Part used.—­Root, small round ball.

Gather.—­While the plant is in flower.

Flowers (when).—­In March.

Grows (where).—­In rich soils, on hills and mountains, etc.

Prepared (how).—­Tincture.  Infusion, four teaspoonfuls of the powdered bulb to one pint of boiling water and let steep.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of the infusion, one to three ounces three or four times daily.  Tincture, half to one teaspoonful.  Tincture can be bought at a drug store.

Turnip, Indian.  Jack-in-the pulpit.  Wild Turnip.  Dragon Root.  Arum
Triphyllum.

Internally, used for.—­Expectorant and sweating purposes in chest troubles.  Also good for sore mouth and sore throat if given in honey or syrup.

Part used.—­Root.

Gather.—­In autumn.

Flowers (when).—­From May to July.

Grows (where).—­Common in South America in all moist and damp places.

Prepared (how).—­Dry the root and powder it and give in honey or make into a syrup or given in powder.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­For sweating use powder in hot water, ten grains three times a day or smaller dose oftener.  For bronchitis, etc., use in syrup or in honey, three or four times a day, five to ten grains at a dose.  Same way for sore mouth and throat.

True unicorn root.  Star Grass.  Colic Root.  Ague Root.  Crow Corn.  Aletris
Farinosa.

Internally, used for.—­Its tonic influence upon the womb to prevent a tendency to miscarriage, for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, falling, also for chlorosis.

Part used.—­The root.

Gather.—­In autumn.

Flowers (when).—­June and July.

Grows (where).—­Most parts of United States, usually in dry sandy soils and barrens.

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Prepared (how).—­Powdered root.  Tincture.  Fluid extract.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Powdered root, five to ten grains three times a day.  Saturated tincture, two to five drops, three times a day.  Fluid extract, five to ten drops.  Tincture and fluid extract can be bought at any drug store.  For the above diseases it should be taken regularly four times a day.  The fluid extract is the best form in which to take it and is often given by doctors.

Wahoo.  Indian Arrow Wood.  Burning-Bush.  Spindle Tree.  Enonymus
Atropurpureus.

Internally, used for.—­Dyspepsia, torpid liver, laxative, tonic.

Part used.—­The bark of the root.

Gather.—­Autumn.

Flowers (when).—­In June.

Grows (where).—­In woods and thickets.

Prepared (how).—­Powder.  Tincture.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—­Dose of powder, ten to twenty grains; saturated tincture, one to two teaspoonfuls; extract, one to five grains.  This is a good remedy; smaller doses can be given every two hours for dyspepsia and liver complaint.  It is often combined with remedies, like dandelion, yellow dock, burdock.