“it invigorates the system,’ a excites to venery. It 
pared as follows: boil two ounces of shavings of 
two quarts of barley water, to one quart; then add four 
_-eryngo root, and a quart of new milk, and boil it down to three pints ; 
strain it for use. In consumptive debilitated habits, the patient. 
take a dish of this three or four times a day, which will 
the system, and restore natural spirits. ; ipsa” 
Feverrew. Matricaria Vulgaris. is. The) 
need no description. It is sometimes misnamed featherfew. 
Both the wild and garden feverfew have the same virtues. ‘The 
are warm, aperient, carminative, bitter, and strengthen the stor 
expels wind, promotes the menses, destroys worms, and is beneficie 
in hysterical complaints and lowness of spirits. For a decoction, 
pour two quarts of boiling water on two handsful of the leaves, of 
which a tea cupful may be taken three or four times a day, in order 
to promote the menses; the same may be taken in colds and fever 
In hysterical complaints, a tea spoonful ‘of the comfy und spir 
lavender may be added to the above decoction. reo te 
Fever Busu, or Spice Busu. Dumus Febris. The bark. i 
This bush grows along the sides of low ‘moist meadows, and in 
wet swamps. It rises five or six feet high ; leaves ovate and nume- 
yous ; blossoms of a pale reddish color ; berries blood red, and of a 
: nt aromatic smell. pe: 
_ ‘The bark, in decoction, is cooling and cordial, and is exceedingly 
useful in all: kinds.of fevers for allaying the heat and relieving the 
system. After proper evacuations, it may be given with advantage | 
in all kinds of fevers and inflammationsas a common drink. Imake — 
great use of it for these purposes. It is used by the Indians in all 
inflammatory complaints, and is much esteemed by the country peo- 
eerdyguen perpen Tas -aamnagesi ojiad ot ttn 
Mate Fenn. Polypodium Feliz Mas. The root. 
_ This plant grows on the mountains and among the rocks, in New- 
‘<ersey, and other parts of the United States. The leaves are fan- 
like, shoot from the root, curl round in their young state, and after- — 
wards extend themselves three or four feet. The leaves sprea@ 
wider than the female fern. ‘The root, when chewed is som 
-mucilaginous and sweet, and afterwards astringent and bitter. 
oot of this plant has been found a powerful remed: 
speci the tapeworm. ‘This is the famous. hm 
Nouffler, of Switzerland, for the tapeworm. She 
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