Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

334 FAMILY HERBAL.
the tops of the stalks, and they are roundish,
yellow, and naked. The root is a cluster of large
creeping- fibres. The whole plant has a strong
smcl!.
The leaves are to he used fresh gathered ;
a strong
infusion of them opens obstructions ; it works powerfully
by urine, and gently promotes the menses.
The flowers dried, powdered, and mixed with treacle,
are a common medicine lor worms, and they visibly
destroy them.
Wild Tansy. Argentina.
A common wild plant about our way sides,
and a great ornament to them. It rises to no
height. The stalks creep upon the ground, and
take root at the
joints ;
ed its by silvery leaves
but
and
it is easily distinguish-
yellow flowers. The
stalks are round and reddish. The leaves rise
from these ; they are very large,
and each com-
of smaller set on both
posed of a ^vent many pair
sides of a common rib, with an odd one at the
end. They are of the shape, and much of the
s.ize of the leaves of tansy ; and the smaller leaves of
which they are composed, arc oblong, narrow, and
serrated ; but they are of a most beautiful colour ;
a fine silvery green on the. upper side, and a
perfect silvery
white on the under. The flowers
stand on short foot stalks, and are. large and yellow,
somewhat like the flowers of the crow-foots, but
more beautiful.
The leaves are used ; a strong infusion of them
is given with success against the bleeding of the
piles, and bloody stools : and made less strong and
sweetened a little with honey, it is excellent for a sore
throat. The women use it. also to take away freckle*,
but this seems idle.