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flaclf ner of Thirft, whence good iov 2)ropJiral ^erjons 
who arc always thirily. It is an excellent Pefloral'afid 
in this Intention the Juice of our own, evaporated toa^-'io- 
per Conliftauce without burning it, is the bell Form 
and exceeds the Spani/li, in defeuir of that the powder 
is a good Succedaneum, but it muft be genuine, for what 
is commonly lold is half Scxnccod, an ingredient the 
foul Traders adultcrateboth this and pow'dered Ginzer 
with. A pretty llrong 'DecoStion of the Root given* to 
Children gently relaxes their Bowels and takes off thole 
fh^eriilt Heats which attend (^ojli'ven^s* It is likewile a 
CorreflOr of Cathartics. 
Glyzprhiza fyhejiris. t id. Aftragalus luteus. 
Gnaph ALIUM anglicum Syn. i8o. Ger. An- 
glicum vulgare majus. Park. Long leaded upright 
Citdivecd. 1 found this in a Clofe a little beyond 
Mansjield-y in Company with Mr, Bird. 
Gnaphalium minus feu Herba Impia. Syn. 
tbtd. Park, vulgare majus. C. B. Pin. Filago 
leu Herba Impia^ Geir. coyninon Cudweed, grows 
plentiftiily on dry barren Places. 
How this has got the Name of Herb, is not 
eanly accounted for, unlefs it be from a Whim, becaufe 
m this Plant two and Ibinetimes three linall flowery 
Shoots arifing from the fides and rather below the main 
Knot of Flowers ( which may be looked on as the Pa- 
rent ) out top it. Itreftores the loft Cud to the Cattle, 
It IS ulefull jn ftopping Blood, a diarrhoea or bloody 
tllu^ and all other Fluxes which are not too remote frem 
Its Operation. Scq Hjlringents. AnOintm.ent made of it 
IS otSeryice in Contufions. It is allb called Cbafe-nneed, 
becaule it readily cures any galled Place. 
Gnaphalium minimum Syn, i8i. I. B. Fi- 
lago 
