Historia vegetabilium sacra, or, A Scripture herbal wherein all the trees, shrubs, herbs, plants, flowers, fruits &c. mentioned in the Holy Bible, are in an alphabetical order, rationally discoursed of ... / by W. Westmacott.

Virtues and Ʋses.

The Pulp is temperate, only moistens, beloved by sweet mouth'd Venus, say our Astrologers; it is used to keep the Body Laxative, being familiarly sucked from the broken Pipe, and swallowed in a morning fasting, it doth gently purge Choler and Phlegm, cooling and opening a hot body; an ex∣cellent Purge in the Stone, or Hemorrhoids; but is apt to gripe from its moistness, therefore to be cor∣rected with a few Aniseeds, &c.

In the Shops. Cassi•• in Fistula, as it comes to us: Cassia extracta pro Clysteribus, which is used in Gly∣sters, Cassia extracta sine foliis Senae: Cassia extracta cum foliis Senae: Diacassi•• cum manna. These four

last mentioned, are Electuaries, usually prepared and kept in Shops, for the use of Physicians: which demonstrate the great Opinion the old Arabians and modern Practitioners have conceived of this exotick Fruit. The simple Pulpe (is never kept ready, but) ought to be freshly drawn whenever 'tis prescribed, in the above-said cases, and the Dose of these Electuaries is from half an Ounce to two Ounces. The Bark of Cassia, called Cassia Lignea, is also kept in the Apothecaries▪ Shops, whi••h is acrid and A••o∣ma••ical, like Cinnamon, and often is substituted for it, being near it in Virtues. The Trees from which they are taken, are very much alike, but not the very same, as some will have it.