42 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
steeped all night in cold water, as hot water, he affirms, takes 
some of its virtue away. We gather several hundred of 
pounds of this valuable herb every season. Dr. Smith, in the 
Reformed Practice, says, ‘‘It is a most valuable diaphoretic.”’ 
He found it also excellent in suppression of urine and gravelly 
disorders. The juice mixed with oatmeal applied to tumors 
will disperse them in a short time. A teaspoonful of it should 
be taken in the morning, and the bowels kept open with 
castor oil. Instone and gravel itis an excellent solvent. 
RED CLOVER TOPS (Trirotrum PrRatTeEnst.) 
Samuel. Thompson found out that the extract of Red 
Clover flowers made a good plaster in cancerous ulcers. Since 
his time it has been proved good as an inward medicine in 
impurity of the blood. It is largely used in America by the 
eclectics and some of ‘the regulars.’ ‘While in Chicago we saw an 
establishment devoted entirely tothe manufacture and sale of 
Red Clover preparations. Thompson’s plan of making the 
extract was as follows: Fill a copper, tin, or enamel 
vessel with fresh tops, cover with water, let it simmer one 
hour, take out the tops, drain them, put in the same water 
another lot, do the same three times, then strain the liquor 
through a fine cloth and evaporate slowly till it is the 
consistency of treacle; spread on cloth or white leather. The 
decoction is made by boiling an ounce in a pint of soft 
water. A wineglassful or two three or four times a day. 
STILLINGIA ROOT (Srinumera Sytvarica.) 
Queen’s Root—Queen’s Delight.) 
This is a native of America, growing from two to three 
feet high, the flowers are yellow. Scientific botanists say 
there are male and female flowers found on the same plant. 
The root is the part used, and is good in all cases of long- 
standing blood diseases. To make a good decoction, simmer 
one ounce in a quart of water down to a pint. Dose, a 
wineglassful three times a day. The tincture is prepared by 
steeping two ounces of the bruised root in a pint of proof-spirit. 
