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has a firong and loatbfom Smelly fcarcely to be en- 
dured •, but when the Seed is full ripe and dry , it is 
ef a very good Scent , and of an agreeable Tafie. 
IV. The fecond has Roots and Stalks almoft like 
the former ; but the Leaves , the lower as well as 
the higher , are all finely cut in , and jagged the 
Stalks are much lower , /wf above half a foot high •, 
( /tfyx Parkinfon ) /z/wo/? the ground : 
the Flowers on its Tops are white 5 and the Seed 
round as the other , but fuller and larger , and two 
always joined together. 
V. Tfo Places. They are only Sown in Gardens 
now, as in. old time. Pliny fays, they are not found 
Wild •, nor are their natural places known. 
VI. The Times. They Flower in July, and their 
Seed is ripe in Auguft. 
VII. The Qualities. The green Leaves are faid to 
be Cold and Dry. The dried Seed is Hot and Dry 
in the end of the fecond Degree, or beginning of 
the third. It is Aperitive, Anodyn, Carminative, 
Difcuflive, Stomatick, and Alexipharmick. 
VIII. The Specification. It flays Vomiting, and 
helps Digeftion. 
IX. Tim Preparations. ^ ° l l may have therefrom, 
1. A Juice from the Gret'A Herb. 2. An E fence 
oj the fame. 3. An OintmP nt or Balf am of the fame. 
4. A Cataplafm of the Gr e en Herb. 5. Coriander 
Comfits. 6 . A Pouder of the Seed. 7. A Spiritu- 
ous Tintlure of the Seed. 8. An Acid Tintlure 
thereof. 9. An Oily Tintlure of the fame. 10. A 
Saline Tintlure thereof 11. A Spirit. 12. An 
Oil by Di f iliation. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Juice of the Green Herb. Authors fay, 
it is of a cold Quality, and that being drunk, altho’ 
but to half an ounce, it kills them that take it. But 
outwardly applied, it diffolves Knots and Kernels ; 
and difcufles other hard Tumors, being affiduoufly 
ufed. 
XI. The Ejjen.ce of the fame. It has the Virtues 
of the Juice, and being applied by Rags dipt there- 
in, it is laid to cure Anthonies tire, and other hot 
Tumors. 
XII. The Ointment or Ba/fam of ihe fame. It is 
made with Ceruie, Litharge, Vinegar, and Oil of 
Rofes. It is commended againlf an Eryfipelas, run- 
ning and fretting Sores, Wheals, Pulhes, Carbun- 
cles, and Botches, riling in the Skin or Flelh ; it 
cools the Inflammation, and takes away alfo the 
Swelling of the Cods. 
XIII. The Cataplafm of the Green Herb male 
with Barley Meal , or Barley Bread. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Ointment, but is more powerful to al- 
lay Inflammations, and dilcufs hot Tumois or Swel- 
lings. It is alfo good to dilfolve or difeufs Wens, 
flefhy Tumors, and protuberances of the King’s- 
Evil, being duly applied. 
XIV. The Comfits of the Seed. Gerard fays, they 
prevail much againlf the Gout, being eaten upon a 
faffing Stomach, before Dinner ; and alfo after Din- 
ner without ^ drinking after the fame for three or 
four hours time : and they have yet a greater power 
over that Difeafe, if they be eaten in the fame man- 
ner alfo after Supper. 
XV. The Bonder of the Seed. If it is taken faff- 
ing to almoft a dram in a Glafs of Generous Wine, 
it ftrengthens the Stomach, caufes an Appetite and 
makes a good ' Digeftion, deprefles Fumes and Va- 
pors riling from the Stomach, Spleen or Womb, 
and afeending up into the Head. It (tops Catarrhs, 
helps the noife in the Ears, and difcufles that Tu- 
mor in the Throat, vulgarly called the Quinfey. 
XVI. The Spirituous Tintlure oj the Seed. It is 
a moll Angular Stomatick, ftrengthens the Ventricle, 
Hops Vomiting, helps Digeftion, and eafes the moll 
inveterate Pains of that Bowel : and is indeed a 
moll excellent thing againft the Gripings of the 
Guts. 
XVII. The Acid Tintlure. This is yet a more 
excellent Stomatick than the former, where there 
is a laflitude or weaknefs of the Stomach, and the 
Tone thereof feems to be depraved or undone, and 
the Acidities thereof i'o diminifhed, as that the Pa- 
tient wants an Appetite, and cannot at all digell 
their Food, but that it comes up again undigell- 
ed, with Vomitings, manifold Reachings, and vehe- 
ment Sicknefs thereof; being taken in Red or White 
Port Wine, or in a generous Canary, to a pleafing 
Acidity ; it rellores the Tone of the Stomach, and 
kills Worms in the Body. 
XVIII. The Oily Tintlure. If it is daily taken, 
viz. Morning and Night, in any generous'Vehicle, 
from twenty drops to forty, it cures the Colick, 
and Griping of the Guts, and mightily ftirs up Ve- 
nery. It prevails alfo againft the bitings of 
Serpents, efpecially of that called Amphtsbena , 
the place bitten being alfo anointed therewith. 
And as it is comfortable to the Stomach and Bow- 
els, by its healing and drying property, and pre- 
vails againft a Faralyfts , or Balfte, fo alfo it is 
eminently good againft that Difeafe by anointing 
the whole length of the Back-bone therewith, as 
alfo the parts affeaed, twice a day before a fire, and 
rubbing it very well in for a long time : And by 
outward application in like manner, it prevails a- 
gainft Cramps, Convulfions, Gouts, and the Sciatica, 
and all cold and moifl Difeafes happening in what 
part of the Body foever, 
XIX. The Saline Tintlure. It opens Obftmaions 
of the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, provokes Urine, 
and caufes an Evacuation of Sand, Gravel, and Tar- 
tarous Matter out of thofe parts. Dole to o.;e 
dram, or more, in a Glafs of generous White Port 
Wine. 
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