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_ Emperatoria Ostruthium. The root. — 
atic plant rises about two feet in height. The root 
es three together, each divided into three lobes, and the 
_ Stem sheathed where it joins the stalk ; flowers umbelliferous. It 
_ grows on high rich soils, in most parts of the United States. 
3 € root is a warm aromatic, a salivant, expectorant, and Jaxa- 
z ‘Held in the mouth, it excites spitting; infused in water, sweet- _ 
ened with honey, it promotes expectoration, and has been found — 
beneficial in the colic, and flatulent disorders of the bowels; itis — 
e ' promote the menstrual discharge, helps digestion, asthma, 
colds, disorders of the brain, catarrh, palsy, apoplexy, and ague.— ~ 
_ & drach of the powdered root may be taken in wine at a dose ; or 
it may be taken in infusion, freely. “ = 
M XWEED. _Cortuta Fetida. The leaves and flowers. 
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_ Sometimes called wild camomile. a 
This herb rises two feet high ; leaves ovate ; flowers yellow, re- 
-sembling camomile flowers, but smaller. It grows by the road sides 
in low grounds. 
The leaves are a powerful sudorific, and answer all the intentions 
of camomile flowers, except that they are inferior in strength. Infe- — 
vers and common colds, where perspiration is necessary, these may_ 
be employed to good advantage. ae 
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ae : and preparations from it, have been employed by the _ 
- faculty in many diseases. It possesses great power, but it is uncer- 
tain and unsafe, from the variableness of its strength; the root in au-— 
tumn is almost inert; but in the beginning of summer, an acrid poi- __ 
son. In large doses, it is a deleterious, acrid narcotic; in smaller — 
ones, a cathartic and diuretic. The German physicians haye cele- 
_ brated its virtues as a diuretic in dropsies, asthma, and some other _ 
chronic diseases. Afierwards, infused in wine, it became quite popu- 
lar as giving relief inthe gout. Its use was soon extended tochronie _ 
ism, and other painful affections, though with equivocal suc- * 
hicum has lately been given most frequently in powder.— — 
Five or six grains may be taken three times a day, by an adult. It 
is always proper to begin a new root with small doses, till you have — 
ascertained its strength, as an over dose might be fatal, 
Mezereon. Daphne Mezereum. The bark of the root. _ 
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_ Also spurge laurel. An indigenous low shrub, growing in 
