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flat : It is compofed of feveral fmaller Ears, ar- 

 ranged on the two Sides of the Stalk j thele 

 Spikes are hairy. The Seed is round, and is 

 much like Millet, only fmaller. 



The Seed' is the only Part ufed. ;.It is good 

 againftiharpPurgings, bloody Fluxes, and Spitting 



of Blood. 



The Pariera Brava. 



PAREIRA BRAVA. 



Climbing Shrub of South -America^ the Root 

 of which has lately been introduced into 

 Medicine. It grows to twelve or fourteen Feet in 

 Height, if there be Trees or Bufhes to fupport it, 

 clfc it lies upon the Ground, and is fhorter. The 

 Stalks are woody, light, and covered with a 

 rough Bark, which is continually coming off in 

 fmall Flakes. The Leaves are large and broad. 

 The Flowers are fmall, and of a greenifli Colour; 

 and the Berries are round, and when ripe black. 

 The Root is large, woody, and very long and 



creeping. 



The Root is ufed. It is of a brownifli Colour, 



rough on the Surface, and woody, but loofe in its 

 Texture. It is to be given in Infufion. It is an 

 excellent Medicine in the Gravel, and in Sup- , 

 prelTions of Urine, as alfo in the Quinzy, and irr 

 Pleurifies, and Peripneumonies. It works the 

 moft powerfully, and the moft fuddenly, by Urine, 

 of any Medicine : And is fo excellent in forcing 

 away Gravel and fmall Stones, that fome have 

 pretended it a Remedy for the Stone, and faid it 

 would difTolve and break it. This is going too 

 far J no Medicine has been found ihat has that 

 Effect, nor can it be fuppofed, that any can. 

 Great Good has been done by thofe Medicines 

 which the Parliament purchafjd of Mrs. Stephens, 



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