200 The Ufeful Family Herhal. 



pale Colour, very ^rm and ftrong, upright, and 

 divided into Branches. The Leaves are long, 

 and of the fame Breadth : Thofe which grow im- 

 mediately from the Root, are but little jagged or 

 cut at the Edges : Thole which ftand upon the 

 Stalk, are more fo. The Flowers are large j they 

 Hand in fcaly Heads, one of which is placed at 

 the Top of every Branch; and at aDiftance, they 

 have fomething of the Appearance of the Flowers 



of Thirties, but when examined nearer, they arc 

 more like thofe of the Blue Bottle. The Flowers 

 themfelves, are of a bright red and larp^e. 



rhe young Plant is ufed frefh : ADeco(5lion of 



IS good agamft the Bleeding of the Piles, agalnft 

 Loofeneffes with bloody Stools, and all other Bleed- 

 ings. A flight Infufion is recommended againfl fore 

 Throats, to be ufed by way of Gargle. There 

 are fo many of thefc gently allringent Plants, 

 common in our Fields, as Yarrow and the like, 

 that lefs Refpeft is to be paid to one of lefs 

 Power in the fame Way. Knapweed may be ve- 

 ry properly added to Decoctions of the others. 



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ould not be fo well to trufl to its Effe 



Kn o t-Gr ass. 

 POLYGONUM. 



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A Moft common wild Plant in our Fields, Pad 



ways, and Hedges : There are two or three 

 Kinds of it, but they pretty much refemble one 

 another in Form, and in Virtues : The largeft is 

 the beft. ^ The Stalks of this are ten Inches long, 

 round, jointed, and of a dufky Green. The 

 Leaves are of an oval Form, of a biuiili green 

 Colour, and not indented at the Edf^es. °The 

 Stalks lie upon the Ground, and one of thefe only 

 grows at each Joint. The Fipwers arc fmall and 



white. 





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