FAMIJLY HERBAL.

A BRIEF ACCOUNT

OF THE

PRODUCTIOAS OF THE

VEGETABLE KINGDOM, &c.

DIRECTED BY THE

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN LONDON:

SHEWING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER,

First, the Part used; 2dly, its Sensible Properties; 3dly, its Me-dicinal Virtues ; and, lastly, the Mode of Exhibition.

Almonds, sweet and bitter------part used, The kernels of the fruit------

sensibta properties: The sweet, oily, bland; the bitter, oily, with a

peculiar flavour and bitterness------medical virtues: The sweet ob-

tunding; the bitter, sedative and diuretic------mode of exhibition;

In substance, the oil being expressed from either kind indifferently.Sweet almonds are employed by trituration in making emulsions, orthe milk of almonds.

Aloes Succotrine:------From the island Socotora.

Aloes Hepatic, or common aloes, from the island of Barbadoes------ sens.

prop. Smell, ungrateful; taste, extremely bitter. The Succotrinehave something of an aromatic flavour, which renders them the leastdisagreeable—med. virt. Purgative, stimulant—mode of exhib. Pill;powder ; solution; tincture.

Amber: A solid bituminous substance, dugout of the earth or found onthe sea-shore, principaHy in Polish Prussia and Pomerania—sens. prop.Fragrant when rubbed or heated; nearly insipid—med. virt. Ton ; c—mode of cxhib. Oil; powder; salt; tincture.

Angelica, Garden:—Part used, The leaves, stalks, seeds—sens. prop.

Aromatic—mode of exhib. Chiefly as ingredients in some distilled wa-ters and aromatic tinctures. ,

Anise: An unbelliferous plant, cultivated in the south of Europe—parfused, The seeds—sens. prop. Smell, diffusive and aromatic. Taste,sweet and warm—med. virt. Stimulant—mode of exhib. Powder;infusion ; oil also in compound spirit of.

Arabic, Gum : A concrete juice exuding from a tree growing in Egypt—sens, prop. Mucilaginous—med. virt. Obtunding—mode of exhib.In mucilage, or strong solution in water strained; also in troche*,formed with staich, sugar, &c,