Meadow-sweet, in La∣tin Ʋlmaria.
The Fibres of the Roots are reddish, and woody. The Stalk is three Foot high, or higher, upright, angular, smooth, reddish, firm and branchy. The Leaves grow to the Stalk alternately, by In∣tervals; they are broad, and wing'd, and deeply in∣dented about the Edges; they are rough, hard, and crumpl'd, like Elm-leaves; above they are green, un∣derneath white; they smell and taste pleasantly. Tufts of white Flowers stand thick together on the tops of the Stalks and Branches; they smell sweeter than the Leaves. The Seeds are oblong, naked, and crook∣ed. It grows in moist Meadows, and on the Banks of Brooks.
'Tis Sudorifick, and A∣lexipharmick. 'Tis good in Fluxes of all Kinds; for a Loosness, the Bloody Flux, the Flux of the Courses, and for Spitting of Blood; and also in the Plague. The Leaves put into Wine or Beer, im∣part a pleasant Taste to it. 'Tis an Ingredient in the Milk-Water called Aqua Lactis alexiteria, which is made in the following man∣ner: Take of the Leaves of Meadow-sweet, Car∣duus B. and Goat's-Rue, each six Handfuls; of Mint, and common Worm∣wood, each five Handfuls; of Rue three Handfuls, of Angelica two Handfuls; bruise them, and add to them three Gallons of New Milk; distil them in a cold Still.