Chamomile.  Roman Chamomile.  Anthemis Nobilis.

Internally, used for.—­Tonic in small doses, dyspepsia, colic, cramp, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea.

Externally, used for.—­Fomentation, boiled in vinegar and applied to painful swellings.

Part used.—­Leaves and herb.

Gather.—­When in bloom.

Flowers (when).—­Summer.

Grows (where).—­Native of Europe.  It grows wild in the United States.

Prepared (how).—­As an infusion use a half ounce to a pint of boiling water, steep and take freely.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Use cold infusion in dyspepsia; warm infusion for colic and cramps, and for diarrhea in children, especially of the green kind of stools.  Dose:—­One teaspoonful every two or three hours.  Good for nervousness in teething children.  An oil also is used, two to five drops on sugar.  This is given for colic, cramps, and in painful dysmenorrhea.

Cleavers.  Goose Grass.  Catch Weed.  Clivers.  Bed Straw.  Galium Aparine.

Internally, used for.—­Suppression of the urine, gravel, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, and for scalding urine in gonorrhea.

Externally, used for.—­Freckles.

Part used.—­The plant.

Gather.—­Early autumn.

Flowers (when).—­From June to September.

Grows (where).—­Common in the United States, growing on cultivated grounds, moist thickets, and along fences and hedges.

Prepared (how).—­Infusion.  Use one and one-half ounces of the herb in a pint of warm water and allow it to steep for two hours.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Take two to four ounces of the infusion three or four times a day, when it is cold.  The dose can be lessened and taken oftener.  It may be sweetened with sugar when taken for the diseases named above.  Also equal parts of cleavers, maidenhair, and elder blows, steeped in warm water for two or three hours and drank freely when cold forms an excellent drink in erysipelas, scarlet fever and measles.  An infusion made with cold water is good to remove freckles; wash the parts several times daily for two or three months.

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Cloves.  Caryophyllus.

Internally, used for.—­Flatulent colic, diarrhea, cholera morbus, toothache, (oil of cloves).

Gather.—­Collect flowers in October and November, before they are fully developed and dry quickly.

Grows (where).—­In tropical climate.

Prepared (how).—­Boil two or three teaspoonfuls of the ground cloves in a half pint of milk.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Two to four teaspoonfuls every twenty to thirty minutes for gas colic, or diarrhea where the bowels need tone.  The oil can be used in three to five-drop doses.  Also good to place in hollow teeth.  Put a little of the oil on cotton and insert into the tooth.  It is also good to add to other medicines to stop griping and nausea.