NO. VI. SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



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English name 



Bindweed. 



Birch. 



Birthwort. 



Bistort. 



Biting Per- 

 sicaria. 



Bitter-sweet. 



Blue-bottle. 



Borage. 



Bramble. 

 Brooklime. 

 Broom. 

 Bryony. 



Buckbean. 



Buckthorn. 



Bugle. 



Bugloss. 



Burdock. 



Burnet Sax- 

 ifrage. 



Butcher's- 

 broom. 



Calamint. 



Caraway. 



Latin name. 



Convolvulus 



sepium. 

 Betula alba. 



Aristolochia 

 Clematitis. 



Polygonum 

 Bistorta. 



Polygonum 

 Hydropiper. 



Solanum Dul- 

 camara. 



Centaurea Cy- 

 anus. 



Borago offici- 

 nalis. 



Rubus frutico- 



sus. 

 Veronica Bec- 



cabunga. 

 Cytisus Sco- 



parius. 

 Bryonia dioica. 



Menyanthes 

 trifoliata. 



Rhamnus ca- 

 tharticus. 



Ajuga reptans. 



Anchusa offici- 

 nalis. 



Arctium Lap- 

 pa. 



Pimpinella 

 Saxifraga. 



Ruscus aculea- 

 tus. 



Calaminthaoffi- 

 cinalis. 



Carum Carui. 



Part used. 



Root, 

 (gum res.) 

 Sap. 



Root. 



Root. 



Leaves. 



Twk 



Flowers. 



Leaves & 

 flowers. 



Leaves. 



'Herb. 



jTops. 



Root. 



Leaves. 



Berries, 

 bark. 



Herb. 



Herb, 



root. 



Root. 



Root. 



Root. 



Flowering 

 tops. 



Fruit. 



Properties. 



Cathartic. 



Aperient, diapho- 

 retic. 



Excitant, diuretic, 

 emmenagogue, 

 deobstruent. 



Astringent, tonic. 



Excitant, diuretic 



Diuretic, sudo- 

 rific, deobstruent, 

 anodyne. 



Sub-astringent 



Excitant, diapho- 

 retic, pectoral ? 



Astringent. 



Antiscorbutic, ex- 

 citant. 



Diuretic, cathar- 

 tic, deobstruent. 



Cathartic, diu- 

 retic, deobstru 

 ent, anthelmin- 

 tic. 



Tonic, diuretic 

 cathartic, deob- 

 struent. 



Cathartic ; bark 

 tonic, astringent. 



Astringent, pec- 

 toral ? 



Pectoral, demul- 

 cent. 



Sudorific, diu- 

 retic, deobstru- 

 ent. 



Excitant, diu- 

 retic, emmena- 

 gogue. 



Tonic, emmena- 

 gogue, diuretic. 



Excitant, carmi- 

 native, emmena- 

 gogue, diuretic. 

 Carminative. 



Diseases in which used. 



Dropsy*; worms; hypochondriasis; 



costiveness. 

 Diseases of the urinary organs ; 



cutaneous eruptions *. 

 Chlorosis * ; obstructed menses ; 



gout ; asthma ; cachexia *. 



Diarrhoea * ; dysentery ; hemor- 

 rhage ; intermittent fevers ; fluor 

 albus * ; externally, tooth-ache ; 

 scorbutic gums ; sore-throat. 



Dropsy; jaundice? gravel; ex- 

 ternally, ulcers ; bruises ; tooth- 

 ache. 



Dropsy; humoral asthma; rheu- 

 matism; arthritis; jaundice; scro- 

 fula ; leprosy * ; externally, cu- 

 taneous eruptions*; hard tu- 

 mours, contusions, &c. 



As a colouring material; formerly 

 used as a lotion for weak and in- 

 flamed eyes. 



Low spirits ; obstructions of the 

 viscera ; disorders of the chest ; 

 hysteria ? 



Hemorrhages ; leucorrhcea ; exter- 

 nally, tetters ; ulcers. 



Scurvy ; cutaneous affections *. 



Dropsy * ; diseases of the liver and 

 r leen; externally, tetters. 



Hypochondriasis; obstructions of the 

 viscera * ; epilepsy ; dropsy ; 

 rheumatism; asthma; worms; 

 externally, tumours. 



Intermittents ; dyspepsia ; scrofula; 

 chronic rheumatism * ; gout ; 

 cachexia ; worms ; obstructed 

 menses * ; cutaneous diseases. 



Dropsy*; hypochondriasis; gout; 

 cachexia; bark, in intermittents 

 and general debility. 



Hemorrhages; dysentery; con- 

 sumption ? 



Hypochondriasis ? pleurisy ? dy- 

 sentery. 



Gout * ; syphilis ; rheumatism * ; 

 hypochondriasis ; dropsy ; ne- 

 phritis ; externally, indolent tu- 

 mours ; ulcers. 



Hysteria * ; asthma ; dyspnoea ; 

 catarrhs. 



Dropsy ; jaundice ; scrofula ; ob- 

 structions of the viscera*; ardor 

 urinae. 



Hysteria; flatulence*; obstructed 

 menses * ; asthma ; externally, 

 rheumatic pains. 



Colic * ; indigestion ; hysteria ; 

 tertian agues ; externally, ear and 

 tooth -ache. 



