7^ UJeftd Family Herbal 1 8 3 



lour.' The Flowers are white and the Points of 



their Cups are prickly. , 



The bed Part of the Plant, for medicinal Ufe^ 

 is the Tops of the young Shoots, a Decodion of 

 thefe made very flrong, and boiled into a thin 

 Syrup with Honey, is excellent againft Coughs, 

 HoarfenefTes of long {landing, and all Diforders 

 of the Lungs. The fame DecOi5lion if taken in 

 large Dofes, and for a Continuance, promotes the 

 Moifes, and opens all Obftru<5tions. 





Blacic Horehound. 



BALLOTE. 



)mmon wild Plant, of a difagreeable Smell, 

 thence alfo called b^ fome ftinking Hore- 

 hound. The Stalks are fquare, the Leaves grow 

 two at ever)- Joint, and are broad, fhort, and of 

 a blackifh green Colour, but in Shape not unlike 

 thofe of the white kind. The Flowers Hand in 

 Cluftcrs round the Stalk at the Joints, as in the 

 other, but they are red. The whole Plant has a 

 difmal Afpe^l. The Root is fibrous. 



The Plant is to be ufed frefh and dried, 

 and it has more Virtue than mofl: imagine. It 

 is to be given in Form of Tea, it promotes the 



Menfes, and i^ fuperior to moft Things as a Re- 

 medy in hyfteric Cafes, Paintings, Convulfions, 

 and low Spiritednefs, and all the Tram of thofe 

 Diforders. 



Horsetail. 



Tb 



EQUISETUM SEGETALE. 



AComm.on and yet very fingular wild Plant, 

 -^ frequent in our Corn- Fields, and compofed 

 of Branches only, without Leaves, there are alio 

 many other kinds of Horfetail It is a Foot 



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