The Ufifiil Family HerhaL \% 



Blood Red-, fometimes the Ribs only are red, fome- 

 times there are long Veins of Red irregularly 

 rpread over the whole Leaf \ fometimes there arc 

 very broad; and in feme Plants the whole Leaves 

 and the Stalks alfo are of a Blood Colour •, the 

 Flowers are very nvimerous and little. They in 

 all Refpe<fts refemble thofe ol the common wild 

 Docks, The Root is long and thick, and of a 

 jleep Blood red Colour. 



The Roots are ufed: They are be ft dry, and 

 they may be given in Decoftion, or in Powder : 

 They are powerfully aftringent •, they flop bloody 

 Fluxes, Spitting of Blood, and the Overflowings of 

 the Menfes. It is alfo good againft violent Purg- 



^nd againfl the Whites 



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Bramble, 



RUBUS VULGARIS. 



HE moft common Bufh in our Hedges. The 

 Stalks are woody, angulated, and of a pur- 



lilh Colour ; and they are armed with crooked 

 pines; the Leaves are rough, indented, and Hand 

 either five or three on a Stalk. The Flowers are 

 white, with a very faint Tinge of purplifh, and 

 the Fruit is compofed of a Number of fmall 

 Grains. 



The moft negleded Things have their Ufe. 

 The Buds of the Br amble -Leaves boiled in Spring 

 Water, and the Deco6tion fweetened with Honey, 

 are excellent for a fore Throat. A Syrup made 

 pf the Juice of the unripe Fruit, with very fine 

 Sugar, is cooling and aftringent. It is good in 

 immoderate Fluxes of the Menfes, and even in 

 Purgings. The Berries are to be gathered for 



thi? Purpofe, when they are red. 



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