360 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
“Menfes, are good in the Jaundice, and is faid’a- 
gainft the Rickets. i. ye 
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“TANACETUM. 
A Common Plant in our Gardens. It is a Yard 
high: The Stalks are round, firm, upright, 
and of a pale Green; the Leaves are large, . ob- 
long, broad,.and very beautifully formed, they. 
are each compofed of feveral Pairs of fmaller, fet 
on each Side of acommon Rib, with an odd Leaf 
atthe End. Thefe are narrow, long, pointed, and 
ferrated at the Edges. The Flowers ftand in large 
_Clufters at the Tops of the Stalks, and they, are 
roundifh, yellow, and naked. ‘The Root.is a 
Clufter of large creeping Fibres. The whole Plant 
has a ftrong Smell. Be 
The Leaves are to be ufed frefh gathered, a 
{trong Infufion of them opens Obftrudtions, it 
works powerfully by Urine, and gently promotes 
the Menfes.' The Flowers dried, powdered, and 
mixed with Treacle, are a common Medicine for 
Worms, and they vifibly deftroy them. 
: Witt TANsY.: 
ARGENTINA, | 
A Common wild Plant about our. Way-fides, 
““ and a great Ornament ta them. It rifes to 
_ no Height. The Stalks creep upon the Ground, 
and take Root at the Joints, but it is eafily di- _ 
_ ftinguifhed by its filvery Leaves and yellow Flow- 
ers. The Stalks are round’ and. redifh. The — 
Leaves rife from thefe, they are very large, and’ - 
each compofed of a great many Pair of fmaller, — 
fet on both Sides of a common Rib, with an odd — 
@ne at the End, They are of the Shape, ae . 
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