Hoe life fid Family Herbal. 



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naked : On its Top grows a little round Cluller 

 of Flowers : Thev are fmall and white, and each 



is fucceeded by two little rough Seeds. The 



Root 



The Leaves are ufed. A ftrong Decoftion of 

 them is good againft the Overflowing of the 

 Menfes, and the Bleeding of the Piles. It has 

 been vaflly celebrated for the Cure of Ruptures^ 

 but that is idle. 



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The Sarsaparilla Plant. 



SARSAPARILLA. 



A Plant of the climbing Kind, Native of the 

 warmer Countries, The Stalks run to ten or 

 twelve Feet in Length, but are weak, and fupporc 

 themfelves among Bufhes : They ^re whitifli, an- 

 gular, and ftriated, and are full of fmall Prickles. 

 The Leaves are an Inch long, or more, and 

 above half an Inch broad, of an oval Figure, of 



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a deep Green on the upper Side, • and \ 

 derneath, firm in their Texture, and very gloiTy, 

 The Flowers are little and yellowiih. The Ber 

 ries are black, round, and of the Bignefs of a 

 fmall Pea. The Root is very large and flender. 



The Root is ufed. Our Druggifls keep it : 

 They fplit it in two. It is brown on the Outfide, 

 and white within ; and its Tafle is infipid. It i& 

 fupnofed to have great Virtues, but they are not 

 perfeflly eftablilhed. They have been at Times 

 difputed, and at Times fupported. Given in De- 

 co(5tion, it promotes Sweat and Urine. It has 

 been efteemed good againft the Scurvy, and fa- 

 mous in the Cure of the Venereal Difeafe. ^ It is, 

 in o-eneraL accounted a Sweetener of the Blood. 



The 



