PIPSrSSEWAY OR WINTER GREEN. 129 



Medical Properties and Use. 



It is diuretic and tonic and is useful in all 

 eruptive forms of diseases, especially in scrofula 

 and cancer. A strong decoction may be made 

 of the leaves and twigs, and a gill taken 3 times 

 a day. Many cures of old ulcers, sore tliroats 

 and like affections have been ascribed to the use 

 of the pipsisseway. A decoction made of the 

 leaves and given in small portions is excellent 

 for colic in children. For grown persons it 

 sholild be put in good rye whiskey, which^ if 

 made strong will seldom fail to cure tlie severest 

 cases of colic and cramps. The pipsisseway put 

 into whiskey and distilled the same as Wickey's 

 cholera medicine is much better. Dose for an 

 adult is from 1 to 3 tahlespoonsful, for children 

 from 10 drops to a teaspoonfuL 



TO THE CONSUMEK. 



If you want to save money never buy your 

 castor oil by the bottle, but ])uy a pint of oil of 

 some honest druggist, and you vvill then be able 

 to perceive the difference. If put up in bottles 



