The Ufeful Family Herbal. 333 
SELF-HEAL. — pero | 
PRUNELLA. er 
A Little wild Plant-common about Way-Sides, 
with dark green Leaves, and fhort Tufts of - 
blue Flowers. It grows fix Inches high; the 
Stalk is fquare, and a little hairy, the Leaves 
ftand in Pairs upon it, but there are feldom more 
than two or three Pair, the great Cy of them 
rife immediately from the Root, they are oblong, 
broad, blunt at the Point, and not at all indented 
at the Edges. The Flowers are fimall, they ftand - 
in a Kindof fhort Spikes or Heads: The Cups of 
ther are often purplifh. The Root is fmall and 
creeping, and full of Fibres. The Juice of Self- 
heal is aftringent, it is good againft Purgings, 
with very fharp or bloody Stools, and againf 
Overflowings of the Menfes. The dried Herb ~ 
made into an Infufion, and fweetened with Honey, 
ig good againft a fore Throat, and Ulcers of the 
Mouth. 
The SENA SHRUB. 
Ss SEN A. oe 
_A Little Shrub, three or four Feet high, Na- . 
tive of the Eaft. The Trunk is covered with a. 
whitifh and rough Bark, the Leaves are compofed 
each of three Pair of fmaller, difpofed on a com- 
~ mon Rib, with an odd one at the End: They 
are oblong narrow and fharp pointed, of a fmooth 
Surface, a thick Subftance, of a pale Green Colour, _ 
and not indented at the Edges. The Flowers 
are like a Pea Bloffom in Shape, but they are. 
yellow, marked with purple Veins. The Pods 
are fhort and flat, and the Seeds are fmall and _ 
