ruins 5 found in most of the northern aud western s 
Its properties are, narcotic, anodyne, phrenetic, antisp 
and discutient. The whole plant may be used ; bu 
seeds are preferable. It is chiefly used in extract, however, which 
_. should be made from the juice, without boiling, by drying i in the sun: 
the dose is from one to fifteen grains, according to its effect. It ope- 
rates as a powerful varcotic, and if taken in large doses it produces _ 
- drowsiness, intense thirst, headach, dilatation of the pupil, delirium, 
and other symptoms of vegetable poison. But taken, in a proper 
dose, it eases pain and procures sleep, and is efficacious in 
tions of the heart, coughs, spasms, convulsions, madness, 
hysterical complaints, and a variety of nervous maladies, and d 
sies ; far superior to opium in such complaints, leaving the: 
soluble, without affecting the head. Combined with valerian, it 
forms an excellent remedy in the tic doloroux. a 
The external use of henbane is very efficacious as a discutient in 
hard and schirrous tumors, and cancers, and is similar in effect to - 
oeneea Ati is an excellent cleansing application for old foul ul = 
BLackBeEBRY. The bark of the 
The bark of blackberry roots, boiled in milk, saved remedy in =o 
dysenteries. It should be taken freely. Or, the unripe berries, 
two pounds, bruised and simmered with one pound of loaf sugar, and 
a half pint of brandy, strained, bottled up, and used, may 
in dysentery. This is one of the best remedies 1 am é ac 
with. v ss f 
ae Buack Perrer. ‘The fait. a 
Pepper, from its stimulating and aromatic: qualities, is 
to promote digestion, to relieve nausea, to check vomiting, 
cup, and as a remedy in retrocedent gout and E peeipey 2 : 
from ten to fifteen grains. 
Brack Sxaxe Boor. Radir A aabidphytlon Nigrus. The root. = 
This plant i rises three feet in height, and its appearance is some- 
what similar to agrimony, the leaves divided into five or six a 
2 like the strawberry leaf, but much«larger, and smooth ; 
‘soms small and blue. The root is black, and fibres shoot out oan eae 
in every direction z é It grows in meadows, and in low iy nag ong 
tis: an excellent sudorific, aromatic, emmenagogue, det 
ti-se Atea of it may be drank freely in all 
s is aegemenys as im hay be Indi | 
