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MEDICINAL USE
It is a much-branched, bushy, herbaceous,
GASTRONOMIC USE
Used as a spice.
perennial plant, 1 to 2 feet high. Diuretic,
laxative, refrigerant and slightly demulcent.
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
is
a
mostmefficacious
remedy for stone in the bladder, dropsy,
stricture and other urinary complaints. Its action
upon the urinary calculus is perhaps more marked
They are used both fresh and dried.
than any other simple agent at present employed.
The juice held a while in the mouth easeth pains
in the teeth. The distilled water of the herb
drank with sugar worketh the same effect and
cleanseth the skin from spots, freckles, pimples,
wheals, sunburn, etc... The juice dropped into the
Season meat dishes. Additionally, the cones can
be used in cooking or in alcoholic beverages.
Specifically, they are used to flavor gin.
ears easeth the noise in them and taketh away
the pricking and shooting pains therein.
These essential oils used to be used in cosmetics,
and have been shown to protect the liver as well.