308. The Useful Family Herbal. 
Infufion of the Leaves made into a Syrup is good 
againft Coughs, it caufes Expectoration, and 
eafes the Lungs. 
The Doc RosezE, on Witp ROSE. 
CYNOSBATUS, SIVE ROSA SYL- — 
VES DISS, : 
Common Bufh in our Hedges. The Stalks 
*~ or Stems are round, woody, and very prickly. 
“The Leaves are compofed each of feveral. fmaller; 
‘thefe ftand in Pairs on a Rib, with an odd one at 
the End; and they are fmall, oblong, of a bright 
gloffy green Colour, and regularly indented at the 
“Edges. The Flowers are fingle, large, and very 
beautiful: There is fomething fimple and elegant 
in their Afpeét that pleafes many, more than all the 
double Roles raifed by Culture. They are white, 
but with a Blufh of Red, and very beauti- 
ful. The Fruit that follows thefe, is the com- 
mon Hip, red, oblong, and containing a great 
_ Quantity of hairy Seeds. Sere <2 
~The Fruit is the only Part ufed, the Pulp is 
= feparated from the Skins and Seeds, and beat up 
into. a Conferve with Sugar; this is a pleafant 
Medicine, and is of fome Efficacy againft Coughs. 
_ Tho’ this is the only Part that is ufed, it is not 
the only that deferves to be. The Flowers, ga- 
thered in the Bud and dried, are an excellent 
Aftringent, made more. powerful than the red 
Rofes that are commonly dried for this Purpofe. — 
A Tea, made ftrong of thefe dried Buds, and 
fome of them given with it twice a Day in Pow- 
der, is an excellent Medicine for Overflowings of 
the Menfes, it feldom fails to effet a Cure. The 
Seeds feparated from the Fruit, dried and pow-. 
dered, work’ by Urine, and are good againit the 
_ Gravel, but they-do not work very powerfully- ~ 
— A Ait 3 - os es Upon 
