344 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
yellowith, they grow in great Numbers on the 
Top of the Stalk, and are naked, and of a rough 
Appearance. The Seeds are longifh, and of a pale 
Brown, : | 2% 
The Tops of the young Branches are ufed: | 
A Decottion of them is good againft Worms, 
but it is a very difagreeable Medicine. Beaten 
into a Conferve with three Times their Weight of 
Sugar, they are not very unpleafant, and they 
are in this Form gocd ‘agajnft nervous Diforders, 
and in all hyfteric Complaints, 
- SowTuisT tue. 
SONCHUS ASPER, 
A Common Weed in our Gardens, and about 
our Houfes, It is three Feet high, the Stalk 
is round, thick, green, and upright. The Leaves 
are long, and not very bite. Sey are indented 
at the Edges, and prickly between the Indentings. 
When any Part of the Plant is broken, there runs 
outa milky Juice. The Flowers are large, and 
_ yellow: They are fomewhat like thofe of Dande- 
hon, and ftand jn a Kind of fcaly Cup. The 
Seeds have Down affixed to them. The Root 
islong and whit. = | 
The Leaves are to be ufed frefh gathered, 2 
ftrong Infufion of them works by Urine, and opens 
Obftructions. Some eat them in.Sallets, but the 
Infufion has ‘more Power. There are three or 
four other Kinds of Sowthiftle, common in fome 
Places with this, and they have all the fame Yir- 
fues, but this has them moft in Perfection, 
