The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . is also frequently used to kill the Ticks, Ixodes,which attach themselves to men, dogs, and cattle in one of its common or vulgar names. These troublesomeanimals are found wherever the Hedysarums and Lespedezasor true tickweeds grow, upon which they breed. By rubbingthe legs or boots with this plant or its oil, those insects will avoidyou, or, if they have taken hold, the oil kills them. A strongdecoction of the plant is equally convenien
The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . is also frequently used to kill the Ticks, Ixodes,which attach themselves to men, dogs, and cattle in one of its common or vulgar names. These troublesomeanimals are found wherever the Hedysarums and Lespedezasor true tickweeds grow, upon which they breed. By rubbingthe legs or boots with this plant or its oil, those insects will avoidyou, or, if they have taken hold, the oil kills them. A strongdecoction of the plant is equally convenient, and a strong decoc-tion of tobacco is as good. The whole plant gives out, when pressed between the fingers,a strong, pungent, and grateful scent, which is extremely reviv-ing and pleasant. The expressed juice mixed with a little sugar-candy has been frequently prescribed for the hooping cough, andwith remarkable success. A table-spoonful is a dose. A conserve of the young tops acts as a diuretic and hasproved serviceable in the gravel. It is likewise good for thejaundice and all other complaints arising from obstruction of N° M^JFTBILJLlirSWolfsbane, Montsliood sec. ^^icn ui Indefinite or numerous, distinct, hypogynous. adnate or innate.
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