The American physician, and family assistant / by Elias Smith.
- Smith, Elias, 1769-1846.
- Date:
- 1837
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The American physician, and family assistant / by Elias Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Shave off the ross, and pound the bark line in an iron mortar, or grind it in a mill. A tea made ot tliis bark is good for children, and grown people who arc troubled with canker in (heir mouths, throats, stomachs and bowels ; to wash canker sores, or to make pouhicus, for canker, to be thick- ened with slippery Elm. [Sec Poultice] Red Raspberry leaves made into a tea, witch hazel leaves, sumac leaves or berries are also good for canker, when made into a tea and used freely. Evan root, or what some call chockolate root, is good for canker, when an astringent is needed. AMERICAN CAYENNE. American Cayenne has not long been known by this name. There are three kinds of Ameri- can pepper called Cayenne. 1. A kind which grows in all the New-England States, and used to be called red pepper. There arc different kinds as to the shape of the pods, and when this kind is ground and sifted, it is sold for Cayenne, and is us- ed with food. This is good as a medicine with other medicines, and when no other kind is to be had, may be used as a substitute, though its power is not sufficient to remove all obstructions, which other kinds will do when properly compounded with other vegetable medicines. It is not suffi- ciently strong to make good elixir. 2. There is another kind of American Cayenne, which grows in Rhode Island, and is raised prin- cipally by a Mr. Child, of Warren, R. I. and is always for sale at the grocery stores in Boston. It is said that he brought the seed from the West Tn« dies, and that the difference between that and W. I. Cayenne, is only as the difference of the two cli-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21154818_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
