Ghap.. 433* ‘Englifb Herbs. 
Infufion or Decoition. 4. A Fonder of Leaves or 
Seed. 5. An infolated Oil. 6 . A diftilled Water. 
7. A Spirituous TinHure. 8. An Acid Tincture. 
9. An Oily TinHure. 10. A Spirit, it. AnOil 
diftilled. 1 2. An Elixir. 13. 4 Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
X. The liquid Juice. Taken in any proper Vehi- 
cle, it gives Eafe in the Colick, expels Wind, pro- 
vokes Urine and the Terms, and helps the Suffocati- 
on of the Womb. Dofe two or three Spoonfuls or 
more in the diftilled Water, or in Wine,' or any 0- 
ther fit Vehicle. 
XI. The E fence. It has all the Virtues of the 
liquid Juice, but more powerful to all thole Inten- 
tions : it is of a warming and digefting duality, 
gives Eafe in the Gripings of the Guts, Pains of the 
Stomach, and Swellings proceeding from Wind. 
It prevails againft the Bitings of Mad Dogs, Vipers, 
Rattle-Snakes, and other Venomous Creatures, and 
fupprefles Vapors and Hyfterick Fits in Women- 
kind. Dofe two Spoonfuls or more. 
XII. The Infufion or Decottion of Herb , or Seed , 
or both. It has all the Properties, dualities and 
Virtues of the Juice and Eflence, and may be given 
from two Ounces to four,Morning,Noon and Night, 
as occafion may require. 
XIII. The Louder of the Seed. If it is taken 
from half a Dram to a Dram, and half, (^according 
to Age) in a Glafs of 'Wormwood- Wine,' Morning 
and Evening, for fome few Days before the expe- 
£led time, it produces the Terms in Women in great 
abundance : it precipitates Vapors, and cures Hy- 
fterick Fits, caufing the Womb to fettle in its right 
place again. So drunk, it provokes Urine power- 
fully, and eafes the Colick and Gripings of the 
Guts proceeding from Groflnefs and Crudity of Hu- 
mors : it ftrengthens the Stomach, and caufes a 
good Appetite and Digeftion : it expels Wind, and 
difeufles the Swelling of the Stomach. 
XIV. The infolated Oil. It is made of the brui- 
fed Seed , by Info lotion, or Coition , or Digejiion in a 
Sand Heat ■, one Found of the bruifed Seed being 
mixed with two Pounds of Oil of Ben , or choice Oil 
Olive. It is Anodyne, and eafes Pains and Aches 
proceeding from a cold Caufe. It eafes the Gout, 
and ftrengthens the Nerves, Tendons, and Parts af- 
flifled. 
XV. The diftilled Water. It may be made cither 
from the whole Plant , being green , or from the Seed, 
according to the ufual manner. It has the fame 
Virtues with the Juice, Eflence, Deco&ion and Seed, 
but in a much lower Degree of Strength •, and 
therefore is to be given in a much greater quantity : 
however, it may well ferve as a Vehicle for to con- 
vey down into the Stomach fome of the other Pre- 
parations. 
XVI. The Spirituous TinHure of the Seed. It 
gives Eafe in Colick Pains, ftrengthens the Sto- 
mach and other Bowels, expels Wind, and has all 
the Virtues of the Juice, Eflence, Decoflion, and 
Seed afore exprefled, but this warms and ftrengthens 
more, and therefore is more profitable for cold Sto- 
machs, and fuch as have a cold >Qpnftitution or Ha- 
bit of Body. Dofe two or thi'e* Drams in the 
Morning falling, in a Glafs of generous Wine. 
XVII. The Acid TinHure of the Seed. It is good 
againft Vomiting, reprefles Vapors and Fits of the 
Mother, provokes the Terms and Urine, facilitates 
the Birth, and brings away the After-birth. Dofe 
fo many Drops in a Glals of Wine as to make it 
pleafantly ftiarp. 
XVIII. The Oily Tintlure of the Seed. It eafes 
the Strangury after an admirable manner, provokes 
Urine, and opens all Obftru&ions of the Urinary 
Parts, ^ has all the Virtues of the Juice, Eflence, Pou- 
der, Spirituous and Acid Tinflures, brings away 
the Arter- birth, and gives Eafe in the After-pains, 
tho’ never fo vehement. Dofe from ten to twenty 
Drops in any proper Vehicle, Morning and Night, 
or at any time of Extremity. 
XIX. The Spirit of the Seed or Root. It is Cor- 
dial, good againft fainting and fwooning Fits, Con- 
vulfions, Sicknefs at Heart, Coldnefs of the Sto- 
mach, want of Appetite, Wind in the Bowels, Co- • 
lick, Pleurify, Pally, Lethargy, and the like cold 
and moift Diftempers of the Head, Brain, Nerves 
and Bowels. % Dofe two or three Drams in a Morn- 
ing falling, alfo half an Hour before Dinner, or at 
time of any Paroxyfm, either alone, (being dulci- 
fied) or mixt in a Glafs of fome Stomacliick or 
Cordial Wine. 
XX. The Oil of the Seed by D: (l illation. It has. 
all the Virtues of Juice, Fflence, Ti natures. Spirit, 
and is very powerful againft the Pulfy, 1 b that there 
is lcarcely a better Vegetable Medicament in the 
World : it is to be taken inwardly from eight 
Drops to fixteen, Morning, Noon and Night ^ firffc 
drop it into white Sugar, and mix it well with that, 
and then mix it with a Draught of choice White 
Lisbon , or other Slomatick Wine, and fo let the 
Patient drink it. Outwardly you mull alfo anoint 
it along the Back-bone, chiefly upon thole Vertebra, 
from whence thofe Conjugations of Nerves proceed, 
which replenilh the Parts afflifled ^ if all the Limbs 
are affefled, then it will be neceflary to anoint the 
whole Back-bone, from the very Nape of the Neck, 
almoft to the Anus , which is to be done twice a 
Day, and to be very well rubbed in, for almoft a 
quarter of an Hour at a time •, and befldes the Spina 
aorft j the Parts or Limbs afflicted are alfo to be a- 
nointed therewith in like manner. This Oil is very 
hot, and therefore fome tender Conllitutions may 
not be able to bear it, being ijfed alone -. in this 
Cafe, it will be neceflary to mix it with fome other 
Chymical Oil lefs hot., which may be alfo penetra- 
ting and efficacious to the fame Intention, as Oils 
of Turpentine, cTAnifc , of Fennel, or SaJfafrafsfZ.L. 
XXL The Elixir of the Seed. It is efficacious 
to all the Purpofes afore-mentioned, but is not fo 
llrong as the diftilled Oil -, ’but in Lethargies, Pui- 
fies, Convulfions, Faintings, Swoonings, Sicknefs at 
Heart, Colitks, Gripings of the Guts, Pleurilies, 
Stitches, Hyltericks, Hypochondriacks, Strangury. 
Vomiting, Weaknels of the Stomach, want of Ap- 
etite and Digeftion, you may give it Morning and 
'light, or in time of the Paroxyfm, from twenty to 
fifty Drops, in a Glafs of Wine, or other fit Ve- 
hicle. 
XXII. The fataplafm of the Root. It is excellent 
againft the Bitings of Mad Dogs, Vipers, Rattle- 
Snakes, and other Venomous Creatures, being beat- 
en raw in a Mortar, and applied warm to the Part 
hurt: if it is made with equal parts of Garlick. it 
will be fo much the more effectual. 
