JOS FAMILY HERBAL. 



gathered before it bursts, and carefally dried and 



given in powder ; five and twenty grains is the 

 dose. It is an excellent balsamic and styptic. 

 It stops the hhv.dii)g of the nose, and is godd 

 against spitting of blood, bloody-flux, and over- 

 flowing of the luenses. We are not aware how 

 powerful a remedy it is ; few things are equa^ 

 to it. 



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Common DAFFODiLL. J\arcissus. 



A WILD English plant, with narrow leaves and 

 great yellow flowers, common in our gardens 

 in its own form, and in a great variety of shapes 

 that culture has given it. In its wild state, it is 

 about a foot high. The leaves are long, narrow, 

 gras«jy, and of a deep green, and they are nearly 

 as tall as the stalk. The stalk is roundish, but 

 somewhat flatted and edged. The flower is large 

 and single; it stands at the top of the stalk, and by 

 its weight presses it down a little. The root is round 

 and white. 



The fresh root is to be used, and 'tis very easy 

 to have it always in readiness in a garden ; and 

 very useful, for it has great virtues. Given in- 

 ternally, in a small quantity, it acts as a vomit, 

 and afterwards purges a little; and it is excellent 

 agamst all obstructions. The best way of giving 

 it is in form of the juice pressed out with some 

 white wine, but its principal uses are externally. 

 The eastern nations have a peculiar way of dry- 

 ing the thick roots of plants, especially if they 

 are full of a slimy juice as|this is : They put 

 them to soak in water, and then hang them over 

 the steam of a pot in which rice is boiling ; after 



this they string thcni up, and they become insoDM 



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