seeds the dose is only about one-third of a teaspoonful four times
daily. For external use for troublesome ulcers, scrape or grate the root
and apply to the ulcers.

CATNIP. Catmint. Catwort. Nepeta Cataria.

Internally, used for.--Sweating, nervous troubles, colic and tonic.

Externally, used for.--Poultices and fomentations.

Part used.--Leaves and top.

Gather.--Early autumn.

Flowers (when).--June to September.

Grows (where).--Grows in dry neglected places, about old buildings and
fences.

Prepared (how).--The infusion should be prepared by adding one ounce of
the plant to a pint of boiling water, Do not let it boil, but only steep;
stand only a few minutes; when wanted as a tonic, use it cold. When used
for sweating purposes, etc., it must be used hot.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Drink as freely as the stomach will permit. It is
frequently used for colic in babies in doses of half to one teaspoonful,
warm. To produce sweating it should be used hot and freely taken. A
combination of catnip, lady's slipper and skullcap, equal parts, either in
the infusion or fluid extract, one dram doses, is good for nervous
headache, hysteria, chorea. Leaves are used as a fomentation. The
expressed juice of the plant is good for amenorrhea in one to two
teaspoonful doses five times daily.

CELANDINE.--Tetter Wort. Chelidonium Majus.

Internally, used for.--Liver and skin troubles.

Externally, used for.--Warts, corns, salt rheum.

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Part used.--Herb and root. Latter is the best.

Flowers (when).--Throughout the summer.

Grows (where).--In the United States in waste places.

Prepared (how).--It is best used internally in the tincture, powdered
root, or fresh juice.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--For liver disease, it is especially good where the
pain is under the right shoulder blade. Use the tincture in ten-drop doses
three times a day. Externally rub the juice on the corn or wart. Make an
ointment from the root and rub this on the skin for salt rheum. It is said
to be good for piles also. Dose:--Powdered root ten to twenty to thirty
grains. Tincture, ten to twenty drops, and of the juice ten to twenty
drops.

CHAMOMILE. Roman Chamomile. Anthemis Nobilis.

Internally, used for.--Tonic in small doses, dyspepsia, colic, cramp,
diarrhea, dysmenorrhea.

Externally, used for.--Fomentation, boiled in vinegar and applied to
painful swellings.

Part used.--Leaves and herb.

Gather.--When i