Chap. 209. 'Englijh Herbs. 
Dandelion, of which in this Chapter. 2. Dens 
Peregrin/ts , Outlandifh Dandelion, of which in the 
next Chapter. 
III. This our Common Dandelion is alfo two- 
fold, viz. 1. Dens Leonis latifolius vulgaris , Uri- 
naria , Hieracium majus Tragi , Hieracium parvum 
Cordi, (in Hiftoria) Hieracium minus Gefneri, (in 
Harris) Cbondrilla altera Thalii , Dodonai , Cffalpi- 
ni , Hedypnois major Fuchfii , Hedypnois Dalechampii 
C? Lugdunenfis, Tar axicon minus Loniceri, Taraxa- 
converum of Scrapio Lf Avicen : and fo it is ufed 
with us in all Compofitions wherein Taraxacon is 
named •, Our Common broad-leav’d Dandelion. 2. 
Dens Leonis angujUoribm fo/iis : Aphaca angufiioris 
folii Cafalpini , The narrow-leav’d Dandelion. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The fir ) ?, or Broad-leav’d 
kind, has a Root which grows downwards very deep , 
which being broken off within the Ground , will ne- 
verthelefs fhoot forth again anew , and with difficulty 
be def rayed when it has once taken deep Rooting : 
from the Head of this Root fpring forth fever al long 
and deeply gafhed Leaves , lying round about it on the 
Ground -, the ends of each Gafh or Jag on both fides 
looking downwards to the Root again , the middle Rib 
being white, which being broken , yields much bitter 
Juice , of a Milk-white Color and Subfiance , but the 
Root much more, from among thefe Leaves ( which 
alwaies abide green ) arife many flender , weak, naked 
Foot-fialks , ( rather than Stalks) of about fix, eight 
or ten inches high , very rarely a foot long, every one 
of them bearing at the top one large yellow Flower, 
confifiing of many Rows of yellow Leaves, broad at 
the Points, and notched in, with a deep Spot of yel- 
low in the middle, which growing ripe, the green 
Husk, in which the blower fiood, turns it f elf down 
to the Stalk, and the Head of Down becomes as round 
as a Ball, with long redd fib Seed underneath, each 
Seed bearing a part of the Down on its Head -, which 
Seed, together with the Down, is blown away with 
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the Wind, and when pcrfeBly ripe, may with a Blafi 
of ones Mouth be blown perfcBly away. 
V. The fecond, or Narrow kind, as to its Root, 
Stalks, Flowers, Down, Seed and manner of Grow- 
ing is wholly like the before defer ibed : the Leaves in 
f fringing forth, growing, round the Root, the Number 
and Deepnefs of the G afhes or Divifions on the edges, 
are much like the former alfo -, but in this the Diffe- 
rence is, that the Leaves of this latter Plant are 
narrower -, and by. this one Note it may be difiin- 
guifhed. 
VI. The Places. They grow almoft every where, 
in all Meadows and Patture-Grounds, in Clofes 
near to Water-Ditches, as alfo in Gardens and High- 
ways. The firft Ts common almoft every where •, 
but the fecond is fomewhat rarer, yet often to be 
met with. 
VII. The Times. They flower thro 1 all the Sum- 
mer Months ', and the firft is found in fome place or 
other in flower every Month of the Year, especially 
if the Winter is mild, and not extream cold. 
VIII. The Vitalities. Dandelion is cold and dry 
in the firft Degree : Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diuretick 
and a little Aftringent *, Stomatick, Hepatick, Sple- 
netick and Nephritick. 
IX. The Specification. It is Angular againft Ob- 
ftruflions of the Vilcera,. and Hypochondriack Me- 
lancholy. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. A Sallet. 2. A liquid Juice. 3. An E fence. 
4. A DecoBion. 5. A difii lied Water. 6. An Oint- 
ment or Balfam. 7. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Sallet. Whether eaten raw with other 
Herbs, or boiled, and fo drefs’d up with Butter, Vi- 
negar, Salt and Pepper, it is faid to be a good Dilh 
to open Obftruftions of the Bowels, cleanfe the Sto- 
mach, caufe a good Appetite, and purity the Blood : 
the French and Dutch are faid to eat them often in 
the Spring ^ but I believe for the molt part as a 
boiled Sallet. 
XII. The liquid Juice of Leaves and Roots. It 
may be given to two or three ounces in a Morning 
fatting, and likewifeat Night going to Bed, either 
alone by it felf, or mixt with a Glals of White Port 
Wine, to purify the Blood and Juices, open all forts 
of Obftruftions of the Bowels, expel the Jaundice, 
provoke Urine, refill Hypochondriack Melancholy, 
and eafe the Pain of the Spleen. 
XIII. The E (fence of Leaves and Roots. It has 
all the Virtues of the liquid Juice, being more pow- 
erful to thofe Intentions : befides which, this ripens 
and digefts inward Apoftems of the Vilcera and U- 
rinary Palfage, breaks, cl eanfes and heals them, and 
more powerfully opens the Palfages of the Urine, 
whether in Young or Old. Dofe three or four 
fpoonfuls in White Lisbon Wine, Morning and 
Night. 
XIV. The DecoBion in Wine or Water. It has the 
Virtues of the former Preparations, but in a lower 
degree : however, it is good to be drank half a pint 
at a time Morning and Evening, by fuch as are in- 
clining to a Confumption, or have an ill Difpofiti- 
on of the whole Body, called by the Learned, Ca- 
chexia in which cafes being ufed for fome confide- 
rable time, it gives a wonderful Relief ^ befides, be- 
ing made in Water, and acuated with a few drops 
of Oil of Sulphur, it prevails againft all forts of 
burning, putrid, malign and peftilential Fevers. 
XV. The di filled Water. Acuated with Oil of 
Sulphur, it prevails againft the Spotted-Fever, and 
the Plague it felf : mixed with the liquid Juice or 
P p 2 Eifence, 
