CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

GARDEN ARRACH

Names. Called also orach, and orage.

Description. It is so commonly known to every housewife, it were but labour lost to describe it.

Time. It flowereth and seedeth from June to the end of August.

Government and virtues. It is under the government of the Moon; in quality cold and moist like unto her. It softeneth and looseneth the body of man being eaten, and fortifieth the expulsive faculty in him. The herb, whether it be bruised and applied to the throat, or boiled, and in like manner applied, it matters not much, it is excellent good for swellings in the throat; the best way I suppose, is to boil it, and having drunk the decoction inwardly, apply the herb outwardly: The decoction of it, besides, is an excellent remedy for the yellow jaundice.