e = , for windy siseelaiia or combined 
ise Conca: jie Sulictroides,.. The root: 
Also called, blueberry, pappovse root, squaw root, blue ginseng, 
&c. It grows from two to four feet high. The root "yellow inside, 
brown outside, hard, irregular, knobby, branched, with many fibres. 
Stem upright, straight, smooth, dividing at top into three branches, 
each of which has three leaves, and in the centre of which comes — 
out the flower stem ; leaves smooth, lobed, somewhat in shape like 
the hand. The flowers are of a yellowish green, p 1g a sto 
berry, of a dark blue color, something like sour 
rennial, growing all over the United States ; and is ia ee 
in low, moist, rich grounds, near running streams, in swamps, and op 
islands that have been overflowed with water. 
The root of this plant is demulcent, antispasmodic, stimulant, em- 
menagogue and sudorific. It is prepared in infusion and tincture. 
~Cohush is used by the Indians, and by many botanists, for rhage: 
tism, dropsy, colic, sore throat, cramps, hiccup, ilepsy, h Bz 
‘ion of the womb, &c. It appears to be p ma 
for female diseases, and Peter Sauk 
men owe the facility of their part it 
the root for two or three w ¢ his may be th 
case with the females’ of some of the tribes, but with others, % know 
that the squaw berry vine, partridge berry, or winter clover, as it __ 
is called, is used for that purpose, and most successfully too. — Asa 4 
powerful emmenagogue, cohush promotes delivery, ee 
and ioeaeiyaital discharges, and is serviceable in venereal complaints. 
It has been found efficacious in the cure of yellow fever. 
For rheumatic complaints, two ounces of this root and one ounce 
of blood root, bruised and infused in ee aad s yi pee be 
used ; _awine assful three times a day for a or ropsy, 
r ie SS ow large root, bruised, of bic 
a tea cupful may be taken four times a day. s 5 
There are four species of the cohush, viz. th above men 
tioned, the red, black, and white, all of which except the black, are 
known, by the color of their berries. Their qualities, saa as , 
ve 
The White Cohush grows about two feet high, dividing itself into 
lotig: branches towards the tops, producing pointed leaves, cut in the 
edges with sharp no: . From the centre grows a stem producing 
white berries. Its quality is opening and stimulating: good in — 
colic, &c. sk 
The Red Cohush very much resembles the white, except the ber- 
ries. The root is cleansing and stengthening, goo’ in female obst 
— Cohush has a stalk from four to six feet high, pr 
ce succeeded 2 shells which contains the s 
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