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This fpecies is the 



a 



of the Greek writers, and 



as 



very generally employed for medical purpofes. The whole plant has^^^ 

 unpleafant narcotic frnell, and fome authors have reported it? f^S.!^ 

 tions to 



be fo noxious as to render it unfafe to ileep under its fhad 



The parts of the Sambucus, which are propofed 



r 



the Pharmacopoeias 



medicinal ufe 



the inner bark, the flowers, and the ben 



The firil has fcarcely any fmell, and very little tail 



les.. 



hrft chewing, 



J 



it impreffes a degree of fweetifhnefs, which is followed 



flight, but durable, acrimony, in vfhich its powers feem to refide, and 



which it imparts both to watery and fpirituous menfl:rua. 



It is flrongly 



d by Sydenham ' and 



Eoerhaave,^who recommend it as an efFedtual hydragogue; the former 



h 



d 



on this 



account 



v/as much 



direds three handfuls of it to be boiled in a quart of milk and 



pint remains, of which 



morning, and repeated for feveral day 



half is to be taken night and 



fually operates both up- 



ds and downwards, and upon the evacuations it produces 



gave its exprefl^ed juice in dofes fro 



y depend 



s. 



Boerhaav 



dram to 



half 



an ounce. 



I 



fmaller dofes 



It 



faid to be an ufefut 



d deobftruent in various chronical d 



<( 



The flowers have an agreeable flavour, which they g 



difl;illation with water, and impart by infufion both to water and 



dfp 



Hilling a large quantity of them with water 



fmall 



portion of a butyraceous eflential oil fei 



the frefh fl 



ntly 



faid to promote chiefly th 

 ferviceable in eryfipelatou 

 are ufed in fomentations 

 direded in the form of 



Infufions made f 

 aperient : when dry they 



a 



&. 



d 'eruptive difor 



9 



r 



C. 



d 



m 



an ointment. 



y 



th 



e 



Lond 

 The be 



d to be particularly 



Externally they 



Pharmacopoeia. 

 PQ in fade, are 



fomewhat fweetifli, and not unpleafant ; on exprefllon^ they yield 



Sambucus, 'Ay3r, G 



s 



fl 



ft 



qu 



aida 



* • 



magadin vocant, dida putatur. Alii ab autore cui nomen Sambyx denominatam m 



alunt. 



Hi/I.p 



. Cent 



^ 1 he Bernes are faid to be poifonous to poultry. " (BartboL R.j.. ^.^^-- • - , 



t^o. ^ 248.; And the flowers to peacocks. Linn. Flor. Suec. p. 79. I^ ^^^f P%'f' 



^ .T'' r^'i'T' ""' '^'"' (wh^^h are fubjea to blight from a variety of in^f ^tm 

 whipped with the green leaves and branches of Eld ' "' ' -'"'^ '''"'' 



rVitiunng, 



, o ^ — -' ^.«er, the infers win ^^^ 



i ne leaves ar^ nnrg^^jye ]j|.g j.|^g \^z^) ]^^^^ ^^j-g naufeous 



ttack 



i 



Od 



>Vr. p. 496 



Bi/h Plant, F, I. p. 207 



fine 



V 



\ 



