V3 



FAMILY HERBAL 



yellow; and very like those of our cucumbers I 

 the fruit is also like the melon and cucumher kinds, 

 roundish, often flatted, and composed of a fleshy 

 part under a thick rind,, with seeds and juice 

 within. 



The seeds arc the only part used, our druggists 

 keep them ; they are cooling, and they work by 

 urine gently ; they are best given in form of an 

 emulsion, beat up with barley-water. 



Clary. Horminiun. 



CLARY is a common plant in our gardens, not 

 ycr-- beautiful, but kept lor its virtues. It grows 

 two feet and a half high ; the leaves are rough, and 

 the (lowers of a whitish blue. The stalks are thick, 

 flesh v, and upright ; they are clammy to the touch, 

 and a iittie hairy. 1 h<- leaves are large, wrinkled, ami 

 of a dusky green, broad at the base, and smaller to 

 the point, which is obtuse; the flowers stand in 

 long loose spikes ; they are disposed in circles round 

 the upper parts of the stalks, and are gaping and 

 large, the cups in which they stand are robust and 

 in some degree prickly. 



The whole herb is used fresh or dried. It is 

 cordial, and in some degree astringent. h strength- 

 ens the stomach, is good against headachs, and stops 

 the whites, but for this last purpose, it is necessary 

 1o take it. a long time ; and there are many remedies 

 more powerful. 



There is a kind of wild clary on our ditch banks, 

 and in drv grounds, which is supposed f ) possess 

 the same virtues with the garden kind. The seeds 

 of this are put into the eves to take cut any little 

 offensive substance fallen into them. As soon as 

 thev are put Jo, they gather a coat of mucilage 

 abo'U f .hem. and this "catches held of any little thing 



