Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

89 FAMILY HERBAL.
smell, and of a mixed taste of cinnamon and cloves ;
the cinnamon flavour is first perceived, but after
that the taste of cloves is predominant, and is so
that it seems to burn the mouth. It is
very strong,
excellent against the colic ; and it warms and
strengthens the stomach, and assists digestion : it
is also a cordial, and in small doses joined with
other medicines promotes sweat. It is not much
used fairly in practice, but many tricks are played
with it by the chymists, to imitate or adulterate
the several productions of cloves and cinnamon, for
it is cheaper than either.
The Clove July Flower. Caryophyllus ruber.
A COMMON and very beautiful flower in
our gardens ; it has its name from the aromatic
smell, which resembles the clove spice, and
from the time of its flowering which is in Julv.
It is a carnation only of one colour, a deep and
fine purple. The plant grows two feet high ;
the leaves are grassy ; the stalks are round and
jointed ; the flower grows at the tops of the
branches, and the whole plant besides is of a bluish
green.
The flowers are used ; they are cordial, and
good for disorders of the head ; they may be
dried, and taken in powder or in form of tea,
out the best form is the syrup. This is made
by pouring five pints of boiling wafer upon three
pounds of the flowers picked from the husks,
and with the white heels cot oflf : after they
have stood twelve hours, straining off the clear
liquor without pressing, and dissolving in it two
pound of the finest sugar to makes the most beautiful
every pint. This
and pluasant of all
evruoss