Lib. 3. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
1431^ 
Caffia fiflula. 
Pudding Pipe tree. 
«[[ The Names. 
This tree was vnknowne to the old writers, cr 
fo little accounted of, as that they haue made 
nomentionof it at all : the Arabians were the 
firft that e (teemed ol it, by reafon they knew the 
vie of the pulpe which is found in the Pipes:and 
after them the later Grecians, as AcUmriui & o- 
ther ofhis time,by whom irvvas named 
that is to fayinLatine, Cafianigra, The fruit 
thereof, faith Aquarius inhis fife booke,is likea 
long pipe, hauingwithinitathickehumotlr or 
moifture, which is not congealed all alike tho- 
row the pipe, but is feparated and diuided with 
many partitions, being thin wooddy skins. The 
Apothecaries call it Cafiaffht/a, and with a dou- 
ble/" Cajfu fijlula : it is called in Englifh after 
the Apothecaries word,Caffiafiftula, and may 
alfobe Englifhed, Pudding Pipe, becaufe the 
cod or Pipe is like a pudding : but the old Cafi- 
fia fiftula,or »><>? in Greeke, is that fweet and 
odoriferous barke that is rolled together, after 
the manner of a long and roundpipe,now named 
of the Apothecaries Capa lignea > which is a 
kindeofCinamon. 
^1 The T, empcraturc. 
The pulpe of this pipe which is chiefely in 
requeft,is moift in the later end of the firftde- 1 
gree,and little more than temperatly hot. 
The Vertucs. 
The pulpe of Caf,a fiflula extracted with violet water, is a moft fweet and pleafant medicine, and A 
may be giuen without danger to all weak people ofvvhat age and Tex foeuer they be,yea it may be 
tniniftred to women with childe.for it gently purgeth cholericke humours and flimie flegme, ifit 
be taken in the weight ofan ounce. ...... . . n 
Capa is good foi fuch as be vexed with hot agues, pleurifies.iaundice, or any other inflammation B 
of the liuer, being taken as afore is fhewed. „ r . „ _ 
Cafifia is good for the reines and kidneies,driueth forth grauell and the (lone, efpecially if it bee G 
mingled with the decodlion of Parfley, and Fennell roots, and drunkd. ... 
It purgeth and purifieth the bloud,making it more cleane than before, breaking therewith the D 
acrimonie and fharpneffe of the mixture of bloud and choler together. 
It diffolueth all phlegmons and inflammations of the bred, lungs, and the rough artery called E 
Trachea artcria,ei{ine.thote parts exceeding well. ....... 
Caffia abateth the vehemencie of third in agues, or any her d ifeafe whatfoeuer,efpeciaIly 1f .1t be p 
taken with the iuice of lntpum,Cichoreu»ifi'c S<iLi»KOT,depuied accord mg to Art : it abateth ah o the 
intemperate heat of the reines, if itbereceiued withdiureticke .rnples, or with the decoction of 
P icorice onely,and w ill not fuffer the done to grow in fuch perfons as do receiue and vfe this medi- 
Thebed Caffia for your vfe is tobe taken outofthemoft ful, mod heauy,& faired cods, or canes, G 
and thole which dofhine vvithout,and are full offoft pulpe within ; that pulpe which is newly ta- 
ken forth is better than that which is kept in boxes,by what Art foeuer. 
Cajfi.i being outwardly applied, takethaway theroughne{Teoftheskm,and being laid vpon hot H 
fwellings,itbringeth themtofuppuration. _ , 
Many Angular compounded medicines are made with this Capa, which here to recite belongs j 
not to my purpofe or hiftory. 
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