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185. Heal-all, Brunella vulgaris, tonic, cai'minative, diu- 

 retic and stimulating, externally applied to sores, swellings, 

 poison, headache, etc.; internally for headache, colic, cramp, 

 dropsy, and indigestion. 



100, Scullcaj), Scutellaria laterifolia, "said to be a specific 

 against the bite of a mad dog . . . long used with great 

 success by a man of the name of Lewis in Westchester 

 County, New York State, for the bite of mad dogs" — ad- 

 ministered in a powder made of the dried herb. "Dr. Black, 

 of New York City, says he has cured numbers of chorea 

 or St. Vitus's Dance with one infusion of the herb ... a 

 good medicine ... in convulsions, lockjaw, and all cases 

 of nervous irritations." 



101. Balrfh, Monarda didyma, an ingredient in British 

 Herb Tea with hawthorn leaves (No. 153) and sage 

 (No. 97.) 



186. Horsemint, Monarda punctata, the juice " almost a 

 specific for gravel or stone." 



103. Catnip, Nepeta Cataria, a poultice for swellings, 

 internally for headache, colic, hysterics, worms, and spasms 

 — an emmenagogue, " If catnip was more used than it 

 is, the services of the doctors would be less frequently 

 required." 



187. Ground Ivy (misprinted " Toy ") Gill, Nepeta 

 Glechoma, purifies the blood, promotes expectoration, snufied 

 up the nose cures the headache ; good in consumption, 

 jaundice, asthma, kidney complaints ; the root ground 

 makes with butternut root (No. 48) and crowfoot root 

 (No. 131) a good poultice for rheumatism and gout. 



188. Motherwort, Leonurus Cardiaca, relieves hysteria 

 and insomnia, abates delirium and allays spasms, cramps, 

 and convulsions ; a good emmenagogue. 



189. Betony, Betonica officinalis, "if gathered when just 

 going to flower has the taste of tea and all its good qualities 

 without its bad ones, and it, moreover, cures inveterate 

 headaches." 



POLEMONIACEAE. — 190. Jacoh's Ladder, Polemonium 

 caeruleum, good for the gravel and stone. 



BoRRAGiNACEAE. — 104. Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, 

 as a syrup good for internal injuries and soreness, diarrhoea, 

 dysentery, etc. ; also useful in pulmonary affections, relieving 



