48 FAMILY PHYSICIAN, 
are used, either fresh or dried, in infusion, de- 
or tincture. syrup made from the 
bleeding at the lungs. For gravel and dropsy, 
the infevion or tincture is preferable. They have 
in urine four-fold. A pint or two of 
ae in a pound of proof spirits. They give 
dy relief in all diseases of the bladder and 
kidneys, attended with pain and irritation. They 
have cored om dysentery, by their astringent 
re 
at externally in wounds, tumors 
ina Phy are use h a poultice of the fresh soni 
will dissolve and disperse. But he most valua- 
ble property is the oil, which from its astringency 
and styptic powers has saved many lives in par- 
turition, and uterine hemorrhages. A saturated 
solution of 3 oil in alcohol is applied, <~ a 
na spoonful of water; and an 
stantancots stop takes place to the bloody ss 
A tea of the plant is often given to suppress 
flooc me ; after child birth, aa ane excellent ef- 
a ae ; Sciatica Orereed 
s rises with a round stalk about two feet 
high, peer er into many branches. The flow- 
ers are white, ‘small, growing at the top of 
the prseches, "afterwards produc ing husks, with 
nish seeds, of a very oaur and sharp 
