JO ( 128 ) JO 
September. ’Tis of no 
great ufe in Phyfiek and 
Surgery. It Taftes a lit- 
tle acrid, fweet, and a- 
ftringent, and has a Sola- 
rium Smell. The Leaves 
may be us’d as an Ano- 
dine, and repelling Medi- 
cine : It is a Solarium by 
its Smell. 
St. ^O&n’I-toNW, in La- 
tin Hypericon. It has a 
woody Root, that is much 
divided, and hath many 
ftiff, woody, round, reddilli 
Twigs, two Foot and an 
half high, or higher, and 
divided into manyBranch- 
es. The Leaves grow by 
Pairs, oppolite one to ano- 
ther, and have no Foot- 
Halks ; they are l'mooth, 
and full of Holes, which 
may be plainly perceiv’d if 
you hold them up againfl 
the Sun ; they tafte dry 
and aftringent, with fome 
kind of Bitternefs. At the 
top of the Stalks and 
Branches grow yellow 
Flowers of five Leaves a- 
piece, with yellow Tufts 
in the middle ; which be- 
itig bruis’d, yield a bloody 
Juice. After the Flowers, 
come fmall, round Heads, 
wherein are contain’d 
fmall , black Seeds. It 
grows in Hedges, and a- 
mong Bufhes. 
’Tis an excellent Diurc- 
tick and Vulnerary Herb. 
A Decodlion of it cures 
Tertian and Quartan- 
Agues. It flops Spitting of 
Blood, and expels Gravel. 
A Tindlure of the Flo wers 
is excellent in a Mania : 
And the Flowers infus’d 
in Spirit of "Wine, kill 
Worms. The Compound- 
ed Oyl of the London-Dif- 
penfatory is much us’d, and 
is made in the following 
manner : Take one Pint of 
White- wine; of the Tops, 
and Flowers, and Seeds of 
St. Johns-wcrt four Oun- 
ces ; bruife them, and in- 
fufe them three Days in a 
Pint of old Oyl of Olives, 
in the Sun, or upon a gen- 
tle Fire ; and then prefs it. 
Note, they mult infufe in 
a Glafs well Hop’d. There 
mull be a fecondand third 
infufion in the fame Wine. 
After the third Infufion, 
boyl it till all the Wine is, 
in a manner, confumM ; 
then ftrain it, and add 
three Ounces of Turpen- 
tine, 
