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emesis, being so copious, that it is doubtful whether the effect on the 
stomach is not produced by the quantity of crude indigestible mat- 
ter. (For the Chemical Analysis, see Appendix.) 
CEcoNOMICAL USES. 
The roots steeped in fermented wine, produce a grateful drink ;* 
and the dried pulverized root is commonly used in many parts of our 
country, as a substitute for ginger: hence the common name. 
Schoepf says the same epithet has been applied to the Asarum Vir- 
ginicum. 
* Asari Canadensis radices suaveolentes in petio vino fermentantiimmersz, liquoram 
gratiorem reddunt. Cornut. 
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