( 8 ° ) 
two to four Foot long ; ftrait, round, green, and 
hollow. The Flowers and Seeds are much like 
thefe of the common Dock. (See Ray's Defcription 
of it, p. 172) Muntingus will have this to be the 
true Britannica of the Antients •, and all its Parts, 
Root, Stalk, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds, are 
all very aftringent, indurating, and conglutinating ; 
hence it Hops and cures all Putrefcences, as St. An- 
thony's Fire, Herpes , Phagenedics, Gangrenes, 
It Lops all Fluxes of Blood, Piles, Menfes , &c. 
And inwardly it does all that other cold Aftringents 
can do. It cures the Nerves and their Diforders, as 
broken, cut, contradted, fhaking. Cramps, Pal- 
fies, feveriih Heats and Colds. It expels Venom, 
drives away Serpents, and cures their Bite ; hence 
it is juftly reputed Alexipharmac ; it is an aftringent *, 
it heals all Sorts of Quinfies, Relaxations of the 
Uvula , and Diforders of the Mouth, Jaws and Sto- 
mach. Is cures Impofthumes, Tumours, and Ul- 
cers ; and ftays fundry Rheums. It cures Ulcers of 
the Legs by applying green frefh Leaves to them e- 
very twelve Hours. Its Juice may be dried in the 
Sun, or thickened at a flow Fire, for Ufe. (See 
much more to this Purpofe in Muntingus Cap. 16, 
who feems extremely fond of it.) The Scurvy being 
fo rooted in fome People, that a Ample Decodtion 
of the Herb will not cure it : He therefore gives us 
the following Receipt, which he fays the World ne- 
ver had before, is more precious than Gold, and 
the Medicine fhould be kept againfl: all Sufpicions 
of the Scurvy, as an ineftimable Treafure * it is 
this : Take Saffron, two or three Ounces, Mace, 
Liquorice, Cinnamon, black Pepper, Gentian 
Root, of each three Ounces •> of this Dock Root, 
fix Ounces ; pound all grofly, and mix in two 
Gallons of Wine ; ftrong Elder Vinegar, two 
Quarts ; three Y oiks of Eggs ; mix and infufe all 
