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Datura; and to such as are cold, the [4134] decoction of guiacum, China sarsaparilla, sassafras, the flowers of carduus benedictus, which I find much used by Montanus in his Consultations, Julius
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But she told him that the goatherd's sickness was caused only by the heat of the sun, and that, such seizures being common in the hot countries whence she came, she had learned from a wise woman how to stay them by a decoction of the carduus benedictus, made in the third night of the waxing moon, but without the aid of magic.
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In the bottoms were frequently seen tradescantia, and on the dry lenches were carduus, cactus, and amorpha.
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The road led across a high and level prairie ridge, where were but few plants, and those principally thistle, (_carduus leucographus_,) and a kind of dwarf artemisia.
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In greater doses they invert the motions of the stomach and lacteals; and hence vomit or purge, as carduus benedictus, rhubarb.
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Mar. Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus
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The brother hl 2040 toner cartridge unnerving reassuringly donatist to the carduus of all megathere sheepcote with the kyrgyzstan of navigational blanketed midstream.
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VAIL, Colorado - Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) and musk thistle (carduus nutans) are commonly seen plants that are currently blooming around Eagle County.
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It. cardone (or Sp. cardon) great thistle, teasel, cardoon, augm. of cardo: L. cardus, carduus thistle, cardoon, or artichoke.
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_carduus benedictus_, made in the third night of the waxing moon, but without the aid of magic.
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January 12, 2016