MEDICAL BOTANY. 

 PULICARIA. 



920. Dysenterica Astringent, diuretic. 



BIDENS. 



921. Tripartita. The whole plant acrid. When chewed, it excites 



salivation. 



SPILANTHES. 



923. Oleracea. The whole plant acts as a powerful stimulant of the 

 salivary organs. 



ANTHEMIS. 



925. Nobilis. Tonic, stimulant, emetic. Produces Chamomile heads. 



MARUTA. 



926. Cotula. Every part is foetid and acrid. Its decoction is an 



active bitter, producing vomiting and sweating. 



ANACYCLUS. 



927. Pyrethrum. Root hot, acrid, and permanent, depending on an 



acrid oil in the bark, which renders it a rubefacient and sti- 

 mulant. 



PTARMICA. 



928. Vulgaris. The whole plant is pungent, stimulant. Dried 



leaves produce sneezing. 



PYRETHRUM. 



930. Parthenium. The whole plant is bitter ; considered tonic, sti- 

 mulating, and anti-hysteric. 



ARTEMISIA. 



932. Maritima. Bitter, tonic, aromatic. 



936. Glacialis. Bitter, tonic, aromatic. 



941. Dracunculus. Leaves pungent and stimulating. Is Tarra- 

 gon. 



943. Abrotanum. A powerful anthelmintic. Is Southern-wood. 



944. Moxa. Furnishes a kind of Moxa. 



945. Absinthium. A powerful bitter, tonic; extolled as a stomachic. 



Is Wormwood. 



TANACETUM. 



946. Vulgare. Every part bitter. The qualities are of a tonic and 



cordial nature. Is Tansy. 



ARNICA. 

 948. Montana. A virulent plant, acting as a narcotico-acrid agent. 



