Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

Jv'2 FAMILY HERBAL.
b;rt with us kepi in gardens.
It grows two feet or
more in height, {he stem is whitish : the stalks growing
from it, are tough and firm, of a whitish colour
also, and very numerous ; the leaves are oblong,
lender, of a square shape, and indented; they are
also whitish and of a strong: smell. The stalks which
upport the flowers are Jong and naked ; they are
round, of a greenish colour, and each has at its top
a single flower, which is yellow and naked, and of
the bigness of an horse-bean.
The leaves are the part used, they are best fresli
gathered. They are to be given infused in water
against worms, they are a disagreeable medicine,
hut a very efficacious one. They also promote the
menses, and open obstructions of the liver. They
have been recommended greatly in the jaundice.
Spurge Laurel. Laureola.
A wild little shrub of a singular aspect and of
considerable virtues, it is three i'ect high, the stem
is half an inch thick, and divides into a great many
branches. The bark is of a brownish colour, and
they are not very strong. The leaves stand at the
tons of the branches, they are long, narrow, and of
a bright and fine green ; they are of a firm substance,
and are not indented at the edges. The flowers are
very small and inconsiderable, they are green with*
some yellow threads, and have a sweet smell ; the
berries are small, roundish, and black.
The leaves are a powerful remedy against the
dropsy, but they are so violent they must be given
.v I til caution; a small quantity
of a slight infusion
of them in water, works by vomit and stool in a
manner. H is not every constitution that
poweiful
can i;ear such a medicine.