ssed lochia.

Part used.--The root.

Gather.--In the fall.

Flowers (When).--In July. No leaves.

Grows (where).--Found on barren hills and shady uplands in northern states
and Canada.

Prepared (how) .--Powder and keep it in well closed bottles.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of powder, from ten to twenty grains in hot
water and repeated every hour or two as needed. Combined with blue cohosh,
it is very beneficial in amenorrhea, etc., as above stated. In fevers,
Culver's root can be added to it, if the bowels need regulating. It is
also good for flatulent colic in twenty-grain doses. Some combine pleurisy
root with it in pleurisy. It should be given in acute diseases every one
to two hours as needed.

CRANESBILL (spotted). Crowfoot. Tormentil. Storkbill. Alum Root. Geranium
Maculalum.

Internally, used for.--Second stage of dysentery, diarrhea in an infusion
of milk; in bleedings, sore mouth, leucorrhea, gleet, menorrhagia and
excessive mucous discharges, nose-bleed, bleeding from extracted teeth,
piles, bleeding after labor, sore throat.

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Part used.--The root.

Gather.--Collected in late autumn.

Flowers (when).--From April to June.

Grows (where).--In United States in open woods, thickets and hedges.

Prepared (how).--Powder. Use one and one-half ounces of the root and boil
it in a pint of water or milk.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose: one to two tablespoonfuls. Use the watery
decoction as a gargle for sore mouth and throat. For piles:--Inject a
strong decoction and retain as long as possible; or apply an ointment of
two ounces of the root to tobacco ointment seven ounces, and apply three
or four times a day. Nose-bleed and bleeding from teeth extraction:--Apply
the powder or strong decoction to the part. Bleeding from the womb:--
Inject strong decoction or apply on gauze or cotton to inner womb.
Decoction, two parts to one part blood root, forms a good injection for
leucorrhea and gonorrhea. Good in latter stages of diarrhea and dysentery
of children, boiled in milk, given in teaspoonful doses, every one to
three hours.

CULVER'S ROOT. Veronica. Black Root. Culver's Physic. Tall Speedwell.
Leptandra Virginica.

Internally, used for.--A laxative, bilious fever, dyspepsia due to
inactive liver and bowels.

Part used.--Root. Age impairs its virtues. The dried root is safest to
use, if not too old.

Gather.--In the autumn.

Flowers (when).--In July and August.

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