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^Treatise on 
Carrot- Seed of Candy. 
Semen Baud Cretki , Off. This is an oblong 
ftriated Seed, pointed at both Ends, but more at 
one than the other, and fwelling in the Middle. 
It is covered with a kind of hoary Down, and 
has a pleafant, though gentle. Smell, and an hot 
aromatick Tafte. The Plant which bears it is 
the Baucus folds Fceniculi tentiiffimis , C. B. P. 
Baucas Creticus Semin e hirfuto , J. B. It grows plen- 
tifully in Candy , upon the Alps of Germany , and 
in many eaftern Countries. 
This Seed abounds with an aromatick oily Salt, 
and yields a copious eflential Oil in Diftillation. 
It is one of the four leflfer hot Seeds. It attenu- 
ates and incides thick tough Humours, expels 
Wind, opens Obftru&ions, and provokes the 
Menfes , and Urine. It is commended for the 
Stone and Gravel ; Stranguries, chronical Coughs, 
Hickups, and flatulent Colicks ; and being infufed 
to fiy in white Wine, and taken at a Draught, is 
of great Service for removing hyfterick Fits, and 
other uterine Diforders. It is alfo reckoned alexi- 
pharmack, and is therefore an Ingredient in 
Venice Treacle and Mithridate. It may be given 
in Powder from 9j. to 5j. 
Cu M M 1 N-S E ED. 
Semen Cymini , Off. This is a ftriated Seed about 
a Quarter of an Inch long, of an afhy Colour 
tending to a yellowifli brown, of a warm bit- 
terifh Tafte, and ftrong Smell. The Plant to which 
it belongs is the Cuminum Semine longiore y C. B. P. 
Cuminum five Cyminum fativum , J, B. Fceniculum 
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