Popular herbal remedies : a handbook / [Potter & Clarke, Ltd].

  • Potter & Clarke.
Date:
[1900?]
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Credit: Popular herbal remedies : a handbook / [Potter & Clarke, Ltd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jg\ THE WINGED LION BRAND assures best value and guarantees purity. 88 a. SARSAPARILLA (Smilax Sarsaparilla). Tonic, demulcent, and alterative. Restore® vigour to the constitution when broken down. . 69 SASSAFRAS BARK (Laura sassafras). Stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic. Used la eruptions, rheumatism, gout, &c. 69 a, SELF HEAL (Prunella vulgaris). Astringent. A curative of wounds, and very successful in repressing inflammation or stopping the flow of blood in any wounds. 70. SC VBIOUS ®r DEVIL’S BIT (Scabiosa succisa). Stimulant, febrifuge, demulcent Useful for coughs, fevers and inflammations. 70a. SHEPHERD’S PURSE (CaPsella Bursa Pastoris). Acid, detergent, astringent. Good for bleeding of the nose and diarrhoea. 71. SKULLCAP HERB (Scutellaria laterifolia), Tonic, nervine, anti-spasmodic. Most excellent in all cases requiring a nervine. A specific for St. Vitus Dance and ricket#. Said to cure hydrophobia. 72. SCURVY GRASS (Cochlearia officinalis). Strongly anti-scorbutic, and should be given in all cases requiring such a remedy. 73, SENNA (Cassia senna). Cathartic, laxative. Most popular and certain of remedies for constipation. 73 a. SOAPWORT HERB (Saponaria officinalis). Tonic, alterative, diaphoretic. A purifier of the blood. Of great service in asthma and all disorders of the breast where the promotion of expectoration is desirable. 74. SOUTHERNWOOD (OLD MAN OF LAD’S LOVE). Tonic and anthelmintic. For worms, nervousness and female disorders. . 74 a. SPEEDWELL (Veronica beccabunga). Diuretic, emmenagogue, anti-scorbutic. An excellent cleanser of the blood and opens all obstructions. 74 b. SPIGELIA (Spigelia Marilandica). Anthelmintic, narcotic, acid. Valuable worm medicine, but should be used with caution as to constitutional adaption. 75. TANSY HERB (Tanaceium vulgare). Tonic diaphoretic emmenagogue. Chiefly used for female irregularities and worms. 76. TORMENTIL ROOT (Tormentilla officinalis). Tonic, astringent. An excellent remedy for piles, diarrhoea, dysentry, diabetes, &c. 77. UVA URSI (Arbutus Uva JJrsi). Diuretic, astringent, tonic. Very useful in all affec¬ tions of the urinary apparatus. 78. VALERIAN ROOT (Valeriana officinalis). Tonic, nervine. Useful in all cases nervous debility especially in female hysteria, &c. 79. VERVAIN HERB (Verbena hastata). Stimulant, diaphoretic, nervine, emetic. Specially used in fits, fevers, coughs, asthma, &c. 80. WOOD SAGE HERB (Teucriutn scorodonia). Tonic, Stimulant. A pleasant bitter, useful iri fevers, rheumatism, debility, &c. 81. WILD CARROT HERB (Daucus carota). Diuretic. A really fine remedy in ail urinary obstructions, gravel, dropsy, &c. 81a. WINTERGSEEN (Qaultheria procumbens). Stimulant, aromatic, emmenagogus. It is good for diseases of the heart and arrests dysentery. 82. WOOD BETONY HERB (Betonicm officinalis). - Nervine, Tonic. Good in headache, convulsions, agues palsy, colic, &c. 82 a. WOODRUFF Asperul odorata). Diuretic, deodorant, tonic, vulnerary. A pleasant and agreeable tonic, indicated iu foetor of the breath. Useful for worms in children. S3. WORMWOOD HERB (Artemesia absinthum). Anthelmintic, tonic. 1D>ed m dyspepsia and to expel worms. Also makes a good fomentation. 84. YARROW HERB (Achilla millefolium). Astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic. Certain cure for colds and fevers. a. YELLOW DOCiH ROOT (Rumex orispus). An anti-fat and alterative. Should b@ taken whenever blood is impure, iu akin disease*, &c.