Vertues and use.
It is singular good to provoke Urine when it is stopped,* 1.1 and to break and drive forth the Stone, which the Pouder of the Bark of the Root taken in Wine performeth effectually. Mathiolus saith, the same helpeth the Diseas called Hiernia Carnosa, the Fleshy Rupture* 1.2 by taking the said Pouder for some Months toge∣ther constantly, and that it hath cuted some which seemed incurable by any other means than by cutting or burning. The Decoction thereof made with some Vinegar and gargled in the Mouth, easeth the Toothach,* 1.3 especially when it comes of Rhewm; and the said De∣coction is very powerful to open Obstructi∣ons of the Liver and Spleen,* 1.4 and other parts. A Distilled Water made in Balneo Mariae with four pound of the Roots hereof first sliced smal, and afterwards steeped in a Gallon of Canary Wine, is singular good for all the pur∣poses aforesaid and to clens the passages of the Urine. The Pouder of the said Root made in∣to an Electuary or Lozenges with Sugar: as also the Bark of the fresh Roots boyled tender and afterwards beaten Into a Consetve with Sugar, worketh the like effect. The Pouder of