f the bowels. It is given in the form of pills, in doses of from 
_ twenty grains, alone, or combined with bitter purgatives. 
+ given, > 
gs Ayens. Geum Virginianum. The root. «. 
= Also called Evan’s root, chocolate root, cureall, &ce. This plant 
_ Fises about two feet high, root fibrous, very pleasant and aroma C 
aves Jarge and lyre-shaped, stalk upright, flowers white or yellow, 
nd terminal. It isa perrennial plant, and grows uncultivated 
t the United States. The roots have the flavor of cloves, 
ish astringent taste. ‘The large roots are preferable to 
ones, which should be dug in April, cut in thin slices, and 
‘dried in the air as quick as possible : then pulverize, and bottleit 
» Aven’s root is a noble medicine in all cases of beginning consump- 4 
tions and debility. ‘I'here are several species of avens, but they 
possess similar qualities, viz. astringent, styptic, tonic, i 
stomachic, &c. It is preferable to the Peruvian bark in the cure of 
intermitt » dysentery, chronic diarrhceas, wind eolic, affections 
the stomach, asthmatic symptoms, and cases of debility ; whites, 
flooding, sore throat. ‘The continual use of it has restored to ht 
the most shattered and.enfeebled constitutions, and is probably asef 
2 al as any one single article in arresting a consumption. 
. 
Kever, alter proper €yacuations, it may be given till the fever 
25 ‘The doses are daily, a pint of a Se nat or about sixty grams 
of the powder, divided into three doses, and mixed with honey-- 
This root has formed a -principal ingredient in the popular Indian 
chocolate, for consumption. 
* 
x, 
Also called female fern. There are two kinds of fern, 
~ Namely the male and female: their qualities are similar. a x8 
male fern is of the fan specie, grows higher than the male, though 
the leaves are less, and more divided. ‘The same species, or another 
_ I know not which, grows in swamps, and is that used more. 
in facilitating the delivery of women. The root is at 
Sosequill, Tying horizontal, of a brown color, very 5 
‘aginous taste. It grows plentifully in low, moist 
, Or near ponds.” ' Soest 
___ *he'root is a good pectoral and ‘demulcent. Made int 
with a little sp rits added, it forms an excell e 
the delivery of female es, softening, relax 
