Chap. 329. ‘Englifb 'Herbs. 
46 c 
a 
Scone and Gravel in Reins or Bladder, bur is not lb 
effectual as the Seed *, you may give it Morning and 
Night, two or three Ounces for a Dofe, in a Glals 
of White Port Wine. 
XII. The Ejfence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, and of the Seed, being ufed in the fame man- 
ner and Dofe, but is not fo powerful or Ipeedy in its 
Effe£ts as the Pouder of the Seed is. 
XIII. T be Dec oft ion of the Seed. It is to be brui- 
fed, and then to be boiled in Broth, or Poffet-Drink, 
or rather in White Wine : Dofe from four to eight, 
or ten Ounces, according to the Age of the Patient, 
two or three times a day , againft Strangury, Stone, 
Gravel, and Tartarous Mucilage impa&ed in the 
Reins, Ureters, and Bladder ; where note, it is to be 
ufed for fome confiderable time. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Seed. It is found to be 
of lingular force to break the Stone and expel it, 
whether it be in the Reins or Bladder, it alfo pro- 
vokes Urine being ftopt , and helps the Strangury , 
or making Water by drops, caufed by Sand, Slime, 
or Tartarous Mucilage obftruUing thofe parts ; it is 
indeed a pleafant , lafe , and effectual Medicine for 
the Stone and Gravel, being taken every Night go- 
ing to Bed, and every Morning falling , for feveral 
days together^ when the Patient is troubled with a 
Paroxyfm of the Stone it quickly gives relief, pro- 
bat urn eft. Dofe from two Scruples to a Dram and 
half in White Port Wine, or in Broth, or in Barley 
Cream, or in Almond Milk , or in an Emulfion of 
the four greater cold Seeds ; if it is given to two 
Drams in Womens Breaft Milk, or in White Wine, 
or in Parlly Water, it is very effeftual to caufe fpee- 
dy Delivery to Women in Travail, who are not ea- 
fie to be delivered. 
XV. The Compofitum. Take Pouder of the Seed 
three Drams , White Amber in Pouder one Dram 
Ceterach or Spleenmrt in Pouder half a Drain , mix 
them. This being taken a Dram at a time, or more, 
in the Morning faffing, and laft at Night going to 
Bed, in the Juices of Plant ane^ Purflane , and Let- 
tice , and that for feveral days together, it certainly 
cleanfes, heals, and cures a Gonorrhoea, or running 
of the Reins. 
chap, cccxxix. 
Of GROMEL the Lefler. 
I. 'T* H E Names. It is called in Creek AiSltmt- 
J_ gar imt&r, x, Srltv, in I. aline hithofpermon mi- 
nus , or Milium Soils minus , and in Englifb Gromel 
the leffer , and Wild Gromel. 
II. The Kinds. Of this there are fix Kinds, viz. 
J. Lithofperntum minus vulgar e Matthioli , Dodonai, 
Camerarij , Gefneri , Lobelij , O' aliorum , Our com- 
mon fmall Wild Gromel. 1. Lithofpcrmum angu- 
Jhfolium LJmbellatum Bauhini , vel angjilh folium fru- 
tefcens Matthioli , Narrow Leav’d Umbelliferous 
Gromel. 3. Litbofpermum Ancbufa facie Lobelij , 
Lithofpenmim ereuum minus Bauhini, Small Gro- 
mel with tufted tops , or Alkanet like Gromel. 4. 
Litbofpermum Arvenfe Radice rubente , Litbofper- 
mum Sylveftre Tragi, Fuchfij, O’ Camerarij, to ter- 
tium Dodonai, Echium minus Lithofpermo congener 
Gefneri, Anchufa degener facie Milij Solis Lobelij 
Anchufa Arvenfis alba Tbalij, Litbofpermum Arven- 
fe Radice rubra Bauhini , The fmall red Rooted 
Corn Gromel. ;. Litbofpermum minimum Germa- 
nicum, PaJJerina Tragi O' Camerarij , Lingua Pale- 
rmo Tabernamontani, LiihoJpennumlp.icn.un Lv r- 
nai, PaQcrina Linaria Gerardi , Lithcfpermam L - 
nine folio Germanium Bauhini, Smii! German 
Gromel, or Sparrow Wort. 6 . L'tho/'penium Li- 
naria folio MonJ'pelicnfe Lobelij O' Lugduncnfts , 
Small French Gromel with Flax Leaves. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfl , or Common 
fmall Wild Gromel , has a Root which is not very 
long , but Is replenifhed with many Fibres or fmall 
Strings , which fends forth feveral upright, hard, 
branched Stalks, full of Joints , two or three Feet 
high, at every of which Joints grow fmall, long, 
hard , and rough Leaves , Idler than the fecond of 
the former, and of a dark green color, among which 
Leaves come forth fmall white Flowers, and in then- 
places, when they are paft, greyifii round Seed, 
like the other. 
IV. The fecond, or Narrow Leav’d Umbelliferous 
Gromel, has a Root which is hard and woody, cover- 
ed with a brovmifh red Bark, from which rife up ie- 
veral woody rough Stalks, yet eafie to break, fpread 
into feveral Branches , about fix , feven , or eight 
Inches high , with very many narrow rough Leaves 
growing on them , without any order , the middle 
Rib in them being iomething great; the Flowers 
Hand at the tops of the Branches , and lometimes 
from the upper Joints, divers being fet together as 
it were in an Umbel , which confilt of five fmall 
round pointed Leaves, of a blew color; or rather 
being long and hollow, ate parted, and cut into five 
parts , fet in lough green Husks , in which, after 
the Flowers are paft, there ufually grow two white 
and hard long pointed Seeds, fet together. 
V. The third, or Small Gromel with Tufted tops, 
or Alkanet like Gromel. Its Root is long and woody, 
fpreading under Ground, and covered with a rough 
brovmifh red Bark , from which rile many hard, brit- 
tle, woody, low, and hairy Stalks, rifing little a- 
bove fix, feven, or eight Inches high, dividing 
themfelves, even from the Ground, into many fmal- 
ler Branches , on which are fet difperledly fmall, 
long, and narrow, rough green Leaves, whofemid- 
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