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 . ia officinalis.)(Projperties.)—Alterative, Diuretic, Toxic. Description.—Soapwort, otherwise called lounclng let.,usually rises between one and two feet in hight. The stemshave tumid nodes or joints, and are furnished with opposite,smooth, entire, lanceolate leaves. It bears flowers almostwhite, presenting a very small shade of purple—these appearin July and August. Medical Uses.—This plant is well calculated to remov
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 . ia officinalis.)(Projperties.)—Alterative, Diuretic, Toxic. Description.—Soapwort, otherwise called lounclng let.,usually rises between one and two feet in hight. The stemshave tumid nodes or joints, and are furnished with opposite,smooth, entire, lanceolate leaves. It bears flowers almostwhite, presenting a very small shade of purple—these appearin July and August. Medical Uses.—This plant is well calculated to removevisceral obstructions, and to act as a purifier of the blood, toimpart strength and tone to the system. It removes rheuma-tism, jaundice, scrofulous affections, or any taints or corrupthumors proceeding from any disease. It is said to possessdiuretic powers, and to be useful in dropsy. It may be takenfreely by way of decoction. The root, moreover, is em-ployed medicinally; it has no peculiar smell; is sweetish,glutinous, somewhat bitter, and slightly acid. It is said tobe alterative, and was formerly used in gout and the abovecomplaints, in the form of CoNVALLARiA MuLTiFLOEA, (Solomons Seal.) MATERIA MEDICA. 147 SOLOMONS SEAL.—(Convallaria multiflora){Properties)—Astringent, Balsamic, Demulcent, Pectoral. Description.—This plant rises with a smooth, herhaceonsstem, from one foot to eighteen inches in hight, nearly round,or ancipital, drooping or bending. The leaves are alternate,moderately large, pointed, having parallel veins or nerves,embracing the stem at the base, of a bluish green on theupper, and of a faint or sea-green color on the under bears small, long, white, hollow, pendulous flowers, hang-ing on one side of the stem, parted at the limbus or borderinto five points or segments. These are followed by small,round berries, or three-celled capsules, of a dark green whenripe, containing small, hard, white seeds. The root is per-ennial
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