___ darge, and of a pale Red. The whole Plant 
i - 
Clete, Maley, nt 
veaetngee Bie r 
246 The Ueful Family Herbal, 
tween that of Mint, and Penny-royal: And the 
Tafte is ftrong and acrid, but it is ‘not to be cal- 
led difagreeable. 
_ Adiftilled Water of this Plant is excellent a- 
gainft Cholics, Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, 
and it will bring down the Menfes. A fingle | 
Dofe of it often cures the Cholic. The Ufe of — 
Pepper-Mint has excluded this kind from the pre- 
fent Practice, but all threeought to be ufed. Where 
a fimple Weaknefs of the Stomach is the Com- — 
plaint, the common Mint fhould be ufed; when — 
cholicky Pains alone, the Pepper Mint; and where 
Suppreffions of the Menfes, are in the Cafe, this 
wild Water-Mint: They may all be given in the 
‘Way of Tea, but a fimple Water diftilled from 
them, and made fufficiently ftrong, is by much 
the moft efficacious. . a 
Peprer Min. 
MENTHA PIPERATA, 
Plant kept in our Gardens, but much more 
__** refembling the wild Mint laft defcribed, than 
the Spear Mint, both in Form and Qualities. It 
— two Feet and ahalf high. The Stalk 
quare and firm, upright, and of a pale Green; 
the Leaves ftand two at each Joint: They are 
broad, not very long, of a dark Green, and fer- : 
rated deeply at the Edges. The Flowers grow 
in thick Spikes, but not very longones, they af 
agreeable quick Smell, and a hot Tafte | 
; Cc. 
a 
fhe whole Plant is ufed frefh or dried, but 
the beft Way is to give the diftilled Water. Jt 
cures the Cholic often almoft inftantaneoufly, and 
Ht 1s good againft the Gravel, = 
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