Externally, used for.—­Decoction used as a wash or gargle in sore throat.

Part used.—­Bark and berries.

Gather.—­Autumn or earlier in some climates.

Flowers (when).—­April and May.

Grows (where).—­United States in woods, thickets and moist shady places.

Prepared (how).—­Tincture.  Powder.  Decoction of root one ounce to a pint of water and boil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose,—­half ounce every four to five hours.  Tincture of the berries is also used for nervous diseases, dysmenorrhea, etc., in ten to thirty drops every two to four hours.  Good also in blood diseases, four times a day.  Powder for same troubles in doses of five to ten grains four times a day.

PRINCE’S pine.  Wintergreen.  Ground Holly.  Pipsissewa.  Rheumatism Weed. 
Chimaphila Umbellata.

Internally, used for.—­Kidney and bladder troubles, chronic rheumatism, syphilis, scrofula, gout, gleet.

Part used.—­Whole plant.

Gather.—­In autumn or late summer.

Flowers (when).—­June and July.

Grows (where).—­United States, etc., under the shade of woods and prefers a loose sandy soil enriched by decaying leaves.

Prepared (how).—­Decoction and tincture; put a pound of the dried herb into a quart of water and three quarts of spirits; let stand for twelve days, and then turn off the liquid.  This makes a tincture.  To make decoction use one ounce of plant to a pint of boiling water and boil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Take one to two ounces of the decoction three or four times a day; fluid extract can be bought, dose fifteen drops four times daily.  Dose of tincture, one-half to one teaspoonful.

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Pumpkin.  Cucurbita Pepo.

Internally, used for.—­For tape worm and for urinary troubles, suppressed or retained urine.

Gather.—­When ripe.

Grows (where).—­Common.

Prepared (how).—­A tea can be made of the seeds, or an oil gathered from them.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­A tea strong or weak as the age and case demand, may be given freely and is very effective.  Do not bruise the seeds, as the virtue resides in the covering.  An oil can be gathered from the seeds and is good for same purpose.  Dose.—­Six to twelve drops several times daily or three drops every two hours.  For Tape worm, see article on another page.  If it is best to take it as an emulsion get druggist to make it.  Taken at night with fasting.  In the morning take dose of salts.  Watermelon seed tea is also good for kidney trouble.

Queen of the meadow.  Purple Boneset.  Gravel Root.  Trumpet Weed.  Joe-Pye Weed.  Eupatorium Purpureum.

Internally, used for.—­Gravel stone in the bladder, kidney or stone colic, or other urinary troubles.

Part used.—­The herb.