Smallage.
THis also is very well known, and therefore I shall not trouble the Reader with any Description thereof.
Place.
It groweth naturally in wet and Marsh grounds, but if it be sown in Gardens it there prospereth very well.
Time.
It abideth green all the Winter, and Seedeth in August.
Vertues and Use.
Smallage is hotter, dryer, and much more Medicinable than Parsley, for it much more openeth Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen* 1.1 rarifieth thick Flegm, and clenseth it and the Blood withal. It provoketh Urine and Wo∣mens Courses, and is singular good against the yellow Jaundice: It is very effectual a∣gainst Tertian and Quartan Agues, if the Juyce thereof be taken; but especially made into a Syrup. The Juyce also put to Honey of R••••es, and Barley Water, is very good to Gangle the Mouth and Throat of those that have Sores* 1.2 and Ulcers in them, and will quick∣ly heal them: The same Lotion also clenseth and healeth all other foul Ulcers and Cankers elswhere if they be washed therewith. The Seed is especially used to break and expel wind, to kill Worms and to help a stinking Breath: The Root is effectual to all the pur∣poses aforesaid, and is held to be stronger in operation than the Herb, but especially to o∣pen Obstructions, and to rid away an Ague, if the Juyce thereof be taken in Wine, or the Decoction thereof in Wine be used.