¶ The vertues of the same.
The decoction of the root of Calamus drunke prouoketh vrine, helpeth the paine in the side, li∣uer, [ A] spleene, and brest; convulsions, gripings, and burstings; it easeth and helpeth the pissing by drops.
It is of great effect, being put in broth, or taken in fumes through a close stoole, to prouoke [ B] womens naturall accidents.
The iuyce strained with a little honey, taketh away the dimnes of the eyes, and helpeth much [ C] against poyson, the hardnesse of the spleene, and all infirmities of the bloud.
The root boyled in wine, stamped and applied plaisterwise vnto the cods, doth wonderfully [ D] abate the swelling of the same, and helpeth all hardnesse and collections of humors.
The quantitie of two scruples and an halfe of the root drunke in foure ounces of Muskadel, hel∣peth [ E] them that be bruised with grieuous beating, or falls.
The root is with good successe mixed in counterpoysons. In our age it is put into Eclegma's, [ F] that is, medicines for the lungs, and especially when the lungs and chest are opprest with raw and cold humors.
‡ The root of this preserued is very pleasant to the taste, and comfortable to the stomacke and [ G] heart; so that the Turks at Constantinople take it fasting in the morning, against the contagion of the corrupt aire. And the Tartars haue it in such esteeme, that they will not drinke Water (which is their vsuall drinke) vnlesse they haue first steeped some of this root therein. ‡