¶ The Vertues.
The yellow sap of the root of Hogs Fennell, or as they call it in some places of England, Hore∣strange, [ A] taken by it selfe, or with bitter almonds and Rue, is good against the shortnesse of breath, it asswageth the griping paines of the belly, dissolueth and driueth away ventositie or windinesse of the stomacke; it wasteth the swelling of the milt or spleene, looseth the belly gently, and pur∣geth by siege both flegme and choler.
The same taken in manner aforesaid prouoketh vrine, easeth the paine of the kidneyes and blad∣der, [ B] causeth easie deliuerance of childe, and expelleth the secondine, or after-birth, and the dead childe.
The sap or iuyce of the root mixed with oyle of Roses, or Vineger, and applied, easeth the pal∣sie, [ C] crampes, contraction or drawing together of sinewes, and all old cold diseases, especially the Sciatica.
It is vsed with good successe against the rupture or burstings in yong children, and is very good [ D] to be applied vnto the nauels of children that stand out ouer much.
The decoction of the root drunke is of like vertue vnto the iuyce, but not altogether so effectu∣all [ E] against the foresaid diseases.
The root dried and made into pouder doth mundifie and clense old stinking and corrupt sores [ F] and vlcers, and healeth them: it also draweth forth the corrupt and rotten bones that hinder the same from healing, and likewise splinters and other things fixed in the flesh.
The said pouder or iuyce of the root mixed with oyle of Roses, causeth one to sweat, if the body [ G] be anointed therewith, and therefore good to be put into the vnction or ointment for the French disease.
The congealed liquor tempered with oyle of Roses, and applied to the head after the manner of [ H] an ointment, is good for them that haue the Lethargie, that are franticke, that haue dizzinesse in the head, that are troubled with the falling sicknesse, that haue the palsie, that are vexed with con∣vulsions and crampes, and generally it is a remedie for all infirmities of the sinewes, with Vineger and oyle, as Dioscorides teacheth.
The same being smelt vnto reuiueth and calleth them again that be strangled with the mother, [ I] and that lie in a dead sleepe.
Being taken in a reare egge it helpeth the cough and difficultie of breathing, gripings and win∣dinesse, [ K] which, as Galen addeth, proceedeth from the grossenesse and clamminesse of humors.
It purgeth gently, it diminisheth the spleene, by cutting, digesting, and making thin humours [ L] that are thicke: it causeth easie trauell, and openeth the matrix.
A small piece of the root holden in the mouth is a present remedie against the suffocation of [ M] the mother.