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Hill affirms, that it is " a very powerful remedy in nephritic 

 cases, though not known in the shops, or used in modern prac- 

 tice. The best method of giving it is, the expressed juice in 

 white wine. This operates powerfully by urine, and has been 

 found of great service in gravel, and, in smaller doses, in ob- 

 structions of the menses. A syrup made with it is useful in 

 asthma, and the bruised root has given relief in paralytic 

 cases." 



