ple color. The root sends forth a numbe r 
small fibres, ofa dark yellowish color. = = = 
Motherwort is an excellent antispasmodic and emmen 19 
is also a cordial diaphoretic. It may be given in powder, a table 
spoonful at a dose ; or the expressed juice, half a table spoonful; or — 
in infusion. Jt relieves hysterical symptoms, procures sleep, abates 
delirium, and allays spasms and risings of the uterus ; it is admira- 
bly adapted to the cases of those females who suffer pains from ten- 
derness about the lower bowels and loins. It brings on the menses. 
_ Asa warm cordial, it may be used in low fevers, and in chronic 
_ weakness, with nervous affections, cramps and convulsions. . ~~ 
_ Mapszrear Mousse” Hewderta Acerifolia. The root. 
Also alumroot, ground maple, splitrock, sanicle, &c. . i eP 
- The root is perrennial, yellowish, horizontal, crooked; with few 
fibres ; leaves radical, on long hairy stems, shaped like those of the 
maple-tree ; flowers very small, forming a long panicle, occupying — 
half the length of the stem; flesh colored; seeds small and black. 
“There are several species of this plant. —_ Se 
nerary and detergent, and is equal to cranesbill. “It was used byt 
Indians, in powder, as an external remedy in sores, wounds, ulcers, — 
and even cancers. It is employed as a styptic in internal and exter- — 
nal hemorrhage, bleeding at the nose, foul or indolent ulcers, 
wounds-and cuts. It is seldom taken internally, the taste being so 
intensely astringent ; but it promises to be useful even in very sma 
doses, where astringents are indicated. : 
Mountain Dittany. Cunila Mariana. The herb. 
Also, stonemint, wild basil; sweet horsemint, &c. tae | 
Rises about a foot high, stem smooth, yellowish or purplish, slen- 
der, brittle, with many long branches ; leaves large at the base, ar- 
row-shaped, smooth, pale green; flowers small but handsome, of a 
»ink, or white color, forming terminal clusters; root perrennial, fi- 
oes and yellow. It is found on mountains and dry hills, in. all 
paris of the United States. The whole plant has a warm, fragrant, 
aromatic, pungent taste and smell. oe 
_ Dittany is a stimulant, nervine, sudorific, subtonic, vulnerary, 
.cephalic, &c. The whole plant is used, and usually taken in warm 
infusion. Dittany tea is a popular remedy throughout the country, 
- for colds, headachs, and whenever it is requisite to excite a gentle 
perspiration. It partakes of the properties of the grateful aromatic 
plants, and also of the-camomile ; while it affords a more palatable 
drink. its fragrant tea is preferable to that of sage ; it has neither 
the pungency of mint, nor the nauseous smell of pennyroyal. Jee 
eves nervous headachs, and hysterical disorders. It is used the 
ern states, in fevers, to excite perspiration, and suppressed me 
It is a useful drink in nervous diseases, colics, and in- _ 
