264 CULFEPE&'S COMFLETB HEftfiAL. 



one of the best purgers of the brain that grows. An onnce 

 of the juice taken in muscadel an hour before the fit of the 

 ague comes, will effectually drive away the ague at the se- 

 cond or third dose at the furthest. Either the herb or dried 

 root chewed in the mouth, purges the brain of phlegmatic 

 humours; thereby not only eases pains in the head and teeth, 

 but also hinders the distillation of the brain upon the lungs 

 and eyes, preventing coughs, phthisics and consumption, 

 the apoplexy and fsdling-sickness. It is an excellent reme- 

 dy in the lethargy. The powder of the herb or root if 

 snuffed up the nostrils, produces sneezing, and eases head- 

 ache ; made into an ointment with hogs' grease, it takes 

 away black and blue spots, and helps both the gout and 

 sciatica. The roots have a hot pungent taste when chewed 

 in the mouth, which, by stimulating the salival glands, 

 promotes a flow of viscid humours from the head and the 

 adjacent parts, and by this means relieves the tooth-ache, 

 head-ache, lethargy, palsy of the tongue, &c. Internally it 

 is taken in small doses, for paralysis and rheumatism. 



PELLITORY OF THE WALL.— (Parkj^ona OficincUu.) 



Descrip. — It rises with brownish, red, tender, weak, clear, 

 and almost transparent stalks, about two feet high, upon 

 which grow at the joints two leaves somewhat broad and 

 long, of a dark green colour, which afterwards turn brown- 

 ish, smooth on the edges, but rough and hairy, as the stalks 

 are also. At the joints with the leaves from the middle of 

 the stalk upwards, where it spreads into branches, stand 

 many small, pale, purplish flowers in hairy, rough heads, 

 or husks, after which come small, black, rough seed, which 

 will stick to any cloth or garment that it touches. The root 

 is long, with small fibres, of a dark reddish colour, which 

 abides all winter, although the stalks and leaves perish and 

 spring every year. 



Place. — It grows wild about the borders of fields, by the 

 sides of walls, and among rubbish. It can be brought up 

 in gardens, if planted on the shady side. 



Time.— It flowers in June and July ; and the seed it 

 ripe soon after. 



Oovemment and Virtttee, — It is under Mercury. The 

 dried herb made up into an electuary with honey, or the 

 juice of the herb, or the decoction made up with honey and 

 sugar, is a singular remedy for an old and dry cough, the 

 shortness of breath and wheezing in the throat Three 



