Chap. 123. ‘EngUJh Herbs. 
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color , fometimes of an Amber color , or of a light 
pa lift yellow ; and fometimes thofe which the San 
looks fall upon, may have fame fmall freaks of red, 
mixed with Amber-colored and pale yellowijh green 
colored. The Berry contains a Pulp like the Englifh 
but whitijh yellow, or green, in which Pulp is con- 
tained the Seed, which is fmall and flat , like the other, 
and of a whitijh color. 
V. The Places. The firft grows by Hedge hides, 
and old Walls, and about the Borders of Fields, in 
moift and fhadowy places ( this it may poffibly do, 
in feveral Southern Regions and Countries beyond 
Sea ) but with us it grows chiefty in Gardens. The 
other grows Wild in Englifh Plantations in Virginia. 
I found it growing in a Plantation up Wadmalaw 
River in Carolina, and in feveral other Plantations 
of that Country, where it grew lpontaneoully, and 
that in valt plenty. Parkinfom makes mention of 
a third kind of Wefl India Alkakengt, which I take 
to be the fame with that before deferibed, and dif- 
fers from it only in largenefs, and ftrength of its 
Stalks, Branches and Berries, which I believe arifes 
only from the differing goodnefs of the Soil, they 
being in all other refpefts exaftly the fame. I have 
found them both growing on the fame ground, but 
could not poffibly take them to be two differing 
Species of the fame Genus. 
VI. The Times. They Flower about the middle 
or latter end of July ; and the Fruit is ripe about 
the latter end of AuguJI. In Carolina they flower 
fomething earlier. 
VII The Qualities. The Herb is cold and moift 
m the fecond Degree, not Aperitive : but the Ber- 
ries are of the fame Quality, and Opening ; Diure 
tick, Nephrecick, Alterative, and Lithontriptick. 
VIII. The Specification. They are peculiar againft 
Obftmffions of the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, 
and to help in the Strangury, Stone, Gravel, Sand’ 
and Tartarous matter, lodged in thofe Parts. ’ 
IX. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. A Diflilled Water from the Fruit or Leaves. 
2. A Juice of the Fruit made with White Wine. 
;. An Infufion or Decollion of the Bernes. 4. A 
Diet Drink. ;. A Pouder of the Berries. 6. An 
Oil of the Root. 7. A Calaplafm of the Leaves or 
Fruit. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Diflilled Water. It is Cooling and Diu- 
retick : It may be Diftilled from the Fruit or Leaves 
with a little Milk. It may be drank from two oun- 
ces to five or fix, fweetned with a little Sugar, 
Morning and Evening, againft the Strangury, heat 
of Urine, aud all the Diftempers of the Urinary 
Parts. 1 
XI. The Juice of the Fruit. It mty be given from 
one ounce to two, in a glafs of White Port Wine 
againft Stone, Gravel, Sand, Tartarous Mucilage, or 
what ever (tops the Urine in either Reins, Ureters, 
or Bladder : but it is not fo powerful as the pou- 
der. 
XII. The Infufion or DecoUion of the Berries in 
White Wine, or Water. It opens the Urinary Parts, 
and is an excellent thing againft the Strangury, pro- 
voking the Urine plentifully when it is Hopped, 
or grows hot, ftiarp, or painful in the paffage. It is 
good to expel the Stone and Gravel out of the Reins 
and Bladder, helping ( where it is compofed of a 
gritty Subftance ) to diffolve it, and to expel and 
fend it forth by Urine in form of Sand or Gravel, 
ft is good to cleanfe inward Apoftemations, and 
Ulcers in the Urinary Parts, and to relieve fuch as 
make a foul, filthy, .or ftinking Urine, or that pifs 
Blood. It ts profitable alfo againft the Jaundice, 
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by carrying oft the Morbifick Caufe by Urine. Lofe 
from tour to eight ounces, Morning, Noon, and 
N ight : and to be continued as the Exigency of the 
Dileafe requires. 
XIII. The Diet Drink. It is made of the Betties 
put up into new Wine, when it is new made, that 
working with the Berries therein, their Virtues may 
be drawn forth into the Wine. Or becaufe our 
Country affords not new Wine in the MuJ) you 
may put them into new Beer, or Ale, as you fet 
them to Work, and alfo Tun them up therewith 
that they may fully Work with tile fame. The 
proportion is two large handfuls, whilft green to 
a Gallon of Wine or Ale : and one large handful 
well bruifed when dry. This may be drank as or- 
dinary drink, bur at leaft a Pint of it Morning 
Noon and Night. It has all the Virtues of the 15 -’ 
tuhon or Decottion. 
XIV. The Pouder. It is made of the dried Ber- 
riK, in which the Seeds themfelves are reduced into 
a Pouder. The Dole is from fifteen grains to half 
a dram Morning and Night, in a Glafs of White 
Port Wine. Or you may Infufe it in the fame 
Wine, two ounces .of the Pouder to three Quarts of 
Wine, letting it ftand in a cold Digeftion a Month 
before hand, fhaking the Bottle every day. When 
you drink it, fhake the Bottle, and pour it out thick 
and thin together, and let the Patient take a quarter 
of a Pint at a time, Pouder and all. Morning and 
Evening, and continue this courfe till he has found 
the defired relief. This Pouder, and thus taken is 
much more efficacious than either the Infufion, De- 
coction, or Diet ; and ought to be very much va- 
lued of fuch as are troubled or afflifted with the 
Stone, Strangury, or ftoppage of Urine. 
XV. The Oil of the Root. It is good againft the 
poilonous llroke of the Scorpion : This Oil being- 
applied, Parkinfon fays, it is powerful againft their 
ltingmg. Pliny fays, that the Root hereof is fo 
powerful to ftupifie the Venom of the Scorpion 
r j ut i*- i ,c P uc t0 them, they will utterly loofe 
their Itrength. 
XVI. The Cataplafn. It is coaling, and profitable 
to be applied to allay the heat of Inflammations, and 
to eafe pains coming from a cold cable. 
CHAP. CXXIII. 
CHERVIL Carden. 
I HE flames. It is called in Greek ~r.aiptc'j?s 
A MS, and is thought to be ww;, Theophra - 
Its, hb.j. cap. 7 tranfiated by Gaza, Enthiijicum t 
Chervil* 1 ’ Ure -> <,l,um ' and Chterifolium : In Englifh, 
II. The Kinds. It is threefold, r. Garden. i.WUd. 
1. Tooth-pick Chervil. The Garden Chervil is three- 
fold, 1. The Common Garden, called Ce refolium Sa- 
twum 2. The Great Sweet Chervil, Sweet Cifley. 
called Cerefohum magnum, five Myrrhis. a. The’ 
Small Sweet Chervil, Small Sweet Cifley called 
Myrrhs altera parva. The Wild we (hall treat of 
following 4 ' 3nd thS Tao,h -? ,ck Cberv 'l ‘n Cap. 125. 
III. The Defcription. Garden Chervil hdi a fmall 
and long Root , which perijhes every Tear, and k ran 
lei up every Tear, with Seed /own in the Spring 
a Jo in Autumn for Sal/eling. It fifes up with 
Stalks not afoot high, and in its Leaves much re - 
Jembles Fad ley, but after it is grown bigger the 
Leaves arc very much cut in and jagged, Jome what 
refem * 
