The Ufeful Family Herbal. 13 
ARRACH oR STINKING ARRACH. 
ATRIPLEX OLIDA. . 
A Small wild Plant that grows about Farm= 
' Yards, and in wafte Grounds. The Stalks 
are a Foot long, but weak; they feldom ftand 
right, they are ftriated, and of a pale Green. 
The Leaves are fmall, fhort, and rounded, of a 
bluifh green Colour, and of the Breadth of a 
Shilling or lefs. The Flowers are inconfiderable, 
and the Seeds fmall, but they ftand in Clufters at 
the Tops of the Branches, and have a greenifh 
white Appearance. The whole Plant is covered 
with a Sort of moift Duftin large Particles, and 
has a moft unpleafant Smell. It is to be ufed 
frefh gathered, for it lofes its Virtue in drying. 
A Syrup may be made of a. Pint of its Juice 
and two Pounds of Sugar, and will keep 
Year. The Leaves alfo may be beat into 
- ferve, with three times their Weicht . Sugar 5 
in any of thefe Forms it is an reall Medi- 
__Gine in all hyfterick.Complaints. It cures Fits, 
_ and promotes the Menfes, and the neceflary Eya- 
uations after Delivery. | aig 
_ +. There is another kind of Artach alfo mentione 
= : _ by medical Writers, and called Garden Arrach ; 3 SS 
itis an Annual raifed from Seed, for the Ufe of __ 
