, I o 6 The Ufeful Family Ho^buh 



This Is an excellent Diuretic, fafe and yet very 

 powerful. It is an Ingredient in Mrs. Stephens^ 

 Medicine, the Juice may be taken, and it is good 

 for the Jaundice, and againfl: all inward Obftruc- 

 tionsi and againll the Scurvy j ■ the Leaves may 

 alfo be eaten, as Sallet, or dried and given in De- 

 coftion. 



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• C R O S S-W O R T. 



CRUCIATA. 



A Very pretty wild Plant, but not very common : 

 ^^ It grows a Foot and an half high. The 

 Stalks are fquare, hairy, weak, and of a pale , 

 Green. The Leaves are broad and fhort, they 

 ftand four at every Joint Star-fafliioned upon the 

 Stalk. The Flowers are little and yellov/ ; theyftand 

 in Clufters round the Stalk at the Joints, rifm 

 from the Infertion of the Leaves. It is to be foun 

 in dry Places. 



The whole Plant is to be gathered when begin- 

 ning to flower and dried. A ftrong Deco<^ion of 

 it is a good Reftringent and Styptic; k Hops 

 Purgings, even when there are bloody Stools, and 



Overflowings of the Menfes. 



C R o W-F T. 



RANUCULUS. 



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Common wild Plant. There are feveral Sorts 

 of it, but the kind ufed in Medicine, is that 

 jnofl: common in Meadows, and called the com- 

 mon creeping Crow-foot. It grows a Foot or 

 anore high, the Stalks are firm, thick,' branched 

 and of a pale Green,, but they feldom ftand auit, 

 upright.- The Leavw" on them are few and di- 

 vided int<3 -narrow Segments ; the Flowers are yel- 

 lov/, of the Breadth of a Shilling, and of a fine 



fhining 



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