326 The Useful Family Herbal. 
the Fruit is a fmall Berry, of a black Colour 
‘when ripe, and covered with a bluifh Duft like 
the Bloom of a Plum, 
_ The Tops of the young Branches are ufed: — 
They are beft frefh, and given in the Manner of 
Tea. They very powerfully promote the Menfes ; 
and if given to Women with Child, will frequent- 
ly caufe a Mifcarriage. The Country People 
ive the Juice mixed with Milk to Children, as a 
Remedy againft Worms: It generally works by 
Stool, and brings Worms away with it. 
SUMMER SAvoRY. 
SATUREIA HORTENSIS. 
A Common little Plant in our Kitchen Gardens, 
It is ten Inches or a Foot high. The Stalks 
are numerous, and very hard, and woody toward 
the Bottom. The Leaves are oblong and narrow: 
They ftand two at each Joint, with a Quantity of 
_ young ones in their Bofoms. The Flowers 
6n the upper Parts of the Stalks among the Leaves: 
They aré white, with a little Tinge of bluith or 
redifh. The whole Plant has a pleafant Smell, 
and an agreeable Tafte. 
The whole Plant is ufed. An Infufion of it, 
drank in the Manner of Tea, is good againft 
cholicky Pains, and it opens Obftruétions, and 
‘promotes the Menfes. _~ ae 
There is another Kind of Savory, with more 
woody Stalks, called Winter Savory; This has 
much the fame Virtues. — = 
