12 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
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RECHANGHI. 
LAMIUM ALBUM. 
A Common wild Plant, more vulgarly called © 
the Dead-Nettle. It grows about our Hedges, © 
it is a Foot high, and has Leaves fhaped like 
thofe of the Nettle, but they do not fting. The 
Stalk is fquare and the Leaves are hairy ; the 
Flowers are large and white; they Rand at the 
Joints where the Leaves are fet on, and are very 
_ pretty. The Leaves ftand in Pairs, and the Root 
; under the Surface. _ ge 
There is a little Plant with red Flowers called 
__ alfo the red Archangel, or red Dead-Nettle. It 
is common under the Hedges, and in Gardens; 
_ the Stalks are fquare and weak, the Leaves are 
__ fhore and notched at the Edges, and the Flowers 
- fmall and red; the Plant is not above four or 
sty Inches high, and thefe Flowers grow near 
1¢ Tops among the Leaves. They are in Shape 
thofe of the white Archangel but {mall. 
Herb is yifed freth or dried, and the Flow 
e Decoction is good for Floodings, Bleed- 
¢ Nofe, Spitting of Blood, or any kind 
Be. Te alfo ftops Blood, bruifed ang 
