Plantains, Figworts, Foxglove and Speedwells 261took the form of application to the eyes direct, but in Shropshire it has long
been customary to trust to the drinking of a tea made from the plant to
achieve the same purpose.^238
Though ‘eyebright’ has been recorded as a jaundice cure in Cavan,^239 the
record in question probably arose through the sharing of that name by ger-
Euphrasia officinalis, eyebright
(Green 1902, fig. 476)