The UJeful Family Herbal 



the Story that they ihrick 



they are pulled 



up 



and they ufe a Dog to draw them out of the 



Ground, becaufe it is fatal to any Perfon to do it, 

 and the like, are idle, falfe, and groundlefs ; cal- 

 culated only to furprife ignorant People, and get 



Money by the 



There is nothing fing 



the Root of the Mandrake ; and as to the Terms 



of Male and Female 



b 



diftinoruilhcd 



by 



broader leaved Mandrake 



the 



the 



wo Kinds would be 

 lling the one, the 

 th round Fruit, and 



'^ed Mandrake, with 



oval Fruit. There are Plants which are feparate- 

 . \^ Male and Female, as Hemp, Spinach, the 



^re is nothing of 



Date Tree 



d the 



this Diflinftion in the Mandrakes 



The frefli Root of Mandrake, is a violent Me 



die 



it operates both by Vomit and Stool 



d few Conftit 



are able 



The 



Bark of the Root dried works by Vomit alone, 

 but very roughly. The Fruit may be eaten, but 

 it has a fleepy Quality, though not ftrong. The 

 Leaves are ufed in Fomentations and Pultices, 



to 



rf^ 



A 



and they do very 



Moft of the idle Stories concerning the Man- 

 drake, have taken their Origin, from its being 

 named in Scripture. And from the Account there 

 given of it, fome have imagined, it would make 

 Women fruitful ; but this Plant does not feem to 

 be the Thing intended by the Word, nor has 



, fuch . _ _ ^ 



is named in the S 



drake, vre do not k 



What the Vegetable is, which 



pture, and 



Hated 



Sweet 



