The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States. / By Pierpont F. Bowker.

  • Bowker, Pierpont F.
Date:
1851
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States. / By Pierpont F. Bowker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE LIST OF MEDICAL PLANTS. [The Bgures refer to the number of the description, and not to the pages.] Archangel ^— 72 Avens, called also Cole Wort and Herb Bonet 92 Artichoke 1S3 Buck’s Horn 12 Blackberry Briar, the roots 22 Blue Flag, the roots 28 Black Alder, the bark - 29 Bitter Sweet 36 Barberry 37 Black Birch 45 Bitter Thistle 1 46 Blood -Weed 49 Birth Wort 50 Bay berry 51 Blood Root 60 Balm of Gilead., 71 Bitter Quassia 89 Butternut 101 Burdock 147 Burnet 158 Creepers, the seeds 25 Chocolate Root 39 CamorAile 40 Colt’s Foot 41 Comfrey 56 Cherry Tree Bark 63 Calimint or Mountain Mint 91 Common Agrimony, 97 Celandine .105 Clivers 106 Common Arrowhead 124