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 . lieves hoarsenessand coughs. The roots boiled in vinegar, and employed as anexternal application, allays scirrhous swellings in any part ofthe flesh, inflammations, erysipelas or St. Anthonys fire, ab-scesses, painful sores accompanied with heat, or of a putres-cent tendency, herpes zoster or shingles, itch, etc. An infusionof the same in wine, used both internally and externally, ob-viates rheumatic disorders, and al
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 . lieves hoarsenessand coughs. The roots boiled in vinegar, and employed as anexternal application, allays scirrhous swellings in any part ofthe flesh, inflammations, erysipelas or St. Anthonys fire, ab-scesses, painful sores accompanied with heat, or of a putres-cent tendency, herpes zoster or shingles, itch, etc. An infusionof the same in wine, used both internally and externally, ob-viates rheumatic disorders, and alleviates pains of the bowels. The roots should be combined with others adapted to thepurpose, and employed both internally and externally for rup-tures, contusions, wounds or injuries resulting from falls. Astrong decoction of the roots and leaves is considered to be avery good wash for palsied hands, being often used, and per-mitted to be absorbed or dried into the skin. CLARY.—{Salvia sclarea.){Properties)—Discutient, Errhixe, Stimulant, Stomachic. Description.—Clary has square stems, and wrinkled, hoary.,pubescent, green leaves, arranged in pairs. The flowers are. Galium Aparine [Aspeeula.] (Cleavers.) MATERIA MEDICA. 43 of a whitish blue, disposed at stated spaces in axillary cymes,after the manner of sage:—after these follow brownish, andsomewhat flat seeds. The root is annual, blackish, and slight-ly spreading. It is found in gardens, producing flowers inJune and July, the seeds maturing in August. Medical Uses.—The mucilage of the seeds, prepared inwater, as an external applicaton, disperses tumors or leaves, applied with vinegar, alleviates the pain, andabates the inflammation of boils and felons. The powder of theroot, used as a cephalic snufi*, removes catarrhal afiections ofthe head. An infusion of the seeds, or leaves in wine, obvi-ates weakness of the back, or kidneys, warms and strengthensthe stomach, aids digestion, and abates inflammation
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