110) 6 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
and pointed at the ends, and feldom lie very even. 
The Flowers are a kind of brown or yellowith 
Heads, ftanding at the Tops and in the Diviftons 
of the Stalks; 
The herb bruifed and applied to a frefh Wound 
‘flops the bleeding ; it may be alfo dried and given 
in Decottion, in which Form, it is good againft 
the Whites, and will often ftop violent Purgings. 
CuMMIN. 
aoe SO MTN ON 
A Plant of the umbelliferous kind, cultivated 
in every Part of the Eaft for the Value of the 
Seed. It grows a Foot and a half high. The 
Stalk is round, ftriated, green, andhollow. The 
Leaves are large, and very finely divided in the 
manner of thofe of Fennel. The Flowers ftand 
in large Clufters at the Tops of the Branches, 
and they are {mall and white, with a Bluth of Red. 
The Seeds are long and ftraited. 
The Seeds are ufed. _Our Druggifts keep them. 
They are of a very difagreeable Flavour, but of 
excellent Virtues; they are good againft the Cho- 
lic and Wind in the Stomach, and applied out- 
wardly, they will often remove Pains in the Side. 
They muft be bruifed, and a large Quantity laid. 
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