CRAWLEY ROOT CROSSWORT, ENGLISH. 87 



(whites) and for flooding is prepared by pouring a pint of 

 boiling water upon i ounce each crushed Cranesbill 

 and Bethroot. The clear liquid is injected twice a day. 



Preparations Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Geraniin: Dose, 1-3 grains. 



Distinctive character Root about i -2 inches long, 

 |-f inch thick, dull brown, hard, knotty, with small 

 protuberances. Fracture short, pale brown or reddish, 

 with white dots. Taste, very astringent. Odour, none. 



CRAWLEY ROOT. Corallorhiza odontorhlza, Nutt. 



N.O. Orchidacece. 

 Syn. Coral Root, Dragon's Claw, Chicken Toe. 



Part used Root. 



Action Diaphoretic, sedative, febrifuge. Of great 

 value in the treatment of all fevers, pleurisy, &c., and 

 may be relied upon in all cases to bring on free perspira- 

 tion. As a warm infusion, of i ounce to a pint of boiling 

 water, it may be taken as hot as bearable in doses of 

 a small teacupful until perspiration is produced. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, 15-30 drops. 



Distinctive character Small brown coral-like 

 rhizome, in branched pieces, about i inch long and 

 T ^ inch in thickness, with minute warts and transverse 

 scars. Fracture short, greyish horny. Taste, sweetish 

 then bitter. Odour, strong and peculiar when fresh. 

 Very liable to attacks of mites if kept long. 



CROSSWORT, ENGLISH. Galium Cruclata, Linn. 



N.O. Rubiacea. 

 Syn. Crosswort Bedstraw, Common Crosswort. 



Part used Herb. 



Distinctive character Stem slender, about 1-2 feet 

 long. Leaves, four in a whorl, elliptic-oblong, hairy. 

 Flowers yellow, in small clusters, about eight together 

 in the axils of the tipper leaves. 



