ponds, wet meadows, swamp.

Prepared (how).--Infusion made by scalding one ounce of the root in a pint
of water.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose: One to three ounces, warm, for general
troubles; give hot for colic. One-third to a teaspoonful of the root can
be taken.

ST. JOHN'S WORT. Hypericum Perfoliatum.

Internally, used for.--Suppressed urine, chronic urinary affections,
diarrhea, menorrhagia, hysteria, etc.

Externally, used for.--Fomentations for caked breasts, hard tumors,
bruises, swellings, stings and wounds.

Part used.--Tops and flowers.

Gather.--When fresh.

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

Grows (where).--In this country.

Prepared (how).--Ointment. Infusion of powder or blossoms. Infusion one
ounce to one pint of boiling water.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion, one to two ounces, three or four
times daily or less. Powder; dose, thirty to sixty grains can be put in
hot water and drank. Children's dose: Half to one teaspoonful. It should
be taken three or four times daily in regular full doses for chronic
diseases, and in half doses every two or three hours for acute diseases.
Local.--Make an ointment of the tops and flowers, or boil down the
infusion until thick, and make an ointment. First way is the best.

TANSY. Tanacetum. (Sometimes called double tansy).

Internally, used for.--Womb troubles and sweating, amenorrhea,
dysmenorrhea, hysteria.

Part used.--The whole herb.

Gather.--In the summer.

Flowers (when).--July to September.

Grows (where).--Cultivated and also grows wild.

Prepared (how).--As an infusion and fomentation. The oil can be bought. To
make infusion use one ounce of the plant to one pint of boiling water and
let steep.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of the infusion one to two ounces. Oil, half to
one drop. This oil is dangerous, so it must be taken carefully. For
dysmenorrhea, take half ounce of infusion every hour or two. Same for
hysteria. For amenorrhea, two ounces three times daily. For sweating, it
should be taken in one to two-ounce doses and hot. Fomentations should be
used hot and are good placed on the abdomen, over the womb, in painful
menstruation.

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TURKEY CORN. Wild Turkey Pea. Stagger-Weed. Corydalis Formosa.

Internally, used for.--Tonic, diuretic and alterative, for syphilis and
scrofula. (Eclectics esteem this a great remedy).

Part used.--Root, small round ball.

Gather.--While the plant is in