AN ( 2ii ) AN 
dicine that is ufed to expel 
Wind ; it has lefs Acrimo- 
ny, and is tweeter. The 
Antients extoll’d it won- 
derfully for a cold and 
moift Stomach ; wherefore 
they ufed it in Pains of the 
Head proceeding from the 
Stomach , for Watchings, 
and a Loofnefs occafion’d 
by Crudities. It provokes 
Urine, and {Simulates Ve- 
nery. ’Tis baked with 
Bread, and candied, and 
to ufed. It expels Wind, 
and curesaStinking Breath. 
The Oyl of it is ufed a- 
gainft Wind, and for a 
Cough proceeding from a 
coldCaufe. Anife-feed-wa- 
ter is good for thole that 
areShort-breath’d, and that 
are troubled with Heart- 
burning. Heurnius fays, 
That the Powder or De- 
co&lon of it is better in the 
Cholick, and Ditficulty of 
Urine , than the Oyl ; 
which they arc to take no- 
tice of, that value nothing 
but ChimicalPreparations. 
A Scruple of the Seed , 
powder’d grofiy, is good 
for the Gripes in Children. 
In Flatulent Hickups let 
the Sick always chevv the 
Seech The fame is good 
for the Cholick. Take of 
the double Flowers of Ca- 
momile thirty Handfuls* 
cut them, and beat them, 
and infufe them in five 
Quarts of Camomile-wa- 
ter, and eight Quarts of 
Spanijh Wine mix’d, twen- 
ty four Hours ; prefs them 
out, and infufe againtwen- 
ty Handfuls of the Flow- 
ers, as before ^ prefs them 
out, infufe again, a third 
time, twelve Handfuls of 
the Flowers 5 add two 
Ounces of the Yellow Pill 
of frelli Oranges, two Oun- 
ces and an half of the 
Leaves of Roman. Worm- 
wood, Centaury , Penny- 
royal , Wild Majoram $ 
of the Seeds of Dill two 
Ounces ; of the Seeds of 
Annife, Fennel, Caraways, 
Cummin, Blefied Thiftle* 
Mar/s Thiftle, each One 
Ounce an half ; of the 
Berries ofLawrel and Juni- 
per, each half an Ounce ; 
of Nutmegs three Ounces „ 
havingdigefted them a fuf- 
ficient time,deftil them ac- 
cording to Art : Two or 
threeSpoonfuls of this Wa- 
ter may be taken at a titne, 
for the Cholick, and Wind, 
in the Stomach, Take of 
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