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growing wild—part used, The root—sens. prop. Sweetish, with aslight bitterness and roughness—med. virt. Diuretic and Sudorific—mode of exhib. Decoction: two ounces of the fresh root boiled inthree pints of water till reduced to two pints: the strained liquor maybe drank in the course of twenty-four hours, in scurvy, rheumatism,and dropsy.

Calamus Aromaticus, or Sweet-scented Flag : A perennial plant growingin marshy situations—part used, The root—sens. prop. Smell,aromatic ; taste, warm and bitter—med. virt. Tonic— mode of exhib.Infusion; tincture; also in decoction.

Camomile: A trailing plant, with compound flowers, cultivated ingardens—part used, The leaves and flowers—sens. prop. Smell,Strong; most agreeable in the flowers. Taste, nauseous and bitter—med. virt. Tonic, aperient, antiseptic—mode of exhib. Powder; in-fusion; extract of, formed into pills. Externally: in decoction forfomentations; also for clyster with mallow-flowers and fennel-seeds.—The Roman, or double-flowering camomile are the strongest, and yieldmost essential oil. These flowers have been long celebrated as astomachic ; and answer, says Dr. Cullen, the purpose of any otherbitter. Previously to the introduction of the Peruvian bark, theywere much employed in the cure of intermittent fevers. Dr. Pitcairnthought them in that respect equal to cinchona.

Camphcr : A solid concrete obtained from a tree growing in Japan andSumatra—sens. prop. Smell, fragrant and penetrating; taste, pungent,with a sense of coolness—med. virt. Stimulant, antispasmodic, diuretic—mode of exhib. In pill or bolus; in watery emulsion with sugar 01mucilage. Externally: dissolved in oil or rectified spirit; also inointments and liniments.

Canella: The bark of a tree growing in the West Indies—sens. prop.Smell, aromatic: taste, warm and pungent—med. virt. Aromatic,stimulent stomachic—mode of exhib. Powder, also in the compoundtincture of gentian.

Cantharides: Spanish flies; insects of the beetle kind, found in theSouth of Europe—sens. prop. Smell disagreeable; taste, highly acrid;caustic—med. virt. Stimulent, vesicating, diuretic—mode of exhib.Internally,, in tincture; externally, in powder and extract formed intoan ointment and plaster.

Caraway: An umbelliferous plant, cultivated in gardens—part used,The seeds; they contain a large proportion of essential oil—sens,prop. Moderately warm and aromatic—med. virt. Carminative, stim-ulant—mode of exhib. Powder, and said to be particularly correctiveof the odour, taste, and griping quality of senna. From these seeds aspirituous water is distilled.

Cardamoms Lesser: The seeds of a perennial plant growing in the EastIndies—sens. prop. Smell, very grateful; taste, warm and pungent—med. virt. Carminative, stimulant, stomachic—mode of exhib. Powder;tincture: which are frequently employed as correctors of medicines ofthe cold aperient class.

Carrot: An unbelliferous plant growing wild—part used, The seeds—prop. Lightly aromatic and pungent—med. virt. Stimulent,

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