Lhe Ufeful Family Herbal. 39% 
fweetened with fine Sugar; it is excellent againft 
‘the Bleedings of the Piles, and bloody Fluxes, 
and the Overflowings of the Menfes. It is alfo 
healing and good in Ulcerations of the Ureters : 
And it operates gently by Urine. ~ : 
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The ZEDOARY PLANT. 
ZEDOARIA., 
AN Eajtern Plant, very fingular, and very beau 
tiful. The Root creeps under the Surface, 
_ and has'many tuberous Lumps, fome long, and 
— fome round, but the long are preferred ; the round, 
‘have by many been called Zerumbeth; though — 
the Zerumbeth is properly another Root to be 
defcribed in its Place. The Leaves of the Zedoary 
Plant are large, very broad, and not vaftly long; 
they ftand in Clufters, incircling one another at 
the Bafes: The Flowers ftand on feparate Stalks, 
thefe are only eight or ten Inches high. ‘They. 
are fmall, of an irregular Shape, and purplifh. 
‘The Root is the only Part ufed; our Druggifts 
keep it dry; it is a warm Cordial, and ftoma- 
chic Medicine; it ftrengthens the Stomach, af- 
fifts Digeftion, and expels Wind. It is good alfo 
in all nervous Complaints, fuch as Lownefs of 
Spirits, Faintings, Tremblings of the Limbs, 
and Reftlefsnefs.. An Ounce of Zedoary fliced 
thin, and into a Quart of Wine, makes an_ 
excellent Tinéture for thefe Purpofes, andis very 
srood taken in the Quantity of a fmall Glafs, on 
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