A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton].

  • Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837.
Date:
1814
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Credit: A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    354 SWEET FLAG, OR ACORUSo sides, internally of a white colour and loose spongy textures its smell is strong; the taste warm, acrid, bitterish, and aro¬ matic ; both the smell and taste are improved by exsiccation. MEDICAL VIRTUE. This root is generally looked upon as a carminative and sto¬ machic medicine, and as such is sometimes made use of in prac¬ tice. It is said by some, though erroneously, to be superior in aromatic flavour to any other vegetable that is produced in these northern climes. It is, nevertheless, a sufficiently elegant aro¬ matic. The fresh root candied is said to be employed at Con¬ stantinople as a preservative against epidemic diseases. The leaves of this plant have a sweet fragrant smell, more agreeable, though weaker, than that of the roots.