Sweet Cicely

The plant is a wholesome addition to salad. The root boiled, and eaten with vinegar, warms and stimulates cold stomachs; it is beneficial in complaints of the chest and lungs. It relieves flatulency, and promotes appetite, and removes female obstructions. The juice is good to heal old ulcers. It is so harmless that it cannot do any harm. Pulverize the root, and take half a spoonful in brandy for flatulency, colic, etcetera.