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expel wind from the stomach and bowels, also for coughs, colds, con- 

 sumption, shortness of breath, and obstructions of the lungs. Dose, 

 from one to two tea-spoonsful twice a day. 



The syrup of Elccamjmne is made from the dried root. Take 

 of the root eight ounces, water one gallon ; boil it down to three 

 quarts, strain it off, and add when cold two pounds honey, one pint 

 French brandy, half an ounce essence of wintergreen. Dose, half a 

 wine-glassful two or three times a day. Used in dropsy, consumption, 

 colds, coughs, bronchitis, catarrhs, obstructions, and most diseases 

 where a diuretic is required. 



The decoction or infusion in wine is made by taking two ounces 

 of the dried root, cut in small slices, and added to one quart of good 

 wine, which should stand a lew days before using ; a little loaf sugar 

 may be added to prepare it for the palate. This preparation has been 

 extensively used in France and England as a remedy for worms of all 

 kinds, expelling them from the stomach and bowels. Dose, half a 

 wine-glassful at a time. 



The salts of Elecampane is procured from the whole plant, 

 burnt to ashes while green. Taken internally it operates powerfully 

 as a diuretic and as a purifier of the blood. A small quantity of the 

 salts mixed with the juice of lernons, will usually check vomiting in 

 most obstinate cases. Dose, from one scruple to half a drachm. 



The root made into a powder, which is taken in doses of about 

 one tea-spoonful at a time, is said to be good for wind, diarrhoea, 

 weakness, &c. 



Various other preparations are prepared from Elecampane, most 

 of which have been considered highly useful for such diseases in which 

 it has been so profusely administered. Indeed, such was the reputa- 

 tion of the virtues of this plant in former times, that it would be al- 

 most impossible to enumerate the different preparations prepared from 

 the root and other parts of the plant, which were so peculiarly ar- 

 ranged as to be adapted to the cure of all the principal diseases which 

 llesh is heir to. 



