3 40 TChe Ufeful Family Herbal 



they alfo fay it is a Remedy againft the Bites of 

 Serpents, and hence comes its Name. We have 

 been tempted to give it in fome Cafes-, but it 

 feems better fuited to the Conftitutions of the Peo- 

 ple among whom it grows, than to ours : It brings 

 on Convuifions, if given in too large a Dofe, or 

 if too frefh. , It loofes its Strength by Degrees 

 in keeping •, but I don't know how it can be pof- 

 fible to determine what Dofe to give of fuch a 



Medicine 



Sn E E 2 E-W O R T. - 



PTARMICA. 



A Very pretty wild Plant, with daify-like Flow- 

 ers, and narrow dentated Leaves. It grows 

 two Feet high. The Stalk is round, firm, up- 

 right, and but little branched. The Leaves are 

 very ftumferous, and they ftand irregularly, they 

 are an Inch or more in Length, and very narrow, 

 rough to the Touch, and of a bright Green. The 

 FloTvcrs (land at the Tops of the Stalks, fo that 

 they form a Kind of round Head, they are lefs 

 than Dafies, and their Leaves broader. 



The Leaves of Sneezewort dried and powdered, 

 taken by Way of Snuff, are excellent againft the 

 Head-ach. The Roots dried are almoft as fiery 

 as Pellitory of %«>, and they cure the Tooth- 

 ach in the fame Manner. A Piece held in the 

 Moutli, fills it with Rheum in a Minute. 



S o L o M o n's Seal. 



pOLYGONATUiM. • 



A Pretty Plant wild in fome Places, and frequent 

 in Gardens. It grows a Foot and half high. 



The Stalk is round, flriatcd, and of a pale Oizt 

 naked half Way up, and from thence to the Top 



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