It THE SICK MA^'B COaiPAMON. 



taste, which xire much used as a pickle^ 

 and are al.^o preserved with siii;ar or ir.olassev*. 

 The haik of the root or top, is a ^ood hitter, and 

 useful to correct the hile and assist digestion, 

 l^he bark should be collected at the pro[jer sea- 

 s<ui, carefully dried and pounded to a fine pow- 

 der; it is used as a part of the bitters No. 4. A 

 tea made of this bark, is very good for all cases 

 of indigestion, and may be freely used. 



, Golden seal^ — called also, Ohio kercuma yel- 

 Jowroot, and yellow puccoon.^ This is a well 

 known plant, and grows plentifully throughout 

 the western country. The main stem divides at 

 top something like the may-apple, with one leaf 

 on each stem; between which shoots up a slender 

 fl"ower stalk, with one small yellow blossom on 

 t))C top; the root is yellow, and yields a good 

 yellow dye. As a inedicine, when dried and 

 powdered, the root is an excellent bitter, and in 

 cai^es where the food in the stomach of a weak 

 patient causes distress, a tea s[)oonful of the 

 powder given in hot water, sweetened, will give 

 immediate relief. It is an excellent corrector of 

 bile, and n^ay be used for that purpose alone, oi 

 with the !)illcr root, or may be compounded with 

 either or all of the articles described under this 

 number^ to restore the powers of the digestive 

 organs. The purpose (or whicii the articles de- 

 licnbed under thi-s head are used, is to regulate 

 the stouiach, so that the food, when tal en into it, 



