134 MILKWORT. 



commended in pleurisy byHulme*. It must not be forgotten, 

 however, that the root of Triticum repens and Liquorice, the 

 flowers of Coltsfoot, and milk, were sometimes associated with 

 it, and to these in some measure the success is to be attributed. 

 Sir J. E. Smith f says, " an infusion of the herb taken in a 

 morning fasting, promotes expectoration, and is good for a 

 catarrhous cough. I tried it at Montpellier, by the advice of 

 Professor Gouan, with success, and have since known it useful." 

 Some authors have recommended its employment in dropsy and 

 leucophlegmasia. 



The dose of the dried root is from half a drachm to a drachm 

 in powder. The infusion or decoction is made with an ounce of 

 the herb to a pint of water, which may be sweetened with honey 

 or sugar, and taken freely. 



* On puerperal fever. 

 f Eng. Bot. vol. i. 



