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be tender, Convulfions ; it is much better to give 

 it in Tindlure, when no fuch EfTedls happen from 

 it, 'Tis of an excellent Effccft againfl nervous 

 Complaints : It will cure the falling Sicknefs, 

 given in proper Dofes, and continued for a long 

 Time : The Tindbure is the beft for this Purpofe. 

 Some have given the Powder in very fmall Q^i en- 

 tities againft Worms, and that with Succefs ^ its 

 extreme Bitter makes it very difagreeable, and 

 the Tafte continues in the Throat a long Time, 

 whence it occafions Vomiting. We ncgleft it very 

 much atprefent, becaufe of its Roughnefs, but it 

 would be better we found the Way of giving it 

 with Safety. There are gentler Medicines, but 

 none of them fo efficacious : It will do Service, 

 in Cafes, that the common Methods do not 

 reach. 



St. John*s Wort. 

 HYPERICUM. 



\ Robuft and pretty Plant, frequent in our 

 -'^ . Paftures, and other dry Places. The Height 

 is a Foot and a half. The Stalk is round, thick,> 

 firm, and very upright, and divided towards the 

 Top into feveral Branches. The Leaves are Ihort 

 and blunt at the Points : They are of a bright 

 green Colour,- and if held up againft the Light, 

 th^y feem to be full of Pin-holes. The Flovvcrs 

 grow in Abundance on the Tops of the Branches: 

 They are large, and of a bright and beautiful 

 Yellow, full of yellow Threads, which if rubbed 

 upon the Hand, ftain it red like Blood. The 

 Fruit is a dry Seed VefleL 



The Part ufed is the Flov/ery, Tops of the 

 Plant jufl as they begin to ripen. A Deco<ftion 

 of thefe works powerfully by Urine, and is ex- 

 cellent againft the Gravel, and in Ulcerations of 



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