Blue cohosh.  Squaw Root.  Papoose Root.  Blue Berry.  Caulophyllum Thalictroides.

Internally, used for.—­Nervous affection, rheumatism, womb troubles, such as amenorrhea, leucorrhea; used previous to labor it is beneficial and also good for afterpains.

Externally, used for.—­Sore throat.  Part used.—­Root.

Gather.—­Latter part of summer or in autumn.

Grows (where).—­All over the United States in low moist rich grounds, near running streams, in swamps, etc.

Prepared (how).—­As an infusion or decoction.  It can be bought in the fluid extract form.  Make a tea by adding one ounce of the root to a pint of boiling water.  Decoction is made by allowing it to boil some length of time.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of fluid extract fifteen to thirty drops.  Dose of tea, two to four ounces, three or four times daily.  Dose of decoction, one-half the amount.  When used in acute disease, the dose should not be more than one-fourth as much and given every one or two hours.  For rheumatism it is especially valuable, when small joints like the fingers and toes are involved.  It is very good in the chronic womb diseases named above.  It should be used in small doses several weeks prior to labor.  It is said to assist in making labor easier.

[Herb department 419]

Black cohosh.  Rattle Root.  Black Snake Root.  Squaw Root.  Rich Weed. 
Cimicifuga Racemosa.

Internally, used for.—­Chorea, dependent upon rheumatism; rheumatism, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, afterpains.

Part used.—­Root.

Gather.—­Early in the autumn and dry in the shade.

Flowers (when).—­In June and July.

Grows (where).—­Native of United States.  Grows in shady and rocky woods, rich grounds and on sides of hills.

Prepared (how).—­Powder; decoction, one ounce to a pint of water; and tincture.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of decoction half to one ounce; of powder ten to twenty grains.  For chorea, use powder, twenty grains, three times a day.  Use tincture or fluid extract or the decoction for womb affections.  Dose of tincture, thirty to sixty drops three times daily.  Fluid extract, ten to thirty drops three times daily; for afterpains give half as much about every three hours.  In making the decoction you can make it stronger by boiling longer.  The dose must then be less, according to the strength.  This is a very useful remedy.  For rheumatism, especially the chronic kind, it is often beneficial.

Comfrey.  Healing Herb.  Gum Plant.

Internally, used for.—­An astringent and soothing agent in diarrhea, dysentery, coughs, lung affections, female weakness, leucorrhea, and urinary diseases.

Externally, used for.—­Bruises, ruptures, fresh wounds, sore breasts, ulcers and swellings.

Part used.—­Root.