. This is ne all. 
2 slender : the 
their pe produces a lasting sneezing. —iItis 
those acquainted with its effects, and is substituted for the n 
errhines, either alone, or united to other ingredients. I] 
used in diseases of the head, deafness, headach, rheumatism or } 
gestion in the head or jaws, &c. The shocks of sneezing are ofter 
useful in those cases, when other remedies can ce ele 
ee 
Sonomon’s Sra. Conbailaria Polygonaium. i ag 
This plant ant Fas or eight inches in height; leaves lane: 
and of a dark as Seats ; flowers in umbels, and h ar coal ; 
side of the ia is, ” producing red hertied.~ ‘Tt grows on the 
sides of meadows, high banks and mountains, in every part of the 
United States. ; 
The roots are astringent, incrassant and corroborant ; the flowers, 
berries and leaves are acrid and poisonous. The sweet mucilage 
of the roots applied as a poultice, is good in inflammations and piles. 
A handful each of Solomon’s seal and comfrey root, bruised and 
infused in two quarts of wine, is .a valuable remedy for the whites, 
and other female ynaknesrce, ‘when Sakon | in quantit 
ful three times a pei® “a 
. 
= 
ig es Saree int 
hee ribs; iat a a 5 aE wapale oe 
in low moist swamps and meadows, and flowers in July and 
A eas of the root sie tyme a rng t — — 
Saino 
4 #55 a 
We young ene pgs rep 5: on, = : 7 
lo , bearing eac twelve to twen-- 
Sa seldom met with notth 
anicle, com y 
ty flowers. es in the South ie 
a a tects ‘are a fine astringent acid, refreshing, cool : 
and sari le A decoction of the leav es Mi- 
of fevers, and net ek their cure. It is useful 
