376 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
‘the Piles, and the Juice is recommended to be 
applied to them externally. 
Vv. 
GARDEN VALERIAN. 
VALERIANA HORTENSIS. 
A Tall and beautiful Plant, Native of the moun- — 
 tainous Parts of Italy, and common in our 
Gardens. It is three Feet high. The Stalk is 
upright, round, ftriated, and hollow. The Leaves 
which grow from the Root, are long and fome- 
‘what broad; fome of thefe are divided deeply on 
each Side, others are intire, all have a broad and 
round End. Thofe on the Stalks are fmaller, and 
they are all deeply divided. The Flowers ftand 
in large Tufts, "in the Form of Umbels; at the 
Tops of the Stalks and Branches, they are fmall 
and white. The Root is long, irregular, and mo- 
derately thick ; it creeps under upon the Surface 
of the Ground, and has-a ftrong Smell; its Co- 
four is brown, and it is full of Fibres, 
This Root is ufed dry, the Druggifts call it 
Phu, it is good in Fevers, and in Suppreffions of 
the Menfes, for it is diaporetic, and good a- 
gainft all Obftructions. It works alfo by Urine, 
(and it is warm upon the Stomach, and good a: 
gainft Diforders of the Nerves, 
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