MEDICAL PLANTS. 



BONESET 



dose of the powdered herb is ten grains. A pint of boiling 

 water poured on an ounce of the herb, and strained when cool, 

 is given in gill doses. Taken hot, it will sweat ; lukewarm, 

 vomit ; and cold, purge. The cold tea is used to strengthen the 

 system, in tablespoonful doses at intervals. The generic name 

 was given in honor of Eupater, king of Pontus, who first used 

 it ; the specific, in allusion to the leaf clasping the stem. 



