An engraving depicting HELLEBORUS NIGER - The

An engraving depicting HELLEBORUS NIGER - The Christmas Rose. The black roots of the plant were used to treat melancholy (attributed to black bile). In large doses a drastic purgative: in small doses, a useful diuretic. From Robert John Thornton's A New Family Herbal, London, 1810. Woodcut by Thomas Bewick

1810 Attributed Bewick Bile Diuretic Doses Drastic Helleborus Horticulture Medicinal Melancholy Niger Purgative Root Roots Thornton Treat Useful

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