a= FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 
of the whole plant is srmetics given in a dose 
of a table-spoonful to a child two or three years 
old. More iemaostiie the powdered seeds are 
employed, mixed with molasses or syrup. 
Wormwood. 
~ The com wor 
growing wild by the road sites and is cultivat- 
ed in gardens. The smell 
se dogcals atiecSla t is also used in 
The Soar si is As, both externally and 
bierhally, for destroying worms. The herb be- 
ing a great antiseptic, it is often used in fat 
ations to resist putrefaction ; and if the plant be 
macerated in boiling water, and repeatedly ap- 
to a bruise, by the way of cataplasm, or 
poultice, it will not on ly speedily remove the 
pain, but also prevent the discoloration of the 
part. : is : 
ae ee 
Sh gee . = 
Common Yarrow oe yes of 
ary pastures and fields, erect, furrowed, 
the oy psi alternate, cut — 
, branched at 
into many linear subdivisions, flowers white, 
_tar, t 
_ considerable medicinal virtue, as a detergent, 
_ to purify the blood, open the pores, remove ob- 
