O. lEl. lEIOIBIBS' 



Botanical Hand-Book 



Explanation of Abbreviations ■used in the Botanical Department. 



MEDICAL PROPERTIES, ETC. 



A medicine which claims the property of causing abortion. 



Substances which possess a sourish taste. 



Hot, biting, irritating. 



Relieving or arresting glandular pain. 



Preventing the bad effects of poisons inwardly. 



Producing a salutary change without perceptible evacuation. 



Relieving pain, or causing it to cease. 



A remedy which destroys or expels worms. 



Gently laxative, without purging. 



Medicine believed capable of exciting the venereal appetite. 



Odoriferous, stimulant, spicy, agreeable. 



Having the property of constringing the organic texture. 



A substance capable of blunting the venereal appetite. 



Opposed to biliousness ; acting on the bile. 



A remedy for vomiting. 



Opposed to epilepsy ; relieving fits. 



A remedy for hysteria. 



Preventing the formation of calculi in the urinary organs. 



Arresting morbid periodical movements. 



Opposed to inflammation. 



Relieving, preventing, or curing rheumatism. 



Curing or preventing scurvy. 



Opposed to putrefaction. 



Relieving or preventing spasm. 



Opposed to or curing venereal diseases. 



Used against bites of venomous insects or snakes, etc. 



Mitlgatoi'y, healing, soothing to inflamed parts. 



Having a tonic effect. 



Expelling wind from the bowels. 



Increasing evacuations from the bowels. 



The property of burning or disorganizing animal substance. 



Relating to diseases of the head. 



Increasing the flow of bile. 



Improving the savor of food, as salt, pepper, salad, etc. 



A warm stomachic ; exciting the heart. 



Used for improving the complexion or skin. 



Causing irritation in one part to relieve pain in another part. 



Soothing, mucilaginous, relieving inflammation. 



Removing obstructions ; aperient in a general sense. 



Purifying the blood. 



