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counted a great Secret by 
lorne. 
JVood-TS&tUfttf, in Latin 
Setonica. It grows in 
Bufh.es and "Woods. The 
Flower is commonly pur- 
ple, fometimes white. 
Many Vertuesare attri- 
buted to this plant, taken 
any Way. Scrodev defc'ribcs 
the Vcrtues, in fhort, thus. 
*Tis hot and dfy, acrid 
and bitter. It difeufles, at- 
tenuates,opensand[ cleanfes. 
’Tis Ccphalick, Epatick, 
Splcnctick, Thoracick, U- 
terine,V ulrierary , andDiu- 
retick. ’Tis ufed frequent- 
ly, inwardly and outward- 
ly, efpecially in Difcafes of 
the Head. ’Tis obferveef,, 
that the Faculties of the 
Root are quite different 
from the Vertucs of the 
Leaves and Flowers j for, 
9 tis - very naufeous in the 
Mouth and Stomach, and 
occafions Naufeoufnefs , 
Belching and Vomiting : 
The Leaves, on the con- 
trary, are Aromarick, and 
©f a pleafant Tafte, and 
agreeable to Nature in 
Food and Phyfick. Coun- 
tesfek Tea, made of Sage, ! 
B I 
Betony and Grou'nd-pinc, 
fweetned, and drank hot, 
is very good for the Gout, 
Hcad-ach, and Difcafes of 
the Nerves ; and cafes 
Pain, occafioned by thefe 
Difeafcs. 
lf r ater-'j$Ztii\\V, in La- 
tin Betonicc i Aquatic a. It 
is Naufeoufly Bitter, and 
of an Elder Smell ; it has 
the Tafte and Vermes of 
Figwort : It is moft ufed 
in Oyntments, for Tu- ** 
fnors , Burns and Ul- 
'cers. 
Common- liSilbCrCtfS, in 
’ Latin Vaccinia nigra vttlga- 
1 tu \ This fmall Bufli has 1 
, many green, angled Springs, 
| a Foot, or two Foot high, 
.which arc hard to break. 
They, are divided into ma- 
ny Brunches, whereon there 
are many render, green 
-Leaves ; about an inch 
long, and half an Inch 
broad. They are ftiarp- : 
pointed, fmooth, and cu- < 
rioully indented about the 1 
Edges. They tafte partly 
acrid, and partly harfli.Thc 
Flowers are placed, each 
on a Foot-ftalk, among the" ’ 
Leaves. They are of a * 
pale- \ 
