YARROW YELLOW DOCK. 309 



YARROW. Achillea mile folium, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Syn, Milfoil, Thousand Weed, Nosebleed. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Diaphoretic, stimulant, tonic. Most useful 

 in colds, obstructed perspiration, and the commence- 

 ment of fevers. It opens the pores freely and purifies 

 the blood. The infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling 

 water is taken in wineglassful doses, drunk warm, with 

 a teaspoonful of Composition Essence added to each 

 dose. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem angular, rough. Leaves 

 alternate, about 3-4 inches long and i inch broad, bipin- 

 natifid, clasping the stem at the base ; the segments 

 very narrow, short, and linear acute. The whole plant 

 more or less hairy with white, silky, appressed hairs. 

 The flowerheads small, white, minutely daisy-like, in 

 flattened-terminal corymbose cymes. Taste, insipid. 

 Odour, feeble. 



YELLOW DOCK. Rumex crlspus, Linn. 



Syn. Curled Dock. N -- PolygonocM. 



Part used Root. 



Action Laxative, alterative, tonic. Can be freely 

 used in rheumatism, skin diseases, bilious complaints, 

 piles, bleeding of the lungs, &c. A syrup may be made 

 by boiling pound of crushed root in a pint of syrup 

 and taken in teaspoonful doses. The dose of the 

 infusion of i ounce of powdered root in a pint of boiling 

 water is a wineglassful. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Solid extract: Dose, 5-15 grains. Rumin : Dose, 

 3 grains. 



Distinctive character The root occurs in short 

 shrivelled pieces, about f-i inch long or more, brown, 



