hamamelis

/ ˌhæməˈmiːlɪs /

noun

any of several trees or shrubs constituting the hamameliaceous genus Hamamelis , native to E Asia and North America and cultivated as ornamentals See witch hazel

At the Cameron farm there were two hamamelis bottles, one in the bath-room, the other on a shelf in the kitchen.

Also the injection of one-half pint cold water, containing a teaspoonful of extract of hamamelis, after a passage, affords relief.

Hamamelis will frequently arrest nose-bleed immediately after one or two doses.

Hamamelis V., (Witch Hazel,) will in nearly all cases arrest the bleeding at once.

A pungent odour exactly like that of extract of hamamelis met his nostrils.

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