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tni 1( .^ Ca ( see p. 060*). But its influence over the secreting organs isaoti 0u *’ reale1. It is somewhat analogous to Helenium (p. 951) in its
It i s SEs '~~^ n this country senega is comparatively but little employed.]ml ni an exceedingly valuable remedy in the latter stages of bronchial oran,l '^ iar y inflammation , when this disease occurs in aged, debilitated,constitutions, and when the use of depletives is no longer ad-o r ^ r * e - It appears to re-establish a healthy condition of the secretingto promote the resolution of the morbid deposits, and to give4lt nu • l ° t ' le system. I usually administer it in combination with<m ( , ri °' ua ’/ u ’hich appears to me to promote its beneficial operation. Fre-to °I pulse, and a febrile condition of the system, are by no meansIn r ?H ai ^ e( l ns impediments to the use of this medicine.
c tr °nic catarrh and humoral asthma it has also been used. It hascr 0 ‘ ^nvagantly praised by Dr. Archer, of Maryland , as a remedy foraid of . rle ’ Mat - Med -) He represents it as being capable, without thetiot) er ai '“ other means, of removing this alarming disease. Few practi-Mdjt; S ’ ^ suspect, would venture to trust it. Yet it might be a usefulVs i 0il to emetics. As a stimulant and promoter of the secretions, it• USec ^ w Ith advantage in the latter stage of low fever accom-" ^ or pidity. It has also been used as an emetic, purgative, andgogo °^ et Ic> in rheumatism, as a diuretic in dropsy, and as an emmena-111 nmennorrhoea. It was introduced into practice as a remedy’ the bite of venomous animals,—as the rattlesnake.
tli e .J^'Istrvtion.—T he dose of the powder is from grs. x. to 3j. Butb/ Usion or decoction is the best form of exhibition.
Senegal, L. E. D. (Senega root, 5x. [5iij. Z>.]; Water’ 0i i- [Oiss. Z>.] Boil down to a pint [Sviij. D.], and'^Stimulating, expectorant, and diuretic. Dose, f5j. to fSiij. threer times daily. Ammonia is often a valuable addition to it.
^''arnc'ria triandra, Ruiz and Pavon, L. E. D. — The Ratanhy.
Bex. Syst. Tetramlria, Monogynia, Willi.
(Radix, Root, E. —Radix et extraction, D.)
A 0RY -"~ Tllis pl an t was discovered by Ruiz and Pavon, in 1779, inpiii e T ‘ - tr, notice into this country, as a medi-
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e ( ^^'Oerica. It was introduced to notice nno uno ,-
a ’ |( -j, tr. Reece, in 1808. In 1813, Ruiz’s dissertation on it appearedai glish dress (Eclcard, Diss. Inaug. de Rad. Ratanhice. Berol.
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Gf.x. Char. — Sepals four or five, irregular, coloured, spread-^ke e • rduous. Petals four or five, irregular, smaller than the calyx, the( h',u ni ner u nguiculate. Stamens one, three, or four, hypogynous, unequal,^ple _ 011e 'Celled, or incompletely two-celled; style terminal; stigma^hose 0Vvdes Id pairs, suspended. Fruit between hairy and leathery,• c ent > CovereL I with hooked prickles, by abortion one-seeded, inde-^timi ' Spreading many-stemmed undershrubs. Leaves alternate,. -
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ic many-stemmea unat/s/unuo. i
LSUliate, spreading. B aeeaa snnple, sp.Ud
typographical error at p. 260, 1.°peration to “ vinegar.’' For vines!
For viuejjar, read u senega-