Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

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and is good in most chronic cases arising" fVcai such
obstructions.
Ladies' Mantle. Archimilla.
A very pretty little plant,
native of sonic part? of
common wild. The leaves
England, but not very
are numerous and very beautiful ; they are broad,
and of a roundish figure, but divided deeply into eight
parts, and each of these elegantly indented about
the
edges. Thev are of a yellowish green colour,
nearly as broad as the palm of ones hand,, and they
stand upon foot-stalks of an inch or two in length.
The stalks grow in the midst ; they are round, a
little hairy, eight inches long, not very upright, and
of a pale green colour. The flowers stand in con-
are small and
siderable numbers at their ; tops they
of h greenish colour, but have a great many yellow
thrtads in the middle. The root is Jong, thick, and
dark coloured.
The root is the part most valuable ; a decoction
of it fresh taken is up, an excellent remedy for the
overflowings of the menses, for bloody fluxes, and
all other bleedings. Dried and it powdered an-
swers the same purpose, and is also good against
common purgings. The good women of tin 4 north
of England apply the leaves to their breasts, to make
them recover their form, after they have been swelled
with milk. Hence it has got the name v >f ladies'
mantle.
Larch Tree. Larix.
A moderately tall, and in summer a very beautiful
tree ; but though one of the resinous kind, and in
many respects approaching
and pine, it loses its leaves in winter :
to the nature of the fir
it is a native