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"J THE SICK Ji^VN S COMPAN'.OX. 



throat, stomach and bowe1§, caused by cold, as 

 there is more or less of it, in all cases of disease. 

 When cold gets the power over inward heat, the 

 stoaiacljand bowels beeome coated with canker, 

 which prevents the numerous little vessels cal- 

 culated to nourish the system, (and designed for 

 that purpose;) from performing their proper duty. 

 A cure, therefore, cannot be effected, untill this 

 diflBculty is removed, which must be done, by 

 such articles as are best calculated to scour off 

 the canker, and leave the juices flowing freely. 

 The best rule to ascertain what is good for cank- 

 er, (when you find any unknown herb or root,) 

 and which may be a universal guide; is, to chew 

 some of the ariicles, and if it causes the saliva,, 

 or (spittle,) to flow freely, and leave the mouth 

 clean and moist, it is good; but if it dries up the 

 juices, and leaves the mouth rough and dry; it 

 is bad, and should twt be used. 



Bayherryy — Sometimes called candlcberry, ia 

 a species of myrtle from which wax is obtained 

 from the berries, and grows common in many 

 parts of the United State. It is a shrub grow- 

 ing from two tafour feet high, and may be easi- 

 ly known by the berries it produces annually, 

 containing wax iu abundance; these grow close 

 to the branches, similar to thejuniper; the leaves 

 arc of a deep green. The bark of the roots is 

 what is used for medicine, and should be collect- 

 ed in the spring before it puts forth itsleaves; or 



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