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of for medicinal purposes, and should always he 

 collected in the fall or early in the spring before 

 the leaves make their appearance, as should al- 

 ways be recollected in the collection of all roots. 

 A decoction or tea made of this root is an excel- 

 lent medicine to promote the monthly discharges 

 in women, and either in decoction or tinctured 

 in spirits, it is one of the best medicines for rbeii- 

 matism that can be used. It is also an excellent 

 article for liver complaints, to remove pains and 

 obstructions of the system caused by cold, and 



when combined with other articles as you will 

 find under the head rheumatic syrup ^ it is a most 



excellent article for that complaint,& also for colic, 

 dyspepsia, pains in the back, and other painful af- 

 fections of the system. The tincture, matle by 

 steeping about one handful of the fresh roots in a 

 quart of good spirits for four days, and taken in 

 doses of a wine glassful three or four times a day^ 

 is, in almost every case, a certain and lasting cure 

 for rheumatic complaints. 



Archangel. This plant is sometimes called 

 peat henbit, dead-nettle, and henbit archangel; 

 It will mostly be found about moist meadows, in 

 all cultivated ground and particularly on the bor- 

 ders of fields, growing from six inches to a foot 

 high, Vixih reddish purple flowers. The leaves 

 are about the size of mint leaves, but have no 

 stems, and clasp around the stalk. The flowers 

 grow aiound the stalk at the joints, and are suc- 

 ceeded by a capsule containing four naked seeds* 



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