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Its properties as a promoter of secretions, and a 

 cure for the jaundice are doubtful. But it strength- 

 ens the fibres and promotes expectoration. It is a 



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very good vehicle and auxHiary for pectoral remedies, 



and even for cathartics, such as Croton-oil, Castor-oil, 



&c. which are rendered palatable by it* liiquorice 



may be added to the decoction, instead of sugar, to 



render it more efficient. 



Influenza is often cured by using some of the 



syrup to sweeten its own decoction or any other 



suitable herb tea. It has the advantage that it may 



be used ad libitum, or in any chosen dose. My own 



experience has tested the value of this plant and its 



syrup, in cough and influenza, and I can recommend 



the following cathartic, as one of the most effectual 



and withal pleasant to the taste : One single drop of 

 Croton Oil dissolved in a spoon-tull or cup-iun of this 



syrup. 



Substitutes — Althea officinalis or Marsh Mal- 

 low — Jlgrimonia — Violet flowers — GauUheria pro- 

 cumbens or Mountain Tea — Tnssilago or Coltsfoot 



Pulmonaria yirgiiiica ovjaxxngwovi — Inula He- 

 lenium or Elecampane — Evonynitis atropurpnreus 

 or Wahoon — Crategvs crusgnfli or American Haw- 

 thorn — Marrubium Vulgar e or llorehound, -and 

 many sweet Filices, &c. &c 



Remarks — In Ifenry's herbal the figure of this 

 plant is nothing like it ; perhaps the ^, capilveneris 



is meant J which, however, does not grow in 



America. 



