is a cultivated plant growing in gardens. According to 
will extract the poison of serpents, or of wasps | 
Beans opphied th the wobuded part Hekino'eajut wil a 
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<r 
 Beanserny. Uva Ursi. ‘The leaves, 
This is an evergreen shrub, or vine ; the Jeaves oval, not toc 2 
ofa pale green color, and smooth on the under side ; flowers whitish, | 4 
~ terminating the stem in clusters. It grows on mountains, and dry 
upland, in different parts of the United States, and in some placesit— 
tnown by the name of wild cranberry. mig 
The leaves have a bitterish taste, and are astringent and tonic, in — 
their medical virtue consists. It is excellent in all debilitating 
es, and particularly in ulcerations of the kidneys, bladder, 
ry passages ; in fluor albus, diabetes, excess of menses, di- 
arrheea, dysentery, &c. _ Professor Barton commends it highly, fre 
‘experience, in affections of the kidneys proceeding from gout, 
has found it serviceable in old gonorrhea. It may be exhibi 
oction, er in powder, a tea spoonful at a dose, three or four 
re a day. 5 
a 
Beecu Drops, or Cancer Root. 
‘This plant grows out of the roots of beech trees, in low 
and rises six or eight inches in height, of a brown, glossy col 
rittle sprigs, but no leaves. The root is bulbous, similar to @ 
rom whence it derives its name. 
It may be prepared by boiling O18" 
rts, and sweetened. After proper eva’ 
the Erysipelas may take a tea 
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tinue till well.” 
