FE ( 86 ) F E 
Herb in Sallets, in Broths, 
in Bread, and in Table- 
Beer ; and apply it out- 
wardly in Fomentations , 
and other External Medi- 
cines for the Eyes. Take 
of Water of Eye-bright , 
and Fennel , each one 
"Ounce and an half ; of 
White Rofc-water one 
Ounce , Prepar’d Tutty 
two Drams , Camphire 
two Grains ; mix them, 
drop two or three Drops 
into the Eye, warm, thrice 
a Day. This is good 
when the Eye is ynuch 
bruis’d. 
F. 
r^Ommon JFetlttel, in La- 
^ tin F&niculum vulgar e. 
It grows on hot and Itony 
Grounds; and in England 
on the Sea-banks, and on 
Chalk-hills ; as inCornwal, 
and in Pemjley-Marjh i n 
Sujfex. 
The Powder of theSecd, 
taken daily, jn the Morn- 
ing, falling, with Sugar, 
clears the Sight wonder- 
fully. The Seed ftrength- 
ens the Stomach, and takes 
offNauleoufnefs : And be- 
ing mix’d with Pcdlorai 
Medicines, it relieves thole 
that arc Afthmatick ; and 
alfo refills Poyfon. The 
Leaves boy I’d in Barley- 
water , increafc Nurfes 
Milk: And aDecodlion of 
the Leaves and Seeds al- 
1 wages Ncphritick Pains, 
forces Urine, and' expels 
Gravel. The Roots pro- 
voke theCourfes, and open 
Obftrudlions of the Liver 
and Spleen, and cure the 
Jaund ice. The whole Herb 
boy I’d in Broths, is rec- 
kon’d good to prevent and 
cure Over-fatnefs. The 
tender Buds of Fennel, and 
the upper part of the Root, 
before the Stalks grow out, 
are ufed for SecondCourfc, 
being prepar’d wirh Oyl 
and Pepper by the Italians t 
and in Savoy, Dauphine, Pro- 
vence and Languedoc, We 
commonly ule the frefh 
Leaves, cut fmall, in Pic- 
kle for Filh,and inBoyling 
them. It hinders Abor- 
tion. And the Roots of it 
boyl’d in Wine, and ap- 
plied to the Eye, cured a 
Suffufion in a Monk in the 
fpacg of nine Days. Take 
of 
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