nce of root to pint of water for infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion one to two ounces. Tincture; dose,
twenty to sixty drops. Extract; dose, ten to thirty drops; smaller doses
given every two or three hours; larger dose three or four times daily.
This is a good remedy. It can be given with other remedies like poke root,
sarsaparilla, etc.

RED CLOVER. Trifolium Pratense.

Internally, used for.--Blood diseases and is often used with other
remedies; good drank warm in whooping cough.

Externally, used for.--Ulcers.

Part used.--Blossoms.

Gather.--When fresh.

Flowers (when).--Throughout summer.

Grows (where).--Common.

Prepared (how).--In infusion and salve.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Use blossoms to make tea and drink freely; tea
boiled down thick makes a good salve for ill-conditioned looking sores.

ROCK ROSE. Frost wort. Frost Plant. Cistus Canadensis.

Internally, used for.--Scrofula and blood diseases.

Part used.--The herb.

Gather.--In autumn early.

Flowers (when).--From May to July.

Grows (where).--In United States in dry sandy soil.

Prepared (how).--Infusion. Fluid extract. Decoction, use four ounces of
the dried leaves to one quart of boiling water and boil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion or decoction, one ounce three times
a day. Fluid extract is the best form, can be bought and given in doses of
half to one teaspoonful three or four times a day. The following
combination is good one for secondary syphilis: Rock rose, turkey corn,
Queen's root, equal parts; either the infusion, decoction or fluid
extract.

SAGE. Garden sage. Salvia Officinalis.

Internally, used for.--To stop sweating in consumption, used cold; and
used warm to sweat. Gargle in sore throat, colds, coughs, etc., alone or
combined with sumach berries or vinegar, or honey or alum.

Part used.--The leaves.

Gather.--In early autumn;

Flowers (when).--In June.

Grows (where).--Cultivated.

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Prepared (how).--As an infusion cold or hot; half ounce of leaves to a
pint of boiling water.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose, an ounce or two. To produce perspiration give
warm. To check perspiration give cold, in smaller doses and oftener. For
sore mouth, sore throat, tonsilitis and quinsy, use hot infusion strong as
a gargle.

SCOURING RUSH. Horse Tail. Shave Grass. Equisetum Hyemale.

Internally, used for.--Dropsy, suppression of the urine, blood in the
urine