OXTLPBPEB'S OOMFLETE REBBAL. 



tops is good against obstmctions of the liver and spleen, 

 and has been known singly to cure the jaundice. For this 

 purpose the conserve of the leaves is recommended ; and 

 indeed this is the sort of Wormwood that conserve ought 

 only to be made of. ITie flowery tops are the right part. 

 These made into a light infusion, strengthen digestion, 

 correct acidities^ and supply the place of gall, where, as in 

 many constitutions, that is deficient. One ounce of the 

 flowers and buds should be put into a vessel, and a pint 

 and a half of boiling water poured on them, and thus to 

 stand all night. In the morning, the clear liquor, with 

 two spoonfuls of wine, should be taken at three draughts, 

 an hour and a half distant from one another. This regu- 

 larly observed for a week, will cure all complaints arising 

 from indigestion and wind ; and a fourth part of the dose 

 repeated afterwards will make the cure moie lasting. An 

 ounce of these flowers put into a pint of brandy, and steep- 

 ed for the space of six weeks, will produce a tincture, of 

 which a tablespoonful taken in a glass of water twice a 

 day, will, in a great measure, prevent the increase of the 

 gravel, and give great relief in the gout. Medicines pre- 

 pared in the shops from Wormwood are — A simple water. 

 A greater and a lesser compound water. A simple and a 

 compound syrup. An oil by decoction or infusion. An 

 oil by distillation. An extract, and a fixed salt. 



The Roman Wormwood ditfers from the Sea in the fol- 

 lowing. The leaves are finer cut, and less woolly. Thib 

 is the most delicate kind, but of least strength. The 

 Wormwood wine, so famous with the Qermauti, is made 

 with this Roman Wormwood, put into the juice, and work- 

 ed with it : it is a strong and excellent wlne^ not unplea- 

 sant, yet of such efficacy to give an appetite, that the Ger- 

 mans drink of it so often, that they are able to eat for 

 hours together, without sickness or indigestion. 



WORMWOOD (SEA.)— (iirtmtffia MariHma,) (Absyn- 

 thium Serippium.) 



Descrip. — The stalk is white, woolly, hard, two feet high, 

 and has a few, short irregular branches. The leaves are 

 long, narrow, tough, firm, white, and hoary ; very much 

 like Southernwood. The root lies deep, and is woody ; 

 the flowers are of a yellowish brown, and the shoots from 

 vhich they depend hang drooping. 



Place. — This is a perennial, that covers many acres o{ 

 •ea-coast in different parts of the kingdom. 



