Part used.—­Whole herb.

Gather.—­When fresh.

Grows (where).—­Naturalized in United.  States.  Grows in dry sandy fields, waste grounds, roadsides; etc.

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Prepared (how).—­Infusion hot and cold by adding one ounce to pint of water; fluid extract.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of infusion, two to four ounces; fluid extract, one to two teaspoonfuls.  A syrup is also made; dose, two ounces.  Infusion used hot for sweating, freely and often; cold and chest troubles about every two to four hours; or use fluid extract.  The hot infusion should be used in asthma, amenorrhea, and hoarseness.

Juniper.  Juniper Communis.

Internally, used for.—­Dropsy, and to increase flow of urine in kidney troubles.

Part used.—­Berries.

Gather.—­August.

Flowers (when).—­In May and June and ripe in August.

Grows (where).—­Grows in United States and Canada, in dry woods and hills.

Prepared (how).—­In infusion or oil.  For infusion, use one ounce of the berries to a pint of boiling water.  It can be made more effective by adding half ounce of cream of tartar to the infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­It should be used within the twenty-four hours for above troubles, dropsy, etc.  The oil can be bought and used in doses of five to twenty drops, three or four times a day.

Lady’s slipper.  American Valerian.  Yellow Umbel.  Nerve Root.  Yellow Moccasin Flower.  Noah’s Ark.  Cypripedium Pubescens.  Internally, used for.—­Hysteria, chorea, nervous headache, nervousness, delirium, hypochondria.

Part used.—­The root.

Gather.—­In autumn, cleanse from dirt and dry in the shade.  Virtue impaired by boiling.

Flowers (when).—­In May and June.

Grows (where).—­Most parts of United States in rich woods and meadows.

Prepared (how).—­In infusion, powder and tincture.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of powder, thirty to sixty grains in hot water.  Tincture, one to two teaspoonfuls.  Infusion, one to four ounces.  For chronic cases large doses three or four times daily.  For acute cases half as much every two or three hours.  For nervous headache two doses, half hour apart.  Following is a good preparation for nervous or sick headache:  catnip, scullcap and lady’s slipper, in powder, of each one-half ounce.  Pour on a pint of boiling water and steep for fifteen minutes, and take half ounce every half hour, for three or four hours.

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Life root.  Rag Wort.  Squaw Weed.  Female Regulator.  Senecio Gracilis.

Internally, used for.—­Mainly for menstrual disorders, when suppressed or too profuse, dysmenorrhea.

Part used.—­Root and herb.

Gather.—­In autumn.

Flowers (when).—­May or June.