The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . a E 3 c-t 3-T3 pq. 3 VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA. 643 No 3. Wild Chamomile. (Anthemis Cotula.) Common Names.—Wild Chamomile, May-weed, Dogs fennel, Dilly Dn>weed, Field-weed, &c. History.—It blossoms from Juno to November, affording a profusionof flowers in succession, of the size of chamomile, but never double. Thewhole plant has a strong smell, but not foetid. Locality.—Our plant is indigenous, and not naturalized, as mentionedby some botanists. It is spread all over the United States, fr
The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . a E 3 c-t 3-T3 pq. 3 VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA. 643 No 3. Wild Chamomile. (Anthemis Cotula.) Common Names.—Wild Chamomile, May-weed, Dogs fennel, Dilly Dn>weed, Field-weed, &c. History.—It blossoms from Juno to November, affording a profusionof flowers in succession, of the size of chamomile, but never double. Thewhole plant has a strong smell, but not foetid. Locality.—Our plant is indigenous, and not naturalized, as mentionedby some botanists. It is spread all over the United States, from Main toLouisiana, but confined almost every where to open fields. It is never foundin woods, but delights in the sun, road-sides, stony places, old fields, &c. Phoperties.—The properties of this article are similar to the commonchamomile, but weaker, and less pleasant to the taste. It may be sub-stituted for it with safety. It is sudorific, stimulant, anodyne, emetic, external use in fomentations is proper in white swellings, rheuma-tism, hysteric fits, suffocations, piles, pains, and contus
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