WATER PLANTAIN WHITE POND LILY, AMERICAN. 29^ 



The infusion of i ounce of herb in a pint of boiling 

 water is taken in wineglassful doses. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, |-i drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem velvety. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, oval-oblong, f inch long and inch 

 broad, narrowed at the base, coarsely serrate at the 

 margin, and softly hairy on both sides. Taste, bitter. 

 The fresh leaves, when rubbed, have a penetrating 

 alliaceous odour. 



WATER PLANTAIN. Alisma Plantago, Linn. 



N.O. Alismacetz. 

 Syn. Mad-Dog Weed. 



Part used Leaves. 



Action Diuretic, diaphoretic. An excellent remedy 

 in gravel and other urinary and kidney diseases, where 

 there is irritation and uneasiness in passing water, 

 pains in the loins, &c. The powdered leaves are given in 

 doses of 1-2 drachms, or taken in an infusion of i ounce 

 to a pint of boiling water in teacupful doses three or four 

 times a day. 



Distinctive character The leaves are greyish 

 green, cordate-ovate, or lanceolate, with prominent 

 veins on long stalks. Taste, acrid. Odour, none. 



WHITE POND LILY, AMERICAN. 



Nymphasa odorata, Soland. 

 N.O. Nymphaocea. 

 Syn, Water Nymph, Water Cabbage. 



Part used Root. 



Action Antiseptic, astringent, demulcent. Will be 

 found of service in bowel complaints, where an astrin- 



