Chap. 545. ‘Englijb ‘Herbs. 
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tames of the Seed, 
flowers. 
6 A Juice of the Umb/es or and available to all the fame purpofes:, and either 
l' I he Z aw ?“’/• _ 8 - A Pouder of the} alone or mixt with Honey, makes a lingular 
Root. 9. A Deco tti on of t}je Root. 10. An Oil of 
the Root, i I. A Cataplafm of the Root. 
'The Virtues . 
XL The Drink or Beer made of the Leaves or. 
Seed. Toumuft fir ft make a ftrong Decottion of them 
with Water -, and then , being Blood- warm , you are 
to ferment or Work it up with left or Leven , as 
Brewers do their Ale or Beer. It is ufed in all re- 
fpefts to be drank as Beer or Ale , for the quench- 
ing of Thirftj and is a common Drink at Meals 
in Roland and Lithuania. 
XII. The Pouder of the Seed. Given to a Dram 
mixt with Honey , it is good againft Afthma’s, 
Coughs, fhortnels of Breath, Hoarfenefs, Wheez- 
ing, Epilepfie , Jaundice, Lethargic, and cleanfes 
the Bowels, from tough, flimy, pituitous humors, 
flicking in the Paffages of the Guts. For accor- 
ding to Galen , it is of a Iharp and incifive Qua- 
lity. It prevails alfo againft the Rickets, or fuch as 
are.Liver-grown, as the Vulgar call it. It provokes 
the Tefms in Women, and prevails againft Vapors 
and Hyfterick Fits. 
XIII. The Decoflion of the Seed. It may be 
made either in Water or Wine: and being fweetned 
with Honey or Sugar, it has all the Virtues of 
the Pouder of the Seed afore enumerated,' being 
drank inwardly , and bathed with outwardly 
upon the part affe&ed , it gives eafe in a 
CephaUa , or that which is called an inveterate 
or old Head- Adi. 
XIV. The Spirituous Tintture of the Seed. It 
expels Wind, gives eafe in the Colick, provokes 
Urine and the Terms, and has all the Virtues of the 
Pouder aforegoing , being given from 
to two or three Drams in any proper Vehicle: 
outwardly applyed , it is good againft Scabs , 
Pimples, Shingles, running Sores, and other break- 
ings out. 
XV. The fumes of the Seed , from the Seed being 
burnt. Received up the Mouth or Noftrils, it is 
good againft Carus, Lethargy, Epilep^r, and other 
cold and moift Difeafes of the Head~ and Brain : 
received up the Womb by a Funnel, it prevails 
againft Vapors, Faintings, Swoonings, and Fits of 
the Mother. 
XVI. The Juice of the Umbels or flowers. If 
it is dropt into Ears which are ulcerated or 
fore, and which run and are full of Matter, it 
cleanfes and heals them. It alfo cleanfes, drjs and 
heals Ulcers and running Sores in any other part 
of the Body, they being daily wa'Iht therewith 
warm. . 
XVII. The raw Root. Being fcraped as you 
fcrape Horfe Radifh Roots, and the fcrapings 
applyed to the Callous of a Fiftula, it foftens it, 
and takes it away, difpofing the fame to a fpeedy 
healing. 
XVIII. The Pouder of the Root. Being ftrewed 
upon a Callofity in a Fiftula it confumes it: and 
being taken inwardly to 1 Dram or more, in Honey 
or any other proper Vehicle, it is faid to have, all 
the Virtues of the Pouder of the Seed before 
enumerated. It is faid to cleanfe and ftrengthen 
the Stomach and Bowels, and to give eafe in the 
Colick. 
XIX. The Decottion of the Root in Water or 
Wine. It is of like quality to that of the Seed, 
good Lotion to cleanfe Fiftulas, Ulcers, and old 
running Sores with, to dry them and induce their 
healing, as alfo to wafh Pimples, mattery Pultles 
Scabs, and Shingles withall. ... ’ 
XX. The Oil of theRoot. It is made bylhecofiina 
it in Oil Olive , as :s ufual. The Head being 
anointed and rubbed therewith, it helps not only 
fuch as are fallen into a Frenfy, but is profitable for 
the Cure of fuch as are lick of a Carus or Lethargy 
and who have for a long time been afflifled and 
grieved with a CephaUa , or old Head-Ach. 
YOfa. The Cataplafm of the Roots. Applyed 
to the f Gout, or any part pained, it gives eafe 
and relief in a very (hort time; and applyed 
very hot to the Sides and Hypochonders it 
gives prefent eafe in Stitches , and other like 
Pleuntick pains. 
CHAP. DXLVI. 
Of PARSNEP Water. 
T 
hanella : 
HE Names. It is called in Arabick 
Rocbathalmo , and Inhamehanella , or Hame- 
in Greek , 2iVi fo called a b 
Ur ms calculifque ciendis • in Latin. Sium: in 
Englifh, Water Parfnep. 
H. The Kinds. The chief of thefe we Ihalf 
treat of in this Chapter are, t. Sium , Sium majus 
Stum majus Ltrtifolum Bauhini , Gerardi U Ta- 
ui me bern fMontani:PaJlinaca Aquatica major, & Aquati- 
Dram p ’ T o he Greater ’ 01 . broad Leav’d Water 
re.. v f rum Oiofcoridis , Mjtthiolo 
Thahof Lugdunenfe ; Sium majus Anguft, folium 
Janfom -, Sum odor at um Tbalij & Cefneri • Sii pri 
mum genus quod & Laver fulhjlj-, Si hum Ylimi 
Angudart,; Slum & Laver Cord, , Dodomei & Lo- 
be/,)-, Sium Olufatn folio Lobelij , five PaJIinaea 
Aquatica ; Sum verum Corner arij in his Epitome- 
Sium eruca folio Tabernanontani, Bauhini & Lug- 
dunenjjs ; Slum alterum Olufatri facie-, Paflinaca 
Aquatica minor , The Leffer Water Parfnep a 
Sium majus Anguftifolium ; Sium minimum Alpini- 
PaHmaca Aquatica Anguftifolia, Sium alterum Do- 
done,,, Water Parfnep narrow Leav’d. 4 Sium 
Lmbellatum repens , Creeping Water Parfnep. 
T he Defer ipt ions. 
I I. The firft , or Greater broad Leav’d Water 
Parfnep. Its Root is black with many fibres at the 
Joints thereof, and at the Joints of the Stalk under 
the later near the Ground. I, ,-jfesup with great 
hollow and crefiei Stalks, three, four, or more feet 
high fpreai out into feveral Branches, on which 
Hand long winged Leaves, made of many long and 
Jontemhat broad Leaves, pointed at the ends, and 
dented about the edges, fmooth, thick, and Sappy 
or juicy-, everyone of which is as large as thofe of 
Parfnep^ The flowers grow at the lops 0} the 
Stalks in Tufts or Umbels, and are of a white color - 
a] ter which comes the Seed which fmells we l' and 
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