wuhauiee long narrow | or segments ata 
on. long stems like eee ® bill, springing aoiat id 
leaves. The root is crooked, knotty, a blackish color on 
side, and reddish within. It has an austere styptic taste, 
panied with a slight kind of aromatic flavor. 
This root has long been held in great estimation by botanic. Phy- 
sicians, as a very powerful astringent. As it contains but little resin 
it is more particularly adapted to cases where heating and ‘stimula- 
ting medicines are less proper, as in phthisical diarrheas, d ysentery, 
&c. It is a better tonic than kino, and therefore preferable to it in 
the treatment of morbid fluxes, connected with relaxation 
ty. It is extensively used in the country for all bowel co 
but so les imp ly too early. A decoction in milk 
good in looseness of the bowels and diarrhea. A gargle of the de- 
coction is useful in sore throat, and ulcerations or apthous sores of 
the mouth and throat. ‘The infusion i is a valuable lotion in unhealthy. 
ulcers, and passive hemorrhagy, and also one of the injections in 
gleet and whites. Our Indians value this plant highly, and use it 
for wounds, gonorrhea, ulcers on the legs, diabetes, dlopéy urine, 
involuntary discharges of urine, menses, &c. 
The doses are one to two ounces in infusion or decoction, ti 
four drachms in tincture, fifteen to forty grains of the powd 
ten to fifteen grains of the extract, which i isa most powerful a1 
ecient souinaea Joined with gentian, it cures intermitting fevers 
ctu 2 coped eed emia 
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oe Water CRESSEs. — 
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plentifully in ticks and stagnant waters ; have many weak, 
hollow, sappy stalks, shooting out fibres at the joints, and long wing- 
ed leaves, of a brownish color. Its flowers are numerous and white, 
standing on long foot-stalks, and the seed is contained in long pods, 
like horns. Phe whole plant is green in winter, and tastes hot 
| ss 
“Water cresses are valuable for their anti-scorbutic t 
-_is-powerful against the scurvy, and to cleanse the blood and humors : 
it is also considerably diuretic, and emmenagogue. A decoction of 
it is a ele i ‘wash for ulcers. — “They are a good remedy in the 
pring to cleanse the blood of gross humors, and enliven the spirits. 
‘ Sees tnd sone age Ps 
scsi ‘Casio oe 
This rises tae around stalk about two feet high, spread into. 
iches ; ‘the flowers are white, and small, growing at the top 
“= branches, afterwards producing husks, with small brownish seeds, 
: and sharp taste. The root is long, white, and ' 
es, by walls, and in untilled places. © 
