HERBS AND THEIR NAMES.
Somo of tho old names of herbs and flowers again used medicinally after a lapso of a hundred years or more are very curious. Tho daisy was once called bruisewort, from its value, now littio known, in healing wounds, bruises and boils. Tho coltsfoot, tho first wild flower of tho spring, is tussilago in Latin from tussis and ago—l drive away a, cough. Tho coltsfoot, by tho way, is so much revered that ono still sees it painted abovo tho doors of chemists' shops in Franco and their special sign—like tho barbers' pole.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20538, 12 April 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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97HERBS AND THEIR NAMES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20538, 12 April 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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