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3 2^ 'Tloe Ufefu I Family HerlaL 



Pigeon's Egg, and of a white Colour, with fome 



Fibres. 



We ufe the Root, which we receive dry from 



"Turkey. They have a peculiar Method of curing 

 it : They make it clean, and then foke it four and 

 twenty Hours in Water ; after this, they hang a 

 Quantity of it in a coarfe Cloth, over the Steam 

 of a Pot in which P.ice is boiling, this foftens it, 

 but it gives it a fort of Tranlparence, and qua- 

 lifies it for drying •, thefe juicy Roots otherwife 



mou 



hen they have thus far p 

 f[:rlnsr it uoon a Thread, and 



it in an airy Place to dry : It becomes tough as 

 Horn, and tranfparent. This is a Praflice com- 

 mon in the Eaft, with the Roots they dry for Ufe, 

 and it would be well if we would pra6tife it here: 

 The fine tranfparent Kind of Ginfeng, which we 

 have from Chinay is dried in this Manner. It is 

 highly probable, nay it is nearly a Certainty, that 

 the Roots of our common Orchis have all the 

 Qualities and Efttfts of this Salep, but we don't 

 know how to dry them. If we'tried this Method, 

 it might fucceed, and in the fame Manner, our 

 own Fields and Meadows might afford us many 

 ivledicines, v/liich at prefent we purchafe at a 

 gi . t Price, from the fartheft Parts of the Earth. 

 "I'he dried Root is the Part ufed •, and it is an 

 excellent Rcftoratlve, to be given to Perfons 

 wafted with long Illnelfes : The belt Way is to 

 put a fmall Quantity of it in Powder, into a 

 Bafon of warm Water, which it inilantly turns 

 into a Jelly, and a little Wine and Sugar are to 

 be added. The Turks ufe it as a Provocative to 

 Arcnery : They take it diffolved in Water, with. 

 Ginger and Honey. 



Sam 



