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d, and there would be more profita- 
alteratives, in the form of a syrup. 
: Bioopwort. ’; aphathum Songuinewn Rubrum: The herb. 
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rises six or seven inches in height. On the top of the 
lk, whi small and bare of leaves, grow purple flowers, which — 
_turn'into husks that contain the seed. ‘The leaves lie flat upon the 
_ ground, are three or four in number, hairy, full of red winding veins, 
oval shaped, and remain through winter ; roots small, tough and — 
rous.. It grows in uplands throughout the United States. . 
_ Phe properties of this plant are, antiseptic, voluntary, astringent, — 
pectoral. A decoction of it drank will speedily stop immoderate 2 
ing “of the menses, and other hemorrhages. ‘he powder of 
ixed with an equal quantity of bloodroot, and a little — 
asa snuff for polypus in the nose, frequently des+ 
e ofa week. ‘The decoction of this root, made 
been found very beneficial in consumptions aceom* 
spitting of blood. The juice of the green leaves of 
» boneset, and rattle snake plantain, equal parts, anda 
a dose is said to be an infallible cure for the bite ofa 
, Or any other poisonous reptile. The bruised lea 
be applied to the wound, and changed often. 
 Burron Swakuroor. Liatris Spicata. ©: 
believe, corn snakeroot. It grows plentifully 
state of Ohio, and is also cultivated by the Shakers. 
Itis called corn: snakeroot, because its leaf, like young corn, has prick 
dy points all along its edges, and a larger one at the extreme point o 
its leaf; it sends up a round stalk sometimes two feet high, with the - 
leaves scattering along upon it ; “and én the top grows a ball as large - 
musket bullet, covered thick with white blooni. "The root cou 
ofa knob an inch loug, the bottom being the largest, and @p- — 
if decayed or rotted off. here are small roots shooting — 
is knob. The taste of the root, resembles the black snake-_ 
ers, and infectious diseases? 
