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seous and acrid. This root maybe known by itssize> 

 yellowish color, and crevisses. It is milky when 

 fresh. The extract from it resembles Scamony and 

 "possesses the same properties. 



PROPERTIES— Cathartic, diuretic and pectoral. 

 It acts like jalap, rhubarb, briony and scamony at a 

 larger dose, when given in substance ; but the extract 

 from the fresh root is more efficient, and is a mild ca- 

 thartic at a small dose of ten or twelve grains. It is 

 seldom used by physicians, but often by Indian doc- 

 tors. It is a safe substitute for the more costly roots 

 above mentioned, and as a root often weighs twenty 

 pounds, it might be made an article of trade. *As a 

 diuretic it is useful in gravel, strangury, dropsy, &c« 

 it enables to evacuate small calculous granulations, 



and may be taken in substance or decoction. As a 

 pectoral it has been used for consumptive coughs and 

 asthma ; a syrup is made of it with Skunk cabba2:e, 

 for that purpose. 



Substitutes Jalap Rhubarb — Scamony- 



Briony—Erz^eron Sp. — Pyrola umhellata— Jis- 

 clepias tuber OS a J iSJ^c. 



Remarks — It is asserted that the Indians can han- 

 dle Rattle-snakes with impunity, after wetting their 

 hands with the milky juice of the root of this plant, 



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The root must be collected at the end of summerj 



ghtto be cut ia slices. 



