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Show LONG-ROOTED from obstructions *, BIRTHWORT, more system +; hence the name aristolochia is said to have aris its supposed emmenagogue powers+. And as a warm stimu. lating medicine Dr. ¢ Hs us§ he found it cases of retention and chlor , but never in cases of suppression, Aristolochia has also been Jong very generally commended asaremedy for the gout, and it is the first ingredient in the Portland powder'|], which has been much celebrated for the cure of this disease. It at appears, however, that the long con« tinued use of this powder, which is n ry for preventing the urn of arthritic paroxysms, seldom fails to superinduce a preure senile state of body, and to lay a foundation for more fatal diseases {. It is probable that the medicinal qualities of this plant are somewhat allied to those of its congener, the Sertaria; but the sensible properties of the latter demonstrate lius, Method. Med. lib. vi. lippocr. De Nat. Muliebri. p. £ Ab agirres et Aoxvem. At has also been derived from Aristolochius, who issaid to have first discovered its virtues. § See Mat. Med. vol. ii. p. 83. Gynandria. Same as the preced s cordate, > petioled, > entire, > obtuse: Stem weax: aE DESCRIPTION. srs a foot in height. Leaves heart-shaped, obtuse, veined, alternate, on footstalks. Flowers on peduncles, large, a blue purple, tongue-shaped. HIS Native of Europe, and flowers from June till October. MEDICAL VIRTUE. ‘ A as : antients ascribe ascribed Thevirtues, says TDr. Woodville, which the antients ; : : , : as cons¢ conseto aristolochia were very considerable, and if was ; : é : ro ] hose thous thought those particularly diseases, quently employ ed in various || The powderis thus prepared: R. Aristol. rotund. gentian. summit. et . Chamedr, chamepit. centaur. min. aa p. e. f. pulvis. A drachm of this powder is directed to be taken every morning (jejuno ventriculo) for the spaceof three montis, when the dose is to be diminished to three quarters of a drachm for the next three mont s, and afier continued for six months in doses 0 lf a drachm, which during the second year is to be taken every other morning. { Brunner, De Paner. p. 143. en’s First Lin, Werlhoff, it, Med. Tr |