ther Herbs, for whatever ufe, may 
124 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Heads, and are fmall and redifh, four little Seéds 
fucceed to each of them. | 
- Dodder is beft frefh gathered ; it is to bé boiled 
in Water with a little Ginger and Allfpice, and 
the Decoction works by Stool brifkly; it alfo 
opens Obftructions of the Liver, and is good in 
the Jaundice and many other Diforders arifing from 
the like Caufe. Ae 
The Dodder which grows upon the Garden 
Thyme, has been ufed to be preferred to the others » 
and has been fuppofed to poffefs peculiar Virtues | 
from the Plant on which. it grows; but this is” 
imaginary: Experience fhews tt to be only a Purge - 
-as the other, and weaker. The common Dodder — 
is preferable to it with us, becaufe we can gather it — 
frefh, the other is imported, and we only have it 
dry ; and it often loofes a great deal of its Virtue 
in the Hands of the Druggitt. S: eae 
oD 
Doc MeRcurRyY. 
we CY NOCRAMBE. 
A\ Common and poifonous Plant named here” 
it. It is common under Hedges; and in the ear- 
yearance. 
to eat of 
Spring Herbs, for there is notht 
. 
inted, 
- 
‘ick, wh 
nd principally 
