GOLDEN ROD GOLDEN SEAL. Iig 



given alone or in combination with other suitable 

 medicines. It promotes digestion, improves the appetite, 

 and acts as a general stimulant to the system. In con- 

 valescence it is highly beneficial. 



Preparations Powdered root: Dose, 10-20 grains. 

 Fluid extract : Dose, J-i drachm. 



Distinctive character Rhizomes thread-like, golden 

 yellow, matted, with very small roots. Leaves stalked, 

 tufted, with slender stalks, evergreen, strongly veined, 

 three parted, with obovate cuneate segments and crenate, 

 pointed teeth. Taste, very bitter. Odour, slight. 



GOLDEN ROD. Solldago Virgaurea, Linn. 



Part used-Leaves. N '- C^sfor. 



Action Aromatic, carminative, stimulant. Allays 

 sickness due to weakness of stomach, and also promotes 

 perspiration. The infusion of i ounce to a pint of 

 boiling water is taken in wineglassful doses, repeated 

 frequently. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, J-i drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem somewhat angular. 

 Leaves lanceolate and stalked near the root, narrower on 

 the stem, 2^-3^ inches long and f-i inch broad, some- 

 times slightly toothed and undulated at the margin, with 

 very short hairs. Flowerheads golden yellow, narrow, 

 about -|- inch long, receptacle honeycombed, pappus 

 hairy not feathery. Taste, acrid and bitter. Odour, 

 when dry, agreeable, slightly aromatic. 



GOLDEN SEAL. Hydrastis Canadensls, Linn. 



N.O. Ranunculacece . 

 Syn. Orange Root, Yellow Root. 



Part used Root. 



Action Tonic, laxative, alterative, detergent. Since 

 about 1847 Golden Seal has figured conspicuously in 



