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Powdered, they have been supposed peculiarly serviceable in calculous disorders. Their taste is merely farinaceous. LYSIMACHIA Nummularia. MONEYWORT, OR HERB TWOPENCE. The Leaves. Their taste is subastringent, and very slightly acid: hence they stand recommended by Boerhaave in the hot scurvy, and in uterine and other haemorrhagies.
A syrup and jelly of the fruit, and mucilage of the seeds, used to be kept in the shops. QUEROUS pedunculata. OAK. Bark. L. E. D. This bark is a strong astringent; and hence stands recommended in haemorrhagies, alvine fluxes, and other preternatural or immoderate secretions. RHAMNUS catharticus. BUCKTHORN. Berries.
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