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= neecess stimulant, Ke. It is a deservedly popular 
‘Panraiper Benny. The vine <= = 
0 ¢ , squaw vito wit. 5 ate one. berry... i“ 
"This is a small vine on the ground, with small round green. Eats ee 
like those of clover, and bearing one red berry in a place. Its 
green through the winter. It is found in woods, among hemlock — 
timber, and in swampy places. 
- Phis i is an invaluable plant for child-bearing women. I first ob- 
‘ the knowledge of its use from a tribe of Indians in the west 
= “part of ‘New York, though not without considerable difficulty and in- 
- The squaws drank it in decoction for two or three weeks 
us vis Recanrhedesing. delivery, and it was the useof this herb that _ 
y dreaded event, so.remarkably safe and easy — 
It will fe ‘seen n that this vine forms a principal ingredient in the 
‘* mothers’ cordial.” Indeed, it would answer almost as well aleamy he 
as combined with the other ingredients.. 
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dei Amygdalus Americana, The leaves, blows and pitse 
The flowers and leaves of the common peach ted are ‘an excel- 
lent remedy forworms in children, and I have often had recourse to 
them when other means failed. A handful of the leaves and flow- 
_ ers, or leaves alone, may be steeped, and the decoction given repeat- 
edly in small doses, followed by a purge, which will usually bring 
the vermin away. This decoction is said to be effectual in removing — 
urinary obstructions. - 
Peach pits tinctured in brandy, i in proportion of four ounces to a 
quart, form a powerful tonic in.all cases of debilities, fever and ague, — 
and is remarkably efficacious in curing the whites. A tea 
“spoonful of this preparation may be taken three or four times a ms 
' "dS ta : Pine Pulegioides. The herb. : 
te: plant has a small, fibrous, yellowish, ndcegiligsiiaie apirigtit | 
: stem, with slender. erect branches ; ; leaves opposite, small, oblong, 
rough, and pale beneath ; flowers all along the branches, in axillary 
whorls of six, very small, white with purple edges. _Pennyroyal is 
very common and abundant over the United Stat s, and grows 
principally in dry. soils. The and smell : are very pungent, and 
bitteris oe: oe a 
It is carminative, resolvent, pectoral, fasharece. antispasmo 
