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7Z^ Ufef til Family HerhaL 



fweetened with fi 

 the Bleedings of 



1 



Pil 



395 



gainfl: 



and bloody Flu 



and the Overflowings of the Menfes. It is alfo 

 healing and good in Ulcerations of the Ureters : 

 And it operates gently by Urine. 





X 



z. 



The Zedoary Plant 



ZEDOARIA, ' 



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N Eajiern Plant, very fingular, and very beau- 

 tiful. The Root creeps under the Surface, 

 and has many tuberous Lumps, fome long, and 

 feme round, but the long are preferred ; the round, 

 have by many been called Zerumbeth ; though 

 tile Zerumbeth is properly another Root to be 

 defcribed in its Place. The Leaves of the Zedoarj 

 Plant are large, very broad, and not vaftlylong; 

 they ftand in Clufters, incircling one another ac 

 the Bafes : The Flowers ftand on feparate Stalk?^ 

 thefe are only eight or ten Inches high. ^ They 

 are fmall, of an irregular Shape, and purplifh. 



The Root is the only Part ufed ; our Druggifts 

 Iccep it dry j it is a warm Cordial, and ftoma- 

 chic Medicine; it ftrengthens the Stomach, af- 

 fifts Digcftion, and expels Wind. It is good alfc 



c 



of the Limbs, 



in all nervous Complaints, fuch as Lownefs of 



pirits, paintings, Tremblings 

 and Refllefsnefs. An Ounce of Zedoary fiiced 

 thin, and put into a Quart of Wine, makes an 



excellent Tinfbure for thefe Purpofes, and is very 



good taken in the Quantity of a fmall Glafs, oa 

 ^ : : ■ - going 



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