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TIjc Ufeful Family Herbal, i 



ft be taken for a confidcrable Time ; for 



thefe Effedls cannot be produced at once. 

 . What is called Gum Guaiacum, is the Refin 

 poured from this Tree •, it is very acrid and pun- 

 gent, and in the Rheumatifm, and many other 

 Cafes is to be preferred to the Wood itfelf. 



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BUPLEURON LATIFOLIUM. 



Common wild Plant in fome Parts of Europe 



but kept here in Gardens. It is two Feet 



or more in Height. The Leaves are long and 

 broad, of a llifF Subflance, and fomewhat 

 hollowed, which gives them the Appearance 

 of a long and hollow Ear, from whence they are 

 named; they are of a whitifh green Colour, and 



the Ribs upon them are high. There 



with narrow Leaves, but the broad leaved kind is 



to be ufed in Medicine. The Stalks are round, 



upright, ftriated, and toward the Top branched. 



The Flowers are little and yellow, and they ftand 



at the Tops of the Branches in fmail Umbels. The 



Root is long and thick, and has many Fibres. 



The young Shoots of the Leaves which grow 



from the Root, are efteemed exceedingly in places 



where they are native, for the Cure of frefh 



Wounds. They cut two or three of thefe off 



clofe to the Ground, and without bruifmg them, 



firft clofmg the Lips of the Wound, they lay 



them on one over the other, making a kind of 



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