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GOLD. In sea water . . . 507

GOUT. Apple . . . 28 Asparagus . . . 36 Blackberry . . . 55 Carrot (with gravel) . . . 88 Currant, black . . . 139 Daisy . . . 144 Ginger . . . 392 Goutweed . . . 236 Grape cure . . . 239 Hemlock, apply . . . 249 Horehound, Black . . . 269 Hungary water . . . 472 Lily of the Valley . . . 316 Meadow Saffron . . . 484 Mugwort . . . 354 Mullein . . . 360 Nettle . . . 385 Nutmeg . . . 394 Pear, wild . . . 423 Rosemary, wild (with eczema) . . . 474 Speedwell . . . 529 Strawberry . . . 538 Succory . . . 541 Tansy . . . 552

FRUIT PROPER FOR GOUTY PERSONS-- Apple . . . 29 Mulberry . . . 358 Quince . . . 454 Raspberry . . . 460 Strawberry . . . 538

FRUITS IMPROPER FOR THE GOUTY-- Grapes, sweet . . . 236 Rhubarb, garden . . . 160 Sorrel . . . 160 Tomato, uncooked . . . 569 Wood Sorrel . . . 160, 611

GRAPE CURE. Grape cure . . . 239

GRAVEL, see URINE.

GUM BOIL. Fig, split . . . 196

HAIR. TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF-- Artichoke, Jerusalem . . . 549 Daffodil . . . 143 Honey water . . . 260 Lavender oil . . . 297 Lemon juice (to remove dandriff) . . . 304 Maidenhair Fern . . . 188 Mullein . . . 361 Mustard oil . . . 376 Rosemary spirit . . . 472 Saint John's Wort . . . 289 Savin . . . 494 Southernwood . . . 527 Spindle (remove scurf) . . . 531 Verbena . . . 587 Wall Rue . . . 191 Water Lily, yellow . . . 605 Wormwood . . . 356, 614

TO DYE DARK-- Bramble . . . 56 Elder juice . . . 168 Oranges, green . . . 403 Walnut juice . . . 599

TO REMOVE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR-- Fern Oak . . . 190 Fumitory . . . 207 Spurge, Wood . . . 533

FOR FIXING THE HAIR-- Quince Bandoline . . . 452

HEADACHE. FROM ACTIVE FULNESS, WITH HOT SKIN, AND FLUSHED FACE-- Basil . . . 46 Elder . . . 188 Mustard paper . . . 378 Parsley . . . 408 Tansy . . . 553

PASSIVE FULNESS OF HEAD, WITH GENERAL COLDNESS AND PALLOR-- Betony . . . 49 Buttercup . . . 73 Clover, sweet . . . 112 Cowslip . . . 125 Elecampane (costive) . . . 175 Flag, yellow . . . 200 Ginger . . . 392 Groundsel . . . 245 Lettuce, Wild (dull and striped) . . . 311 Mustard . . . 377 Primrose . . . 448 Puffball powder . . . 367 Tansy . . . 553 Yarrow (for making nose bleed) . . . 616

NERVOUS HEADACHE AND HYSTERICAL-- Asafetida . . . 218 Balm . . . 41 Basil . . . 46 Betony . . . 48 Camphor . . . 337 Celery . . . 96 Clover, sweet . . . 113 Flag, blue (bilious) . . . 199 Garlic . . . 218 Ground Ivy (inveterate) . . . 285 Ivy leaves (after hard drinking) . . . 283 Lavender . . . 299 Lily of the Valley . . . 315 Lime, sweet . . . 317 Marjoram . . . 331 Mullein (in the bilious) . . . 361 Pennyroyal . . . 335 Peppermint . . . 339 Primrose . . . 448 Rosemary . . . 473 Rue (giddiness) . . . 476 Saffron . . . 489 Thyme, wild . . . 562 Valerian . . . 585 Verbena (inveterate) . . . 587 Violet, sweet . . . 593 Wallflower . . . 597 Water Hemlock . . . 251

HEART. TO STRENGTHEN A WEAK HEART-- Fly, Agaric Mushroom . . . 370 Lily of the Valley . . . 814 Mistletoe . . . 348 Saffron . . . 486 Sea water, gold in . . . 508 Soapwort (in fever) . . . 523

FOR IRRITABLE HEART, WITH NERVOUS PALPITATIONS-- Asparagus . . . 36 Cherry, wild . . . 99 Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 188 Hemlock plaster . . . 249 Lavender . . . 297 Lemon juice . . . 301 Lily of the Valley . . . 314 Nettle, Stinging . . . 384

HEARTBURN, see INDIGESTION.

