130 EcoxoMiCAL BOTAXT. [June, 



our Polygonum Bistorta, TormentiUa officinalis, and SaJix Caprea. 

 For dyspepsia: Inula Helenium, Anthemis nobilis, Marrubium 

 vulgare, Menyanthes trifoliata, Teucrium Scorodonia, Erythrcea 

 Centaurium, Artemisia Absinthium. Diuretics : Cytisus scopa- 

 rius, Leontodon Taraxicum, Baucus Carota, Arctium Lappa. 

 Corroborants : Agrimonia Eupatoria, Verbena officinalis, Betonica 

 officinalis, Tanacetum vulgare. As carminatives, all the Mints. 

 Xervines : Artemisia vulgaris, Fumaria officinalis, Valeriana offi- 

 cinalis. Cathartics : BJiamnus catharticus, Linum catharticum, 

 Senecio vulgaris, Sambucus nigra, Sambucus Ebulus. Deter- 

 gents : Pyrethrum Parthenium, Chelidonium majus, Sanicula eu- 

 ropaa. Rubifacients : Bryonia dioica. Ranunculus acris, Tanms 

 communis, Sinapis nigra, the braised seeds, Cochlearia Armoracia. 

 For gargles and lotions : the barks of Oaks, Rubi, and Salij^ 

 Caprea. As antiscorbutics : all the Docks, Ulmus campestris, 

 Malta sylvestris, Potentilla reptans. As discutients for indolent 

 tumours : Digitalis purpurea, Conium maculatum. Emollients : 

 Malva sylvestris, Symphytum officinale. Attenuants : Stellaria 

 media, Galium Aparine, Tussilago Farfara, Glechoma hederacea. 

 Yulneraries : leaves of all the Rumices, Sanicula europaa, Hy- 

 pericum perforatum, one of the sacred herbs, a panacea for many 

 ailments, Stachys palustris, Plantago major, called Waybread, 

 Wayberry, Ribwort. The proper name and most significant is 

 "Way bred ; for by the sides of the hardest trodden ways it prefers 

 to grow, in preference to other places, in rank and file, with 

 lances raised, to keep the traveller in the way. 



Tt would be better to eschew the following deleterious plants 

 from your domestic physic; leave those to the homoeopathist, 

 from -whose atomic globules you surely can receive no harm, 

 which is an important consideration. 



It has been too much the fashion of late to use very exten- 

 sively both vegetable and mineral poisons by the regular prac- 

 titioner, and which has taught mankind their baneful uses. 

 From such knowledge the most deplorable consequences have 

 ensued. 



There are still many valuable exotics cultivated in our gardens, 

 and much used as domestic medicaments, such as Rut a graveo- 

 lens, Rosmarinus officinalis, HyssopM officinalis, the Lavandulas, 

 Melissa officinalis, Artemisia Ahrotanum, Salvia officinalis. 



A phytological Materia !Medica and Pharmacopoeia of our Bri- 



