DENSMOItE] 



PLANTS AS MEDICINE 



365 



How prepared 



How administered 



Remarks and references 



Put 1 root whole in 1 quart of 

 water, steep, strain, and when 

 cool bathe the child in it. Also 

 good for grown people when 

 sick or tired. Soak feet in it 

 and lie down. 



Decoction; somo of which was 

 put in child's bath. 



Decoction _. 



Decoction of dried root or the 

 fresh root chewed and spit on 

 the limbs. 



Dried and chewed 



Dried; the first named is pound- 

 ed and kept separately. Equal 

 parts of the last three are 

 pounded together until pow- 

 dered. This medicine is pre- 

 pared similiarly to that de- 

 scribed on page 339. A quart of 

 water is heated and about M 

 of a teaspoon of the mixed in- 

 gredients is placed on the sur- 

 face of the water at the 4 sides 

 of the pail. A very little of 

 the first (principal ingredient) 

 is placed on top of each. The 

 ingredients soon dissolve. A 

 stronger decoction was secured 

 byboiling. The medicine was 

 taken 4 times a day, the dose 

 being small at first, and grad- 

 ually increased to about a 

 tablespoonful. A measure 

 made from birch bark was 

 used for this remedy. 



Decoction 



.do. 

 .do. 



Dried, chewed, and spit on the 

 limbs. 



Decoction made from a handful 



of the root. 

 ..._do.... 



Externally. 



.do. 



_do_ 



.do. 



Internally. 



Internally. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Externally . 



Steeped. 



(1) Burned and vapors inhaled- 



(2) Decoction 



Steeped 



Internally. 

 do 



If a child is fretful this will make it go 

 to sleep. 



This bath was used to strengthen legs 

 and feet of a weakly child, especially 

 if the limbs were partly paralyzed. 

 See Tonics and sore throat. 



This was used to strengthen the limbs. 



These roots were chewed before feats of 

 endurance, acting as a strong stimu- 

 lant. See Indigestion and diseases 

 of the horse. 



The first-named herb could also be 

 taken dry as a tonic. (See Bull. S3, 

 p. 64.) 



One dose of this had no effect, results 

 being obtained only by considerable 

 quantity of the remedy. 



See Enema. 



See Lung trouble, sprains, diseases of 

 women, pain in back, and remedies 

 for the hair. 



See Headache, eruptions, and diseases 

 of the horse. 



See Stoppage of urine. 



See Tonics. 



See Rheumatism. 



