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FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 
sugar, with warm water enough to form 
able p Sides to which the article can be appli- 
ed, is the making of poultices, for all kinds of 
sores, inflammations, &e. | 
: bce Rough Sunflower. 
ite a showy plant, not uncommon in 
oods aad Fihickes: flowering i in August and 
e 
covered with asea green powder. he leaves are 
narrow, rounded at the base, and tapering to a 
i he 
long point, and are very rough. The flowers are 
yellow, and few in number in the wild plant. It 
: 2 spicy odor. 
r is said to be one of the most 
_. The sunflow 
valuable an al plants which our country pro- 
t Sates 
laxative ; and ts 8 most efficacious remedy in 
ies. that be administered. In all 
disease arminative and -antispasmodic 
medicines are required, this gannot be a 
tee 
1 gent cases, Ina es 
Snakehead, or Brook Alves. 
is is found in brooks and low grounds, 
e it forms bunches, and rises two or three 
a. he stem is smooth and four-corner- 
