ioo 'Tfje Ufeful Family Herbal. 



and is a robuft kind of Grafs, the Stalk is round 

 and pointed ; the Leaves are graffy, but broad, 

 and of a frefh green Colour ; the Spike at the Top 

 is hke an Ear of Wheat, only thin .and flat. It 

 ■ tonfifb of ten Rows of Grains, The Root is 

 white, flender, very long and jointed, and it takes 

 frefli hold at every Joint ; £o that if but a piece 



is left in pulling it up, it grows and increafes very 

 ■<|uicklyi 



The Roots are ufed, and they are to be frelh 

 taken up and boiled. The Decoction is excellent 

 in the Gravel and Stone, it promotes Urine ftrong- 

 Jy, yet not forcibly or roughly. Taken for a 

 Continuance, the fame DecoSion is good againfl 

 ■Obftrudions of the Liver, and v.nl] cure the 

 Jaundice. . 



Cowslip. 



PARALYSIS. 



.A Pretty wild Plant In our Meado-^vs. The 



Leaves are broad, oblong, indented, rough, 

 ?ind of a whitifh green Colour ; the Stalks are 

 round, upright, f.rm, thick, and downy ; tliey are 

 fix or eight Indies high, and are naked of Leaves. 

 At the Top of each ftand a Number of pretty 



yellow Flovrers, each upon a fep 

 •and ill its own feparate Cup. 



The Flowers are the Part uied. They have been 

 celebrated very much againft Apoplexies, Palfies, 

 .and other terrible Difcafess but at piefcnt in fuch 

 Cafes we do not trufl: fuch Remedies. They have 

 a Tendency to procure iteep, "and. may be given in 

 Tea or preserved in Form of a Confcrve. 



Cow 



