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Show WORMSEED, what acrid; their smell strong and disagreeable. 709 Those which come from Aleppo are esteemed the best, and. those from Barbary the worst. When they have no smell, anda less intensely bitter taste, and are discoloured, and mixed with a longer kind of seed, they are to be rejected. Theyare also adulterated with the seeds of tansy and wormwood. The latter are easily known, by having a light yellow colour, and resembling powdered hay more than seeds. MEDICAL USE, Wormseeds are one of the oldest and most commonalthelmintics, especially in the lubrici of children. On account of their essential oil, they are heating and stimulating. They are givento children, 1, In substance, to the extent of ten grains, or half a drachm, WORMSEED. ARTEMISIA SANTONICUM. After they have been used for some days, it is customary to ElmAU Class XIX. Syngenesia. Essent. Gen. Caar. Order 11. Polygamia superflua. EE DESCRIPTION, Tus rises two feet. The leaves are of a pale green on the upper side, and whitish underneath. Flower larger, yellow, roundish, placed loosely in spikes; floral-leaves strap-shaped. HISTORY, Native of Siberia, and flowers in September. All the British colleges have given this species as the plant which produces these seeds; but the fact is by no means ascertained. The seeds themselves are small, oblong, smooth, andof a greenish or grayish yellow colour. give a cathartic; or they are combined from the beginning with thubarb, jalap, calomel, sulphate of iron, or muriate of ame monia, Same as the first. Spec. Caar. S -Leaves linear, pinnate-multifid: Branches undivided: Spikes leaning one way, reflected: Florets five. bl finely powdered, and strewed on bread and butter ; or made into an electuary with honey or treacle; or candied with sugar; or diffused through milk, and taken in the morning whenthe stomachis empty. 2. In infusion or decoction ; but to these forms their bitterness is a strong objection. As the wholeheadis ga- thered after the seeds are ripe, they are mixed with the scales of the calyces andbits of stalks. Theirtaste is bitter, and somes |