MARJORAM. 33f) 



smell, and a moderately warm aromatic bit- 

 terish taste, is mixed in food, not onlv to 

 make it more savoury, but to assist digestion 

 and correct flatulencies. 



This plant is accounted cephalic, and use- 

 ful in nervous complaints. In its recent state, 

 we are told, it has been successfully applied 

 to schirrous tumours of the breast.* 



M. Bourgeois says, it is a specific for 

 apoplexia and paralysis, the infusion being 

 taken in the form of tea; and it is em- 

 ployed in wine to foment paralysed limbs, 

 which it strengthens. 



Hartman assures us, that it restores the 

 sense of smelling, when lost. It is also re- 

 commended for sneezing disorders. 



There is no plant more celebrated by Hip- 

 pocrates, than Origanum: he recommends it 

 in diseases which require heating, dissolving, 

 and stimulating; whence it is beneficial in 

 exulcerations of the lungs, being boiled in 

 wine, and then sweetened with honey, and 

 drunk hot. Thus prepared, it is said to be a 

 good medicine for expectorating phlegm. It 

 was also esteemed for diseases of the kidneys ; 

 for it is aperient, dissolvent, and balsamic. 



* Woodville. 



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