392 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
whitifh Green, and ftand irregularly on the Stalks; 
many larger, but of the fame Kind, rife from the 
Root. The Flowers ftand in a Kind of loofeSpikes, 
_at the Tops of the Stalks; they are fmall and brown. 
The whole Plant is of a very bitter Tafte.. 
. The Tops of the Plant are to be ufed freth 
gathered, a very flight Infufion of them is excel- 
Jent for all Diforders of the Stomach, and will pre- 
vent Sicknefs after Meals, and create an Appe- 
tite; but ifit be made ftrong, it will not only be 
difagreeable to the Tafte, = will difguft. the 
Stomach, 
The Tops with the Flowers on them dried and 
powdered, are good againft Agues, andhaye the 
fame Virtue with Wormfeed in killing Worms, 
indeed they are much better than the Wormfeed 
that is commonly to be met with, which is gene- 
rally too much decayed. The Juice of the large 
Leaves of Wormwood, which grow from the 
Root, before the Stalk appears, is good againft the 
_Dropfy and Jaundice, tor it opens Obftructions, 
