394. The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
-€ ed of Fibres. The whole Plant has a bit- 
ter T'afte, but not at all like that of Wormwood, 
extremely aromatic and pleafing. The Flowers 
are.very bitter, and have little of this aromatic 
Flavour. Be 
_. ‘The frefh Tops are ufed, and the whole Plant 
dried. It is excellent to ftrengthen the Stomach; 
but that is not all its Virtue, the Juice of the 
frefh Tops is good againft Obftructions of the 
Liver and Spleen, and has been known fingly toe 
eure the Jaundice, — 
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YARROW. 
MILLEFOLIUM. 
A Common Plant in our Paftures, and by Way- 
' =~ fides. It is two or three Feet high; the 
Stalk is round, upright, firm, and ftriated: The 
Leaves are long, and not very broad, and they 
are the moft beautifully divided of thofe of any 
_ known Plant. 
_ Their Colour is a deep Green, and the Parts: 
into which they are divided, are exceedingly fine, 
flender, and ‘regularly arranged: The Flowers 
fland at the Tops of the Branches, in the Manner 
of Umbels, in round and large Tufts; they are 
white, but they often have a Bluth of Red. The 
Root is white and creeping, and the Seeds are 
a por and flar, == = aa 
_. The whole Plant is ufed frefh gathered, but 
the beft Part is the Tops of the Saors thele . 
. are to be boiled in Water, and the Decoétion 
