The Complete Herbal — Nicholas Gent Culpeper

It is called Alisander Horse parsley and Wild parsley and the Black Pot herb the seed of it is that which is usually sold in apothecaries shops for Macedonian Parsley seed Descript It is usually sown in all the gardens in Europe and so well known that it needs no farther description Time It flowers in June and July the seed is ripe in August Government and virtues It is an herb of Jupiter and therefore friendly to nature for it warms a cold stomach and opens a stoppage of the liver and spleen it is good to move women s courses to expel the afterbirth to break wind to provoke urine and helps the stranguary and these things the seeds will do likewise If either of them be boiled in wine or being bruised and taken in wine is also effectual against the biting of serpents And you know what Alexander pottage is good for that you may no longer eat it out of ignorance but out of knowledge img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img