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CANELLA BARK is an aromatic stimulant, and forms a good stomachic.

CAPSIc.u.m. A pure stimulant. Useful in impaired digestion.

CARAWAY SEED, (_carum carui_.) A pleasant carminative for colic.

CARDAMOM SEEDS. Used for the same purpose as the preceding.

Ca.s.sIA BARK, (_laurus cinnamomum_.) Used as a diffusible stimulant in flatulency.

CATECHU, (see ACACIA.)

CATNIP, (_nepeta cataria_.) An antispasmodic in colic.

CEDAR BUDS. An infusion of the buds makes a good vermifuge for sheep and pigs.

CHARCOAL. This is a valuable remedy as an antiseptic for foul ulcers, foot rot, &c.

CLEAVERS, (_galium aparine_.) The expressed juice of the herb acts on the skin and kidneys, increasing their secretions. One tea-spoonful of the juice, given night and morning in a thin mucilage of poplar bark, is an excellent remedy for dropsy, and diseases of the urinary organs. An infusion of the herb, made by steeping one ounce of the leaves and seeds in a quart of boiling water, may be subst.i.tuted for the expressed juice.

COHOSH, BLACK, (_macrotrys racemosa_.) Useful in dropsy.

COLTSFOOT, (_tussilago farfara_.) An excellent remedy for cough.

CRANESBILL, (_geranium maculatum_.) Useful in scours, dysentery, and diarrhoea.

DILL SEED, (_anethum graveolens_.) Its properties are the same as caraways.

DOCK, YELLOW, (_rumex crispus_.) Good for diseases of the liver and of the skin.

ELECAMPANE, (_inula helenium_.) An excellent remedy for cough and asthma, and diseases of the skin.

ELDER FLOWERS, (_sambucus canadensis_.) Used as an aperient for sheep, in constipation.

ELM BARK, (_ulmus fulva_.) This makes a good mucilage. See Poultices.

ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT. Used for flatulent colic. One ounce is the usual dose for a cow. To be given in warm water.

FENNEL SEED. Useful to expel wind.

FERN, MALE, (_aspidium felix mas_.) Used as a remedy for worms.

FLAXSEED. A good lubricant, in cold and catarrh, and in diseases of the mucous surfaces. It makes a good poultice.

FLOWER OF SULPHUR. This is used extensively, in veterinary practice, for diseases of the skin. It is a mild laxative.

FUMIGATIONS. For foul barns and stables, take of

Common salt, 4 ounces.

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