221-224 The East India Tamarind, Butterbur, Ladie's Smock, Wild Naven.
221. The East India Tamarind. Tamarindus indica Orientalis.
Also see #201. The Tamarind Tree - #221. The East India Tamarind
1. This Tree differs from the West India Tamarind in the Leaves & Fruit; & is better to be used in Medicines than the other because the Fruit contains more Pulp.
2. It grows in the East Indies and flowers in the Spring. this Specimen of the Tree and fruit is taken from the Malabar Garden.
3. Tamarinds are accounted cooling and opening, good to purge choleric Humors, and correct the bilious Heat of the Stomach and Bowels; they also are good to allay Thirst, promote Urine, and help the Jaundice.
4. Greek, Οξυφοιηκες. Latin, Tamarindi. Spanish, . French, . German, .
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222. Butterbur. Petasites.
1. The Stalks grow about a Span high, the Leaves are a bright Green above and whitish underneath, and the Flowers purplish.
2. It grows in Marshy Grounds, and on Banks by River Sides; & flowers the Begining of March.
3. The Roots are esteem'd sudorific, and alexipharmic, good for all Kinds of Fevers and malignant Distempers; preventing Fainting and shortness of Breath, provoking Urine and destroying joint Worms. Outwardly they are used as a Cataplasm for pestilential Buboes and Plague Sores. A good Quantity of them is put into the aq. Theriacalis.
4. Greek, Βηχιον μεγα. Latin, Petasites major. Spanish, . Italian, Farfara maggiore. French, . German, Pestilenswurt. Dutch, .
223. Ladie's Smock, Cuckowflower. Cardamine.
1. The Stalks grow about a Foot high, the Leaves are a grass Green and the Flowers a pale purple, and often white.
2. It grows in Meadows and on Banks, flowring in March and April.
3. It is accounted heating and warming, good for the Scurvy, the Stone and Gravel, Dropsy and Jaundice.
4. Greek, Σιδυμβριον ετερον. Latin, Nasturtium pratense magno flore. Spanish Berros. Italian, Cressione minore. French, Gresson de l'Eau. German, Wasser Gressen. Dutch, .
224. Wild Naven. Napus sylvestris.
Also see #224. Wild Naven - #231. Turnep
1. The Stalks grow to be a Foot high, the Leaves are a bright Green, and the Flowers yellow.
2. It grows on Banks and the Edges of Fields, flowring in April.
3. The Ancients commend the Seed as good against all Kinds of Poisons and the Bites of venemous Creatures; and good to provoke Urine and the Terms. Andromachus junior prefers the Seed of this Wild Sort before the Garden, as of a hotter Nature.
4. Greek, Βουνιασ αγρια. Latin, Buinas Sylvestris. Spanish, Nabicas. Italian, Navone salvatico. French, Naver sauvage. German, Stechturben. Dutch, .
