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_ The common wormwood is a perrennial herb, growing wild on 
the road sides, and is cultivated in gardens ; the smell of the leaves 
is disagreeable, and their taste intensely bitter. It is used in sto- 
mach complaints, and is of great service to hypochondriacs. It is 
o employed in intermittent fevers, in cachectic and dropsical affec- 
tions, in jaundice and against worms. 1 of the le: 
_a_good stomachic, and with the addition oi ; 
_a powerful diuretic in some dropsical cases. == t—‘—s—sS 
The essential oil is used both externally and internally, for de-_ 
-stroying worms. The herb being an excellent antiseptic, is ofter 
employed in fomentations to resist putrefaction ; and if the plant be 
macerated in ‘boiling water, and 1epeatedly applied to a bruise, by 
way of cataplasm, it will not only speedily remove the pain, but also 
prevent the swelling and discoloration of the part. 
Yarrow. Millefolium 
Common _yarrow is a frequent inhabitant of dry pastures and 
fields ; stem erect, furrowed, hairy, bran top; leaves alter- 
~ nate, cut into a multitude of very small linear subdivisions ; flowers 
white, forming a large, flat topped, crowded corymb. The plant 
has a strong penetrating smell. can ai 
Yarrow possesses considerable medicinal virtue, as a detergent, 
rifies the blood, opens pores, removes obstructions, &c. : It is said 
that a table spoonful of the juice of this plant taken twice a day, 
and the bruised herb applied over the cancer, after washing it with 
the juice, has cured a cancer of the breast. It stops spitting of blood, 
and cures the bleeding piles and dysentery. It may be used in de- 
 eoetion, sweetened with honey, and taken freely. By applying the 
pounded green leaves over a bruise and drinking the infusion, it dis- 
_ Sipatesitina few days. = ; 
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