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croup, consumption, rheumatism, jaundice and 

 dropsy of the chest. For rheumatism, it may 

 be given in 2 or 3 grain pills, 3 or 4 times a 

 day. It is an effectual remedy for the yellow 

 water jn horses: 3 or 4 ounces of the fresh root 

 may he bruised and a pint of water added, the 

 juice of which should he squeezed out for a 

 drench; 1 or 2 doses will cure. It purges the 

 horse freely. The tincture is often used: 2 

 ounces of the root to a quart of spirits makes 

 the tincture^ | an ounce of which is a dose for 

 an adult. 



BONESET OR THOROUGHWORT. 



Medical Properties and Use. 



Thoroughwort is tonic, diaphoretic, and in 

 large doses emetic and purgative. It is good in 

 intermittent fevers to break the chill, if given in 

 large doses in the form of warm tea as the chill 

 comes on; in less doses a little warm it will 

 sweat the patient freely; in large draughts taken 



