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Medical Herbalism Journal http://medherb.com The Physiomedicalist Dispensatory by William Cook, M.D., 1869 ANTHEMIS NOBILIS 72 Table of Contents ANTHEMIS PYRETHRUM 74 APIUM PETROSELINUM 75 APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM 76 ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS 22 APOCYNUM CANNABINUM 78 ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS 23 ARALIA HISPIDA 79 ABIES BALSAMEA 24 ARALIA NUDICAULIS 80 ABIES CANADENSIS 26 ARALIA RACEMOSA 81 ABIES EXCELSA 28 ARALIA SPINOSA 82 ABRUS PRECATORIUS 29 ARCTIUM LAPPA 83 ABUTILON AVICENNA 30 ARCTOSTAPHALOS UVA URSI 85 ACACIA CATECHU 31 ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA 87 ACACIA VERA 32 ARTANTHE ELONGATA 89 ACER STRIATUM 33 ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM 90 ACETUM 34 ARTEMISIA SANTONICA 92 ACHILLAE MILLEFOLIUM 36 ARUM TRIPHYLLUM 94 ACIDUM CITRICUM 38 ASARUM CANADENSE 95 ACIDUM GALLICUM 40 ASCLEPIAS CURRASAVICA 97 ACIDUM TANNICUM 41 ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA 98 ACORUS CALAMUS 43 ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA 99 ADEPS 44 ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA 100 ADIANTUM PEDATUM 45 ASPIDIUM FILIX MAS 102 MAIDENHAIR, [MAIDENHEIR FERN] 45 ASTER CORDIFOLIUS 104 AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM 46 ASTRAGALUS VERUS 105 AGAVE VIRGINIANA 47 BALSAMODENDRON MYRRHA 106 AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA 48 BAPTISIA TINCTORIA 109 ALCOHOL 49 BAROSMA CRENATA 111 ALISMA PLANTAGO 52 BENZOIN ODORIFERUM 113 ALLIUM SATIVUM 53 BETULA LENTA 114 ALNUS SERRULATA 54 BERBERIS VULGARIS 115 ALOE SPICATA 55 BERCHEMIA VOLUBILIS 116 ALPINIA CARDAMOMUM 57 BIDENS BIPINNATA 117 ALTHEA OFFICINALIS 58 BOTRYCHIUM VIRGINICUM 118 ALTHEA ROSEA 59 BRAYERA ANTHELMINTICA 119 ALUMEN 60 BROMUS CILIATUS 120 AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS 61 CALENDULA OFFICINALIS 121 AMBROSIA ARTEMISIAEFOLIA 62 CALLICARPA AMERICANA 122 AMPELOSIS QUINQUEFOLIA 63 CALX 123 AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS DULCIS 64 CANELLA ALBA 124 AMYGDALUS PERSICA 66 CAPSICUM ANNUUM 125 AMYLUM 68 CARBON, CHARCOAL 131 ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS 69 CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS 133 ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA 70 CARUM CARUIL 134 AUTHEMIS COTULA 71 CARYA ALBA 135 The Physiomedicalist Dispensatory by William Cook, M.D., 1869 CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUS 136 CUMINUM CYMINUM 207 CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA 137 CUNILA MARIANA 209 CASTANEA VESCA 140 CURCUMA LONGA 210 CASTOREUM 141 CYDONIUM VULGARIS 211 CATALPA BIGNONIOIDES 142 CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS 212 CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES 143 CYTISUS SCOPARIUS 216 CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS 145 DAUCUS CAROTA 217 CELASTRUS SCANDENS 146 DENTARIA DIPHYLLA 218 CENTAUREA BENEDICTA 149 DICENTRA EXIMIA 219 CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA 150 DIERVILLA TRIFIDA 222 CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS 151 DIOSCOREA VILLOSA 223 CERA FLAVA AND ALBA 152 DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA 225 CERCIS CANADENSIS 154 DOREMA AMMONIACUM 226 CETACEUM 155 DORSTEMIA CONTRAYERVA 227 CETARIA ISLANDICA 156 EPIGEA REPENS 228 CHELONE GLABRA 157 EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM 229 CHENOPODIUM ANTELMINTICUM 158 ERIGERON CANADENSE 230 CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA 159 ERECHTITES HIERACIFOLIUS 232 CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICA 160 ERYNGIUM YUCCAEFOLIUM 233 CHONDRUS CRISPUS 161 ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM 234 CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM 162 EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS 235 CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA 163 EUPATORIUM AGERATOIDES 237 CINCHONA 167 EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM 239 CIRSIUM ARVENSE 178 EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM 241 CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA 179 EUPATORIUM TEUCRIFOLIUM 243 CITRULLUS VULGARIS 180 EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS 244 CITRUS AURANTIUM 181 FAGUS FERRUGINEA 245 CITRUS LIMONUM 183 FEL BOVINUM 246 COCCULUS PALMATUS 185 FOENICULUM VULGARE 247 COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA 186 FRAGARIA VESCA 248 COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS 188 FRASERA CAROLINENSIS 249 COMPTONIA ASPLENIFOLIA 189 FRAXINUS AMERICANA 251 CONVALLARIA MULTIFLORA 190 FRAXINUS ORNUS 253 CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA 192 GALBANUM OFFICINALE 254 COPAIFERA OFFICINALIS 194 GALIPEA CUSPARIA 255 COPTIS TRIFOLIA 197 GALIUM APARINE 257 CORIANDRUM SATIVUM 198 GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS 258 CORNUS CIRCINATA 199 GENTIANA LUTEA 259 CORNUS FLORIDA 200 GENTIANA OCHROLEUCA 261 CORNUS SERICEA 202 GERANIUM MACULATUM 263 CRETA PREPARATA 203 GEUM VIRGINIANUM 265 CROCUS SATIVUS 204 GILLENIA STIPULACEA 266 CROTON ELEUTERIA 205 GLYCERIN 267 CUCURBITA PEPO 206 GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA 269 The Physiomedicalist Dispensatory by William Cook, M.D., 1869 GNAPHALIUM POLYCEPHALUM 270 MARRUBIUM VULGARE 353 GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM 271 MATRICARIA PARTHENIUM [CHRYSANTHEMUM GUAIACUM OFFICINALE 272 PARTHENIUM] 354 HAEMATOXYLON CAMPECHIANUM 274 MEL - HONEY 356 HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA 275 MELISSA OFFICINALIS 357 HEDEOMA PULEGIOIDES [MENTHA PULEGIUM] MELALEUCA CAJUPUTI 358 276 MENISPERMUM CANADENSE 359 HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE 277 MENTHA PIPERITA 361 HELIANTHUS ANNUUS 278 MENTHA VIRIDIS 362 HELONIAS DIOICA [CHAMALIRIUM LUTEUM] MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA 363 279 MITCHELLA REPENS 364 HEPATICA TRILOBA 282 MONARDA PUNCTATA 366 HERACLEUM LANATUM 283 MUCUNA PRURIENS 367 HEUCHERA AMERICANA 284 MYRICA CERIFERA 368 HIERACIUM VENOSUM 285 MYRISTICA MOSCHATA 373 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS 286 MYROSPERMUM PERUIFERUM 374 HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS 291 MYRTUS PIMENTA 375 ILEX OPACA 292 NARTHEX ASAFOETIDA 376 IMPATIENS PALLIDA 293 NECTANDRA RODIEI 379 INULA HELENIUM 294 NEPETA CATARIA 380 IPOMEA JALAPA 295 NEPETA GLECHOMA 381 IRIS VERSICOLOR 297 NYMPHEA ODORATA 382 JEFFERSONIA DIPHYLLA 299 OLEA FIXA 384 JUGLANS CINEREA 300 OLEA VOLATILIA 386 JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS 303 OLEUM MORRHUE 388 JUNIPERUS SABINA 305 OLEUM OLIVAE 389 JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA 306 OLEUM RICINI 390 KALMIA LATIFOLIA 307 ONOSMODIUM VIRGINIANUM 392 KRAMERIA TRIANDRA 308 OPHELIA CHIRATA 393 LARIX AMERICANA 309 ORIGANUM VULGARE 394 LAURUS CAMPHORA 310 OROBANCHE VIRGINIANA 395 LAURUS CINNAMOMUM 313 OSMORHIZA LONGISTYLIS 396 LAVANDULA VERA 315 OSTRYA VIRGINICA 397 LEONURUS CARDIACA 316 OXALIS ACETOSELLA 398 LEPTANDRA VIRGINICA 318 PAEONIA OFFICINALIS 399 LIATRIS SPICATA 322 PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM 400 LINUM USITATISSIMUM 324 PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM 