1 2 The Ufeful Family Herbal 



and in Difeafes of 

 mour is troubleibn 



lliarpH 



Archangel. " 

 LAMIUM ALBUM. 



Common wild Plant, more vulgarly calle4 

 ^ the Dead-Nettle. It grows about our Hedges, 

 It IS a Foot high, and has Leaves Ihaped like 

 thofe of. the Nettle, but they do not fling. The 

 Stalk is fquare and the Leaves are hairy *, the 

 Flowers are large and white, they ftand at the 

 Joints where the Leaves are fet on, and are very 

 pretty. The Leaves ftand in Pairs, and the Root 

 ci-eeps under the Surface. 



The Flowers are the only Part ufed, they are 

 to be gathered m May ; and made into Conferve. 

 A Pound of them is to be beat up with two Pounds 

 and a half of Sugar. They may alfo be dried. 

 Ihty are excellent in the Whites, and all other 

 WeaknelTes, 



There is a little Plant with red Flowers called 



alio the red Archangel, or red Dead-Nettie It 

 IS common under the Hedges, and in Gardens - 

 the Stalks are fquare and weak, the Leaves are 

 fhort and notched at the Edges, and the Flowers 

 linall and red; the Plant is not above four or 

 five Inches high, and thefe Flowers o-row near 

 the Tops among the Leaves. They are in Shape 

 like thofe of the white Archangel but fmall 

 The Herb is ufed/refh or dried, and the Flow- 

 1 he Decodion is good for Floodings, Bleed- 



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 applied outwardly. 



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