Medicinal Plants which Have Been Collected and Used in North Carolina |
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acrid AMERICAN analogous properties anodyne anthelmintic anti-periodic anti-spasmodic anti-syphilitic anti-venomous antiscorbutic aperient aromatic astringent bark is astringent bark is tonic berries bitterish Britton Canadensis carminative CAROLINA Caroliniana cathartic Clematis collected and sold CROWFOOT decoction demulcent depurient detergent diaphoresis diaphoretic discutient diuretic edible emetic emmenagogue emollient escaped from cultivation Eupatorium expectorant FAMILY febrifuge FERN fruit GENTIAN herb herb is diuretic herb is tonic hydragogue Hypericum JOHN'S-WORT juice Karst large doses laxative leaves and flowers leaves are astringent Magnolia MALLOW Marsh Michx MILKWEED MOUNTAIN mucilage mucilagenous Muhl narcotic nervine Nutt odor officinal officinalis ORDER palustris Parsh pectoral PLANTAIN poisonous pungent purgative Pycnanthemum Quercus Ranunculus refrigerant remedy Rhus root is astringent root is diuretic root is tonic rotundifolia sedative similar properties SNAKE-ROOT Sorrel stimulant stomach sudorific SWEET taste tonic tonic and astringent Utricularia vermifuge Viburnum Viola VIOLET VIRGINIA Virginiana vomiting vulgaris vulnerary Walt WHITE whole herb whole plant WILD Willd YELLOW
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Page 353 - Gillenia is a mild and efficient emetic, and like most substances belonging to the same class occasionally acts upon the bowels. In very small doses it has been thought to be tonic.
Page 348 - L,. SMOOTH UPLAND, OR SCARLET SUMAC. The bark and leaves are astringent, and used largely, especially the leaves, in tanning leather and in dyeing. Excrescences are produced under the leaves resembling galls in appearance and character, which contain large quantities of tannic and gallic acids. These have been used as a substitute for the imported galls, and are in every way superior to them. The berries have a sour, astringent, not unpleasant taste, and are often eaten by country people with impunity....
Page 384 - ... also an agreeable and .useful drink in dysenteric, catairhal and nephritic diseases. The bark of the root is stimulant and diaphoretic. It is used almost exclusively as an adjuvant to other more efficient medicines, its flavor rendering it more cordial to the stomach.
Page 359 - He uses it in the form of decoction and finds it pleasanter to the taste and more acceptable to the stomach than most other medicines of the same class. Am.
Page 359 - ... a panacea for all the ills to which human flesh is heir, and leading educators consider play a safeguard against crime in the commonwealth.
Page 347 - The bark of the above varieties is pungent, stimulant, alterative, tonic, sialagogue, sudorific and antispasmodic, producing, when swallowed, a sense of heat in the stomach, with more or less arterial excitement, with a tendency to diaphoresis. It resembles mezcrcum and guiac in its remedial action.
Page 357 - L. RATTLESNAKE-MASTER, BUTTON SNAKE- ROOT. The root, which is the medicinal portion, has a bitter, pungent, aromatic taste, provoking, when chewed, a flow of saliva. It is diaphoretic, expectorant, in large doses emetic. Sanicula Marylandica, L. BLACK SNAKEROOT, SANICLE. Sanicula Canadens/s, L.
Page 363 - ... Muhl. SC-ABIOUS. These two plants are often collected and sold as the same thing. The herb has a feeble. aromatic odor and bitterish taste. It is diuretic without offending the stomach. Erigeron Canadense, L,. CANADA FLEABONE. The whole herb is diuretic, tonic and astringent. Solidago rigida , -L. HARD-LEAVED GOLDEN-ROD. The herb is astringent and styptic. Solidago odora, Ait ? SWEET-SCENTED GOLDENROD. The leaves have a fragrant odor, and a warm aromatic, agreeable taste, and are moderately stimulant...
Page 346 - Oxalis grandis, Small. GREAT YELLOW SORREL. The fresh herb eaten raw is said to be useful in scurvy. All of these plants are refrigerant, acid, diuretic, irritant and antiscorbutic. They have an agreeable sour taste and owe their acidity to binoxalate of -potassium, which is often separated and sold in the shops under the name of salt of sorrel and may be used for removing ink stains and iron mold from linen. This is considered poisonous, and children have been known to die from constantly eating...
Page 347 - L. Dwarf or Black Sumac. In dry soil, chiefly on hills and ridges. Most frequent in the southern part of the State. The form is not poisonous, but should be handled with care by persons with sensitive skins. "The leaves and bark contain much tannin, and are collected in large quantities in the southern states and ground for tanning leather.