^94 Uje Vfeful Family HerhaL 



compofed of Fibres. The whole Plant has a bit- 

 ter Tafte, but not at all like that of Wormwood, 

 extremely aromatic and pleafing. The Flowers 

 are very bitter, and have Iktie of this aromatic 



Flavour^ 



The frefli Tops are ufed, and the whole Plant 

 dried. It is excellent to ftrengthen the' Stomach ; 

 but that is not all its Virtue, the Juice of the 

 Ireih Tops is good againft Obltruftions of the 

 Liver and Spleen, and has been known fingly to 

 cure the Jaundice. 





Yarrow, 



MILLEFOLIUM. 



A Common Plant in our Paftures, and by Way- 

 •^^ fides. It is two or three Feet high j the 

 S"talk is round, upright, firm, and ilriated : The 



yes are long, and not very broad, and they 

 aje the moft beautifully divided of thofe of any 

 known Plant. 



Their Colour is a deep Green, and the Parts 

 into which they'^ are divided, are exceedingly fine, 

 ftender, and regularly arranged : The Flowers 

 ftand at the Tops of the Branches, in the Manner 

 cf Umbels, in round and large Tufts ; they are 

 white, but they often have a Blufh of Red. The 

 Root is white and creeping, and the Seeds arc 



white, broad, and fiat. ' 



The whole Plant is ufed frefii gathered, but 

 :!ie beft Part is the Tops of the Shoots ; thefe 

 are to be boiled in Water, and the Decodlon 



fweetened 



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