good apetite, invigorates the system, and is an excellent re 
to those fatigued by travelling. A pound of the fresh roots, 
infused in a gallon of old Jamaica spirits for ten or twelve da 
be taken in a dose ofa wine glassful three times a day, on an empty. 
stomach. This will be found beneficial in all weaknesses from ex- 
pesive venery, pain in the bones from colds, and in gravelly com- . 
plaints. 
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Gincer. Amonum Zingiber. The root. 
Ginger root is imported from the East and West Indies. It is in 
small wrinkled pieces, of a grayish color, having an argmatic, odor, 
and a very pungent taste. oe Soe 
The root is frequently employed as a grateful and moderately 
powerful aromatic, either in combination with other remedies, or by 
itself, as a stimulant, particularly in dyspepsia, flatulence, tympanites, 
and gout. The spicy root is more immediately serviceable in cold 
flatulent colics; in laxity and debility of the stomach and intestines, 
and especially in torpid phlegmatic constitutions, in order to induce 
a more brisk action of the vessels. 
Pep i ae 
Gotpen Rov. Solidago Virga Aurea. The leaves and 
Grows in woods and meadows, and along fences, in most of 
the United States; perrennial, and rises about two feet in ght ; 
small brown round stalks, divided at the top into small branches, 
_ with many long green leaves; flowers small and yellow, on every 
one of the branches, all of which are turned one way, and when 
ripe they become as down, and are carried away by the wind. It 
flowers in July. 
The flowers are aperient and corroborant, and the leaves are 
gently astringent. The flowers have been found beneficial in re- 
moving obstructions of the urinary organs, in gravelly complaints, 
ulcerations of the bladder, is good in vitiation of the humors, and - 
inthe first stage of dropsies. The leaves are good in debility, and 
laxity of the viscera or bowels, and all disorders proceeding from that 
cause. ‘They may be taken in infusion, or decoction. 
Gouprureap. Coptis Trifolia. The root. © 
Is found plentifully in New York, and all the eastern states, most 
commonly in mossy swamps, and evergreen woods. The root is 
creeping, thread-like, of a bright yellow, with many small fibres ; 
léaves radical, evergreen, on long slender petioles, three on a stem ; 
flowers white. The plant itself has the appearance of the strawber- 
Ty vine. . ae 
It is a pure intense bitter, without smell, or astringency ; is tonic,. 
stomachic, promoting digestion, useful in dyspepsia, debility, after 
levers, and whenever a pure bitter is required. A tincture. made ~ 
with an ounce of the roots in a pound of diluted alcohol, is recom 
mended in doses of a tea spoonful thrice a day; or ten or tw 
_ BFains of the powders ; both agree with the stomach. ay 
