78 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Flowers are fmall in Shape like a Pea Bloffom, 
but of a greenith-white Colour. . Fhe Pods are 
_long and flatted, of a brown Colour, of a _very 
fragrant Smell, and’ full of excéedingly fmail 
Seeds. © ar ons! | j 
This Pod is the Part ufeds:‘it is a-Cordial and 
Reftorative, it opens Obftrudtions, and promotes 
the Menfes; it operates by Urine,» and by Sweat, 
but it is not much ufed. Some ‘put them. into 
_ Chocolate, to give ita:Flavour; afad>to make it 
tmofe cordial and»reftorative, this is done in the 
gtinding up the Nuts to the Cake, and we buy 
it by the Name of Vanilla Chocolate, a 
ne “VER VAT Reo = = : » : 
ellisc 2 to gop papa peetytiae oth ait 
Sorte ee fetid eR ae § Siuyr east hr hey rs Pees ae 
A Common wild Plant, about our. Path-ways, 
= with flender Spikes, and a. few little Flowers, 
It is two Feet high, .the Stalks are. numerous | 
{quare, very ftrong, .a'little hairy, .and often pur- 
plith, The Leayes.grow two at each Joint, they 
are oblong, natrow, ,notched..at the Edges, of a 
uiky Green, and. of 2 wrinkled and rough Sur- 
‘face. ‘The Flowers. are.white,. with a Tinge of 
purplith : There is'a long Spike of their Buds and 
of the Remaining Cups, but only two or three 
Flowers are open ata Time. -- 
The freth gathered Tops are ufed; an Infufion 
of them is good againft Obftraations of the Liver _ 
and Spleen: It.is warm upon: the Stomach, and’a 
‘continued Ufe of it will remove nervous Com: 
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