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doses. In very large doses it is used as an anthelmintic and may 
be emetic or cathartic. 
Crover, Rep (Trifolium pratense) N.F. The crude drug con- 
sists of the dried inflorescences of this common plant of our way- 
sides and meadows. It is prepared as an infusion for use as an 
alterative to improve gradually the nutritive processes of the body. 
It has been reported to be beneficial in whooping cough. Dried 
red clover flowers are also employed separately and in combina- 
tion with other ingredients in the brewing of beverage teas. Such 
beverages have a local consumption throughout the United States. 
Red Clover Tea can be purchased on the New York market. 
Clover, YELLow Sweet (Melilotus officinalis), Yellow melilot, 
N.O. Melilot is a perennial herb, native of Europe and closely 
related to M. alba, a white flowered species. The whole plant is 
scented because of the presence of the aromatic coumarin. Its 
use is chiefly external as an emollient in combination with other 
herbs. 
Conosu, Brack (Cimicifuga racemosa), Black snakeroot, N.F. 
Cimicifuga is native to eastern and central North America, espe- 
cially abundant in the Allegheny region. The plant was highly 
valued by the Indians, who introduced the drug to the early Ameri- 
The natives used it especially for the 
can medical practitioners. 
It is also of some use as an anodyne, 
treatment of rheumatism. 
being similar to aconite in this action. 
CortANDER (Coriandrum sativum) N.F. Coriander is a low 
annual, native of southern Asia and extensively cultivated in all 
the warmer portions of Europe. Its small seed-like fruits were 
used by the Romans as a medicine and spice in very early days. 
The fresh plant when bruised emits a very unpleasant odor, but 
the fruit on drying acquires a very pleasant aromatic odor due 
to the volatile oil present. It is popularly used as a stimulant and 
carminative. 
Corn Sirk (Zea Mays) N.F. The fresh silk or styles and 
stigmas of the corn plant has been used in the form of a tea or 
decoction for acute affections of the bladder. It exerts a diuretic 
and slightly anodyne action upon the genito-urinary tract. 
Costmary (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) (Tanacetum balsami- 
tum) N.O. A southern European perennial which is found to 

