io Salmon 5 s 
ntj is or ambles of yellowtjh biovwrs, which afterwords 
yield [mall round, blaekijh Seed , about the bignefs oj 
Radilh Seed. 
V. The Places. They are commonly Sown in 
Gardens throughout all Europe , but tire firlt is alfo 
ionnd Wild in leveral Places in England , as at Prcfi- 
holm , an Jlland on the North of Anglefey ; on the 
Rocks near the Sea-lhoars in many places, in fome 
places on the Rocks near the Scotch Shears, not far 
from Berwick , and about Scarborough Caftle. 
VI. The Time. It Flowers in June and July \ and 
the Seed becomes ripe in Auguft : But Gerard will 
have it, that the Seed is not ripe till the fecond year, 
which I confefs I have not obferved. Yet being an 
annual Plant, l fee not why its Seed Would not be 
annual. 
VII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the third 
degree: Attenuating, Carminative, Diuretick and 
Lithontriptick : by Appropriation, it is Stomatick, 
Hvfterick and Nephritick •, and operates as an Al- 
terative. 
VIII. The Specification. It effectually provokes 
Urine, helps the Strangury, and prevails againft Gra- 
vel and Tartarous Matter in Reins and Bladder. 
IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep nothing 
of this Plant. But you may prepare from it, i. A 
Ponder from the Seed. 2. A Decottion of the Roots 
and Leaves. 3. An Exprefi'ed Juice. 4. A Condite 
of the Roots. 5. A half am of the Juice or green 
Herb. 6 . ACataplafm. 7 . A Difiilled Water of the 
Plant. 8. An Oil of the Seed. 9. A Spirit from 
the Seed or Plant. 10. A Spirituous Tintture. 12. 
An Oily Tintture. 13. A Salt from the whole Plant. 
14. An Ejfence. 
The Virtues . 
X. The Pouder from the Seed. Being taken from 
half a dram to i. dram in white Port or Rhenifb 
Wine, or difiilled Water of the Plant, it powerful- 
ly provokes the Terms, expels the Birth, moves U- 
Herbal. Lib. I. 
Tine, helps the Strangury and Chplick, breaks Wind, 
and is good againft the bitings of Serpents, Mad’ 
Dogs, or other Venomous Creatures. 
XI. The PtecoBion. It opens Obftruflions, pro- 
vokes Urine and cleanfes the Blood admirably : it is 
good alfo for fitch as have ftoppages in their Urine, 
or are troubled with the Strangury. Dofe from iv. 
to viij. ounces. 
XII. The ExpreJJed Juice. Given from iij. to v). 
ounces mixt with Rbemjk Wine, or white Part, it is 
a Specih'ck againft Stone and Gravel, eafes the Stran- 
gury, and brings away Urine or Matter obftrutliiig 
the Urinary palfages, when almoft all other things 
fail. 
XIII. The Condite , or Pickled Roots. They are 
Eaten raw as a Sailer, with Oil, Vinegar and Pep- 
per : they ftrengthen the Stomach, create a good 
Appetite, caufe Digeftion, refill Crudities, and ex- 
pel Tartarous and Yilcous Juices from the Stomach. 
XIV. The Ralfami It is an excellent Vulnerary, 
curing all forts of green Wounds in a fhort time : it 
cleanfes running Sores, and old rotten and putrifiecl 
Ulcers, and caufes them fpeedily to heal. 
XV. The Cataplaftn. It is made of the bruifed 
Leaves, and applyed hot to the part affiifled : being 
made of the Leaves boiled, it drys up old Sores and 
fetid Ulcers, without any pain, and heals them 
and either difeufles or maturates Scrophulous Tu- 
mors : if it is made of the raw Herb, beaten in a 
Mortar with the Yolks of Eggs, and applyed cold, 
it flops bleeding.in Wounds new made. 
XVI. The Tiftilled Water. It may be Difiilled 
either from the Seed, or from the whole green Plant : 
it is a Specifick againft Gravel and itoppage of 
Urine. * 
XVII. The Dijl died Oil of the Seed. It is given 
from iij. drops to x. in any convenient Vehicle, and 
comforts and warms a cold Stomach, ftrengthens it 
caufes a good Appetite and Digeftion, expels Wind’ 
gives eafe in the Colick, provokes the Terms in 
Women, and facilitates the Birth ; opens Obliruffi- 
ons of the Breft,' Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Reins and 
Womb, helps fhortnels of Breath, and comforts the 
Head, Brain and Nerves, being lingular good againft 
Megrims, Vertigo’s, Lethargies, Apoplexies, Palfies, 
Convulfions, and the like ; you may give it in Ex- 
tremity, as alfo morning and evening. 
XVIII. The Spirit. It is weaker than the Oil, but 
much pleafanter, and has all the fame Virtues,’ but 
operates not in fo powerful a manner. It is Carmi- 
native and Cordial, and given againft fainting Fits. 
Dofe j. ounce. 
XIX. The Spirituous TinBure. The Virtues 
are the fame with the Oil, hut more penetrating ; 
and is indeed much more powerful than the Spirit, 
for that it abounds much more with the Sulphur of 
the Vegetable : it may be given in the difiilled Wa- 
ter, from j. dram to iij. drams, morning and night. 
XX. The Saline TinBure. It is a Lithontriptick, 
or Stone-breaker, opens all ObftruUions of the Reins, 
Ureters and Bladder ; attenuates, cleanfes, brings a- 
way Sand, Gravel and Tartarous Slime, opens the 
Womb, provokes the Terms, and ftrengthens that 
part, fo as to caufe Fruittulnefs in Women, and 
brings away both Birth and After-birth : it eafes the 
Spleen, and removes its ftoppages. Dofe from j. 
dram to iij. drams. 
XXI. The Oily TinBure. It has the Virtues of 
the former, bur is particularly good againft the Pai- 
fie, being outwardly anointed on the parr, and im 
wardly taken from vj. drops to xx. in a fit Vehicle. 
XXII. The Salt of the whole Plant. It is Diure- 
tick and Nephritick in a peculiar manner, provokes 
Urine, brings away Sand and Gravel ; and is good 
againft Difeafes of the Brain and Nerves, by power- 
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