Foreign Vegetables.’ 9 
Thefe Roots beiug difagreeable to take, by 
Reafon of their Bitternefs, are feldom prefcribed in 
Decoction or Infufion for internal Ufe s but are 
often given in Powder from 9j. to 51J. 
Take of round Birthwort 3’iij. Cinnamon gj. Saf- 
fron 9j. Mix and make an Electuary with, 
q. f. of the Syrup of Mug wort. The Dofe 
is every fourth Hour to promote the Lo- 
chia. 
Take the Roots of Marfh-Mallows, Bryony, long 
and round Birthwort, ana §ij. the Leaves of 
Mercury, Mugwort and Savin, ana M. j. the 
Flowers of Camomile, Melilote and Tanfy, 
ana P. j. Let them be cut and bruifed f. a. then 
boiled in q. f. of Fountain- Water, and apply 
them in Bags to the Pudenda and Abdomen in 
Suppreflion of the Lochia. 
The Clematitisy or creeping Birthwort, may con- 
veniently be fubflituted for long Birthwort. Galen y 
however, afferts, that it is fomething weaker than 
the round and long in its Virtues, though more fra- 
grant *, which is a little furprizing : for the Smell 
and Tafle feem to indicate both the Quantity and 
the Energy of adtive Principles. He does not in- 
deed fay it is void of Virtue, but only the weakeft 
of the three. Perhaps, the Mildnefs of its Quali- 
ties was the Reafon, why both he and the older 
Andromachus , received it into the Theriaca prefera- 
bly to the other Species . 
Artic. IV. Of Cassamun AIR, 
Cajfummunair et Cafmunar , Anglorum . Rifagon , 
Mufei R. S . Lond. Bingalle Indorum,- PhTlof opti- 
cal Lranfaft, n ♦ 264. This is a tuberous Root, about 
