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PLANTS AS MEDICINE 



361 



How prepared 



How administered 



Remarks and references 



■Decoction. 



Internally. 



Take Yi a root, break it up and 

 put it in a pint of boiling water, 

 let it stand and get cold. 

 Whenever the woman takes 

 any liquid food, put a table- 

 spoon of this medicine in the 

 food. 



Dried and powdered. Was put 

 in the broth a woman drank. 



I Take 4 roots of each to one quart 

 of water, steep and use as a 

 drink. 



The dried roots were used in 

 decoction or fresh roots were 

 scraped and mashed. 



Decoction 



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The first-named root was used also for 

 colds and scrofula and the leaves and 

 stalk for stoppage of urine. 



This remedy was used to produce a 

 flow of milk. 



Do. 



•Internally- 



Externally. 



Do. 



See Ulcers. 



.do. 



.do. 



Drop in the eye- 



Scrape and steep the root, using 

 a handful to about a pint and a 

 half of water. Let it cool and 

 strain well. 



Decoction made from equal parts 

 of these roots. 



Decoction made from whole root. 



Put a handful of the leaves in 

 hot water, do not let it boil 

 lone, let it stand and strain it. 



These two remedies are used suc- 

 cessively, the first for removing 

 inflammation, and the second 

 for healing the eye. They are 

 prepared in the same way, the 

 second layer of the root being 

 scraped and put in a bit of 

 cloth. This is soaked in warm 

 water and squeezed over the 

 eye, letting some of the liquid 

 run into the eye. This is done 

 3 times a day. 



Dried, pounded, put in a cloth 

 which was moistened with 

 warm water and sopped on the 

 eye. 



Steeped root was used as a poul- 

 tice. 



Decoction made with about 1 



inch of the root 

 Decoction 



Bathe the eye and let some 

 of the liquid get into the 

 eye, or use it on a compress. 



■As a wash or compress. 



See Charms. 



Externally. 



Externally (wash). 



{The last named is used also for diseases 

 of women. 



See Pain in stomach. 



It was said that these would cure cata- 

 ract unless too far advanced, and that 

 improvement would be shown 

 quickly if the case could be materially 

 helped. 



Externally. 



.do. 



Poured into ear from a spoon. 



Drop in ear or apply on 

 cloth; use lukewarm wa- 

 ter. 



This remedy was so strong that one 

 root would have an effect. 



See remedies for headache. 



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