Sheep sorrel.  Rumex Acetosa.

Internally, used for.—­Scurvy.

Externally, used for.—­Good for wens, boils, tumor, ulcers.

Part used.—­Plant.

Gather.—­Autumn.

Grows (where).—­Well known plant.

Prepared (how).—­Decoction; poultice made of roasted leaves.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Decoction, freely drank for scurvy.  Poultices should be applied to above troubles.

Skunk cabbage.  Swamp Cabbage.  Meadow Cabbage.  Polecat Weed.  Fetid
Hellebore.  Dracontium.  Ictodes Foetida.

Internally, used for.—­Asthma, whooping cough, nervousness, hysteria, convulsions of pregnancy.

Part used.—­Root.  Gather.—­In autumn or early spring and dried carefully.

Flowers (when).—­March and April.

Grows (where).—­Various parts of United States in moist places.

Prepared (how).—­Powder.  Tincture.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose:  Five to ten grains of powder three times a day.  A saturated tincture of the fresh root is much better, of which half a teaspoonful can be given everyone to four hours for above diseases.

Skull cap.  Madweed.  Hoodwort.  Blue Pimpernel.  Scutellaria Lateriflora.

Internally, used for.—­Chorea, delirium, convulsions, neuralgia, restlessness, insomnia.

Part used.—­The whole herb.

Gather.—­Late summer while in flower.

Flowers (when).—­July and August.

Grows (where).—­In moist places.

Prepared (how).—­Infusion, one ounce to the pint.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­The infusion may be drank freely, Fluid extract, dose, half to one teaspoonful, every two or three hours.

Slippery elm.  Red Elm.  Ulmus Fulva.

Internally, used for.—­As a mucilage for stomach and bowel and urinary troubles when a mild, soothing demulcent drink is needed; in diarrhea, dysentery, coughs, painful urination, constipation.

Externally, used for.—­As a poultice.

Part used.—­Inner bark.

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Gather.—­Early fall.  Flowers (when).—­In April.

Grows (where).—­In United States, in open elevated situations in rich firm soil.

Prepared (how).—­Infusion of two ounces to pint of water.  Mucilage made by using six parts of the dried bark to one hundred of water and allow to steep.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­The infusion and mucilage may be taken freely.  The infusion can be injected for dysentery, diarrhea, gonorrhea, gleet and leucorrhea.  Mucilage is taken after poisoning to allay inflammation of the membranes, etc.  Eat bark or take prepared tablets for constipation.

Spearmint.  Mentha Viridis.

Internally, used for.—­Nausea and vomiting, internal and external scalding urine.  For fever is superior to peppermint.