-^12 I'he Ufeful Family Herbal. 



bright, and otten purplifh, efpecially towards tKs 

 Bottom. The Fiowdrs are chaffy, and they grow 

 from the Top of the Stalk, with fevcral fmall 

 and fhort Leaves fet under them ; they are brown 

 and light. The Root is compofed of a great 

 ! Quantity of black Fibres, to which there grows 

 at certain Diflances roundilh Lumps. Thefe are 

 the only Parts ufed in Medicine. Our Druggifts 

 keep them. They are light, and of a pleafant 

 Smell, and warm fpicy Tafte, 



They are good in all neivous Diforders* They 

 arc belt taken in Irtfufion, but as the Virtues are 

 much the fame with the other, chut is bell, be- 

 caufe it may be had frefher. 



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The CypressTree. 



CUPRESSUS. « 



ee kept in our Gardens, an Evergreen, and 

 lingular in the Manner of its Growth. It 

 rifes to twenty or thirty Foot high, and is all the 

 wav thick befct with Branches. Thefe are laro-eft 



towards the Bottom, and fmaller all the way up; 

 fo that the Tree appears naturally of a conic Fi- 

 gure. The Bark is of a redilh Brown^ The 

 XicaVes are fmall and fhort> tliey cover all the 

 Twigs like Scales, and are of a beautiful deep 

 Green. The Flowers are fmall and inconfiderable. 

 The Fruit is a kind of Nut, of the Bignefs of a 

 fniall Walnut, and of a brown Colour and firm 

 Subftance. When ripe, it divides int6 feveral 

 Parts* and the Seeds fall out. 



The Fruit is the only Part ufed. It is to be 



gathered before it burfts, and carefully dried and 

 given in Powder 5 five and twenty Grains is the 

 Dofe. It is an excellent Balfamic and Styptic. 

 It ftops the Bleeding of the Nofe^ and is good 

 agninft Spitting of Blood, Bloody-Flux, and Over- 

 flowing 



