Chelone Glabra

* After food, very great distaste for work, and laziness with

sleepiness. ° Great distaste for mental occupation. ° Prostration, exhanBtioii, and languor, with weakness in

walking. " Weariness and exhanstion of all the limbs, as after a long

walk. ° Feeling ill, as if from influenza. " Loss of eonsctionsness. ° Drawing pains through ^Jie whole body, " Wandering pains in the joints of the extremities, especially

left side. " On awaking, slight twiteliing in the muscles here and there. " Twitching in arms and legs. " Great emaciation, with total loss of appetite. Sudden restlessness of all the limbs, eompelUng her to move;

she cannot stand still, and on trying to do bo steps with

her feet. Anxiety, vertigo, and heat of the head drive her into the fresh

air; she feels better. Long -con tinned fainting, with cold extremities.

(Batmonp.) DEeCBipTiOH. — A BDiooth pereoDial, with MprigLt, branchiog stem, and large, while, rose-color, or purple flower. (It is called Turtle-head and SnaJeeJiead, because of the appearaace of the corolla, resembling in ahape the head of a reptile.) The flowers are sessilp, in spikea or clusters; leavoa lanceolate, on very short stalks. It grows in wet places; blooming from July to September. All its parts are very bitter.

Officinal Pkepabations. — Tinctures; of the whole plant; dilutions. Anaiooueb. — Hydraitii, China, Myrica, Chdidonium, etc. Stomach, Increase of appetite, with powerful digestion. ° Dj'speptic ailments, with hepatic disorder.

liver, ° Jaundice, with loss of appetite and disgust for food.

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'' Constipation from hepatic torpor. " Expulsion of lumbriei,