124 BONESET OR THOROUGHWORT. 



cold it acts as a tonic and prevents the return of 

 the chill. It is good in pleurisy as a sweat or 

 in heavy colds; it is also good when made into 

 a syrup for bad coughs, and in some forms of 

 consumption, where the patient is weak and the 

 skin hot and dry. It grows in almost every 

 part of the United States, hut mostly in the 

 Western and Southern divisions^ and should be 

 gathered in September. Every part of the j)lant 

 is medicinal, but the leaves and flowers are best. 

 It should always be given in the form of a tea. 



BITTER ROOT OR SILKWEED. 



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Medical Frojoerties and Use. 



The root is the part used in the form of bit- 

 ters in asthma and cartarrh, also coughs and 

 dyspepsia and in rheumatism. It may be taken 

 in the form of bitters in quantities sufficient to 

 purge gently and freely, or in powder in 20 

 grain doses, 3 times a day, or it may be given 

 in strong infusion, 1 ounce of the root to a pint 

 of water and drink in such doses as the stomach 

 will bear. 



