(1686) About its use as a medicine he writes : ‘ It is cordial , sudorific , laxative , diuretic , nutritious , and able to purify the blood .The root of it , boiled in wine and taken as a drink , is infallible in difficulty in passing water , against the stench of armpits and feet , as a remedy for dropsical persons , and for involuntary seminal discharge ( spermatorrhoea ) ’ .aen ijder Tarw gemaekt werden , welcke haer eerste voetsel vande Tarw sullen trecken .