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or veasela, or in too great sharpDess of the blood, by its 

 opeuiag obstructions, cleansini^, bracing, and promoting 

 perepiratiou and urine. It Is admirable against surfeits, 

 it not only cures the pain of the stomach, weakness, indi- 

 gestion, want of appetite, vomiting, and loathing, but hard 

 swell in u's of the belly. This, with rosemary, saffron, and 

 turmeric root infused in rhenish wine, is a cure for the 

 jaundice, and brings down the menses; or a decoction of it, 

 broom-tops, greater celandine, white horehound, lesser 

 centaury, flowers of hypericon, barberry- bark, turmeric, 

 and madder-roots, strained, and hoglice-wine added, is 

 very good to cure the jaundice. Wormwood and vinegar 

 are an antidote to the mischief of mushrooms and henbane, 

 and the biting of the sea-fiah, called Draco marinua^ or 

 quaviver ; mixed with honey, it takes away blackness after 

 falls, bruises, &c All other Wormwoods, the nearer they 

 approach in taste to pleasant or palatable, they are so much 

 the worse, for they are weaker, their use requires so much 

 longer time, larger doses, and yet less success follows. The 

 herb and Pellitory of the Wall boiled in water till they 

 are soft, then strained, and a fomentation of the liquor 

 aaed, and the herbs laid on after in a poultice, eases all 

 outward pains ; or the herb boiled in oil till the oil is al- 

 most wasted, strained, and anoiute<l, cures the pains of tlie 

 back. Placed among woollen cloths, it prevents and de- 

 stroys the moths. 



WORMWOOD (ROMAN.)— (^rtmuia P<mUca,) 



Descrip. — This is less than the former, about two and a 

 half feet high, the leaves are smaller and finer, the divi- 

 sions narrower and slenderer, hoary, and white both above 

 and underneath. The leaves that grow on the upper part 

 of the branches, are long, narrow, and undivided, resem- 

 bling more the leaves of common Southernwood in figure, 

 than either of the other Wormwoods. The flowers are 

 numerous, growiug on the tope of the branches as the for- 

 mer, of a darker colour, but vastly smaller. The root is 

 creeping and spreading, and composed of fibres ; it is in 

 all respects a more neat and elegant plant. 



Flaae. — This species is a native of the warmer parts of 

 Europe, and grows with us only in gardens. 



Timt, — Like all the Wormwoods, it flowers in July. 



OoterrvmerU and Virtues. — It is also a martial plant. 

 The fresh tops are used, and the whole plant dried. It it 

 •zoelleut to strengthen the stomach ; the juice of the fresh 



