Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

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that the leaves are oblong, broad, and of a strong
smell, and that the bark of the trunk is rough, and of
a
greyish colour.
The gum resin called is myrrh, certainly procured
from some tree in the hot countries, but
whether this be a true
description of that tree, there
is no
certainty. The gum itself is a very great medicine
; it opens all obstructions of the viscera ; is
good in consumptions, jaundices, and dropsies ;
and
is excellent for promoting the menses, and assisting,
in the natural and necessary discharges after delivery .
it is to be given in powder ; the tincture dissolves it
but imperfectly ;
of the teeth and gums.
but this is excellent against disorders
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Sweet Navey. Kcpus.
A plant kept in some gardens, and net unlike
the common turnip in its aspect and appearance.
It grows a yard high. The stalk is round, smooth,
and of a pale green. The leaves stand irregularly
on it, and they are oblong, broad at the base, where
they surround the stalk, and narrower all the way
to the point. The leaves, which grow from the
root, are much larger and deeply cut in at the
sides ; and they are all of a pale or bluish green
colour. The flowers are small and yellow, and
the pods are long. The seed is round and black.
The root is white and large, and has the taste, but
not the round shape of the turnip, for it is rather
like a parsnip.
The seeds are used, but not much. A decoc-
tion of them is said to promote sweat, and to drive
n.nv thinf; out to the skin ; but it does not seem to de*
sorve anv great regard.
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