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applied to the sore. It also makes a good healing ointment, 
prepared in the usual way. 
ST. JOHN’S WORT (Hyrericum Perroratum). 
This is a small shrub, found growing in all parts. The 
small yellow flowers are followed by berries of a dark- 
brownish-purple like the juniper. Its principal property is 
expectorant. Dr. Skelton recommends it for whooping and 
other coughs. We can endorse his good opinion of it, having 
used it frequently. It makes a good wound salve, chopped 
up and simmered in lard or vaseline. A decoction of the 
flowers 1s highly recommended for retention of urine. The 
persistent use of the herb decoction will, it is affirmed, cure 
sciatica and epilepsy. 
GROUND PINE (AzuGA CHAM@PITYs). 
This is a small plant, growing from four to sixinches. It 
is a good diuretic and cleanser of the liver and spleen, also 
an excellent herb for female obstruction. It is best to take 
it in powder, as it is resinous and does not yield its virtues to 
water readily. Dose of the powder: a teaspoonful three 
or four timesaday. Dr. Robinson recommends a mixture 
composed of the Dandelion root and agrimony for liver 
complaint and obstruction. 
PLANTAIN (Priantraco Masor),. 
Commonly called healing leaves, and well do they deserve 
this name. Bound over a fresh cut or bruise they generally 
produce healing by the first intentions. As an internal 
medicine it is cooling, diuretic, alterative, and slightly 
astringent. ‘The decoction of the roots makes a blood purifer, 
while the bruised leaves heal old sores. A gentleman in this 
city was cured of an inflamed ulcer on the lege by binding 
on the leaves, after trying various ointments, &c. Itis found 
growing by the roadside almost everywhere. 
