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The Ufeftil Family HerbaL 3 3 



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S E L F-H,E A L. 



PRUNELLA. 



A Little wild Plant common about Way-Sides, 

 with dark green Leaves, and fhort Tufts of 



blue Flowers. It grows fix Inches high ; the 

 Stalk is fquare, and a little hairy, the Leaves 

 ftand in Pairs upon it, but there are feldom 



than two or three Pair, the great Qiiantity of them 



rife immediately from the Root, they are oblong, 

 broad, blunt at the Point, and not at all indented 

 at the Edges. The Flowers are fmall, they ftand 

 in a Kind of Ihort Spikes or Heads : The Cups of 

 them are often purplifh. The Root is fmall and 

 creeping, and full of Fibres. The Juice of Self- 

 heal is aftringent, it is good againft Purgings, 

 with very fharp or bloody Stools, and againft 

 Overflowings of the Menfes. The dried Herb 

 made into an Infufion, and fweetened with Honey, 



is good againft a fore Throat, and Ulcers of the 

 Mouth. 





The SenaShrub. . 



SENA. 



Little Shrub, three or four Feet high. Na- 

 tive of theEaft. The Trunk is covered with a 

 whitifti and rough Bark, the Leaves are compofed 

 each of three Pair of fmaller, difpofed on a com- 

 mon Rib, with an odd one at the End : 1 hey 

 are oblong narrow and Iharp pointed, of a fmooth 

 Surface, a thick Subftance, of a pale Green Colour, 

 and not indented at the Edges. The Flowers 

 are like a Pea Bloflbm in Shape, but they are 

 yellow, marked with purple Veins. The ^ Pods 



are 



brown 



ftiort and^ flat, and the Seeds are fmall 



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