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T^e Ufeful Family Herbal, 



The Root IS the only Part ufed in Medicine, 

 and that we have from Countries where the Plant 

 is native ; it is a rough and difagreeable Medicine ; 

 it often offends the Stomach, but it is an excel- 

 lent Drug for promoting the neceffary Eva- 

 cuations after Dehvery. ' 



There are two other kinds of Birthwort, the 

 lloot of which are alfo kept in the Shops •, the 

 one called the long Birthwort; the other the 

 climbing Birthwort. They polTefs the fame Vir- 

 tues with the round, but in a lefs Degree, and 

 are therefore lefs rc2;arded. 



Bishops WOOD. 



AMMI, 



\ WilcTPlant in France and Italy ^ but kept only 

 '^^ in our Gardens, in it? external Figure, fome- 

 what refembling Parfly when in Flower. The 

 Stalk is round, firm, and ftriated ; it grows two 

 Feet high. The Leaves are of the compound 

 kind, and formed of many fmaller, which are 

 broad, fhort, and indented ' at the Edges. The 



Flowers are fmall and white, but they ftand in 

 fuch large Tufts at the Tops of the Stalks that 

 they make a confiderabje Appearance. - Each 

 Flower is fucceeded by two Seeds •, thefe are fmall 

 and ftriated, of a warm aromatick Tafte, and not 



difagreeable. 



The Seeds are the only Part of the Plant ufed 

 in Medicine % they are good againft the Cholick, 

 as all the other carminative Seeds are ; but they 

 are alfo diuretick, fo that they are particularly 

 proper in thofe Cholicks which arife from the Stone: 

 in the Kidneys and Ureters j they alfo promote 

 the Menfes. 



There is another Sort of Bilhops-weed called 

 Qreilck Animi, the Seeds of v/l^ich are ufed in 



Medicine \ 



