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e of colds and pleurisies, to promote expectoration and remove _ 
ws in swamps, from six to ten feet high, shrub like, leaves re- 
-goose’s foot ; flowers white, in clusters, berries in clusters, 
ifter frost comes, and remain through the vinter, The ber- 
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ngly acid, and the bark bitter. — 
‘Crampbark, is a powerful antispasmodic, and is very effectual in 
relaxing cramps and spasms of all kinds. A tincture of it may be 
made in wine by infusing an eunce of the dried pulverized bark in 
_ & quart of wine: dose a wine glass twice a day. A decoction answers 
‘the same purpose, and may be most convenient in cases of emer- 
Hyssop. The herb. 
- The lea of hyssop have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pun- 
gent taste; they ate particularly recommended in humoral asthma, 
coughs, and other disorders of the breast and lungs; being suppos- 
ed greatly to promote expectoration. The leaves are of great ser- 
vice when applied in cataplasms to bruises, the pain of which they 
_ speedily mitigate, and at the same time disperse every spot or mark 
from the part affected. — 
DREGE &: 
| Teenanp Moss. Lichen Icelandicus. 
is is very common in Iceland, but also grows in abundance in 
orthern and mountainous parts of the United States. This 
lichen is foliaceous, tough, variously divided into blunt lobes, turn; 
ing in at the edges, and fringed with short strong bristles. The 
shields are large, and of a reddish brown color on the lobes of the 
leaves. It grows on trees.and rocks, : 
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. It is extremely mucilaginous, and to the taste is bitter and somewhat 
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