. The complete herbalist : or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies : describing the great curative properties found in the herbal Materia medica, Vegetable.; Botany, Medical.; Medicinal THE COMPLETE HERBALIST. 65 abfrwt a span long", round, hollow, furrowed, and downy; tne leaves pale green, pinnate, sessile, with thread-shaped leaflets. The fiower-heada terminal, rather larger than the daisy, and of yellow color, or whitish. Histoi'y.—Chamomile is indigenous to Southern Europe ; we have also a common or wild Chamomile {Matricaria Chamomilla)
. The complete herbalist : or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies : describing the great curative properties found in the herbal Materia medica, Vegetable.; Botany, Medical.; Medicinal THE COMPLETE HERBALIST. 65 abfrwt a span long", round, hollow, furrowed, and downy; tne leaves pale green, pinnate, sessile, with thread-shaped leaflets. The fiower-heada terminal, rather larger than the daisy, and of yellow color, or whitish. Histoi'y.—Chamomile is indigenous to Southern Europe ; we have also a common or wild Chamomile {Matricaria Chamomilla) growing in the United States, but it is not considered as good as tlie Roman Chamomile for medicinal purposes, which is the kind I use. The white flowers are the best; they have an aromatic, agreeably bitter taste, an'' peculiar odor. They yield their properties to alcohol and water. Properties and Uses. —Chamomile is a tonic ; one or two teacupfui of the warm infusion will usually vomit. The cold infusion is highlj useful in dyspepsia, and in all cases of weak or irritable stomachs, also in intermittent and typhoid fevers. The oil is carminative and anti- spasmodic, and is used in flatulency, colic, cramp in the btomach, hys- teria, nervous diseases, and painfrd menstruation. A poultice of Chamomile will often prevent gangrene, and remove it when present. It is an ingredient in my "Restorative Assirailant," and is a most excellent adjutant and corrigent in that great remedy. Dose.—Half a drachm to two drachms of the flowers. Of the infu- sion, half a teacupful to a teacupfiil; of the oil, five to fifteen drops on sugar. CHERRY LAUREL (Prunus Laurocerasus). Medicinal Part. The leaves. Description.—This is a small evergreen shrub or tree with smooth branches. Leaves with short petioles, oval-oblong, seiTate, acute, and smooth. Flowers shorter than the leaves, calyx inferior, corolla has five white petals; stamens about twenty; and fruit a round, black, smooth d
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