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179. Brinton Roof, Black Root, Bowman Root, Culvers 

 Root, Veronica Virginica, " the favourite medicine of the 

 famous Indian doctor Hough ; he used it to cure disorders 

 of the stomach and bowels, to destroy humours in the blood, 

 to remove costiveness, and to cool fevers " ; very useful in 

 pleurisy, typhus, and bilious fevers. 



(The author is in error in calling this Bowman's Root, 

 that is Gillenia trifoliata of the Rosaceae, Plum Family.) 



180. Scrofula Plant, Scrophularia nodosa, in a tea or 

 poultice useful in scrofula or King's-Evil. 



34. Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus, in a tea sweetened 

 with molasses for haemorrhoids. 



Verbenaceae. — 35. Vervaioi, Verbena hastata or V, in- 

 cisa, an excellent sudorific, used for colds ; also a vermifuge 

 and " a good article in gravelly complaints." 



(36. White Vervain, Verbena urticifolia.) 



Labiatae. — 181. Lavender, Lavendula vera, the flowers 

 with sacre (No. 97) and balm (No. 101) to make a British 

 tea as a substitute for foreign tea. 



(37. Spearmint, Mentha viridis.) 



182. Bugleherb, Lycopus Virginicus, an excellent as- 

 trino-ent, good for bleeding at lungs and stomach. 



38. Peppermint, Mentha Piperita, a carminative in 

 heartburn. 



29. Pennyroyal, Hedioma pulegioides, in a tea for 

 chlorosis. 



(40. Summer Savory, Satureia hortensis.) 



41. Hoarhound, Marrubium vulgare, with plaintain (No. 

 96) in snakebites. 



183. Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, for asthma, coughs, 

 and all diseases of breast and lungs. 



184. Th/yme, Thymus vulgaris, a good tonic and stomachic, 

 strengthens the lungs also. 



97. Sarje, Salvia officinalis, " stimulant, carminative, 

 sweatino-, and tonic . . . excites the appetite," dried leaves 

 made into a tea. The tea taken cold checks night 

 sweats; an ingredient in British Herb Tea. (See No. 181, 

 supra..) 



98. Origanum marjoram, Origanum Majorana, the oil 

 used in toothache dropped on lint and applied to the tooth. 



(99. Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis.) 



