AND Hepatic. The gum resin. ae 
much stronger and more unpleasant than the former. The Hepatic 
is of a similar kind.. The horse aloes is still more impure, and is 
_ Weaker in its power. , 
loes is a warm, stimulating purgative, and considerably vermi= 
_ Its medium dose is from five to fifteen grains, nor doe 
quantity operate more effectually. Taken in doses of'a’ 
‘mixed into pills with soap, it acts as a gently stimulating 
“ Aniseep. Pimpinella Antsum. 
Anise is'an annual plant, growing naturally in Crete and Syi 
The seeds have an aromatic odor, and a warm taste, with @ 
share of sweetness. An essential oil is obtained from it. It is a 
good carminative in dyspepsia, and in the flatulence to which | 
_ €ren are subject. A drachm or twoof the seeds is a dose, or a few 
drops of oil dropped on sugar. ? 
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+ a ARcHANGEL. ‘The herb afd flower. 
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Also called, dead nettle; there are three kinds : red, white, and 
_ yellow archangel, but similar in virtues. Each have several square — 
stalks, hairy at the joints, with two green serrated leaves opposite 
_ each other at the lower joints, upon long foot stalks, but without 
any toward the tops, which are somewhat round, yet po 
crumpled and hairy ; round the upper joints, embedded in ay 
are gaping flowers of a pale red color, or white or yellow, as | 
_ case may be. The root is small and thread , and annual: th 
_ has astrong, but not stinkingscent. = z 
The herb infused in wine, is stimulating, detergent, and a 
_ ‘vative ‘against fevers and particularly the ague. The flowers are 
useful in restraining the whites in women. Applied externally, it 
discutient to indolent tumors, and cleansing to filthy ulcers. 
"~~ Anse-Smanr. The herb. 
Pik Vali Fittie ‘ows in our Country every ¥ 
few know the great ee Pe { ror f . 
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