The American herbal, or materia medica : wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known ; by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Plants, Medicinal, Medicine, Traditional, Materia Medica
Publisher: Walpole [N.H.] Printed by David Carlisle, for Thomas & Thomas, and the author
Published: 1801-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Clematis Reila. Lint

■ Upr'ght Traveller'* Joy,

' .The herb with the Eowers are cauflic ; if any part of the pljnt is rubbed with the finger;, and then held to. the nofblU. it Rrikei iham like iightning-with a ftrong faiell. It yields a water as hot ai the fpirit of wine, but It does fiot 1«em fafa td'admihifter It internally.

L A D Y '3 Al A N T L E.

Akhviilla, 12 or 13. Ca'led alfo EngHjh iU/s mantle, and lion's foot.. The leaves and toot, are gently aftringenf, butth*. jJ<Dt ii.qot in much rcpii;e in meil;cir.f, •

L A D Y '»

L A U t^

LADY'* S-M O C K.

Cardamint,

Caulitiii lanceitatis. Lin, ;] ' '

, it is alf'j called mea^ciw creffij, s>n<i cuckow fIowQr« Some havo caltsd tf Amtiicib valierian.

It growl in in:a;laA'grcunUi^and it.^jpout a fooljiigh. Ttie roott ara Ior.gan"d fibrous. , . This plani ii called antifpafmodfc and anti.'cplleptic.

DiofcoriJis called the flowors at warm diuretic.

The flowers are .good in . the rpai,[iiodic, .a(thtn>i S.'. Vitui's .'dancoj p,il!y« accompan'ei wj'thadifRcuUy'.of rwaliowfng/arid ionvaifiorti. They alfo ihend the ap^. petitaarid help'the cipilepfyj'.; '.'',-, ov

The dofe oftho flowort iVffpm.a fcrupUfP A^caf|t«n. and an half, thrice in a day.\.'^:-, j;^^;^,, \^i.o i^vo\o-i

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■-i- .,i r . o ■ • ; .. .->c ti.-!--"! VI ji»l)iv/ nr '■ ' ViJ. Intian Crij4.

L A'S-s E R- 'W dlCr. *

Za/irfitiun vulga. Gemiana (iW^ .i6*\»vjt,.« Theleirtr hertyJrankincanff. ' > in m>v-.•: r jj - The root* are c»Hed aleKipfearAic'and <iiMntrt rbokr thoy are not in uff. . ;."'

L A U RE L, > D W A R F, IX«arf L^ure). Kalmia AugujV/dia. The madicioal virtue, if it has any, ii Unknown, . ^

L A U R E L, • G R £ A-T.

Great Laurel,

Kdmia Lai'fvlia,

irifundsfctihioii^, .i-.vi ■' _

LAUREL LEAVED TULIP. Magmliat

There are four fpecie?.

I. G/tzK^-o, or Imall magnoliz. It growl fixteen feet higlh, a native bf Virginia, Cireline, and ether p»rtl of America.

•.GrdWf/Zarj^, Or grftat magnolia. A native of Soitlh Carolina and Florida. It grows eighiy feat High.

g.Tri/>e/afa, or umbrella tree, a nattye of Carolina. It grow* twenty feet high,

'4. Acumihata, it grows in the inltnd parts of America*

The^/flttM, or fir ft fpeciei, which ii called the beif-ver tre*, becaufe the foot is ufed'aa a bait tocaich b«a^ vers with, it good in mcd cine. ' '

The birries, which bang in bunch*',' aiid are of a Vsd colour, being iloeped in rumor brandy, are faid to cure coughs and other diforders of the brsift, particularly c«nfumptIonr.

If the bark is.fleepedih bf»ndy,.ara decoftion of tt-i in water, it helps pe6toral dirordtrt, internal pains and-j heat ; and^'icime ^p!|k>fe it will cure the dyfentery.

A dccoftion of tOe branches cuiei ,rocen( colds.

_1+^V.E NlDE.p... , Lavendula Sfica, Lin» La-venJi^ is cuilitvit«d tAgardens.-It is a warnt liimu^aor, and. arooit^tje. . < Or. MMniy calls it a mild ftioialant, and corrobor- .

ant. , . . : ;:'^

It is good in vertigoes, paifies, tremors, menftrqal ob-ftruQions, and in general for all diforders of the head,. neives, snd uterur.

Jt is applied ext(r.

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