No. 10. AXIXSTOZ.OCHXA. 6.^ 



their action* It is probably a good substitute for cam- 

 pbor and valerian in many cases. The doses of the 

 powder are from ten to thirty grains, often repeated, 

 or an ounce of the warm infusion every three hours. 

 Wine is an excellent vehicle for it in fevers. ISIany 

 compound tinctures contain it. When too stimulant 

 Spikenard {Aralia) and Elder {Sambucus) may be 

 substituted to advantage* 



Substitutes Camphor Rosemarj^ Seneca 



Snakeroot — Eupatorhim perfoliatum — Asariim 

 Canadense and Virgimciim — All the native Arts- 

 tolochias — GauUheria procumbenSj and many otlief 

 tonic and diaphoretic stimulants. 



RjcMxVRKS — The bark, seeds, and roots of the A- 

 Sipho, (or Siphisia glabra y) called vulgarly Dutch- 

 man-pipe flower or Pipe Vine, may be substituted, 

 having the same properties. It is a tall vine, with 

 lar^^e cordate smooth leaves, and brown flowers like 

 a pipe with a trilobe mouth, growing on the Ohio, &c. 



»^. tomentosa (or Siphisia tomentosa) is a low 

 vine, with cordate woolly leaves, growing in the 



Western States* 



A. hastata is a small plant, with long narrow 

 leaves, having obtuse auricles at the base : it grows 

 in the Southern States. The roots of these two last 

 are often mixed with the common kind in the shops. 



Henry's figure represents probably the A. tomen- 

 tosa, but the leaves are too sharp. 



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