HICCOUGH. Aniseed . . . 25 Dill . . . 156 Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 188 Mustard . . . 378 Skullcap, lesser . . . 517 Spearmint . . . 343

HYDROPHOBIA. Club Moss . . . 116 Cress, garden . . . 128 Figwort . . . 51 Horehound, black . . . 268 Pimpernel . . . 429 Plantain, Water . . . 436 Rose, Dog root . . . 465 Rush, flowering . . . 481 Thistle, Milk . . . 557 Yew . . . 622

HYSTERIA. Allspice . . . 397 Caraway . . . 83 Cowslip . . . 124 Daffodil . . . 143 Feverfew . . . 193 Garlic . . . 215 Goosefoot, Stinking . . . 229 Horehound, Black . . . 269 Lavender . . . 297 Mistletoe (St. Vitus's dance) . . . 348 Mugwort . . . 353 Orange blossoms . . . 401 Pennyroyal . . . 335 Primrose . . . 448 Rosemary . . . 474 Rue . . . 476 Sage, meadow (colic) . . . 492 Southernwood . . . 527 Tansy . . . 553 Thyme, wild . . . 562 Turnip (injurious) . . . 575 Valerian . . . 584 Yarrow . . . 617

INDIGESTION. Allspice (flatulent) . . . 397 Anemone Pulsatilla . . . 21 Capsicum . . . 81 Centaury (tonic) . . . 97 Cinnamon . . . 391 Clove . . . 396 Club Moss (water brash) . . . 114 Cumin . . . 136 Currant, Red (torpor) . . . 138 Feverfew . . . 193 Flag, sweet . . . 201 Ginger (gouty) . . . 392 Good King Henry . . . 228 Gooseberry (after rich food) . . . 224 Hop . . . 264 Horse Radish . . . 272 Lavender . . . 299 Lemon juice (heartburn) . . . 303 Lettuce . . . 308 Lupine . . . 306 Nutmeg (drowsy) . . . 394 Onion (if cold-blooded) . . . 210 Primrose, Evening . . . 450 Pyrethrum lozenges, (heartburn) . . . 426 Quince . . . 455 Raspberries . . . 461 Sage (after rich meats) . . . 490 Sago . . . 155 Samphire . . . 498 Spearmint (infants after milk) . . . 343 Walnut (after fish, and for colic) . . . 600 Wood Sorrel (prevents) . . . 611 Wormwood . . . 613

INFLUENZA. Agrimony, Hemp . . . 20 Capsicum . . . 80 Cinnamon . . . 392 Orange . . . 403 Rue oil . . . 476

INSANITY. ACTIVE-- Rest Harrow . . . 321 St. John's Wort . . . 287

MELANCHOLY-- Borage . . . 61, 595 Chervil . . . 101 Elecampane . . . 173 Fool's Parsley (imbecility) . . . 413 Hop . . . 264 Horehound, Black . . . 269 Lavender . . . 299 Maidenhair Fern (idiocy) . . . 188 Mercury, Dog's . . . 332 Pimpernel . . . 429 Polypody Fern . . . 189 Radish (with cough) . . . 457 Rose, Christmas (Hellebore) . . . 107 Saffron . . . 486 Saint John's Wort . . . 287 Succory (bilious) . . . 541 Tar water . . . 583 Thistle, Melancholy . . . 560 Thistle, Milk . . . 556 Tutsan . . . 290 Wormwood (bilious) . . . 612

INVISIBILITY, Supposed to Confer. Fern Seed . . . 184

ITCHING, and the Itch. Anise . . . 26 Cat Thyme (fundament) . . . 565 Dock, Yellow Curled . . . 163 Henbane (of fundament) . . . 249 Lemon juice (of genitals) . . . 303 Nettle (of fundament) . . . 385 Puffball . . . 368 Rock Rose . . . 470 Speedwell . . . 528

JAUNDICE, see BILIOUS INDIGESTION.

JOINTS, Affections of, see SCROFULA. Vinegar poultice . . . 240

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