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 . wing in shady woods, low, wet grounds,and sometimes in elevated places. Medical Uses.—The root of Gold-thread furnishes a pure,efiectual, tonic bitter, highly valuable in weakness or derange-ment of the stomach. It will prove of much advantage tothe convalescent patient, after a fit of prostrating sickness, inrestoring a wonted degree of health and strength. It is ofmuch use, likewise, in aphthous disorders of the mou
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 . wing in shady woods, low, wet grounds,and sometimes in elevated places. Medical Uses.—The root of Gold-thread furnishes a pure,efiectual, tonic bitter, highly valuable in weakness or derange-ment of the stomach. It will prove of much advantage tothe convalescent patient, after a fit of prostrating sickness, inrestoring a wonted degree of health and strength. It is ofmuch use, likewise, in aphthous disorders of the mouth andfauces, or canker in the mouth and throat. It may be givenin the form of powder or tincture, in tea spoonful doses, twoor three times a day. An ointment, made of the root andhogs lard, is very good for sore lips, chapped hands, etc. GOOSEBERRY.—(i?/5^5 grossularia.){Froj)erties.)—Antibilious, Antilithic, Refkigeeant. Description.—This bush or shrub is usually found in gar-dens. It is armed with spines, furnished with alternateleaves, lobed, and irregularly notched, or having inequalitieson the edges. The berries possess a grateful, cooling, reviv-ing CopTis Teifolia, (Gold-thread.) MATERIA MEDIC A. 67 Medical Uses.—The green berries being stewed, are wellcalculated to restore decayed or lost appetite, especially ofthose whose stomachs are afflicted with excess of bile. Anexternal application of the leaves, prepared by way of de-coction, abates erysipelas or St. Anthonys fire, allays theexcessive heat of swellings or inflammations. E-ipe goose-berries correct the heat of the stomach and liver. A decoctionof the tender, young leaves is useful in calculous disorders orgravel complaints. GKAPE Ym^.—{Yitis vinifera.){Properties)—Antilithio, Hydeagogue, Eefkigeeant. Description,—The Grape Vine is a well-known, woody,climbing vine, clinging to trees or fixed objects, by means ofits tendrils or claspers, having sappy stems, and leaves gashedinto a few lob
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