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tween that of Mint, gnd Penny-royal : And the 

 Tafte IS ftrong and acrid, but it is not to be cal- 

 led difagreeable. 



A diitilled Water of this Plant is excellent a- 

 gainft Cholics, Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, 

 ^nd it will bring down the Menfes. A fingle 

 Dofe of it often cures the Cholic. The Ufe of 

 Pepper-Mint has excluded this kind from thepre- 

 fcnt Practice, but all three ouo-ht to be ufed. Where 

 a fimpic Weaknefs of the Stomach is the Com- 

 plaint, the common Mint Ihould be ufed; when 

 cholicky Pains alone, the Pepper Mint ; and where 

 ,5uppref!ions of the Menfes, are in the Cafe, this 

 wild Water-Mint : They may all be given in the 

 Way of Tea, but a fimple Water diftilled from 

 * them, and made fufficiently ftrong, is by much 

 |:he moft efficacious. 



Fjepper Mint, 



MENTHA PIPERATA. 



Plant kept in our Gardens, but much more 

 refembling the wild Mint laft defcribed, than 

 the Spear Mint, both in Form and Qiialities. It 

 grows two Feet and a half high. The Stalk is 

 fquare and firm, upright, and of a pale Green ; 

 the Leaves ftand two at each Joint : They are 

 broad, not very long, of a dark Green, and fer- 

 rated deeply at the Edges. The Flowers ^ 

 in thick Spikes, but not very long ones, they 

 large, and of a pale Red. The whole Plant has 

 an agreeable quijck Smell, and a hot Tafte like 

 Pepper, but not difagreeable. 



The whole Plant is ufed frefh or dried, but 



is to give the diftilkd Water. It 

 often almoft inftantaneoufly, and 



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