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. . 328
Plantain, greater (snake bite) . . . 434
Onion, raw . . . 212
Poppy leaf . . . 441
Rosemary, wild . . . 474
Stitchwort . . . 535

STITCH OF SIDE, see PAIN.

STONE IN BLADDER.
Apple cider . . . 31
Carrot . . . 89
Currant, White . . . 140
Gorse seed . . . 64
Juniper berries . . . 293
Ladies' Mantle . . . 511
Leek (phosphatic stone) . . . 220
Parsnip water . . . 415
Rest Harrow . . . 321
Stephens', Joanna, remedy . . . 411
Thyme, for Woodlouse . . . 565
Water Fennel . . . 604

STYE, see EYE.

SWEATS, NIGHT, to Check, see CONSUMPTION.

SYPHILIS, VENEREAL DISEASE.
Burdock . . . 162
Gold (in Sea Water) . . . 508
Hemlock . . . 252
Pellitory of Spain . . . 425
Soapwort (inveterate) . . . 523
Southernwood . . . 526
Speedwell . . . 528
Stonecrop, Sedum . . . 277
Tormentil . . . 573
Walnut leaves . . . 598
Water Pepper . . . 606

TEETH.
FOR TOOTH-ACHE AND FACE-ACHE—
Burnet Saxifrage . . . 430
Cabbage . . . 75
Capsicum . . . 80
Celandine, greater . . . 92
Chamomile (of children) . . . 86
Clove oil . . . 396
Fennel . . . 182
Groundsel . . . 245
Henbane seeds, smoke . . . 254
Ivy gum . . . 282
Ladybird . . . 425
Pellitory of Spain . . . 424
Peppermint . . . 339
Plantain, greater . . . 434
Tormentil . . . 573
Water Pepper . . . 606
Yarrow . . . 617

LOOSE TEETH, TO TIGHTEN—
Blackberry . . . 54
Dock, Great Water . . . 164
Great Bistort (with spongy gums) . . . 607
Strawberry, wild . . . 537

FOR CHILDREN TO CUT TEETH ON—
Marsh Mallow root . . . 325

TEMPER, Irritable, for.
Cat mint . . . 345
Chamomile (of children) . . . 86
Feverfew . . . 194

TESTICLE, Swollen, for.
Anemone Pulsatilla . . . 20

[648] THROAT, Sore.
Agrimony . . . 18
Arum (Lords and Ladies) . . . 34
Barberry (relaxed) . . . 43
Blackberry . . . 55
Capsicum . . . 81
Chestnut, Horse (with piles) . . . 102
Cinquefoil, Creeping . . . 515
Currant, Black (quinsy) . . . 139
Dock, Great Water . . . 164
Elder . . . 169
Fig . . . 198
Flax, Linseed . . . 203
Groundsel . . . 244
Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 188
Hawthorn flowers . . . 246
Honey . . . 259
Horse Radish (with hoarseness) . . . 271
Leek (loss of voice) . . . 221
Lemon juice . . . 303
Lime, sweet . . . 317
Mountain Ash (relaxed) . . . 351
Mulberry . . . 357
Mustard, Hedge (ulcerated) . . . 381
Mustard, White, seed . . . 381
Pellitory . . . 425
Peppermint, Menthol . . . 339
Periwinkle, lesser . . . 428
Quince . . . 452
Raspberry vinegar . . . 460
Rock Rose (of scarlet fever) . . . 470
Sage . . . 492
Sanicle . . . 509
Sea Lavender . . . 300
Sea Pod Essence (goitre) . . . 504
Selfheal, Brownwort (quinsy) . . . 509
Strawberry leaves (quinsy) . . . 537
Thymol . . . 564
Tormentil . . . 573
Verbena . . . 587
Walnut vinegar . . . 598
Water Dock . . . 164
Woodruff, Squinancy (quinsy) . . . 609
Woodsorrel . . . 612
Wormwood (quinsy) . . . 613
Yarrow . . . 618

THRUSH and SORE MOUTH.
Currant, Black . . . 140
Grapes . . . 241
Honey . . . 261
House Leek . . . 275
Mercury, Dog's . . . 333
Mulberry . . . 357
Quince . . . 453
Tomato (salivation) . . . 572
Tormentil . . . 573
Water Pepper . . . 606

TIC DOULOUREUX.
Flax Yarn . . . 204

TOOTHACHE, see TEETH.

