STACHYS

(Lat.), n. m. Staak(sta3cha)'ias(us). Gen., stach'yos (-is), stach'ydos (-is). Gr., .), was formerly used as a deobstruent and antiperiodic, and externally as an anodyne and vulnerary, [a, 35.] S. recta. Fr., crapaudine. Ger., gerader Ziest, Beschreikraut, Berufkraut, R't munze. A European species formerly used in hysteria, epilepsy, suppre ed lochia, etc. [a, 35.] S. silvatic a. Fr., epiaire des bois, ortie pitante (ou d crapaud, ou morte des bois), stachique, panacee des labours. Ger., Waldziest, (stink ender) Waldandorn. Archangel, wild nettle-gra , wood-betony; a bitter European herb with a disagreeable, petroleum-like odor, formerly used, under the name of herb a galeopsidis silvaticce (seu galeopsidis fcetidce, seu lamii silvatic i foztidi, seu urticce inert is foetidi imoz), in scrofula and glandular swellings and as an emmenagogue and diuretic, [a, 35.] STACHYTARPHA (Lat.), [s. 529]