The Useful Family Herbal. 
LEF€CGRICE — = 27S Se” 
GLPCTRRRIZ A. = | 
A Rough looking Plant, cultivated in many 
‘* Places forthe Sake of the Root. It is a 
- Yard high or more. The Stalk is round, ftria- 
ted and branched: The Leaves are long and 
large, each is compofed of a great many Pairs 
of fma¥er, ftanding on a middle Rib, with an odd 
one atthe End; thefe are of an oval Figure, of a 
_ dufky green Colour, and they are clammy to the 
Touch. The Flowers are very fmall and: blue, 
- they ftand in long Spikes, rifing from the Bofoms 
of the Leaves. The Seeds are contained in Pods. 
_ The Root is the Part ufed; and its Virtues are 
very great. It is beft frefhtaken out of theGround, 
_ the Sweetnefs of its Tafte renders it agreeable, and 
it is excellent againft Coughs, Hoarfeneffes, and 
Shortnefs of Breath. Italfo works gently by Urine, 
and is of Service in Ulcerations of the Kidneys, 
and urinary Paffages, acting there as in Lungs at 
Once, as a Detergent and Balfamic. 
The bef Way of taking it is by:fucking or 
_ chewing the frefh Root: But it may be taken in — 
Infufion, or in the Manner of Tea. The black. 
__ Subftance called Liquorice Juice,.and Spam/ » Li- 
_ Quorice, is made by evaporating a ftrong Decoc- — 
2 = of this Root. But the frefh Root ‘itfelf is 
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