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60 FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 
Tansy. 
The eaves and seeds of tansy are aad for 
worms, given in doses of from one scruple to a 
drachm. The decoction or juice drank in wine, 
is very useful i in stranguary and other obstruc- 
tions of the Beige, fad i in weakness of the kid- 
Oye. 
Sg Thsreushens. 
This useful plant rises to three feet in height; 
is hairy; the leaves are a ng, rough, and grow 
to the stalk in pairs, four inches apart; the flow- 
ers are wbie. ming i July or August It 
_ It is an intense bitter, possessing very active 
ecoction 
wers. In large doses, the warm d 
“proves emetic, and a cold infusion acts as a 
rful t 
é 
onic. It is said to act with much ef- 
ect upon the skin, removing obstinate cutane- 
ous eruptions. oses of the cold infusion 
often operate as a cathartic. A strong tea of it, 
rs ourse th 
foe ers it is a senstets canrapem always ob- 
y 
serving to take a draught of the cold tea, after 
the ‘sweat is over, which will — taking ad- 
ch used 
ional cold or exposure. It is mu in 
s, and it is particularly useful in indiges- 
tion of old people. It is an excellent article in 
