c u 
( *6 ) 
c u 
of Sweet-fmelling Flag , 
Pimpernel and Saxifrage, 
each one Ounce; of Crabs- 
eyes half an Ounce, of Cin- 
namon three Drams, of 
Salt of Wormwood, and 
juniper, each one Dram : 
Make a Powder. 
Cucumber , in Latin 
Cucumis. The Seed of it 
is one of the four greater 
cold Seeds. It cleanfes, o- 
pens, and provokes Urine. 
*Tis frequently ufed in E- 
imilfions for Pleurilies, and 
the Stone in the Kidneys. 
The Flower of it is rec- 
kon’d good to clear the 
Skin. *Tis generally rec- 
kon’d, that the Subftancc 
of Cucumber is cold anc 
moift,andof anExcremen- 
titiousjuice; and therefore 
to be ufed only by thofe, 
whofeStomachs are ftrong : 
But I y fays Schroder , 
tho my Stomach is not 
•very firongy having liv d 
A Sedentary Life , have 
eaten plentifully of Cu- 
cumbers y for many Tears y 
as long as they are in 
Seafon 9 and fit to eat j 
yet never received the 
leafi Injury or Income* 
nience by them, though I 
am now Jixty Tears of 
Age. And when I was 
at Florence, and had a 
Fever there , an Englifh 
Phyfician preferib'd the 
Pulp of Cucumber in Broth 
for me j whereby I was 
much refrejhed and reliev- 
ed. But when they arc 
eaten raw, they rauft be 
cut into thin Slices, and 
fprinklcd with Salt, and 
beat betwixt two Dilh.es , 
fo that the Watery Hu- 
mour may be drained from 
them : After add Vinegar, 
Pepper and Oyl to them : 
And being fo order’d, they j 
are very grateful to the 
Palate, and Stomach ; and, 
undoubtedly, notunwhol- 
loin. The fmall ones, pic- 
kled with Salt, Pepper and 
Vinegar, Dill and Cloves, 
are kept all the Year; and 
are very good to provoke 
Appetite, and cool an hot 
Stomach. 
r/M-Cucumbec , in 
Latin Cucumis [ilvejtris. 
Bhterium 8 is made of the 
Juice of it prefled out, and 
infpiflated.lt purges Fiegm 
and Watery Humours,Up- 
wards 
