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ILkabws garde, pink. It possesses con- 
flowers, i in nk, I post are an en 
ee aes tine carminative n 
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ty Plantago Major. The root and tops. é a 2 
mmon peat plantain. There is a sennize: kind know as 
on sweet plantain, but its properties are the same. — ¥ 
. The great plantain has a fibrous root, sending out 3 ovakg 
leaves, irregularly dentated, of a pale green color, and ribbed, and 
= ily from five to nine innumber. The flower stem grows from 
Inches to a foot high, crowned with a spike uf-clumepaiidnwrs: 
: which. are-very small. It grows plentifully in meadows, pastures, 
= sides, and around gardens. 
s plant is reftigerant, detergent, and subastringent, and isin | 
_ considerable repute as an ‘antidote to the bites of venomous serpents 
_ and insects. For. this purpose the bruised leaves should be applied. 
to the wound, immediately, and the fresh juice drank, in doses of — 
half a table spoonful every hour, as: long as necessary. 
Many people apply the bruised leaves of this herb to slight wounds, 
- inflamed sores and swellings, with a favorable effect. The j juice of”. 
ss drank for several days i is excellent to remove pain in ~ 
els, and cleanse the blood. It has also been found bene- 
immmoderate overflowings of the .menses, and 
28, 2 ¢. The juice may be sea ; 
n may be prepared by boiling it in milk. 
external application for the salt —— m 
or use. The finds and other parts affected w. 
may be bathed with this lotion four or five times a 
internal remedies being premised at the same time. 
n is an ingredient in the valuable “ bittersweet ointment.” ma 
RATTLESNAKE Pianta. Plantago Boiciningo: The root ‘and 
2 mo 
six inches in height, leaves five ioubestinaie and 
broad ; has but one'small white flower; root about 
quill b bent and divided into several I branches. It 
an ; greater ¢ sflicac: for this pepiee eam ace: 
= but this < pretty well established as a specific. 
. — has been bitten by a rattle a or any poisonous 
