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used hot for sweating, freely and often; cold and chest troubles about
every two to four hours; or use fluid extract. The hot infusion should be
used in asthma, amenorrhea, and hoarseness.

JUNIPER. Juniper Communis.

Internally, used for.--Dropsy, and to increase flow of urine in kidney
troubles.

Part used.--Berries.

Gather.--August.

Flowers (when).--In May and June and ripe in August.

Grows (where).--Grows in United States and Canada, in dry woods and hills.

Prepared (how).--In infusion or oil. For infusion, use one ounce of the
berries to a pint of boiling water. It can be made more effective by
adding half ounce of cream of tartar to the infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--It should be used within the twenty-four hours for
above troubles, dropsy, etc. The oil can be bought and used in doses of
five to twenty drops, three or four times a day.

LADY'S SLIPPER. American Valerian. Yellow Umbel. Nerve Root. Yellow
Moccasin Flower. Noah's Ark. Cypripedium Pubescens. Internally, used
for.--Hysteria, chorea, nervous headache, nervousness, delirium,
hypochondria.

Part used.--The root.

Gather.--In autumn, cleanse from dirt and dry in the shade. Virtue
impaired by boiling.

Flowers (when).--In May and June.

Grows (where).--Most parts of United States in rich woods and meadows.

Prepared (how).--In infusion, powder and tincture.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of powder, thirty to sixty grains in hot water.
Tincture, one to two teaspoonfuls. Infusion, one to four ounces. For
chronic cases large doses three or four times daily. For acute cases half
as much every two or three hours. For nervous headache two doses, half
hour apart. Following is a good preparation for nervous or sick headache:
catnip, scullcap and lady's slipper, in powder, of each one-half ounce.
Pour on a pint of boiling water and steep for fifteen minutes, and take
half ounce every half hour, for three or four hours.

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LIFE ROOT. Rag Wort. Squaw Weed. Female Regulator. Senecio Gracilis.

Internally, used for.--Mainly for menstrual disorders, when suppressed or
too profuse, dysmenorrhea.

Part used.--Root and herb.

Gather.--In autumn.

Flowers (when).--May or June.

Grows (where).--Northern and western United States on banks of creeks and
in low marshy grounds.

Prepared (how).--In infusion, by adding half ounce to a pint of boiling
water and let steep and take throughout twenty-four hours. Take