The Ujeful Family Herbal. 283 
» The Fruit is the Part ufed. Heidin the’ flout 
it cures the Tooth-ach, for its Heat and Acrimo 
: ny are greater than in Pellitory of Spain, and it 
fills the Mouth with Water. Applied externally, 
bruifed, and mixed with Honey and crumbled 
Bread, it is good for a Quinzy. 
PERIWINKLE. 
VINCA PERVINCA. 
Avery pretty creeping Plant, wild in fome 
Places, but kept in Gardens alfo. The 
Stalks are numerous, and a Foot or more in 
Length, but they do not ftand upright: They 
are round, green, and tough, and generally trail 
-. upon the Ground. The Leaves are oblong, 
broad, of a fhining green Colour, {mooth on the 
_ Surface, and pi: +i two at each Joint. The 
Flowers are large and blue: They are Bell-fa- 
_ fhioned, and ftand on long Foot Stalks: The 
Fruit fueceeding. .Each is compofed of two 
 Tongifh Pods; each containing feveral Seeds. 
The whole Plant is uféd frefh. It is to be 
boiled in Water, and the Decottion drank with 
a little red Wine in it. It ftops the Overflowing. 
of the Menfes, and the Bleeding of the Piles. 
Spent, on Sts PeTERS CORN. 
Sere 2 7 Bi 
_ _A Plant of the Corn Kind, refembling Barley, 
** ‘fown in fome Parts of Europe, but not much 
x green; the Leaves are grafly, bro: : 
the Tops of the Stalk ftands an Ear like that 
of Barley, but fmaller and thinner, though with : 2 = 
Jong Beards; the Grain is not unlike Barley in 
~ known in England. t grows a Foot and a half = 
high. The Stalk is round, hollow, jointed, and 
| but broad. At 
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