~ g20 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
a great deal above the reft of the Surface of the 
Plant, they are large and blue, and are of the 
Figure of the dead Nettle Flowers, only they 
gape vaftly more. The whole Plant has a plea- 
fant Smell. The Leaves and Tops are ufed, and 
they are beft frefh, the common Way of taking 
_ them, in Infufion, or-in Form of what is called 
Sage-Tea, is better than any other: They are 
cordial, and good againtft all Difeafes of the Nerves, 
they promote Perfpiration, and throw any Thing 
out which ought to appear upon the Skin. 
The Juice of Sage works by Urine, and promotes 
the Menfes. | 7 
| SAGE OF VIRTUE. | 
eee EA MINOR. 
Nother fhrubby Plant, very like the former in 
its Manner of Growth, but wanting its red 
Colour. It is a Foot or two in Height, and very 
bufhy. The Stem is woody. The Branches are: 
numerous. The Leaves are oblong, narrower 
than incommon Sage, and of a whitifh green Co- 
Jour: There is often a Pair of {mall Leaves at 
the Bafe of each larger. The Flowers grow in 
the fame Manner as in the red Sage, but they are » 
fmaller. The whole Plant has a pleafant Smell. 
The green Tops are ufed; and their Virtues 
are much the fame with thofe of the former, but, 
they are lefs. It got into Ufe, from an Opinion 
that the other was too hot, but this was idle. 
