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grows from eiglit to twelve feet high, wilh larg^ 

 spreading branches, when ripe, of a deep red 

 color, a pleasant sour ta«ite, and are used to dye 

 with. The bark, leaves, and berries arc used 

 for medicine: the bark should be peeled wbea 

 full of sap, tbe leaves when full i^iown, and th^ 

 berries when ripe; they should be carefully dri- 

 ed and when used as part of No 3, should be 

 pounded and may be used altogether, or sepa- 

 rately. A tea made of either of these articles 

 is very good, and may be given with safety in 

 all complaints, and put into the injections. It 

 will hcour the stomach and bowels; is good fov 

 gtrengthnioi; promotes urine, and relieves dif^ 

 Sculties in the kidneys, by removing obstructions ^ 

 and strengtbning the parts. 



Witch Uazle. This is a small tree, from teii 

 to fifteen feet high, known by the circumstances 

 of its flowering' in the first winter month, and 

 sometimes in October., while its leaves are yellow 

 and falling; the flowers are yellow. - A tea made 

 of the leaves, is an exceelleut medicine in many 

 complaints, and may be u^ed freely to advantage. 

 It is the best thing for bleeding at the stomach 

 of any medicine known, either'by giving a tea of 

 the dried leaves, or chewing them when greeu. 

 It is caused by canker eating off the small blood 

 vessels, and this medicine will remove the cauk- 

 er and-stop the bleeding. It is good used in ir»- 



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