ive grains. This is a
good remedy; smaller doses can be given every two hours for dyspepsia and
liver complaint. It is often combined with remedies, like dandelion,
yellow dock, burdock.

WILD CHERRY. Prunus Virginianus.

Internally, used for.--Tonic, dyspepsia, scrofula.

Part used.--The bark of the root.

Gather.--In autumn.

Flowers (when).--In May.

Prepared (how).--Powdered bark or infusion. One ounce of bark to one pint
of cold water to make infusion, allow it to stand for a few hours.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Take of infusion one to three ounces four or five
times a day. Dose of powdered bark, one to two teaspoonfuls in hot water.
For tonic action and for dyspepsia it should be taken oftener and in half
the given doses.

WILD YAM. Colic Root. Dioscorea Villosa.

Internally, used for.--Bilious colic.

Part used.--Root.

Gather.--In autumn.

Flowers (when).--June and July.

Grows (where).--United States and in Canada, twining over bushes and
fences, thickets and hedges.

Prepared (how).--Decoction of the root. Pour a pint of boiling water on
two ounces of the bruised root, let steep slowly for half hour, strain.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Give half cupful of decoction every twenty minutes
for bilious colic. Some have given half a pint at once in a severe case.

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WORMWOOD. Artemisia Absinthium.

Internally, used for.--Worms, jaundice, dyspepsia, amenorrhea and
leucorrhea.

Externally, used for.--Bruises, local inflammations.

Part used.--Tops and leaves.

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

Grows (where).--United States.

Prepared (how).--Fomentations. An infusion is made by adding thirteen of
the herbs to a pint of cold water.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion one to four teaspoonfuls. Use
fomentations for bruises and local inflammation.

WORMSEED. Goose Foot. Stinking Weed. Chenopodium Anthelminticum.

Internally, used for.--Worms, round worms.

Part used.--Seeds and herb.

Gather.--In late autumn.

Flowers (when).--July to September.

Grows (where).--United States, in waste places.

Prepared (how).--Oil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Four to eight drops of oil to be given night and
morning, for four or five days, and then followed by a purgative.
Combination: Oil of wormseed one ounce, oil of tansy one ounce, spirits of
turpentine one and one-half ounce, castor oil one pint. Dose for a child,
a teaspoonful every hour until it operates; for