the mouth, particularly in children, for 
Ree i ee Sa 
Grows on rich, moist land ; has a stem ten or twelvé inches high, 
and often but one leaf, of an olive green color; there are sometimes. 
wo leaves, and on one of them is a kind of seed, or seal, which is 
- The root is crooked, knobby, wrinkled, with many long fibres, 
; of a bright yellow. It is found from Canada to Tennessee. 
Taste exceedingly bitter. — Se ——— 
___ It is sometimes known by the names of yellow root, ground rasp- 
berry, yellow paint, yellow eye root, Indian paint, orange root. 
is an ble tonic, and 
bitter tonic, in infusion or tincture, in disorders of the stomach, bile, — 
and liver. A half ounce of the dried pulverized roots, is sufficient 
to infuse in a quart of spirits. ee 
a is: root appears also to be slightly narcotic, and is said to. nter 
into many of the compounded remedies for cancer. Some Indians — 
mploy it as a diuretic, stimulant and escharotic, using the po wde 
_ for blistering, and the infusion for the dropay;- => ee Ae 
Golden seal bitters forms one of the best correctives of bile, and 
habits, that can be given. ha 
Saee 
GooseBERRY. ‘Sate of thie poate — 
"The bark of gooseberry roots, in decoction, is considerably diure- 
_ fic, and is said to have cured the gravel. Black-currant root bark 
‘possesses the same qualities. 
eee 
« 
“Grounp ie: Glecoma Hederacea. The leaves. 
The leaves of this plant are scalloped, hairy, in opposite pairs, 
long petioles, which are channelled ; flowers in whorls, of 
wish color, on short stems. This plant grows about garden fences, 
and on the sides of moist meadows, and runs along under the hedges. . 
It purifies the blood, is a good pectoral, and the expressed juice 
snuffed up the nose, has cured the most inveterate headach, It is 
good in consumption and obstructions, laxity and debility of the -. 
cera, for cleansing and healing ulcers in the lungs, kidneys, and 
other internal parts, and is an efficacious remedy in jaundice and. 
asthmatic coughs. ee: oe 
_ _Agill of the expressed juice of the green leaves, morning and 
night, in a half pint of wild cherry bark tea, may be taken. 
