34 The UJef III Family HerBaL 



Beet. 



BETA ALBA. 



^ Commoh Garden Plant- eaten at our Tables,' 

 ■ but thefe often afford Medicines as well as 

 Food. The white Beet, which is the medicinal 

 kind, grows three or four Feet high. The Stalk 

 is robuft and flrong, the Leaves are broad and 

 undulated, the Flowers are inconfiderable, they 

 are of a greenifli white Colour; the Root is large 

 and long. , ' 



The Juice of frefii Beet-Root is an excellent 

 Remedy for the Head-ach and Tooth -ach, when 

 the whole Jaw is affefbed ; it is to be fnufFed up 

 the Nofe to promote Sneezing. 



The red Beet-Root is good for the fame Pur- 

 pofe, but it is not fo ftrong as the white. 



White Beh en. 

 » BEHEN ALBUM 



P^ Common wild Plant in our Com Fields. It is 



two Feet high ; the Stalks are weak and often 

 crooked ; but they are thick enough, round, and 

 of a whitifh green Colour. The Leaves are oblong, 

 broad, and of a fine blue green Colour, not dent- 

 ed at all at the Edges, and they grow two at 

 every Joint -, the Joints of the Stalk where they 

 grow are fwelled and large, and the Leaves have 

 no Stalks. The Flowers are white, moderately 

 large, and prickly. They ftand upon a Hufk 

 which feems blown up with Wind. 



This is one of thofe Plants of our own Growth, 

 that have more Virtue than People imagine. The 

 Root, which is long, white and woody, is to be 

 gathered before the Stalks rife, and dried. An 



Infufion is one of the beft Remedies known for 



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