Chap. 38. EngUJh “Herbs. 
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and exceeding bard, which is the caufe it liesfo long 
in the Ground after Joining , before it Springs up. 
A.SE AliACrVS 
IV. The other or Greater Kind differs nothing from 
the former , but in the Colour of the Shoots , their 
Magnitude , aW Ta/fo, they being much whiter , vaft- 
h larger , and much more fweet and pleafanr. It is 
almoft beyond belief the relation of the vaji Magni- 
tude to which this Great Kind will grow : This pre- 
fent Tear 1696. a prefentwas made to a Lady of one 
j ingle Bunch containing but one hundred of Sprouts 
or Heads, which weighed ( as was reported to me) 
above forty Pounds weight : and the la li Tear I cheap- 
ned a Bunch or hundred, of the fame Kind in New- 
gate-Maiket, which they would not Sell me under 
eight Shillings, and warranted to weigh above twenty 
Pounds Weight. So that it is manifefi that the lar- 
ger fort is either another Kind, or elfe, tlx former 
fort vaftly improved by Art and Indujtry. 
V. The Places. They grow with us only in 
Gardens, where they are nourilhed up for the daily 
Service of the Houfe, being an Excellent Boiled 
Sallet. 
VI. The Times. The bare tender Shoots, which 
are Sold in Markets in Bunches or Hundreds, come 
up commonly in the Spring, and may be had all 
March, April, and May, and fometimes in June ; 
but the Gardner has arrived now to fuch a 
dexterity in his Art, that if the Winter or Seafon 
is Warm, you may have them all January and 
f ■cbrnary, as was manifeft this prefent Year, when 
I could'have had what quantity I pleafed on New- 
Years Day. They fpring up after that, to a kind 
of diminutive Bull), and Flower in June and July, 
and bear their ripe Berries in September, or late in 
the Year. 
VII. T he Qualities. They feem to be Temperate 
in refpe& to heat or coldnels, drynefs or moifture. 
They incide, attenuate, open, cleanfe, and are very 
Diuretick : and ieem to be chieHy Cephalick, Hy- 
fterick and Nephritick •, and, if Authors fay true, 
Spermatogenetick withal. 
VIII. The Specification. They are peculiar againft 
the Strangury, or ttoppage of Urine, and difficultv 
of making Water, to provoke Urine, and to expel 
Sand, Gravel, and fmall Stones out of the Reins 
which even the fignature of the hardnefs of the Seed’ 
feems alfo to intimate. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have therefrom 
1. The Roots. 2. The Seed. 9. The Dijh/led Wa- 
ter of the whole Plant , diftilled in September, when 
its Berries are Red ; which things the Shops are 
laid to keep : But belides them, we have, 4. The 
tender Shoots or Heads. ;. The DecoSion.’ 6. The 
Juice. 7. The Effence. 8. The Saline TinSure. 
9. A Gargarifm. 10 .A Bath. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Roots. Being reduced into Pouder, and 
given from j. dram to ij. drams in White Wine, or 
the Diftilled Water of the Plant, it provokes Urin, 
and opens the ftoppages of the Urinary parts. 
XI. The Seed. It is held to be very effe&ual for 
the purpofes aforefaid, j. dram of it being given in 
White Wine -, fo alfo, it it is mixed in equal quan- 
tities with the Pouder of the Root, and given hi like 
manner from j. to ij. drams. 
XII. The Diftilled Water. It is drawn from the 
whole Plant, and is to be notified ( as Schroder di- 
rects ) by putting it upon more ftefh Herbs. It pro- 
vokes Urine, and gives eafe in the Stone, being 
drunk daily three times a day, from iv. to viij. oun- 
ces : It is ufed alfo as a Vehicle for other 
things. 
XI’H. The tender Shoots or Heads. They are Boil- 
ed, and Eaten as a Sallet, with Butter, Vinegar and 
Pepper, being very Nutritive ; and tho’ cleanfing, 
as to the Reins, Bladder, and Urinary PafTages, yec 
they comfort the Stomach, are eafie of Digeltion 
and reftore in Confumpcions. 
XIV. The DecoSion of the Roots in Wine. It opens 
Obltruftions of the Bowels, provokes Urine being 
flopped, and expels that Tarrarous Matter’ in the 
Reins, Ureters and Bladder, which caufes the Stran- 
gury. Dofe from iv. to viij. ounces. 
XV. The Juice of the Roots and young Sprouts. It 
prevails againft the Strangury, or difficulty in ma- 
king Water, when it is done by Drops ; it expels 
Gravel and the Stone out of the Reins and Bladder 
and helps vehement pains in the Back. Dofe iij. or 
iv. ounces in Wine, twice a day. J 
XVI. The Effence made of the Juice, or bruifei 
Plant. It has all the Virtues of the Juice beforego- 
ing ; befides which, it is good againft the Obftru- 
aions of the Lungs, Pains of the Stomach and 
Bowels, Falling-ficknefs, Fits of the Mother, Yel- 
low Jaundice, and dimnefs of fight : and taken eve- 
ry Morning and Evening, from ij. to iv. ounces in a 
Glafs of Generous Wine, it is faid to ftir up Bodily 
Lull, Generate Seed, and remove Impotency. 
XVII. The Saline TinSure. It has all the Virtues 
of the Deco&ion, Juice, and Ellence but more 
powerful in provoking Urine, and expelling Sand, 
Gravel, Stones and Slimy Tartarous Matter : befides 
it particularly Stimulates the Generative Faculty by 
its penetrating and fubtil Quality, and effeaually 
cures the Yellow Jaundice. Dofe from j. to ij. 
drams in Wine. J J 
XVIII. The Gargarifm. The Roots bruifed and 
boiled in White Wine Vinegar, being gargled in the 
Mouth warm, gives eafe in the Tooth-ach : and the 
Root it lelf is laid to be profitable to be applied to 
an Aneurifm. 
XIX. The Bath. It is made of a good quantity 
of the Roots and Seeds bruifed, and boiled in a 
great ftore of Water, which is to be put into a large 
Veflel, in which a Alan may fit up to the Breafts 
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