Vertues and Use.
It is generally used against infirmities of the Spleen,* 1.1 it helpeth the strangury and wa∣steth the Stone in the Bladder, and is good a∣gainst the yellow Jaundice and the Hiccough; but the use of it in Women hindreth Concep∣tion. Mathiolus saith, That if a dram of the dust that is on the back side of the Leaves, be mixed with half a dram of Amber in Pouder, and taken with the Juyce of Purslane or Plan∣tane, it will help the running of the Reins Speedily, and that the Herb and Root being boyled and taken, helpeth all Melanchollick Diseases, and those especially that arise from the French Disease. Camerarius saith, That the Distilled water thereof being drunk is very effectual against the Stone in the Reins and Bladder: and that the Ly that is made of the Ashes thereof being drunk for some time to∣gether, helpeth Splenetick persons: It is used in outward Remedies for the same purpose.