234 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
long Foot Stalks. The Flowers grow on the 
_ Tops of the Branches: There ftand on thefe 
Jong fcaly Heads, of a beautiful Form, and purple _ 
Colour; and from different Parts of thofe, arife 
the Flowers, which are little, but of a beautiful 
_ red Colour. The whole Plant has a fragrant Smell, 
and an aromatic Tafte. : 
The frefh Tops of the Herb are to be ufed. — 
They are beft taken in Infufion: They ftrengthen 
the Stomach, and are good againft habitual Cho: ’ 
lics: They are alfo good in Head-achs, and in 
all nervous Complaints ; and they open Obftruc- 
tions, and are good in the Jaundice, and to pro- 
mote the Menfes. Chymifts fell what they call 
Oil of Origanum, but its commonly an Oil made 
from Garden Thyme, it is very acrid: A Drop of 
it put upon Lint, and laid to an aching Tooth, 
_ often gives Eafe, a 
Cretic Marjoram. 
ORIGANUM CRETICUM. ~ | 
A Beautiful Plant, of the wild Marjoram Kind, 
";  ‘drequent. wild in the Eaft, and kept in 
our Gardens. It grows a Foot high. The — 
Stalks are fquare, upright, and brown. The — 
Leaves are oblong and broad: They are of @ 
whitifh Colour, and ftand on long Foot Stalks: — 
There grow fcaly Heads at the Tops of the 
Branches, as in the other Kinds, and from thefe _ 
burft out the Flowers, which are little and white. 
- The Tops are the Part ufed: Our Druggifts 
keep them dry; but they generally have loft f 
much gf their Virtue, that the frefh Tops of our 
_ own wild Marjoram, or the dried ones of the lat 
Seafon, are better. | : 
 Manye 
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