WOODRUFF WOOD SAGE. 305 



scrofula, and impurities of the blood. Is generally 

 combined with other remedies. The dose of the infusion 

 of i ounce to a pint of boiling water is a wineglassful 

 taken frequently. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, \-i drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem furnished with few 

 distant pairs of rough, hairy, oblong leaves, 2-3 inches 

 long and about f-i inch broad, crenate at the margins, 

 the leaves mostly radical. Flowers purplish, labiate, 

 arranged in a terminal oval spike interrupted below, the 

 calyx smooth. 



WOODRUFF. Asperula odorata, Linn. 



N.O. Rubicicete. 

 Syn. Woodroof, Waldmeister Tea. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Diuretic, tonic. Useful for removing biliary 

 obstructions of liver, &c., and is strengthening to the 

 stomach. 



Distinctive character Herb about 6-8 inches high, 

 with a slender, quadrangular, brittle stem, and whorls 

 of usually eight narrowly elliptic, rather rigid leaves 

 about i inch long and ij inch broad, entire at the 

 margins, and tipped with a sharp point. Taste, like 

 coumarine. Odour, when dried, like hay. 



WOOD SAGE. Teucrium Scorodoaia, Linn. 



N.O. Labiate. 

 Syn. Garlic Sage. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Diaphoretic, astringent, emmenagogue, tonic. 

 Used in fevers, colds, inflammations, and in obstructed 



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