Flowers (when).—­May or June.

Prepared (how).—­It is boiled in water or wine or it can be made into syrup.  For external use bruise the root and apply it to the diseased part.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of the syrup one to four ounces, two or three times a day.  For the diseases named it is best to take it in smaller doses and oftener, say four teaspoonfuls every hour or two; children in proportion.

Corn silk.  Zea Mays.

Internally, used for.—­Diuretic, quieting to the urinary passages.  Congested kidney, dropsy from heart disease, chronic nephritis, suppression of the urine, renal colic, haematuria, cystitis.

Prepared (how).—­Make a tea and drink freely.  Fluid extract can be bought.

Diseases., Dose, etc.—­Dose:  One to two teaspoonfuls of fluid extract three or four times a day, or drink freely of tea for above diseases.

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Cranberry (High).  Cramp Bark.  Viburnum Opulus.

Internally, used for.—­Cramps and spasms of all kinds, asthma, hysteria; cramps in the legs, especially during pregnancy, or at labor.

Part used.—­Bark.

Gather.—­Early autumn.

Flowers (when).—­In June.

Grows (where).—­In Canada and northern United States, in low rich lands, woods, borders of fields.

Prepared (how).—­Use an ounce of the bark, powdered, to a quart of wine.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Take half a wineglassful four times a day for continued use.  For hysteria attacks, asthma spasms, less should be used and taken oftener for a few doses.  The following combination is effective for the spasmodic attacks, above named:  Cramp bark two ounces, scull cap and skunk cabbage one ounce each, cloves one-half ounce, capsicum two even teaspoonfuls.  Powder all, and bruise and add to them two quarts of good native wine.  Dose:  one or two ounces two or three times a day; oftener and smaller doses for hysteria, etc.  It should be taken for two or three months during pregnancy.

Crawley.  Dragon’s Claw.  Coral Teeth.  Fever Root.  Chicken Toes.  Albany
Beechdrops.  Corallorhiza Odontorhiza.

Internally, used for.—­Sweating purposes in fevers and inflammatory diseases, acute erysipelas, pleurisy, low stages of fevers, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, in afterpains, and suppressed lochia.

Part used.—­The root.

Gather.—­In the fall.

Flowers (When).—­In July.  No leaves.

Grows (where).—­Found on barren hills and shady uplands in northern states and Canada.

Prepared (how) .—­Powder and keep it in well closed bottles.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of powder, from ten to twenty grains in hot water and repeated every hour or two as needed.  Combined with blue cohosh, it is very beneficial in amenorrhea, etc., as above stated.  In fevers, Culver’s root can be added to it, if the bowels need regulating.  It is also good for flatulent colic in twenty-grain doses.  Some combine pleurisy root with it in pleurisy.  It should be given in acute diseases every one to two hours as needed.