FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 37 
- - Milkweed. 
‘This ommon Milkweed, bearing a 
large pod containing a si ae, which 
has som s been mixed with spun 
into ven, ‘and has also been bien into paper, 
ats, and even put into beds. It produces a fine’ 
blossom of a lilac color, at the top of the plant. 
e southwestern Indians are said to use the 
root of this aed anemetic. It has of late been 
found effectual in t oe cure of dropsy. B 
es of the ¢ in six quarts | of rain 
water to three; of t < gill may be taken four 
times a day, increasing the dose accordin to its 
effect. For other complaints, w large dose 
be taken. The roots infused in gin, may like- 
wise be used in dropsy and gravelly disorders. 
Motherwort. 
his plant has a hard, square, hrswikeb, 
strong stalk, rising from two to four feet high, 
spreading into many branches, leaves bro 
and long, notched about the oles. 
are sharp-pointed, with rou, 
— of a pur le color. re 
ong fibres, of a dark yellow co color. 
b 
se 
o suffer pains from tenderness about the 
fowl bowels and loins. It brings on the men- 
ses. a warm cordial, it may be used in low _ 
