¶ The Vertues.
Dioscorides affirmeth, that being taken of it selfe, or boiled with Rice, and eaten with hony, it kil∣leth [ A] the small wormes of the guts, and gently looseth the belly, the which Pliny doth also affirme.
The iuice of sea VVormwood drunke with wine resisteth poison, especially the poison of Hem∣lockes. [ B]
The leaues stamped with figs, salt-peter, and the meale of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and applied to the belly, sides, [ C] or flankes, help the dropsie, and such as are spleenticke.
The same is singular against all inflammations, and heat of the stomacke and liuer, exceeding [ D] all the kindes of VVormwood for the same purposes that common VVormwood serueth.
It is reported by such as dwell neere the sea side, that the cattell which do feed where it grow∣eth [ E] become fat and lusty very quickly.
The herbe with his stalks laid in chests, presses, and ward-robes, keepeth clothes from moths and [ F] other vermine.