oulpkpkr's cokpleti herbal. .^33 



ny'fc dre. The juice dropped into the ears, heals the painu, 

 noise, aud matterings tnereof. A good ointment may be 

 made of it for all wounds, especially wounds in the head. 



SHEPHERD'S ROD.— ( Dipsacus PUosus,) 



Descrip. — This grows with a fleshy, thick, and somewhat 

 hairy stock. The bottom leaves are large and rough, and 

 grow with thick footstalks, from whence arise two smaller 

 leaves. The upper leaves have a beautiful appearance, of 

 a fine green, and deeply serrated. The flowers are of a gold 



{rellow, and followed by heads of a green and purple co- 

 our, stuck round with prickles of a very tenacious sub- 

 stance. In some counties they call it Small Wild Teazle, 

 and sometimes it is found with white flowera 



Plctce, — It is a biennial, frequently found in hedges. 



Time. — It flowers in August. 



Government and Virtues. — It is a plant of Mars. The 

 root is bitter, given in a strong infusion strengthens the 

 atomach, and creates an appetite ; it is also good against 

 obstructions of the liver, and the jaundice. 



SICKLE- WORT.— (Diapenticu) 



Descrip. — This plant has a small, stringy, fibrous root, 

 from which rise the leaves on long footstalks ; they are 

 five-cornered, resembling somewhat those of the lesser ma- 

 le, and are serrated about the edges, of a dark green co- 

 our, smooth, and shining : its stalks grow about a foot 

 high, bare of leaves to the top, on which grow little um- 

 bels of five-leaved white flowers, small, and full of stami- 

 na ; each flower is succeeded by two rough bur-like seeds. 



Place, — It grows in woods aud thickets. 



TSme. — It flowers in May. The leaves are used. 



Government and Virtues, — This is one of our prime vul- 

 nerary plants, and is frequently put in wound-arinks, and 

 traumatic apozems ; and is good for rupture% inward 

 bruises, spitting of blood, or any hemorrhages, and for 

 wounds both inward and outward. It is under Yenus 



81LYERWEED,^( PotentUla Anserina,) 



Descrip. — The root is large, stringy, and full of fibres* 

 ■ending out pretty large, yellowish, green winged leaves, 

 divided into several deeply serrated segments set opposite 

 to one another, with one cut into three parts at the end, 

 qI a pleasant grateful sceot. The stalks rise about two feet 



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