FAMILY HERBAL. ^01 



out of the ground, the sweetness of its taste renders - 

 it agreeable^ and it is excellent ag-afnst coughs, 

 hoarsenesses, and shortness of breath. It also 

 works gently by urine, and is of aervice in ulcerzu 

 tions of tfje kidnejs and urinary passag'es, acting 

 there as in lungs at once, ai a detergent and bal.$a^ 

 fnic. 



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The best way of taking it is by sucking or che\ 

 log the fresh root: but it may be taken in infusion, 

 or in the manner of (ea. The black substance cal- 

 led liquorice juice, and Spanish liquorice, is made 

 by evaporating a strong decbctipn of this root. But 

 tne fresh root itself is better. 



Noble Liverwort, or HepaticI. Hepaiica^ 



nobUis. 



A COMMON garden flower, which makes a 

 Tery pretty figure in spring, and is little regarded, 

 except as an oraament in our borders ; though it is 

 not without considerable virtues. The leaves are 

 sup|)orted each on a single foot-stalk, white; slender, 

 and reddish, they are near an inch broad, and of 

 the same length, and divided each into three parts. 

 The flowers rise early in the spring, before these 

 appear; they also stand singly on long foot-stalks, 

 and are moderately large and bluci witli a greenish 

 head in the middle^ the root is fibrous. 



An infusion of the leaves of this plant is good 

 against obstructions of the liver and spleen ; it works 

 gently by urine, and is a good medicine in the jaun- 

 dice, taking it in time. 



Green Liverwort. Lichen vulgaris 



A COMMON lov/ plant, composed wholly of 

 leaves, which spread themselres on the ground, and 



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