The book of herbs : giving descriptions of medical plants, and directions for gathering and preserving them, with a full account of their properties and doses : the whole written for family use / by John B. Newman.

  • Newman, John B.
Date:
1847
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Credit: The book of herbs : giving descriptions of medical plants, and directions for gathering and preserving them, with a full account of their properties and doses : the whole written for family use / by John B. Newman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    lii.KANUM ICAOULATUM—SPOTTED OH Spotted CrusabiH, Crowfoot, Alumroot, Tonnentfl, CraanbUl, StorMriH. This plant has a perennial, fleshy root, which runs parallel with the ground, and furnished with short fibres; this root sends up a straight, round stem, which branches in forks about twenty inches in height, and of a grayish green color, thickly covered, in common with both the leaf and flower-stalks, with hairs bent backwards. The leaves are cut deeply into three, live or seven lobes, which at their ends arc again divided ; they are hairy, of a palish green color, and mottled with pale spots ; some of them rise at once from the roots and are supported on stalks ten inches in length. The flower-Stalks spring from the forks of the stem, and each supports two large and beautiful purple flowers, which bloom from May to July- The fruit lists of five boxes joined together and attached to the remains of the flower by a beak ; when ripe, they curl up and scatter the seed in all directions. The Cranesbill loves a low, moist and moderately shaded place. The root is the part used in medicine; it should be collected in Autumn. This is another medicine introduced to our notice by the Indians, who hold it in the greatest esteem, and most deservedly too, for it is an invaluable astringent, without offending the most delicate stomach, and there* fore suitable for infants, as well as adults. In the secondary stages of diarrhea and dysentery, it is given in doses of twenty grains of the powder, two or three times a day ; or else in the form of decoction, made by boiling a pint and a hall of water with an ounce of the root, down to a pint. The dose of this is one or two table-spoonfuls at a time, twice or three tin* day, according to the severity of the case. The infusion may be Sweetened with honey and used advanta- in the mouth, and I f quinsy sore throat. It also forms one of ihe best injections tor the whites in women. The <|. lion above recommended is excellent in all the common