TUMOURS, see GLANDULAR SWELLINGS.

ULCERS, to Heal.
Blackberry leaves . . . 55
Brooklime . . . 431
Dock, Water . . . 164
Good King Henry . . . 228
Goosegrass . . . 232
Hemlock, apply . . . 251
House Leek . . . 275
Juniper Gum (deep ulcers) . . . 294
Marigold . . . 328
Sage (strong) . . . 492
Saint John's Wort . . . 289
Savin juice . . . 494
Scurvy Grass . . . 496
Sorrel (scrofulous) . . . 161
Tormentil . . . 578
Turpentine Resin . . . 578
Tutsan (sore legs) . . . 290
Verbena (indolent) . . . 587
Walnut leaves . . . 598
Wartwort . . . 603
[649] Watercress leaves . . . 131
Woodsorrel . . . 611
Yew . . . 621

URINE, and KIDNEY DISORDERS.
TO PROMOTE FLOW OF URINE—
Bee Tea . . . 261
Broom . . . 62
Butcher's Broom . . . 65
Celery . . . 95
Daffodil . . . 142
Earth Nut . . . 373
Grapes . . . 289
Juniper . . . 291
Lily of the Valley . . . 315
Nettle tea . . . 387
Onion . . . 210
Parsley . . . 409
Pellitory of Wall . . . 424
Potato, watery . . . 446
Radish . . . 456
Speedwell . . . 528
Strawberry . . . 538
Tar . . . 580
Toadflax . . . 567
Violet seeds . . . 591

TO SOOTHE IRRITABLE BLADDER AND URINARY PASSAGES—
Asparagus . . . 36
Barley . . . 45
Camphor . . . 338
Chervil . . . 101
Couch Grass . . . 242
Henbane . . . 253
Horehound . . . 267
Marsh Mallow . . . 324
Parsley tea . . . 412
Pimpernel . . . 429
Plantain, Water . . . 435
Pulsatilla Anemone . . . 21
Rest Harrow . . . 321
Turpentine . . . 577
Viper's Bugloss . . . 594

TO CORRECT DEPOSITS IN URINE—
Barberry (gravel) . . . 43
Carrot (gravel) . . . 88
Couch Grass . . . 242
Flag, Sweet . . . 202
Gooseberry leaves . . . 225
Valerian (urea) . . . 585
Violet, Sweet . . . 593
Water Parsnip . . . 415

OF MILKY PHOSPHATES—
Burdock . . . 162
Leek . . . 220

ALBUMINURIA—
Barberry . . . 43
Clove . . . 395
Hart's tongue Fern . . . 187
Stitchwort, greater . . . 536

BED-WETTING, TO PREVENT—
Daffodil . . . 142
Dandelion . . . 167
Mullein Oil . . . 362
Plantain, greater . . . 435
Saint John's Wort . . . 287

VENEREAL DISEASE, see SYPHILIS.

VERMIN, to Destroy.
Agaric, Fly, mushroom . . . 36
Aniseed (lice) . . . 24
Cat mint (rats, keep away) . . . 345
Ivy Leaf (lice) . . . . 282
Spindletree . . . 531
Tansy . . . 553
Water Lily, Yellow . . . 605

WARTS, to Remove.
Apple juice . . . 29
Cabbage, White . . . 76
Celandine, greater . . . 94
Chickweed . . . 106
Dandelion . . . 151
Elder . . . 170
(Epsom Salts) . . . 80
[650] Fig juice . . . 197
Gooseberry Thorn . . . 226
House Leek . . . 275
Marsh Marigold . . . 331
Peach leaf . . . 419
Savin . . . 494
Spurge Wood . . . 534
Sundew . . . 546
Teasel water . . . 559
Tormentil . . . 573
Watercress juice . . . 131

WATER BRASH, see INDIGESTION.

