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pertusis, epilepsy, dropsy, scurvy, clironic rheumatism, 

 erratic and spasmodic pains, parturition, amenorliea, 

 worms, &c. Doses in asthma 20 to 50 grains of the 

 powder. All preparations with heat are less powerful. 

 The syrup is a mild one, useful in senil catarrh. In de- 

 licate stomachs, this plant produces nausea, emesis, 

 headache, vertigo and dimness, even in small doses. 

 The leaves are less powerful, but the seeds most active 

 requiring smaller doses, being' pungent, containing albu- 

 men and a fixed acrid oil* Leaves externally used for 

 wounds and ulcers, herpes and cutaneous affections, 

 bruised and applied : also used to dress blisters, pro- 

 moting the discharge. It is said that bears are fond of 

 this plant and feed on it. The lotion of the root cures 

 the itch. 



IMPATIENS, L. Touchmenot, Jewel laeed^ Slippers^ 

 Celandine^ Quickinihehand^ Weathercocks^ Two sp, /. 

 fulva and pallida^ both in common use for jaundice and 

 asthma, as a tea. In large doses emetic, eccoprotic and 

 diuretic. Leaves used for piles and wash for wounds ; 

 tliey dye wool satfron color and yellow 



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iMPERATORIA, L. Imperial MasterworL Cult. 

 Root bitter, acrid, aromatic : carminative, sudorific, 

 menagogue, &c. Used for flatulence, cholics, hysterics, 

 agues, palsy and even sterility, said to make women 

 fruitful. 



INDIGOFERA, L. Indigo plants. The L car oUtu ana 

 wild, /. tinctoria and argentea cult. All producing in- 

 digo, whose blue principle is now called f^fgine. Leaves 

 hepatic and deobstruent, used in liver coiitpiaints, diar- 

 rhea, lochial diseases, and to kill lice. 



INULA HELENIUM, L. Elecampane. Native. 

 Root very active, bitterish, aromatic, stomachic, attenu- 

 ant, stimulant, pectoral, vermifuge, diuretic, laxative, 

 diaphoretic, &c. Useful in coughs, humid asthma, hy- 

 ^pochondria, cholic, tremors, viscid phlegm, it excites 

 diuresis and diaphoresis, gently loosens the bowels, 

 strengthen the stomach and the viscera. Taken in tea, 

 electuary, srrup. United to Comfrer and Elm bark, it 

 makes a good electuary for consumptive cough, whoop- 

 ing cough. The extract is of little value. Leaves use- 

 Ail in scabies. Root by no means weak as lately sup- 



