Succory

This Succory plant bears also the name of _Rostrum porcinum_.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The chemical constituents of Succory and Chicory are -- in addition to those ordinarily appertaining to vegetables -- inulin, and a special bitter principle not named.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Some writers suppose the Succory to be the Horehound of the Bible.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The Succory or Cichorium was known to the Romans, and was eaten by them as a vegetable, or in salads.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The flowers of Succory used to rank among the four cordial flowers, and a water was distilled from them to allay inflammation of the eyes.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Both it and Succory, if used in excess as a medicine, will bring about amaurosis, or loss of visual power in

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Give the party three drops in the beginning of the Fit, early in a morning, in good distilled water of St. _John_'s wort, or of Succory, and the next day two drops more fasting.

Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. Basilius Valentinus

{Succory-water} of Cedar wood one Ounce, of Cinamon three drams, of Cloves three drams, bruise all your forenamed things;

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

German story, _The Watcher of the Road_, a lovely princess, abandoned for a rival, pines away, and asking only to die where she can be constantly on the watch, becomes transformed into the wayside Succory.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The Dandelion, which is a wild sort of Succory, was known to Arabian physicians, since Avicenna of the eleventh century mentions it as _taraxacon_.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie