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The Ufeful Family Herbal 2 



coaion of it in Water is excellent a^ainft Ovc.- 

 flowmgs of the Menfes, violent Purgings with 

 bloody Stools and Vomiting of Blood, the blecdincr 

 of the Piles an.d all other fuch Diforders Th? 

 Seeds beaten to a Powder, are good againft the 

 Whites. 



There is a broad leaved Plantain with Ihort 

 flowery Spikes, and hairy Leaves, this has full 

 as much Virtue as the Kind already defcribcd • 

 The narrow leaved Plantain has lefs, but of the 

 fame Kind. 



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P L o w M A N*s Spikenard. 



BACCHARIS MONSPELIENSIUM. 



Tall robuft wild Plant with broad rough 

 Leaves, and numerous fmall yellov/ifh Flow- 

 :quent by Road-fides, and in dry Pafhires 

 1 he Plant grows three Feet high. The Stacks 

 are round, thick, upright, and a little hairy. The 

 Leaves are large, broad from the Root, and nar- 

 rower on the Stalk, they are blunt at the Points 

 and a little indented at the Edges. The Flowers 

 grow on the Tops of the Branches, fpreadino- out 

 into a large Head from a fingle Stem, they are 

 httle and yellow: The Seeds have Down fixed to 

 fhem. The Root is brown and woody, the whole 

 Plant has a fragrant and aromatic Smell. 



The Leaves and Tops given in Decoftion, are 

 good againft inward Bleedings. The Root dried, 

 and powdered, is a Remedy for Purdngs, and is 

 good againft the Whites. 



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