C A 
C A (41 ) 
Vulnerary, and very good 
for Ruptures in Children, 
x , 
c. 
in Latin 
Warts anointed 
with the Juice of it, are 
taken off in the fpace of 
fourteen Days. The Leaves 
boil’d in wine, and applied 
to Ulcers, and the Lepro- 
fte, do much good. And 
lo great is the Virtue of it, 
that the Urine of thofc that 
feed on it is very ufeful , 
and proper for curing the 
Fiftula, Cancer, Tetters, 
and fuch like Difcafes. At 
the Beginning of an In- 
flammation of the Jaws, 
(when we defign to cool 
and repel) we make ufe 
of the Liquor if it. A 
Pcrfonlo over-run with the 
Scurvy that he could fcarce 
go or (land, and had fpots 
all over his Breaft and 
Legs was curedbydrinking 
daily three Pints of Wine, 
wherein four handfuls of 
Red Cabbage had been in- 
fus’d, with half a Dram of 
Ginger, and two Drams of 
Cinnamon. For a Pain in 
the Side apply a Leaf of it 
befmeir’d with Butter, hot, 
to the Part aft’edted, having 
firft fprinkfd Powder of 
Cumin- iced upon it. ’Tis 
faid, Cabbage prevents 
Drunkcnnefs. 
Hv»-Cal)l 3 agf, or Cole- 
wort , in Latin Brafica Ma - 
rina. It grows every where 
almoft, on the Sen-ihcre,in 
England: Our People, in 
fuch places, eat it; prefer- 
ring it before Garden- 
Cabbage. 
jR-Wi-CalatTltnt, in La- 
tin Calamintha . It fprings 
up yearly , with many 
Stalks, which are two Foot 
high, fmall, four-fquare, 
ftitf and hairy 3 they look 
rcddifli in Sunny Places 3 
they are branchy, and bend 
downward. The Leaves, 
by Intervals, are °ppofite 
one to the other, fmall, 
hairy, w ! ich here and there 
a Jag 3 they fmell as ftrong 
as Penny-royal, and almoft 
as ftrong as Water-nvnt ; 
they arc, for the molt part 
triangular, of an Acrid and 
quick Tafte. The Flowers 
are plac’d lnWhirls at eve- 
ry Joint, and arc of a- pale 
purple or sky-colour, and 
have; 
