AGRIMONY ALDER, ENGLISH ALDER, BLACK. 5 



AGRIMONY. Agrimonia Eupatoria, Linn. 



N.O. Rosaccx. 

 Syn. Stickwort. 



Action. Mild astringent, tonic, diuretic. Useful in 

 coughs, simple diarrhoea, and relaxed bowels. Best 

 mode of using' is by making a decoction of i ounce of 

 herb in i pint of boiling water, sweeten with honey or 

 sugar, and take frequently in doses of half a cupful and 

 upwards. It gives tone to the system and promotes 

 assimilation of food. 



Preparation Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Leaves hairy, 5 inches or 

 more long, having 3-5 pairs of lanceolate toothed leaf- 

 lets, with intermediate smaller ones, and half-cordate, 

 toothed stipules. Flowers small, yellow, on a long 

 spike. Fruit small, obconical, ribbed, with hooked 

 bristles at the apex. Taste, astringent, slightly bitter. 



ALDER, ENGLISH. Alnus glutinosa, Gaertn. 



N.O. Bctulacece. 



Distinctive character Bark in curved or quilled 

 pieces about ^ inch thick, brownish grey externally, 

 brownish orange on the inner surface. Fracture, short 

 uneven. Taste, astringent, slightly bitter. Odour, none. 



The so-called "berries " are the woody, nearly globular, 

 female catkins, after the seeds have fallen, about f inch 

 long and inch in diameter. The scales of the catkins 

 are ovate and undivided. Taste, astringent. 



ALDER, BLACK, ENGLISH. 



Rhamnus Frangula, Linn. 

 N.O. Rhamnaccft, 

 Syn. Alder Buckthorn. 



Distinctive character Bark in quilled pieces 

 -fa inch thick, and 2-3 or more inches long, and usually 



