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234 The Ufeful Family Herbal, 



long Foot Stalks. The Flowers grow on the 

 Tops of the Branches : There ftand on thefe 

 long fcaly Heads, of a beautiful Form, and purple 

 Colour ; and from different Parts of thofe, arife 

 tht Flowers, which are little, but of a beautiful 

 red Colour. The whole Plant has a fragrant Smell, 

 and an aromatic Tafte. 



The frefh Tops of the Herb are to be ufed. 

 They are bell taken in Infufion : They ftrengthen 

 the Stomach, and are good agalnft habitual Cho- 

 lics : They are alfo good in Head-achs, and in 

 all nervous Complaints ; and they open Obftruc- 

 tlons, and are good in the Jaundice, and to pro- 

 mote the Menfes. Chymifts fell what they call 

 Oil of Origanum, but its commonly an Oil made 

 from Garden Thyme, it is very acrid ; A Drop of 

 it put' upon Lint, and laid to an aching Tooth, 

 often gives Eafe. 



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- Cretic Marjoram. 

 ORIGANUM CRETICUM. 



Beautiful Plant, of the wild Marjoram Kind, 

 frequent wild in the Fall, and kept in 

 our Gardens. It grows a Foot high. The 

 Stalks are fquare, upright, and brown. The 

 Leaves are oblong and broad : They are of a 

 whitifh Colour, and ftand on long Foot Stalks : 

 There grow fcaly Heads at the^Tops of the 

 Branches, as in the other Kinds, and. from thefe 

 burft out the Flowers, which are little and white. 

 The Tops are the Part ufed : Our Druggifts 

 keep them dry; but they generally have loft' fo 

 much of their Virtue, that the frefti Tops of our 

 own wild Marjoram, or the dried ones of the laft 

 Seafon, are better. 



Mary 



