be taken. alone, i in pene Ss or , or it may be com- . 
»ther articles and formed into” a syrup, for all all the above 
spoonful of the pulverized soptmeaphe taken three 
together with a tea cupful of a of a decoction 
d root boiled to to three quarts, taken night and, 
mpa and poke im: boiled to a syrup 
i ey, posan freely peets or seeks sGioiaiciae is an exe 
ly for alot dee Sie oe BS aha FS aie 
- This is a large tree, and is well known, growing throughout the 
United States. 
elm bark taken continually in decoction, has been found 
ulcers, &&c. and is one of the best poultices for fresh 
urns, scalds, bruises, and ulcers, that can be applied. The 
revolutionary army experienced the most happy ef-— 
a its application to gunshot wounds, which were soon 
ht to a good suppuration and a disposition to heal. _ It was ap- 
plied as the first remedy. When tendency to mortification was evi- 
dent, this bark, bruised and boiled in water, produced the most sur- ~ 
prising good effects. In old ill conditioned ulcers, equal benefit was. 
derived from it.. The infusion of the bark was used with advantage. 
as a diet drink in pleurisy and catarrh, and also in diarrhoea and ays 
entery. 
Its constant use is very proper 
~~ venth: mouth, os it alin 
deliygs . 
: “Ergot i is a set ag emmenagogue, exciting a at action upon 
the womb, and capable of producing abortion at any stage of preg- 
mancy. It is very frequently, and in most cunt believe, very er- 
roneously, employed to excite forcible pains in elivery, even when 
there is no necessity for it, which cannot but injure the woman. 
From five to ten or fifteen grains of the powder may be taken at a 
dose ; but it is more active in decoction, half a drachm of the pow-_ 
der being gently boiled in half a pint of water, one third may be 
given. every twenty minutes, until proper pains have commen EGA 
dose will excite nausea and vomiting. -. 3 
Erynco, or Sea Howry. Eryngium Maritimum. The root. con 
ron s 
“This shrab grows along the : 
rises: from. one to two feet. 
‘coast ; 
high ; leaves circular, plaited, firm, of @ ae ig ape and marked _ 
with white veins ; “flowers blue, and terminate the branches in ro: 
heads: flowers from August to September. 
y Em. — Dulcis. The sacha Baie 
in the cure of scorbutic and herpetic eruptions, whites, — 
pregnant women during the se- g 
sais causes a * speek, and easy 
