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each two Ounces ; make 
a Gargarifm. 
Cn&ttie, in Latin Endi- 
via. The Root is fibrous, 
and full of Milk. The 
long, broad Leaves lie on 
the Earth, they are like the 
Leaves ot Lctticc ; lome- 
times iridented about the 
Edges. /The Stalk is two 
or three Foot high, i mooch, 
channcl’d, empty, and has 
many Branches , and is 
crooked ; being cut , it 
yields a Milk. The Flow- 
ers come from the Wings 
of the Leaves ; they arc 
Sky-colour’d, and like the 
Leaves of Wild-Succory, 
It grows in Gardens. 
’Tis cooling, and the 
Water of it is ufed in Fe- 
vers and Inflammations. 
(gringo, or Set-Holly, in 
Latin Eringium marinum. 
The Roots are very long, 
and fpread much ; they 
have an Aromatick Taftc. 
The Leaves are placed up- 
on long Foot-ftalks ; they 
arc almoft round, yet they 
arc broader than they ate 
long, 1 femetime an Hand’s 
breadth, and more j they 
arc thick, whitifli,or gray, 
as is the whole Plant. The 
Leaves arc (harp and prick- 
ly. The Stalk is two Foot 
high, and very branchy. , 
The Heads are placed a- 
mongft the prickly Leaves, 
at the Extremities of the 
Branches. The Flowers 
arc white. It has two 
broad Seeds joyn’d toge- 
ther, which arc cncom- 
pafs’d by Prickles on every 
fide. 
Eringo is Epatick, Nc- 
phritick , and Alcxiphar- 
mick. It forccsUrinc, and 
the Courfes : It expels ; 
Wind, and cafes Gripes, 
and cures the Jaundice. 
The Roots of it candied 
are accounted excellent 
Sweet-meats, and are Pro- 
vocatives to Vcncry , and 
arc good Prefervatives a-i 
gainlt the Plague, and the 
Contagion ot the Air ; and 
arc good for Confumptive 
People. The Root can- 
died , cures a Gonorrhea, 
and is ufed in the French I 
Pox. And ufed in the 
form of a Cataplafm, and 
applied to the Belly, it pre- 
vents Abortion. 
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