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strangury, and many other diseases internally, while ex- 

 ternally they are useful bruised and applied to ruptures 

 and sprains. The mucilage of these roots is equal to that 

 oidlthea or Marshmallows, but much more useful, beir 

 united to astringency. The Comfrey may be used with 

 great advantage in hemorrhage of the bowels, stomach, 

 and lungs, erosions of the intestines, salt rheum, gonor- 

 rhea, and fluor albus, ardor of urine, &c- It is much va- 

 lued in Europe and China, also b^ our herbalists, but 

 wrongly omitted by all our medical writers, except 

 Schoepf and Cutler. In China it is called Tihoang, and 

 considered equal to Ginseng in many cases, particularly 

 in preserving health ; pills, lozenges, and bolus are made 



en daily m the morning, by people of weak 

 and debilitated habits. In Europe, a conserve and syrup 

 is used. The infusion, decoction, &c- are equally goodj 

 the doses need not be very nice, as the effects are mild. 

 Our herbalists unite it to Burdock and Yarrow, to cure 

 the clap, using at the same time injections of Statice or 

 Tormentil- Boiled in milk, it becomes the best prepara- 

 tion for diseases of the bowels and urinary organs. It 

 may be safely employed in all diseases of debility, re- 

 taxation, and overflowing- It is said to act as a pallia- 

 tive at least in nephitic pains and gravel, to prevent the 

 recurrence of bleeding from the lungs and stomach, and 

 to strengthen while it lubricates all the solids. 



No. 91 • TRILLIUM LATIFOLIUIVL 



Names. Broadleaf Bethroot, Fr, Triole dilatee. Vul- 

 gar. Bethroot, Rattlesnake Root, Wakerobin, Cough- 

 root, Indian Balm, Ground Lily, Jews Harp, Indian 

 Shamrock, Pariswort, Truelove. 



Classif, Nat. Ord. of Asparagoides. Hexandria tri- 

 gyn\a L. 



Genus Trillivm. Perigone double marcescent, each 

 3 parted, exterior caliciform, interior coroUiform. Six 

 stamina inserted at the base of the segments, nearly 

 equal, anthers linear. Pistil oval, 3 linear stigmas, (seU 

 dom a style.) Berry 3 celled polysperm. Constant habit 



