Internally, used for.—­Dropsy, chronic kidney troubles and gravel.

Externally, used for.—­Ulcers:  as a poultice.

Part used.—­Roots and seeds.  Garden carrot, only the root is used.

Flowers (when).—­June to September.

Grows (where).—­In neglected fields and by roadsides.

Prepared (how).—­In infusion (tea) by using one ounce to a pint of boiling water and allow it to steep, but not to boil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose, two to four ounces of the infusion, three or four times a day, for diseases mentioned.  When the infusion is made from the seeds the dose is only about one-third of a teaspoonful four times daily.  For external use for troublesome ulcers, scrape or grate the root and apply to the ulcers.

Catnip.  Catmint.  Catwort.  Nepeta Cataria.

Internally, used for.—­Sweating, nervous troubles, colic and tonic.

Externally, used for.—­Poultices and fomentations.

Part used.—­Leaves and top.

Gather.—­Early autumn.

Flowers (when).—­June to September.

Grows (where).—­Grows in dry neglected places, about old buildings and fences.

Prepared (how).—­The infusion should be prepared by adding one ounce of the plant to a pint of boiling water, Do not let it boil, but only steep; stand only a few minutes; when wanted as a tonic, use it cold.  When used for sweating purposes, etc., it must be used hot.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Drink as freely as the stomach will permit.  It is frequently used for colic in babies in doses of half to one teaspoonful, warm.  To produce sweating it should be used hot and freely taken.  A combination of catnip, lady’s slipper and skullcap, equal parts, either in the infusion or fluid extract, one dram doses, is good for nervous headache, hysteria, chorea.  Leaves are used as a fomentation.  The expressed juice of the plant is good for amenorrhea in one to two teaspoonful doses five times daily.

Celandine.—­Tetter Wort.  Chelidonium Majus.

Internally, used for.—­Liver and skin troubles.

Externally, used for.—­Warts, corns, salt rheum.

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Part used.—­Herb and root.  Latter is the best.

Flowers (when).—­Throughout the summer.

Grows (where).—­In the United States in waste places.

Prepared (how).—­It is best used internally in the tincture, powdered root, or fresh juice.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­For liver disease, it is especially good where the pain is under the right shoulder blade.  Use the tincture in ten-drop doses three times a day.  Externally rub the juice on the corn or wart.  Make an ointment from the root and rub this on the skin for salt rheum.  It is said to be good for piles also.  Dose:—­Powdered root ten to twenty to thirty grains.  Tincture, ten to twenty drops, and of the juice ten to twenty drops.