Fumitory

If you've never heard of Fumitory and I bet you haven't visit the Chocolate Lady at In Mol Araan and read about how she uses it to make Fumitory Water.

Lots of Herb Blogging Going On All Over the World Kalyn Denny 2007

By the ancients Fumitory was named _Capnos_, smoke: Pliny wrote

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Sorrel, or Fumitory, or Brooklime; so, much less of a certain remedy made of these diverse Species congested into one; because, between the Herbs Scurvy-grass and

The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius

{Fumitory water} {Carduus-water} Of each one of {Camomile-water} Ounce.

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

Sorrel, there is an Antipathy, as between Fire and Water; and so there is the same Antipathy between the Herbs Fumitory and

The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius

There is also a "ramping" Fumitory [208] (_capreolata_) which climbs; being found likewise in fields and waste places, but its infusion produces purgative effects.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

In many parts of Kent the Fumitory bears the name of "Wax Dolls," because its rose coloured flowers, with their little, dark, purple heads, are by no means unlike the small waxen toys given as nurslings to children.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The famous physician, John of Milan, extolled Fumitory as a sovereign remedy against malarious fever.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The common Fumitory (_Fumaria officinalis_) is a small grey-green plant, bearing well known little flowers, rose coloured, and tipped with purple, whilst standing erect in every cornfield, vineyard, or such-like manured place throughout Great Britain.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Scorbutick sweetish, and moistning tinging Venome is made by the help of the fixed bitter drying Sulphur of the Herb Fumitory.

The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius