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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![bowels, is very usefal in inflammation, spasms and painful affections. Dose of the powder, from ten to twenty grains; of the extract, from two to fonr grains ; of the infusion, from two to four wine-glassesful—[See the Remedy called Restorative Assimi- lant,'^ on page 302.] BURDOCK. Arctium Lappa. Descnption.—This plant is too well known to be described. Government and Virtues.—Venus claims this herb. It is chiefly useful in prolapsus, keeping the womb in place. It is used for other diseases, but not with reliable results. BURNET. PiMPiNELLA Saxifraga. Descriptioji.—This plant, called Fimpinella is too well known to require a description of it. It grows frequently iu gardens, but the wild kind is only used for medicinal purposes. It flow- ers in July, and ripens the seed in August. Government and Virtues —It is a plant of the Sun, and thus very useful to preserve good health and spirits. Being of an astringent nature, a decoction is valuable in all mnnner of flnxes, bleedings, whites, etc. CANADA FLEABANB. Erigeron Canadense. Description.—This plant (which should not be confounded with either Philadelphia or various-leaved Fleabane, both of which possess similar medical properties in a lesser degree,) is an annual, with a stem which is high, bristly-hairy, branch- ing and furrowed, and which grows from half a foot to a foot in height. The leaves are not remarkable. The flowers aro small, numerous, and white, and are found irregularly placed upon the branches. History.—Canada Fleabane is found quite plentifully in Avaste places, in fields, in meadows, and by roadsides, in the northern and central parts of the United States of America; and flowers in June, July, August and September, according to climate and climatic circumstances and influences. It is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297289_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
