Vertues and use.
It is of an opening and clensing quality, and thefore very effectual for the Obstructions of the Liver, Gall, and Spleen, and the Diseases that arise from them, as the Jaundice, & Hypo∣condriacal Passion: It wonderfully openeth* 1.1 the Passages of the Urin both in yong and old. It powerfully clenseth Aposthumes, and in∣ward in the Uritory passages, and by the dry∣ing and temperate quality doth afterwards heal them; for which purpose the Decoction of the Roots or Leavs in white Wine, or the Leavs chopped as Potherbs with a few Alli∣sanders and boyled in their Broth, is very effe∣ctual. And whoso is drawing towards a Con∣sumption, or an il Disposition of the whol Bo∣dy called Cachexia, by the use herof for some¦time together shal find a wonderful help: It helpeth also to procure rest and sleep to Bodies distempered by the Heat of Ague Fits, or o∣therwise. The distilled Water is effectual to drink in Pestilential Feavers, and to wash the Sores.
You see here what Vertues this common Herb hath, and that's the reason you French and Dutch so often eat them in the Spring; and now if you look a little further you may see plainly without a pair of Spectakles, that Forraign Physitians are not so selfish as ours are, but more communicative of the Vertues of Plants to People.