Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

ISO FAMILY HERBAL.
liitlo more than a stick ; so that it would be idle to
expect any good
in it.
Jesuit's Bark Thee. Arbor Peruviana.
A small tree, native of South America, which
has not yet got into our gardens. The trunk is
as thick as a man's leg, and its bark is grey. The
branches are numerous and irregular, and their
bark is of a browner colour, but with the same
tinge of grey. The leaves are long and large,
three inches in length, and half as much in breadth,
and of a pale green colour :
they are pointed at
the end, but not at all indented at the edges. The
flowers are small, and their colour is a pale purple :
they stand in great clusters together ; they are long,
hollow, and open at the end, where they are a little
divided. The fruit is a dry capsule, of an oblong
figure.
The bark is the part used. Besides its certain
efficacy against agues and intermitting fevers,
it is
an excellent stomachic and astringent ; nothing is
better to strengthen the appetite, and in overflow-
ings of the menses, and all other bleedings,
it is
of the greatest efficacy.
The tincture is to be
It is best given in powder.
made in brandy, but it is not
nearly so good as the substance ; when it is given
for disorders of (he stomach, the best way is to pick
line pieces