290 The U, eful Family Herbal. 
up a little when fown among them: It would be 
worth while to repeat the Experiment, for fome 
times it might fucceed. a 
We ufe a Gum or rather Gum Refin, for it is 
of a mixed Nature between both, which is procured 
from this Plant, but from what Part of it, or in 
what Manner we are not informed ; it is whitith, 
of an acrid Tafte, with fome Bitternefs, and is an 
excellent Medicine. It is fuperior to all other 
Drugs in an Afthma, and is good to promote the 
Menfes, and to open Obftructions of all Kinds. 
The beft Way-of giving it is diffolved in Hyflop 
Water. It makes a milky Solution. It is ufed 
_ externally alfo in Plaifters for hard Swellings, and 
Pains in the Joints. 
Broap Leavep PLanrTain. 
PLANTAGO MAJOR. 
A Common Plant by our Way-fides, with broad 
{. ‘fhort Leaves, and long flender Spikes of 
_ Brown Seeds. The Leaves rife all from the Root, 
se re are none upon the Stalk. They are of 
= the Edo oval Figure, and irregularly indented 
e > ; 
dges, fometimes fearce at all. They have 
feveral large Ribs, but thefe do not grow fide- 
Ways from the middle one, but all run length- 
ways, like that from the Bafe of the Leaf toward 
the Point. The Stalks grow a Foot high, their 
lower half is naked, and their upper Part thick fet, 
- firft with {mall and inconfiderable Flowers, of 2 
greenith white Colour, and afterwards with Seeds 
which are brown and {mal!. Pate 
_ Thisis one of thofe common Plants, which have 
fo much Virtue, that Nature feems to have made 
them common for univerfal Benefit. The whole 
Plant is to be ufed, and it is beft freth, A De- 
I : coction 
