. BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
_ ..Take one pint of bruised mustard seed ; two handfuls of bruised 
horse radish; eight ounces of lignum vite, and four ounces of Indian 
_ hemp-root. Infuse in seven quarts of sound cider, and let it simmer 
~ on hot ashes till reduced to four quarts. Dose, a wine glassful four — 
times a day. Rust of iron may be added. oe 
«Apply hot stimulating cataplasms to the feet and legs; as horse- 
radish, mustard seed, Cayenne pepper, &c. 7 
"Po. evacuate the water by urine, infuse thirty or forty cuckle burs, © 
: warm, in a quart of Holland gin, and give the patient a wine glass- 
_ fal three times a day, if he can bear it. Give blue flag or mandrake 
: physic occasionally ; the mandrake may be given in gin, with fennel 
seed, to prevent griping and wind. For strengthening the system, and 
evacuating the water moderately, take lignum vite chips, burdock 5 
root, bittersweet, coltsfoot, aniseed, fennel, and Solomon seal—a de- 
coction, for daily drink. a 1 Say 
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For Worms. are eo 
lake, k cabbage ball, one ounce; whitewood bark, and In- 
dian hemp root, each one ounce; all pulverized fine and mixed.— 
Give from a half to a whole tea spoonful three mornings in succes- 
ion, before eating. , 
. Or, essence of wormwood, and turpentine dropped on sugar. 
___-Or, the red berries of black alder, made into a syrup. 
= Or, walnut shucks, in decoction. a 
= Or, old tobacco pipes, pulverized fine, and. given in molasses. 
Worm syrup—Take one pound of roots and leaves of the great 
_ plaintain; four ounces each of unicorn root, black’ alder bark, and 
Indian hemp roots ; and three ounces of roots and leaves of skunk 
. 
bee Boil all in two gallons of water to three quarts: strain, 
and add two quarts of molasses, or four pounds of sugar, and boil to 
- the consistence of molasses. 
. Children from two to four years of age may take half a wine glass- 
ful every night and morning for three days before the full and change 
of the moon, which will bring away the worms entire. : 
- For tne Stone anp Graver. — 
Phe juice of horsemint, and the juice of red onions, are said to be. : 
almost a specific cure for the stone. 
Or, cleayers, and oil of pumpkin seeds. 
Take arsesmart, a large handful, make a decoction and add a gill 
_of gin. Take the whole in twelve hours. This has discharged a 
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~ For Sore or amp Eyns: . 
Or, wormwood tops, with the yolk of anegg. See 
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