The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

¶ The Vertues.

The pith or marrow, called Corculum Ferulae, as Galen teacheth, is of an astringent or binding [ A] qualitie, and therefore good for them that spit bloud, and that are troubled with the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

Dioscorides saith, that being put into the nosthrils it stayeth bleeding, and is giuen in Wine to [ B] those that are bitten with Vipers.

It is reported to be eaten in Apulia rosted in the embers, first wrapped in leaues or in old clouts, [ C] with pepper and salt; which, as they say, is a pleasant sweet food, that stirreth vp lust, as they re∣port.

The seed doth heate, and attenuate or make thinne: it is a remedie against cold fits of an Ague, [ D] by procuring sweat, being mixed with oyle, and the body anointed therewith.

A dram of the iuyce of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which beareth Sagapenum, purgeth by siege tough and slimie hu∣mors, [ E]

and all grosse flegme and choler, and is also good against all old and cold diseases which are hard to be cured; it purgeth the brain, and is very good against all diseases of the head, against the Apoplexie and Epilepsie. [ F]

Being taken in the same manner, it is good against crampes, palsies, shrinkings and paines of the sinewes. [ G]

It is good against the shortnesse of breath, the cold and long cough, the paine in the side and brest, for it mundifieth and clenseth the brest from all cold flegme and rheumaticke humors. [ H]

Sagapenum infused or steeped in vineger all night, and spread vpon leather or cloath, scattereth, dissolueth, and driueth away all hard and cold swellings, tumors, botches, and hard lumpes grow∣ing about the ioynts or elsewhere, and is excellent good to be put into or mingled with all oynt∣ments or complaisters which are made to mollifie or soften. [ I]

The iuyce of Ferula Galbanifera, called Galbanum, drunke in wine with a little myrrh, is good a∣gainst all venome or poyson that hath beene taken inwardly, or shot into the body with venomous darts, quarrels, or arrowes. [ K]

It helps womens paineful trauel, if they do take therof in a cup of wine the quantitie of a bean.

The perfume of Galbanum helpeth women that are grieued with the rising of the mother, and is [ L] good for those that haue the falling sicknesse.

Galbanum softneth, mollifieth, and draweth forth thornes, splinters, or broken bones, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 [ M] cold and flegmaticke humors, seruing in sundry ointments and emplaisters for the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Surgerie, and hath the same physicall vertues that are attributed vnto Sagapenum.