106 FAMILY HERBAL, 



gathered ueforc it bursts, and carefully dried and 

 given in powder ; five and twenty grains is the 

 dose. It is an excellent balsamic and styptic. 

 It stops the bleeding of the nose, and is good 

 against spitting of blood, bloody-flux, and over- 

 flowing of the menses. We are not aware how 

 powerful a remedy it is ; few things are equal 

 to it. 



D. 



Common Daffodill. JSaixissus. 



A WILD English plant, with narrow leaves and 

 great yellow flowers, common in our gardens 

 in its own form, and in a great varietj of ^shapes- 

 that culture has given it. In its wild state, it is 

 about a foot high. The leaves are long, narrow, 

 grassy, and of a deep green, and they arc nearly 

 as tall as the stalk. The stalk is roundish, but 

 somewhat Hatted and edged. The flower is large 

 and single ; it stands at the top of the stalk, and by 

 its weight presses it down a little. The root is round 

 and white. 



The fresh root is to be used, and 'tis very easy 

 to have it always in readiness in a garden; and 

 ycry useful, for it has great virtues. Given in- 

 ternally, in a small quantity., it acts as a vomit, 

 and afterwards purges a little; and it is excellent 

 against all obstructions. The best way of giving 

 it is in form of the juice pressed out with some 

 white wine, but its principal uses are externally. 

 The eastern nations have a peculiar way of dry- 

 ing the thick roots of plants, especial ly if they 

 are full of a slimy juice as this is : They put 

 them to soak in water, and then hang them over 

 the steam of a pot in which rice is boiling; after 

 thiithey string them up, and they become in some 



