Vertues and Use.
It openeth, cutteth and digesteth Humors,* 1.1 and mightily provoketh Womens Courses and Urine. Half a dram at a time of the dried Root in Pouder taken in Wine, doth wonder∣fully warm a cold Stomach, helping digestion, and consuming all raw & superfluous moisture therein; easeth al inward gripings and pains dissolveth wind, and resisteth Poyson and in∣fection: It is a known and much practised Remedy to drink the Decoction of the Herb for any sort of Ague,* 1.2 and to help the pains and Torments of the Body and Bowels coming of cold. The Seed is effectual to al the pur∣poses aforesaid (except the last) and worketh more powerfully, The distilled water of the Herb helpeth the Quinsie in the Throat, if the Mouth and Throat be gargled and washed therewith, and helpeth the Pluresie, being drunk three or four times. Being dropped in∣to the Eyes it taketh away the redness or dim∣ness of them, it likewise taketh away Spots or Freckles in the Face. The Leavs bruised and fried with a little Hogs Lard & laid hot to any Botch or Boyl, wil quickly break it.
It is an Herb of the Sun under the Sign Taurus, if Saturn offend the Throat (as he alwaies doth if he be occasioner of the Malady and in Taurus in the Genesis) this is your cure.