3i2 FAMILY HERBAL, 



uiation of the piles, the distilled oil is sometimes 

 dropped on cotton to cure the tooth-ach^ appl/ing 

 ii to the tooth ; the po^vde^ kills all kinds of vermin. 

 As to the custom of chewing and taking it as snuffy 

 little can be said for them, from practice, and no- 

 thing: from reason: nor much for smoking. If 



tak 



d tendency^ it would 



<Tl 



lereis a lesser, greener kind of tobacco^ called 

 English tobacco. It has the same virtues 'wiYh 

 the other^ but in a more remiss degree. The leayesj 

 »ie often sold for thase of the other. 



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ToRMENTiL. T' ^^jn€)itil!a. 



A VERY common wild plant, but very prett\v 

 and of great virtue. The stalks are eight inches 

 long, but they don't stand upright. They are very 

 slender, round, and of a brownish colour. The 



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g from 



04ie base ; they are narrow, loagisb, 

 pointed at the ends, and serrated at the edges, and 

 of a deep green. The flowers arc small, but of a 

 beautiful shining yellow ; they grow on slender 



fl 



f the shape and colour of 

 Iv more beautiful ; and m 



less. The roofs are Jarge, thick, and crooked, 

 brown on the outside, and reddish within, and of 

 an austere taste. 



The root is the part used, and it is best dried ; it 

 may be given in powder, or decoction. The pow- 

 der is excellent against the bleeding of the piles, 

 bloody stools, and the overilowino:s of the menses. 



Two ounces of the root added to a q 



prett\' 



and adds to its virtue ; the root is cordial as well as 

 aslringi..t, and operates a little bv sweat : this de- 



