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Parfnep, and abiding after Seed time. Gerard fays, 
the Root is like that of Parfley , white, and in tafc 
like unto a Carrot , and ( fays he ) may be foddcn , and 
eaten as the Parfnep or Carrot is. Prom this Root 
fpring up divers Stalks of fine cut Leaves , lying 
on the Ground , fomembat like to the Leaves oj Car- 
rots , but not bu filing out fo thick , of a little quick 
tafie in them. From among which rifes up a fquare 
Stalk , not fo high as the Carrot , at whofe Joints are 
Jet the like Leaves , but fm alter, and finer cut •, and 
at the tops there are /mail open Tufts , or Vmbles 
of white Flowers, which turn into fmall blackijh 
brown Seed, fmaller than the Annifeed y and of a 
quicker and hotter Tafie. 
IV. The fecond has a Root fmall and fiender, of 
a Smell not much unlike to Daucus, but of a hot and 
fharp Tafie, yet not fo hot and fharp as the Seed -, 
from this Root grows Leaves like the former, but 
larger and from among thofe Leaves, come forth 
Stalks greater and higher than the Common Kind. 
The fpokie Vmbles of white Flowers are in like man- 
ner larger, and the Seed like unto Cummin Seed, 
but much bigger. 
V. The Places. Caraways grow naturally in Ca- 
ria, as Diofcorides faith, whence came the name : 
now they are found to grow almoft every where in 
Germany, as Tragus fays, in many places in the 
Fields, and by the Way fides ^ as alfo in Meadows, 
and in the fat and fruitful Fields of Bohemia, and 
likewife in low grounds, which are now and then 
over run with Water •, but with us they are ufual- 
ly fown in Gardens, where they profper admi- 
rably. 
VL The Times. They Flower and Seed from May, 
and continue fo till the end of Augufi. 
VII. The Qualities. Caraways Seeds are hot and 
dry, as Galen fays, almoft in the third Degree. 
They are Aperitive, Carminative, Digeftive, Difcuf- 
five, Diuretick, Cephalick, Neurotick, Stomatick, 
Nephritick, Alterative, and Alexipharmick. 
VIII. The Specification. They powerfully expel 
Wind, and eafe Pains of the Cholick. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have, i. The 
Root. 2. The Herb. 3. The Seed. 4. A Juice of 
Herb and Root. 5. An E (fence of the fame. 6. A 
Decotlion of the Seed. 7. A Ponder of the Seed. 
8. A Cataplafm of the Herb. 9. A Diflilled Water 
of the whole Plant. 10. A Spirituous Tintlure. 
11. An Acid Tincture. 12. An Oily Tincture. 
13. A Spirit. 14. A Lift filed Oil. 15. Potefiates, 
or Powers. 16. An Elixir. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Root. Parkinfon lays, that it is better 
Food than that of the Parfnep, and is pleafant, 
and comfortable to the Stomach, helping Dige- 
ftion. 
XI. The Herb. Being dried, and made into Pou- 
der, and ftrewed upon moift and running Sores 
and Ulcers, it drys them up, and in ffiort time 
after heals them •, it alfo heals Kibes in Childrens 
Feet. 
XII. The Seed. It is ufed whole in Bread, Cakes, 
Apple Pyes and Pafties, to give a relifh to them, 
and to add a ftomatick and warming Quality, in 
room ol Spice ; alfo to be made into Comfits to 
correU the Wind in the Stomach. Being bruifed, 
fryed, and laid hot in a Bag, or double Cloth, to 
the lower parts of the Belly, it difperfes the Wind, 
and eales the pains of the Cholick. 
XIII. The Juice of the Herb and Root. It is pre- 
valent againft Wind, and all cold Difeafes of the 
Head, Nerves, Stomach, Bowels, Womb and Joints: 
gives eafe in the Cholick, and griping ot the Guts ; 
repreffes Vapors, and Hyfteiick Fits, and provokes 
Urine. Dole two ounces in Wine. 
XIV. The Ejfence. It has the Virtues of the 
Juice, but more efficacious in opening Obftru&ions 
of the Reins, Ureters and Bladder, and expelling 
Tartarous matter from thofe parts. It prevails a- 
gainlt the Cholick, and all Diftempers of the Bowels 
proceeding from cold and moifture. 
XV. The Decotlion of the Seed. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Juice and thence, and is very good for 
fuch as have the yellow Jaundice, and Virgins 
troubled with tftt Green-ficknefs, and fuch as are 
daily afflitled with Wind in the Stomach and 
Bowels. It ought to be made in Wine, and may be 
taken to half a pint at a time fweetned with White 
Sugar. 
XVI. The Ponder of the Seed. Taken to one 
dram, daily Morning and Night, mixed with fine 
Loaf Sugar, it has been found to lharpen the fight, 
to expel Wind, and help a bloody Flux, and other 
fluxes of the Bowels, though they have been of a 
long Handing. And by the conftant ufe thereof, a 
periodical Cholick has been often cured. 
XVII. The Cataplafm. Made of the Pouder of the 
Seed' with White Bread and Sherry Wine, it dif- 
culfes flatulent Tumors or Swellings, eafes pains in 
any part proceeding from Cold, comforts and 
ftrengthens weak Limbs, and takes away the black 
and blew fpots of Blows, Bruifes, and the like. 
The fame laid as hot on as can be endured to the 
lower parts of the Belly, gives eafe in the Cho- 
lick. 
XVIII. The Difiilled Water of the whole Plant. 
It is only ufed as a Vehicle to convey Stomatick 
and Carminative Medicaments in, down into the 
Body. 
XIX. The Spirituous Tintlure. It is good againft 
Lethargies, Cams, Vertigo, Apoplexy, Palfie, Faint-* 
ing, and illnefs of the Stomach, ficknefs at Heart, 
fwooning Fits, Convulfions, coldnefs and weaknefs 
of the Nerves, and all thofe other Difeafes for which 
the Effence is proper. The Dofe is half a Ipoonful 
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