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a great extent modified by the time of the day or night, 

 and under what planetary conjunctions they have been 

 gathered, and at what time they are used. Each plant 

 should be gathered at a time when the planet to which 

 it is related rules the hour, and its essence should be 

 extracted as long as it is fresh.^ 



Sun. — Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula officinalis, Salvia offici- 

 nalis, Satureja officinalis, Melissa officinalis. (Acute inflam- 

 mations, diseases of the heart, rheumatism, &c.) 



Moon. — Thymus majorana, Helleborus niger, Ruta graveolens. 

 (To be used in insanity, hysteria, nervous diseases, &c.) 



Mercury. — Pulmonaria off.. Althaea off., Plantago laureola. (Pneu- 

 monia, catarrh, phthisis pulmonalis, inflammations of mucous 

 membranes.) 



Venus. — Ononis spinosa, Verbascum thapsus, Apium petroselinum. 

 (Dropsical swellings, diseases of kidneys or bladder, &c.) 



Mars. — Carduus benedictus. Urticaria diocia, Erythroea centau- 

 rium. (Fevers, diseases of an acute and violent character ; 

 eruptive fevers, &c.) 



Jupiter. — Ruta graveolens, Hepatica nobilis, Adianthum veneris 

 Chelidonium magus, Linum usitatissimum. Cannabis sativa. 

 (Jaundice, liver diseases.) 



Saturn. — Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Scrophula nodosa, Teu- 

 crium Chamaedrys. (Hypochondria, piles, melancholia, &c.y 



There are a great many other plants whose essences 

 correspond to the ethers radiating from other planets 

 and stars, and if we knew all the qualities of the stars, 

 we would find that the quality of each of them is re- 

 presented on the earth by some plant. By the judicious 

 use of plants beneficial astral activities may be attracted 

 and evil influences neutralised ; but to know what plants 

 are required in each case it is necessary to know not 

 only the anatomy of the human body and the functions 

 of its organs, but also the constitution of the starry 



1 Useless to say that our druggists know nothing about such things, and 

 do not observe them. 



^ The physician of the nineteenth century will hardly fail to recognise 

 among these remedies many that are habitually used in modern medicine, 

 although there is hardly any other reason for their employment known but 

 that experience has taught that they are useful. 



