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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    THE WINGED LION The Guarantee of Pur WELLCOMJ CT is m Popular Herbal Rem pam BRAND ty- <SC\f • • ICS. y-. i. AGRIMONY HERB (Agrimonia eupatoria). A mild astringent, tonic, and diuretic. Useful in coughs, diarrhoea and relaxed bowels. 2. ANGELICA HERB (Angelica atropurpurea). Stimulant, carminative, diaphoretic, expectorant. A good remedy for colds, coughs, pleurisy, wind, colic, gout rheu¬ matics, and diseases of the urinary organs. Is generally combined with other herbs. 8. ARRACH HERB (Chenopodium olidurn). Anti-spasmodic, emmenagogue. Used prin¬ cipally for promoting and regulating the menses. 4. AVENS HERB (Oeutn urbanum). Astringent, antiseptic, tonic. Useful in diarrhoea, dysentery, bleeding of stomach or lungs. Makes a wash for spots on the face. S. BALM HERB (Melissa officinalis). Stimulant, carminative, tonic, diaphoretic. Good for fevers, colds, headache and nervousness. «. BARBERRY BARK (Berberis vulgaris). Tonic, purgative, antiseptic. Very valuable in cases of jaundice, liver complaints, general debility and biliousness. 7. BAYBERRY BARK (Myrica cerifera). A powerful stimulant, also astringent. Should be given in cases of coldness, clamminess and chill, generally in combination with chillies. A good cleanser of the stomach and cure for diarrhoea. 7a. BITTERSWEET (Solanum dulcamara). Narcotic, alterative, diuretic, emetic. Recom¬ mended in rheumatism and cathartic swellings, bad ulcers, jaundice, and obstructed menstruation. 7b. BLACKBERRY (Rubus villosus). Astringent. Valuable in dysentery, diarrhoea, infants’ cholera, haemorrhage from the stomach and bowels, &c. Sometimes given for after pains. 7C. BLACK CURRANT (Ribes nigrum). Diuretic, diaphoretic, anti-scorbutic. Very useful in colds, fevers and coughs, and gently acts upon the bowels. 8. BLUE FLAG ROOT (Iris versicolor). Cathartic, emetic, diuretic, alterative. Of much utility in rheumatism, dropsy, constipation, impurity of blood, &c. lA. BLUE MALLOW (Malva sylvetris). Mucilaginous, diuretic. Indicated in inflammatory affections of the kidneys, &c. An excellent demulcent in coughs, irritation of the air passages, &c. 9. BONESET HERB (Eupaiorium perfolatum). Diaphoretic, laxative, tonic, febrifuge and expectorant. Splendid medicine in all fevers ; also in catarrh and skin diseases. 9a. BOX LEAVES (Buxus sempervirens). Diaphoretic, purgative, sudorific, alterative, A good tonic for debility, bilious disorders, jaundice and low spirits. 16. BROOKLIME HERB (Veronica beccabunga). Alterative and diuretic. Given in scurvy, poorness and impurity of blood. 11. BROOM HERB (Spartium Scoparium). A certain diuretic. Used in dropsy, gravel and bladder affections. 12. BUCHU LEAVES (Barosma betulina). Diuretic, diaphoretic and stimulant. Used in all affections of urinary organs, gravel and inflammation. 4‘ POTTER’S CYCLOPEDIA OF BOTANIC DRUGS AND PREPARATIONS * gives full details of all Herbs and their uses. Price 5/