WHITES, see WOMB.

WHITLOW.
Brooklime . . . 431
Rosemary, Wild . . . 474
Water Dropwort . . . 604

WHOOPING COUGH.
Blackberry . . . 54
Bog Bean . . . 59
Celandine, greater . . . 94
Chestnut, sweet . . . 104
Clover, Red . . . 111
Garlic . . . 215
Hemlock vapour . . . 250
Horse Radish . . . 273
Ivy Cup . . . 282
Pennyroyal . . . 336
Radish, Black . . . 457
Rose Canker . . . 469
Sundew . . . 544
Thyme, Wild . . . 561

WOMB, Disorders of, and see MONTHLY FLOW.
FOR IRRITABLE WOMB—
Anemone Pulsatilla . . . 21
Groundsel bath . . . 215
Parsley . . . 408
Savin . . . 494
Sowbread (falling womb) . . . 451
Thyme, Wild . . . 561
Valerian . . . 584

MONTHLY ILLNESSES, see MENSTRUATION—

WHITES—LEUCORRHOEA—TO CURE—
Burdock . . . 163
Hyacinth, Wild (Blue Bell) . . . 57
Tomato . . . 571

CANCER OF WOMB—
Turpentine Chian . . . 579

TO PREVENT BARRENNESS—
Leeks . . . 220
Potato . . . 446
Speedwell . . . 528
Tansy (to prevent miscarriage) . . . 554

WORMS, to Expel.
Carrot, raw . . . 90
Cat Thyme (thread worms) . . . 565
Chamomile . . . 87
Christmas Rose (round worms) . . . 108
Coraline Sea Weed . . . 507
Fern, Male, oil and root (tape worm) . . . 183
Garlic, Clove . . . 216
Goosefoot (round worms) . . . 223
Groundsel (bot worms) . . . 244
Hedge Hyssop . . . 280
Lemon pips . . . 302
Lettuce, unwashed (to guard against eating) . . . 381
Mulberry root (tape worms) . . . 358
Nettle . . . 385
Peach leaves . . . 418
Rose, Dog, hips (round worms) . . . 464
Salt Worts . . . 506
Sedum . . . 277
Southernwood . . . 527
Stinking Hellebore . . . 109
Tansy seeds . . . 552
[651] Turpentine (round worms) . . . 579
Walnut, unripe fruit . . . 598
Wormwood . . . 612

WOUNDS, to Heal.
Adder's-tongue Fern . . . 188
Agrimony . . . 19
Anemone, Wood . . . 21
Balm . . . 40
Bugle . . . 510
Comfrey . . . 120
Cow-dung poultice . . . 126
Daisy . . . 145
Fern, Royal . . . 186
Figwort (gangrenous) . . . 51
Good King Henry . . . 228
Goosegrass . . . 238
Hemlock, Water . . . 252
House Leek . . . 275
Hyssop, green . . . 279
Marigold . . . 328
Marsh Mallow . . . 328
Pea . . . 416
Peppermint, apply . . . 342
Plantain, greater . . . 434
Potato flour . . . 445
Primrose salve . . . 418
Prunella, Selfheal . . . 510
Puff Ball powder (to stay bleeding) . . . 366
Resin (Honey) . . . 260
Rosemary, Wild . . . 474
Saint John's Wort oil (deep wounds) . . . 288
Sanicle . . . 509
Solomon's Seal . . . 525
Thymol . . . 564
Turnip poultice . . . 574
Tutsan . . . 290
Valerian . . . 584
Watercress poultice . . . 131
Woundwort, Hedge . . . 615
  " Water . . . 616
Yarrow . . . 618

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    "Farewell, sweet flowers!—whose time is fitly spent
    For all delights of colour, and of scent:
        And after death for cures!
    May I my days with equal uses fill,
    Living to work some benefits: and still
        Having an end like yours!"
            Robert Herrick, 1650

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