$26 ORD, XIX Verticillate. TEUCRIUM MARUM. 
‘partially ‘to water, and completely to rectified spirit—- Distilled 
with the former, it yields a highly pungent, subtile, volatile essen- 
tial oil, similar to that of scurvy grass, but stronger, and of less 
‘perishable pungency. Rectified spirit carries off likewise, in the 
inspissation of the spirituous tincture, a considerable share of the 
smell and pungency of the Marum, but leaves much the greatest 
part concentrated in the extract; which, on being tasted, fills she 
mouth with a durable, penetrating, glowing warmth.”* 
Judging from the sensible qualities of this plant, it may be sup- 
posed to possess very active powers, and on this consideration it is 
strongly recommended by Wedelius ° as an important remedy in 
many diseases requiring medicines of a stimulant, aromatic, and 
deobstruent quality; and his opinion seems in some measure to 
have been since verified by actial experience of its efficacy, as 
appears from the instances of its successful employment by Lin- 
_neeus,’ Rosenstein,’ and Bergius." The last mentioned writer says 
of it, Virtus: nervina, tonica, resolvens, emmenagoga, diuretica, 
errhina. Usus: Cacheéxia, Hysteria, Debilitas nervorum. 
At present, however, Marum is here chiefly used as an errhine, 
and is an ingredient in the pulvis asari compositus,of the London 
Pharmacopeeia. The dose of the powdered leaves is from a scruple 
to half a dram, which Murray advises to be given in wine. 
4 Lewis Mat. Med. p. 412. 
© Diss. de Maro resp. Hermanno 1703.—Its cephalic efficacy is highly com. 
mended by Hermann . — Mat. Med. tom. 2. p. 349.) and Boerhaave ( Hist. 
Plant. hort. L. B. p 
‘ Of these we may mention Menstrua iaeauinn: Apoplexy, Asthma, and various 
other pulmonary affections. Vide l.c 
® Murray says, ‘‘ Litteris vero ad me datis, vir. illustris perscripsit, se eadem 
medela b. Rosensteinio, dirissima et pertinacissima tussi cum diflicillima respiratione 
in ultimo morbo conflictato, levamen attulisse exoptatissimum.” 
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» He mentions the case of a lady who received a blew upon the head by falling 
from a carriage, which brought on a species of apoplexy, and was cured by this 
plant, after several other means had been tried ineffectually. M. M. p. 504, 
