A Catalogue of the Medicinal Plants, Indigenous and Exotic, Growing in the State of New-York: With a Brief Account of Their Composition and Medical Properties |
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acrid active principle allusion alterative anodyne anthelmintic antispasmodic aperient aromatic astringent berries bitter extractive Black boiled CANADENSIS cathartic Celtic chiefly chronic rheumatism Collinsia color Common cure cutaneous diseases decoction demulcent deobstruent Deserves further diaphoretic diarrhoea diuretic Dose of powder dropsy dysentery emetic emetic and cathartic emmenagogue emollient employed expectorant expressed juice external feet high fevers flatulent flowers formerly fresh fruit gallic acid genus grape Greek Griffith hemorrhages hydragogue Indians indigenous infusion intermittents Jour large doses Latin laxative leaves Linn medicinal plants medicinal properties Michx mild mucilage nausea nephritic nephritic complaints New-York nutritious odor officinal OFFICINALIS ointment peculiar principle Plantain poisonous popular remedy possess similar properties pungent purgative Pursh resembling resin rheumatism scrofula seeds shrub small doses species stimulant stomach substituted Swamp Sweet sweetish syrup tannin taste tincture tion tonic tonic and astringent Torrey tree ulcers valuable VIRGINIANA virtues volatile oil Weed Wild Wood yellow