the Belly, Dofe five 
or fix Drops. This whole Plant is heating and 
drying and confifts of fine Parts. The dried Seed 
fhould be ufed •, but, if dried in the Sun", its fined 
Parts are loft. Its Effects are furprifing in Cholic, 
Melancholy, and Vertigo ; either Seed or Oil are 
good, but its Water diftill’d in Rhenith is beft. 
The Seed is good in cold Diforders of the Body, 
powder’d and made into a Poultife, It takes away 
black and blue Spots from Blows, Bruifes, or Falls. 
A Poultife of the Seed and Herb, fried and laid to 
the lower End of the Belly, eafes the Cholic ; or 
the Seed bruifed and mixt with the Pulp of a hot 
Loaf, and fprinkled with Brandy, and applied as the 
laft. The Seed is good in Hyfterics, and chewed 
it helps the Sight. 
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Calamus Aromaticus, or fweet fmelling 
Flag, is one of the Iris Tribe. It is of thin Parts, 
warming and drying, much ufed in obftrudted Men- 
fes , Cholic Pains, and boil’d in white Wine with Bor- 
rage Juice as a fine Diuretic. It is pleafant to the Pa- 
late and Stomach, and good againft contagious Dif- 
eafes ; and in Catarrhs, efpecially Convulfive. It is 
a good Stomachic, but muff: not be powder’d. Its 
Infufion drank or applied outwardly haftens the 
tardy Menfes . A Decodf ion of the Root drank ex- 
pels Urine, relieves Pains of the Sides, Breaft, Li- 
ver, and Spleen, Dyfuria , Convullions, and Gripes. 
Its Juice with Honey helps Dimnefs of Sight, and 
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