Gather.—­Autumn.

Flowers (when).—­May and August.

Grows (where).—­In United States and Canada, sides of meadows, high banks, woods, and mountain.

Prepared (how).—­Decoction, use one ounce of the root to pint of water and boil.  Poultice, bruise the root.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of the decoction, one to two ounces.  Take less when it is taken oftener, as much as the stomach will bear.  Make a poultice of the bruised root for piles and local inflammation.

Stone root.  Horse Balm.  Rich Weed.  Knob Root.  Hard Hack.  Collinsonia Canadensis.

Internally, used for.—­Cramps, colic, dropsy, bladder troubles, gravel, leucorrhea.

Externally, used for.—­Poultice for bruises, blows, wounds, strains.

Part used.—­The plant.

Gather.—­Autumn.

Grows (where).—­United States and in Canada.

Prepared (how).—­In infusion and poultice, steep the root in a covered dish.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of the infusion half to one ounce, three or four times a day.

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Strawberry.  Fragaria Vesca.

Internally, used for.—­Gravel, gout, irritable bladder, nettle rash, eruption.

Part used.—­Fruit, roots, and leaves.

Gather.—­When ripe.

Flowers (when).—­Spring; April, May and June.

Prepared (how).—­As an infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Leaves are astringent and good in infusion for sore mouth, diarrhea, and dysentery.  Infusion of the root is a good diuretic and is effective in difficult urination and gonorrhea.  Drink freely.

Stramonium.  Thorn-Apple.  Stink Weed.  Jimson Weed.  Apple Pern.  Datura
Stramonium.

Internally, used for.—­Used mainly for asthma.

Externally, used for.—­Piles.

Part used.—­Leaves.

Gather.—­When leaves are green and when flowers are in bloom.

Flowers (when).—­July to September.

Grows (where).—­Along roads, etc.

Prepared (how).—­Ointment.  The leaves should be dried for smoking.  It is rather dangerous.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­For asthma, the leaves are mixed with tobacco leaves and smoked.  It must be done carefully as it is poisonous.  The leaves are good to cure piles when rubbed on them, or made into an ointment and used locally.

Sumach.  Rhus Glabra.

Internally, used for.—­Sore mouth and throat, quinsy, diarrhea, leucorrhea, gonorrhea, suppressed urine.

Part used.—­Bark and fruit.

Gather.—­Autumn.  Berries earlier.

Flowers (when).—­June and July.

Prepared (how).—­Make an infusion as usual.  Use either bark or berries.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Fluid extract can be used and is safer; in doses of ten drops three times a day.  The infusion will do as a gargle and a wash.