340 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
they alfo fay it is a Remedy againft the Bites of 
Serpents, and hence comes its Name. We have 
been tempted to give it in fome Cafes, but it 
feems better fuited to the Conftitutions of the Peo- 
ple among whom it grows, than to ours : It brings 
on Convulfions, if given in too large a Dofe, or 
if too frefh. It loofes its Strength by Degrees 
in keeping ; but I don’t know how it can be pof- 
fible to determine what Dofe to give of fucha 
Medicine. 
<< SNEEZE-WORT. 
= oPTARMICA. | 
A V«ry pretty wild Plant, with daify-like Flow- 
ers, and narrow dentated Leaves. It grows — 
two Feet high. The Stalk is round, firm, up- 
right, and but little branched. The Leaves are 
very numerous, and they ftand irregularly, they 
are an Inch or more in Length, and very narrow, 
rough to the Touch, and of a bright Green. The 
Flowers ftand at the Tops of the Stalks, fo that 
_ they form a Kind of round Head, they are lefs 
than Dafies, and their Leaves broader. a 
_ The Leaves of Sneezewort dried and powdered, 
taken by Way of Snuff, are excellent againft the 
Head-ach. The Roots dried are almoft as fiery 
as Pellitory of Spain, and they cure the Tooth- 
ach inthe fame Manner. A Piece held in the 
Mouth, fills it with Rheum in a Minute. 
SoLoMon’s SEAL. 
- POLYGONATUM. = 
A Pretty Plant wild in fome Places, and frequent 
in Gardens. It grows a Foot and half high. 
The Stalk is round, ftriated, and of apale Green, 
naked half Way up, and from thence tothe Top 
