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“be tender, Convulfions; it is much better to give 
it in Tinéture, when no fuch Effects happen from 
it. °Tis of an excellent Effeé& againft nervous 
Complaints: It will cure the falling Sicknefs, 
given in proper Dofes, and continued for a long 
Time: The Tinéture is the beft for this Purpofe. 
Some have given the Powder in very {mall Quan- 
tities againft Worms, and that with Succefs; its 
extreme Bitter makes it very difagreeable, and 
the Tafte continues in the Throat a long Time, 
_ whence it occafions Vomiting. We neglect it very 
~ much at prefent, becaufe of its Roughnefs, but it 
’ would be better we found the Way of giving it 
with Safety. There are gentler Medicines, but 
_ none of them fo efficacious: It will do Service, 
_ in Cafes, that the common Methods do not 
The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Sr. Jeune WORT. 3 
= HYPERICUM. Cre 
A Robuft and pretty Plant, frequent in our 
** Paftures, and other dry Places. The Height 
is a Foot and a half. . The Stalk is round, thick, 
firm, and very upright, and divided towards the 
_ Top into feveral Branches. The Leaves are fhort 
and blunt at the Points: They are of a bright 
green Colour, and if held up againft the Light, 
they feem to be full of Pin-holes. The Flowers 
grow in Abundance on the Tops of the Branches: 
They are large, and of a bright and beautiful 
‘Yellow, full of yellow Threads, which if rubbed 
upon the Hand, ftain it red like Blood. The 
tuit is a dry Seed Veffel. et 
The Part ufed is the Flowery, Tops of the 
Plant juft -as they begin to ripen. A Decoction — 
Eseteeke works powerfully by Urine, and is ex- 
cellent againft the Gravel, and in Uleerati 
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