The people's physician; designed as a manual of medicine, expressly for the use of families and individuals ..To which is added a list of synonyms of many common medical plants . Apocynum ANDEoa^MiFOLiuM, (Bitter^Toot. MATERIA MEDICA. 23 grape vine, supporting itself on rocks, trees, cliifs, or adjacentbodies. In some places which are congenial, it attains to agreat hight. The leaves are broadest at the central part,somewhat small at the foot, with an extended, pointed termi-nation, and denticulate or edged with small teeth. Its flowers are usually of a greenish shade, and bloom theearly part
The people's physician; designed as a manual of medicine, expressly for the use of families and individuals ..To which is added a list of synonyms of many common medical plants . Apocynum ANDEoa^MiFOLiuM, (Bitter^Toot. MATERIA MEDICA. 23 grape vine, supporting itself on rocks, trees, cliifs, or adjacentbodies. In some places which are congenial, it attains to agreat hight. The leaves are broadest at the central part,somewhat small at the foot, with an extended, pointed termi-nation, and denticulate or edged with small teeth. Its flowers are usually of a greenish shade, and bloom theearly part of June. [3fedical Uses.]—This plant furnishes a valuable medicinein dropsical affections, scrofula or kings evil, indolent or in-durated swellings, cankers and cancers,—hepatic or biliarydisorders, and all impurities of the blood,—rheumatic disor-ders, bilious and intermittent fevers, general debilitated stateof the system,—and is an eminent medicine to disperse inflam-mations. It is very cleansing, and has a direct and salutaryaction upon the most important organs, and thereby conducesto a good state of health. The berries possess an emollient,discutient propert
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