3OO WILD MINT WILD YAN*. 



made from i part of fluid extract to 8 parts of simple 

 ointment is applied to inflamed tumours and ulcers. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, J-$ drachm. 

 Baptisin : Dose, 1-3 grains. 



Distinctive character Crown of the root with knotty 

 branches and few little-branched roots about 20 inches 

 long and J- inch thick, furrowed longitudinally, be- 

 coming warty and scaly externally. Fracture tough 

 and fibrous. Bark brown, rather thick, with tough 

 bast fibres in radial lines. Wood whitish, with concentric 

 lines, finely porous, medullary rays indistinct. Taste, 

 bitterish, acrid, and disagreeable ; the wood, tasteless. 



WILD MINT. Mentha satlva, Linn. 



N.O. Ldbiata, 



Syn, Marsh Mint, Mentha aquatica, Linn. 

 Part used Herb. 



Action Emetic, stimulant, astringent. Used in 

 diarrhoea and in difficult menstruation. The infusion of 

 i ounce to a pint of boiling water is taken in wine- 

 glassful doses. 



Distinctive character Leaves opposite, stalked, 

 ovate, acute, serrate, subcordate below, hairy. Flowers 

 forming a terminal globose head and a few axillary 

 clusters. Taste, aromatic. Odour, characteristic. 



WILD YAM. Dioscorea villosa, Linn. 



N.O. Dioscoracea. 



Syn. Dioscorea, Colic Root, Rheumatism Root. 

 Part used Root. 



Action Antibilious, antispasmodic, diaphoretic. Is 

 valuable in all forms of colic, abdominal and intestinal 



