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e eulaiis : 1 was fist introduced j in materia malieal asa 
nedy against < cts then as a sudorific and antisep-. 
oe ae low stages ie ‘fever, to support strength and allay 
ular actions.> It is an excellent auxiliary to tonics in intermit- 
al aie g the stomach to bear them, and i increasing their effects. 
nittent fevers it is preferable to bark. It is a deservedly popu- 
i dy in rthe country, in infusion, for pleurisy, eruptions, cachexy, 
" eatarrh, rheumatism, &c. acting as a sudorific. In pleurisy it has 
_ been found highly serviceable; in bilious complaints it checks vomi- 
ting, and tranquilizes the stomach. In typhus fevers it has beneficial 
_ effects, promoting perspiration, checking mortification, and ‘abating 
~ the symptoms. 
The snakeroot may therefore be deemed a valuable and active - 
medicine; which may be profitably associated with tonics, and also 
~_atith camphor, opium, valerian, &c. to increase their action. It may 
be substituted for these last, ‘in many eases. The doses of the pow- 
= are from ten to thirty grains, often repeated, or an ounce of the 
wa Bipiusion = three gies “Wine is an excellent vehicle for 
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si gi arta = Chelone ‘Glabrae Whe herb. - 
This is found in brooks and wet ground, where it forms bunches, 
and rises two or three feet. Stem smooth, and bluntly four-corner- 
,ed. Leaves opposite, lance-like, sharp, dark green and polished 
“above; flowers in a terminal spike, a few ow, Crogan at once, 
large, white, inflated, contracted at t 
of a serpent. PF omae 2 she Raster, 
ern States. te 
Abb worms. “it thie ididistered to 
time, and followed by a suitable purge. An 
is sufficient in any case for children. 
ounce of the dry pe 
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Sweezewort. Heleniwm Autunnale. pe 
Also called sneezeweed, oxeye, false senBoiter, yellow star, &c. 
lis root Eiae fibrous. Several stems from three to seven 
eet hig! ct, a r, branched and corymbose, covered, t : 
with the leaves, with . very short and dense hair; Jeaves alternate, — 
eetehaace lik’, sharp, unequally serrated, and dotted in small pits: 
flowers on scattered shafts, of a golden yellow, large, — or two in- 
ches in diameter, resembling a sunflower. F dx. 
United States, in wet np fiel on the banks 0 
&e. Iss taste is bitter, and a little uD me 
It is a tonic, febrifuge, and 5 but it is for 
that it is chiefly used in the country. T 0 to 
powder will excite sneezing ; but the suctrs and particularly # 
is mee florets, are powerful sternutatories + a very small bic. - 
