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as an anthelmintic in Carolina; ehildren being allowed to eat them 
at ‘leisure. : ‘6 oe * 
Grovunp Ping. Teucrium Champepitys. The tops. 
This is a low evergreen hairy plant, shooting forth long, slender 
branches, with pine-like leaves, and trailing on the ground. It is 
often used to decorate churches on the holidays. Se 
Ground Pine, in decoction, is detergent, aperient, corroborant, 
diuretic, and is particularly serviceable in female obstructions and 
paralytic disorders. It relieves strangury and visceral obstructions; 
excites and strengthens the womb, acting as an emmen: 
drank continually, it relieves rheumagic pains, sciatica, palsies, — 
cramps, &c.; good in dropsy, jaundice, and phlegmatic dispositions ; 
and forms an useful wash for foul sores. =i 
Sage 
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Painoe’s Prinz, or Prestssaws. Chimaphila Umbellata. The tops- 
a slender stalk, 
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The plant rises from four to six inches high, with 
set thick with straight, oval notched leaves, standi 
top. The leaves and plant retain their shape when dried, shrink: 
very little. . Late in the fall a species of nut is found on the “ep of 
the stalk, of the size of a small pea, containing a husky seed. It is 
evergreen. : 
~ {t is highly recommended for curing chronic rheumatism, gout, 
sciatica, and similar affections; for relieving, and if persevered im, 
entirely curing gravel and gravelly obstructions of the urine; and 
for all the purposes of cleansing the humors, and purifying the sys- 
tem. : fd 
A pound of the dried herb may be tinctured in a gallon of spirits, 
and a wine glassful taken three times a day in the rheumatism, For 
other complaints it may be prepared in decoction. 
Pumpkin Sexps. The oil. 
The expressed oil of pumpkin seeds is, perhaps without exception, 
the most certain and efficient diuretic we possess. 1 make great 
use of it. The dose may be from six to twelve drops three or four 
times a day, or oftener if required, It gives quick relief in cases of 
spasm upon the urinary passages. It relieves scalding of the urine. 
When the oil cannot be obtained, the decoction may be substituted. 
Purstain. Portulaca. The tops. 
This plant is well known to every housewife oe = country, grow= _ 
ing spontaneously in their gardens, and is used for greens. 4% 
atalk is vine-like, growing a foot or more in length, with a smooth 
teddish, brittle stem, and fleshy, thick leaves. ae 
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