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Mag.grandijhr*. -U.8. Disp., 142 ; IV. Mat. Med. 6 The- 

 nip. [L, 734; Aro. Journ. Pbarm. \l\ .'.»>: lie. & de L. Diet. 

 • 1c Mat. Med i. IN . 193. "In Mexico, the seeds ire employed 

 with success in pa ml y si Diet de Mat. Med. Loc. cit 



Warrvbium vulgar*.- Bd. vV Vav, M it. Med., 273; Trous. 

 et. Pul. Trait. ■ dc Therap. 308; Watsons Pract. Physic, 332, 

 and 118; Royle Mat. Med., 470 ; Pe. Mat. Med. II., 284; I 

 Mat. Med. II.'. 89; Watson's Veg, Pract.; r. 8. Disp, 152; Ball. 

 A (Jar. Mat Med., 368 ; Cull. M, Med.' II., 164. Bergii. Mai. 

 Med. 11.. 568; Woodv. Med. Hot. Leaves tonic and laxative, 

 if) asthma, hysteria, and meDOrrbagic diseases. Eld, & \ av. 5 cite 

 it as a remedy in catarrhs, peripneumonies and phthisis. 



Manuita arittniimiri /. — [' . S. Disp.. 1 1 ( .) : Royle Mat. Med., 

 586 : Hell's Pract. Diet. 18. 



Haruia eotuloy (see Anthemis of some Bots., Wild Chamo- 

 mile.)— Ed. A Vav. Mat. Med., 863; U. S. Disp., 278 ; Bergii 

 Mat. Med., t. 1.711: Me. et de L. Diet, de Mat, Med. t. 1,741; 

 Shec. PL Carol., 171. A substitute for chamomile, (and Merat 

 says lor assafoBtida,) given in numerous diseases ; one of our do- 

 mestic remedies, It also possesses a' iti -hysteric virtues, and is 



tmmended in rebellious bilious fevers. 



Helia azedarach) (Pride of India.) — Merat & de L. Diet, de 

 Mat. Med.t. IV.. 390; U. S. Disp. 135; Ell. Hot. 475; Chap 

 Therap. II.. 7<»: Bell's Pract. Diet., 87 ; Royle Mat. Med., 308; 

 Eb. Mat. Med., 207: Fr. Elems. pt. 1st, Archives G6neralesde 

 Mr! . WII., 112; Lindley's Nat. Syst. 102; an active vermi- 

 fuge. Barton considered it our most active anthelmintic ; it is 

 also a febrifuge, adapted to verminous fevers, where no worms 

 are voided. Thacher states that the pulp of the berry has been 

 employed with success as an ointment in Tinea capitis. Merat 

 mentions well authenticated cases ot poisoning from eating the 

 berries in twy large quantities \ Diet, de Mat. Med*, loc. cit. 



do cause a speed)- delivery, ami expel the after-birth, and therefoi i be ta- 



ken by such as have not gone their time, lest they procure abortion 01 la- 



bor too soon. They wonderfully help all col ! an i rheumatic distillatiooa from 

 the brain, to the eyes, lun^s ) or other parts, ,-iiid beins made into an :ry 



with ho > help the consumption, old coughs, shortness of breath, and thin 



as also the Megrim. They mightil grind and provoke 



urines, help the mother and kill the worms The leaves also work the like ef- 

 fects; a bath of the decoction of the leaves and berries, ia singularly good 

 women to mi in, that ar>> tXOOl le 1 with tii>- m <>r the 



•toppings of their courses, or for the : the bladder, pains in the bowels 



by win. I, and stopping of urine ; a decoction Ac., settleth the palate of the mouth 

 in its place. The oil made of the berries is ►mfortable— all riefaof 



the joints, nerves, aricn S, Stomach, belly, or womb, and helpeth palsies, convul- 

 sions, cramps, aches, tremblings, and nmn! ness in any part, weariness also, and 



as that come by sore traveling * * * • pains in lb. ileocm 



by dropping in some of the O! into the ears, the rUOM ofthc de- 



coction of the berries through a funnel. It lace . the marks of bruises ; it 



helpeth also the itch, scabs and weals in the akin." 



