les, it should be taken four times a day. The fluid extract can be
bought at any drug store, and can be used. Dose: Fifteen drops, four times
daily. Dose of powder, ten to twenty grains. Decoction, one to two ounces.

ELDER (Sweet). Black-berried Elder. Sambucus Canadensis.

Internally, used for.--Erysipelas, kidneys, for sweating purposes, blood
diseases and scarlet fever.

Externally, used for.--Burns, scalds, ulcers, skin diseases and weak eyes.

Part used.--Flowers and berries. Bark of the root also is used.

Gather.--Gather when in flower and when berries are ripe.

Flowers (when).--In summer.

Grows (where).--Grows in all parts of United States and Canada.

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Prepared (how).--Infusion, one ounce of the flowers or root to a pint of
boiling water.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Use warm infusion for sweating and for erysipelas,
half teaspoonful every three hours. Too much taken will move the bowels
and also cause vomiting. Same for scarlet fever in adults. Infusion of the
bark of the root may be taken in doses of half ounce twice daily, to act
as a cathartic. Local, use inner bark of the limbs and steep with cream
and apply freely and often for burns, sores, etc. For weak eyes make a tea
from the flowers and use as an eye wash for children.

ELECAMPANE. Inula Helenium.

Internally, used for.--For sweating, expectorant, bronchitis, dyspepsia
and dysmenorrhea.

Part used.--Root of the second year.

Gather.--Autumn.

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

Grows (where).--In Europe and Japan. Cultivated in United States and grows
in moist places and about houses. Prepared (how).--Use half ounce of the
powdered root to a pint of boiling water and boil to make a decoction.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--For bronchitis, dyspepsia and dysmenorrhea, take
half ounce doses four times daily. For sweating and painful menses take
two teaspoonfuls of the hot decoction every two hours until relieved.

FLEABANE. Pridewood. Blood Staunch. Mare's Tail. Colt's Tail. Fireweeds.
Erigeron Canadensis.

Internally, used for.--Diarrhea, dysentery, gravel, painful urination,
piles, bleeding from the womb and bowels.

Part used.--The whole plant.

Gather.--Collect while in flower.

Flowers (when).--July and August.

Grows (where).--In United States and Canada. In fields and meadows, by
roadsides, etc.

Prepared (how).--Powder, oil and infusion. To make infusion, use one ounce
to pint of boiling wat