The complete herbalist, or, the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies showing the great curative properties of all herbs, gums, balsams, barks, flowers and roots ; how they should be prepared, when and under what influences selected, at what times gathered, and for what diseases administered. Also, separate treatises on fod and drinks ; clothing ; exercise ; the regulation of the passions, life, health, and disease; longevity; medication; air and sunshine ; bathing ; sleep, etc. Also, symptoms of prevalent diseases ; special treatment in special cases; and a new and plain system of hygienic principles / by O. Phelps Brown.
- Brown, O. Phelps (Oliver Phelps), active 1871.
- Date:
- 1871
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The complete herbalist, or, the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies showing the great curative properties of all herbs, gums, balsams, barks, flowers and roots ; how they should be prepared, when and under what influences selected, at what times gathered, and for what diseases administered. Also, separate treatises on fod and drinks ; clothing ; exercise ; the regulation of the passions, life, health, and disease; longevity; medication; air and sunshine ; bathing ; sleep, etc. Also, symptoms of prevalent diseases ; special treatment in special cases; and a new and plain system of hygienic principles / by O. Phelps Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![with large, hairy, ash-tree like, gre«n leaves ; each leaf consist- ing of five or six pair of wings, set opposite each other on foot-stalks, and having a bitterish taste when chewed in the mouth. It has a strong, round, green stalk, with many joints, and some leaves thereat, growing to the height of five feet. It bears a small yellow flower, and yields seeds of a whitish, yellow, short, flat appearance, having a bitter taste. It flow- ers usually at the end of Summer in England, although found in blossom in other parts of Europe from May to December, w'lere it is sometimes called Panay, Opapane-wort, etc. Government and Virtues.—It is under the dominion of Mars, hot, bitter, and choleric in its nature. A decoction is good to expel worms, to provoke urine, and to help all joint aches, etc. Is excellent for cramps, fits, falling sickness, and convulsions, [ but is not as good as Blue Vervain, see prepared medicine, page 302, ] obstructions of the liver and spleen, kidneys and bladder. It is also good for the toothache, and the bite of mad dogs and venomous creatures. ALMONDS. The Amygdalxis Communis. Amygdala Amara, Bitter Almonds. Amygdala Dulds, Sweet Almonds. Kernels. Description.—The almond tree is from ten to eighteen feet high, and grows in the south of Europe, Barbary, and Asia, and yields both the sweet and bitter Almonds. The leaves are of a bright light green, two to four inches long and about three quarters of an inch broad. The flowers are moderately large, pink or white, resembling the peach blossom in color, in pairs, and appearing before the leaves. Stone, oblong or ovate, hard in various degrees, always rugged and pitted with irregular holes. History.—^The best of the sweet kind comes from Malaga, The sweet almond kernel is without odor, and of a pleasant flavor ; that of the bitter is also inodorous, unless it he rubbed with water, when it exhales a smell similar to Prussia acid. Its taste is similar to that of peach meats. Both varieties](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297289_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
