♃ Endive.
Description.
THe common Garden Endive beareth a longer and a larger Leaf than Succory, and abideth but one yeer, quickly running up to Stalk and Seed, and then perisheth: It hath blue Flowers, and the Seed of the ordi∣nary Endive is so like Succory Seed, that it is hard to distinguish them.
Vertues and Vse.
The Decoction of the Leavs, or the Juyce, or the distilled Water of Endive serveth well to cool the excessive Hear in the Liver and Stomach,* 1.1 and in the hot Fits of Agues, and all other Inflamations in any part of the Bo∣dy; it cooleth the heat and sharpness of the Urine, and the Excoriations in the Uritory parts; The Seed is of the same property or rather more powerful, and besides is available for the faintings, swounings, and passions of the Heart. Outwardly applied they serve to temper the sharp Humors of fretting Ulcers, hot Tumors and Swellings, and Pestilential Sores; and wonderfully helpeth not only the redness and Inflamation in the Eyes, but the dimness of the Sight also: They are also used to allay the pains of the Gout.