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SENECIO Jacobaea. RAGWORT. The Leaves. --Their taste is roughish, bitter, pungent, and extremely unpleasant: they stand stronglyrecommended by Simon Pauli against dysenteries; but their forbiddingtaste has prevented its coming into practice. 397. SOLANUM nigrum. COMMON NIGHTSHADE. The Leaves and Berries. --In theyear 1757, Mr. Gataker, surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, called theattention of the Faculty to this plant, by a publication recommendingits internal use in old sores, srophulous and... cancerous ulcers, cutaneous eruptions, and even dropsies; all of which were much relievedor completely cured of it. 398. SPIRAEA Ulmaria. MEADOW-SWEET. The Leaves and Flowers. --The flowershave a very pleasant flavour, which water extracts from them byinfusion, and elevates in distillation. 399. SPIRAEA Filipendula. DROPWORT. The Root. --The root consists of anumber of tubercles, fastened together by slender strings; its taste isrough and bitterish, with a slight degree of pungency. These qualitiespoint out its use in a flaccid state of the vessels, and a sluggishnessof the juices: the natural evacuations are in some measure restrained orpromoted by it, where the excess or deficiency proceeds from this cause.
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