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ly reduced to powder ; it is somewhat bitter, but not 

 unpleasant : it contains a bitter extractive and fecula, 

 both salable in boiling water. When fresh the root, 

 as well as the whole plant, is rather unpleasant, sub- 

 acrid and nauseous. 



PROPERTIES— Subtonic, diaphoretic, expecto- 



rant, diuretic, laxative, escarotic, carminative, antis- 

 pasmodic, &.c. It is a valuable popular remedy, and 

 a mild sudorific, acting safely without stimulating the 

 body. It is supposed to act specifically on the lungs, 

 to promote suppressed expectoration, and to relieve 

 the breathing of pleuritic patients. It appears to ex- 

 .ert a mild tonic effect, as well as stimulant power over 

 the excretories. It relieves t\\e dyspnoea and pains 

 in the chest. It often acts as a mild cathartic, suita- 

 ble for the complaints of children ; it is also useful in 

 •cholie, hysteria, menorhagia, dysentery, &c. 



In the low state of typhus fever, it has produced 

 perspiration when other stidorifics had failed. In 

 pneumonia and catarrh it is always benefieiaL It re- 

 stores the tone of the stomach and digestive powers. 

 It has been given in astkma, rheumatism., syphilis, 



and even for worms. 



All tliese valuable properties, eiany of wlaich are 

 well, attested, entitle it to general notice, lo become 

 an article of commerce, be kept in shops, &c 



The doses are from tw^ity to thirty grains of the 

 powdered root three times a day, or a gill of the de- 

 coction and infusion every few hours ; a vinous infu- 

 sion and a decoction in milk are also recommended? 



in some cases 



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