£00 FAMILY HERBAt, 



The Liquid Storax Tree. StJjrax liquida arhofi 



A Lx\RGE tree, so much we hear of it, is native 

 f the East Indies, but verv ill described to us. We 



told 



and the flowers fra 



grants but of what form they are no body has told 

 tis, or what is the fruit* All that we use is a liquid 

 resin of a very peculiar kind^ which we are t(^ld is 

 obtamed by boiling the bark, and the shoots of this 

 tree in water ; the resin swims at the top, and they 

 scum it oiF and strain it, but it will not ail pass 

 through. It IS from hence that we &ee two kinds ; 

 thes one finer, thinner, and purer, the other thicker 

 and coarser : this last kind is more common than 

 the better sort, and, it is generally used. 



It is a balsam of the nature of the turpentines ; 

 and is good against tlje whites, and the weaknesses 

 that follow venereal disorders. Some have used it 

 also in diseases of the lungs, but it has never been 

 in gro;at repute on tbose occasions. It is sometimes 

 put into ointments intended for old ulcers ; and it is 



said to l)e Used this w ay with great success. 



Liquorice. Glj/cijrrhiza. 



A ROUGH looking plant, cultivated in many 

 places for the sake of the root. It is a yard high 



©r more. The stalk is round, striated and brajieh- 

 ed : the leaves are long and large, each is com- 

 posed of a great many pairs of smaller, standing on 

 a middle rib, with an odd one at the end ; these are 

 of an oval figure, of a dusky green colour, and 

 they are clammy to the touch. The flowors are 

 Very small arid blue, they stand in long spikes, 

 risinc from the bosoms of the leaves. The seeds 



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are contained in pod?;, Thd root is the part used ; 



tnd its virtues are vcrv i^reat. It is best fresh t'\ken 



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