401 LIQUIDAMBER STYRACIFLUA 325 PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA 402 LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA 326 PICRAENA EXCELSA 404 LOBELIA INFLATA 328 PIMPINELLA ANISUM 405 LYCOPUS VIRGINICUS 348 PIPER CUBEBA 406 MAGNESIA 350 PIPER NIGRUM 407 MAGNOLIA GLAUCA 351 PLANTAGO MAJOR 409 MALVA SYLVESTRIS 352 PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM 410 The Physiomedicalist Dispensatory by William Cook, M.D., 1869 POLEMONIUM REPTANS 414 SILPHIUM LACINIATUM 479 POLYGALA SENEGA 415 SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM 480 POLYGONUM AVICULARE 417 SINAPIS ALBA 481 POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER 418 SMILAX OFFICINALIS 482 POLYPODIUM VULGARE 420 SODIUM COMPOUNDS 484 POLYTRICHUM JUNIPERUM 421 SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA 486 POPULUS BALSAMIFERA 422 SPIGELIA MARILANDICA 487 POPULUS TREMULOIDES 423 SPIREA TOMENTOSA 488 POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS 426 STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA 489 POTENTILLA CANADENSIS 429 STATICE CAROLINIANA 490 PRINOS VERTICILLATOS 430 STILLINGIA SYLVATICA 491 PRUNUS VIRGINIANA 431 STYRAX BENZOIN 493 PTELEA TRIFOLIATA 433 STYRAX OFFICINALE 494 PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM 434 SULPHUR 495 PTEROSPORA ANDROMEDEA [CORALLORHIZA] SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE 496 436 SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS 497 PUNICA GRANATUM 437 TANACETUM VULGARE 498 PYROLA ROTUNDIFOLIA 438 TARAXACUM DENS-LEONIS 499 QUERCUS ALBA 439 TEREBINTHINA 501 QUERCUS INFECTORIA 442 THYMUS VULGARIS 503 RESINA 443 TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE 504 RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS 444 TRILLIUM SESSILE 505 RHEUM PALMATUM 445 TRIOSTEUM PERFOLIATUM 506 RHUS GLABRA 450 TUSSILAGO FARFARA 507 ROSES 452 ULMUS FULVA 508 ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS 453 URTICA DIOICA 509 ROTTLERA TINCTORIA 454 VACCINIUM RESINOSUM 510 RUBUS STRIGOSUS 455 VALERIANA OFFICINALIS 511 RUDBECKIA LACINIATA 457 VERBASCUM THAPSUS 514 RUMEX ACETOSELLA 458 VERBENA HASTATA 516 RUMEX CRISPUS 459 VERNONIA FASCICULATA 517 SABBATIA ANGULARIS 461 VERONICA OFFICINALIS 518 SALIX ALBA 462 VIBURNUM OPULUS 519 SALVIA OFFICINALIS 464 VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM 520 SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS 465 VINUM 521 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS 466 WATER 524 SANICULA MARILANDICA 468 XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM 533 SAPO 469 XANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM 534 SASSAFRAS OFFICINALE 471 ZANTHORHIZA APIIFOLIA 537 SATUREJA HORTENSIS 472 ZINGIBER OFFICINALE 538 SCROPHULARIA NODOSA 473 SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA 474 SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM 476 SENECIO AUREUS 477 The Physiomedicalist Dispensatory by William Cook, M.D., 1869 Index ALPINIA CARDAMOMUM 57 ALTHEA OFFICINALIS 58 A ALTHEA ROSEA 59 ALUM 60 ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS 22 ALUM ROOT 262,283 ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS 23 ALUMEN 60 ABIES BALSAMEA 24 AMARANTH 61 ABIES CANADENSIS 26 AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS 61 ABIES EXCELSA 28 AMBROSIA ARTEMISIAEFOLIA 62 ABRUS PRECATORIUS 29 AMERICAN ALOE 47 ABUTILON AVICENNA 30 AMERICAN ASPEN 422 ACACIA CATECHU 31 AMERICAN BLACK LARCH 308 ACACIA VERA 32 AMERICAN CENTAURY 460 ACER STRIATUM 33 AMERICAN COLUMBO 248 ACETUM 34 AMERICAN GENTIAN 260 ACHILLAE MILLEFOLIUM 36 AMERICAN HOLLY 291 ACIDUM CITRICUM 38 AMERICAN