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 . w is the part chiefly used in medicine, or the roots andleaves of the two former mallows. An infusion of eitherkind, or of any part, may be used to suit convenience, and ascircumstances require. MANDRAKE.—Podophyllum peltatum.){Properties.)—Cathartic, Deobstruent, Emetic, JSTarcotic. Description. — Mandrake or May apple, has a smoothstem, usually a foot in hight, parted at the top into two foot-stalks, each supporting
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 . w is the part chiefly used in medicine, or the roots andleaves of the two former mallows. An infusion of eitherkind, or of any part, may be used to suit convenience, and ascircumstances require. MANDRAKE.—Podophyllum peltatum.){Properties.)—Cathartic, Deobstruent, Emetic, JSTarcotic. Description. — Mandrake or May apple, has a smoothstem, usually a foot in hight, parted at the top into two foot-stalks, each supporting a broad, peltate leaf, deeply divided orcut into lobes, somewhat of a yellowish green on the uppersurface. At the top of the stem, also, on a flowerstalk betweenthe leafstalks, appears a nodding, white flower, being in bloomthe last of May, the petals of which are blunt at the termin-ation and smaller at the base. The flower gives place to alarge, roundish head or fruit, of a delicate yellow whenmature, interspersed with spots of a dark hue. It is foundin shady, humid soils, or low, moist grounds of woods. Medical Uses.—The root of this plant is the part designed. Podophyllum Peltatust, (May-apple.) 11 MATERIA MEDICA. 101 for medicinal purposes; which is a sure and actire cathartic;not attended, however, bj any unpleasant results, but produc-ing full and free evacuations. It is considered to act as analterative, when moderately taken, in hepatic or liver com-plaints. Every part of the plant partakes of a narcoticproperty. The root is emetic as well as purgative. Usefulin dropsy and pleurisy. Dose.—For purgative or cathartic effect, half a tea spoonfulof the powder. The Cherokee Indians put a few drops of thefresh juice into the ear for deafness. MAEIGOLD.—(Calendula offidnalis.) {Properties)—Apebient, Aromatic, Cardiac, Stomachict,Sudorific. Medical U^es.—Marigold is a plant usually growing ingardens, and bearing yellow flowers, which appear through-out the sum
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