COMPOSITE. 973 
oody, during defecation. A similar condition of atony in 
reproductive organs of the female is attended sometimes 
h menorrhagia, and sometimes with imperfect and painful 
struation. A tonic and stimulant regimen is essential to 
s successful treatment, and as a portion thereof, milfoil may 
ymetimes be employed with advantage. By this mode of 
n, doubtless, milfoil has proved beneficial in leucorrhcea 
| flatulent colic; and it may assist in curing relaxed and 
erwise inert conditions of the throat, when its infusion is 
asa gargle, or in cases of sore nipples, when it is applied 
lotion. The volatile oil may be given in doses of 20 drops. 
hillein, i in doses of from 8 to 20 grains, is reported to have 
sioned a sense of epigastric oppression and some irregu- 
tity of pulse, but to haye increased. the sneha (Stillé 
i Maisch. 
: Description. ey perennial herb with a slender creeping 
this abit: ‘ones much snitch, vosiile arid :obtolige all 
deeply bi- or tri-pinnatisect with closely placed, overlap-. 
ng segtnents, which are again cut into linear, very acute 
, more or less hairy, mucronate, and having small oil- 
3 on the lower side. The flowers grow in level-topped 
rymbs; heads numerous, with the involucre oblong; scales 
eS keeled; receptacle flat, chaffy ; ray-florets pistillate, 
r 5, short ligulate, white. or rose-coloured ; disk-florets — 
veral, perfect, tabular, with the margin whitish and the tube 
ish; pecnenes flattened, oblong; ones pappus. - It has Cae 
