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 . appearin June or July, and are succeeded by roundish, red is found in woods, in neglected upland grounds, or on theskirts of forests. I Medical Uses.—This kind of Sumach possesses no poison-ous qualities, and is much used in medicine. It impartsstrength and tone to the system, and counteracts putrescenttendencies. An infusion of the berries is of great worth infevers, furnishes an excellent gargle for canke
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 . appearin June or July, and are succeeded by roundish, red is found in woods, in neglected upland grounds, or on theskirts of forests. I Medical Uses.—This kind of Sumach possesses no poison-ous qualities, and is much used in medicine. It impartsstrength and tone to the system, and counteracts putrescenttendencies. An infusion of the berries is of great worth infevers, furnishes an excellent gargle for canker in the mouthand ulcerations of the throat, besides is an active diuretic,or useful in obstructions of the urinary passages. The barkof the root, prepared in form of a poultice, is highly valuablein burns and chronic ulcers. Ulcers arising from vitiatedblood, or a bad habit of body, should not be too speedily driedup, at least not until suitable internal medicines have beentaken to work ofi impurities of the system. It is said by , that an infusion of the bark of the root is almosta specific for mercurial salivation. The leaves of this plantare Myrica Gale, (Sweet Gale. MATERIA MEDICA. 155 SWEET GALE.—(Ifyrica gale.) Properties.) — Antipsoric, Aromatic, Stimulant, Sto-machic, Vermifuge. Medical Uses. — This plant, which we jBnd growing inCanada and the ISTorthern States, is often called duch myrtleor sweet willow. The leaves, flowers, and seeds, have astrong, fragrant smell, and a bitter taste. The infusion, giveninternally, is stomachic and vermifuge. An ointment orinfusion made of the fruit is said to cure the itch by a fewapplications. TAINSY.—(Tanacetum vulgare.) {Properties.) — Antispasmodic, Anthelmintic, Carmina-tive, Emmenagogue, Stomachic, Tonic. Description.—Tansy rises with a stout, erect stem, twoand a half feet, more or less, in hight, furrowed, or markedwith parallel lines or grooves, branched near the top, andfurnished wit
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