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Wormwood, Common: A compound-flowered plant growing wild andcultivated in gardens—part used, The leaves and flowering tops—sens. prop. Smell, strong and ungrateful; taste, extremely bitter,nauseous—med. virt. Tonic, stimulant, antispasmodic, antiseptic,anthelmintic—mode of exhib. Infusion as a strengthening bitter, tocure agues and in worm cases. Wormwood was formerly much usedas a bitter against weakness of the stomach and dyspeptic complaintsin medicated wines and ales. A tincture of the flowers of this plantis inserted in the Appendix, The juice may be exhibited in doses ofone to four table-spoonfuls; i. e. half an ounce to two ounces. Ex-ternally, wormwood is employed in warm, discutient, and antisepticfomentations.

Wormwood, Sea: A species of wormwood growing in salt marshes andmaritime situations—part used, The leaves and flowering tops—sens.prop. Smell and taste more agreeable, but weaker than the preceding

__med. virt. Tonic, antiseptic—mode of exhib. Infusion. Warm water

extracts a stronger impregnation of these bitters than cold; but thelatter, if it stand but a few hours, is most agreeable to the palate andstomach. The conserve of sea-wormwood, as a mild bitter andstrengthener of the stomach, is given in doses of two drachms to halfan ounce.

Zedoary: A root imported from the East Indies—sens. prop. Smell,aromatic; taste, warm and bitterish—med. virt. Tonic, carminative,stimulant, stomachic—mode of exhib. Powder, from ten grains to halfa drachm; or an aqueous infusion, as tea, in cases of want of appetiteunattended with loathing of food, and spasmodic colic.