Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. ill
Tux Weed. Sophia till. urgoru!,).
A tretty wild plant, about our waste places and
farm-yards ; conspicuous for its leaves,
if not so for
its flower. It grows two feet high ; and the stalk
is round, erect, very firm and strong, and not much
branched. The leaves are moderately largo, and
most beautifully divided into numerous small seg-
ments, long and narrow ; they stand irregularly
upon the staiks. The Mowers are small and yellow ;
they stand in a kind of spikes at the stalks. They
tops
o: die
are followed by short pods. The
whole is
plant of a dark green
The seeds are the part used : they nre
collected when just ripe, and boiled whole.
to be
The
decoction cures the bloody flux, and is good againbt
the overflowing of the menses.
Flower Gentle. Amaranthus.
A garden flower. There are many kinds of
it; but that used in medicine is the large one
with the drooping purple spike. It grows to four
feet high. The stalk is firm, lound, and channel-
led, green sometimes, but often red. The leaves
are oblong and broad even at the edges, and pointed
at the ends : they are very large, and are often
tinged with red. The flowers are purple, and
they grow in long beautiful spikes hanging downwards.
The flowers are the part used. They are to be
gathered when not quite
full blown, and diiecj,.
They are good against purging and overflowing
of the menses in powder or decoction.