injection in leucorrhea.

Part used.--Roots and tops.

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

Grows (where).--All parts of North America.

Prepared (how).--As a powder, decoction, and poultice. To make a decoction
take one ounce of the root to a pint of water and boil. Keep adding water
to make a full pint.

Diseases, Doses, etc.--The decoction has been used in erysipelas, one-half
to one ounce every two hours. Same dose for bleeding and diarrhea. Dose of
powder ten to fifteen grains, four times a day. Decoction can be used
locally in erysipelas. This is also good for ulcers and wounds, and for
skin affections applied locally; or a poultice can be used. A poultice of
this remedy, poke and white oak, equal parts, is very good for old sores.
Useful locally also for sore mouth and throat, and as an injection for
leucorrhea.

BETHROOT. Birth Root. Ground Lily. Lambs Quarter. Wake Robin. Indian Balm.
Three-Leaved Night-Shade. Trillium Purpureum.

Internally used for.--Astringent, tonic, antiseptic. For bleeding from
lungs, kidneys and womb, for leucorrhea and for confinement. Also for
diarrhea, nose-bleed.

Externally.--The root is used as a poultice for tumors, lazy ulcers,
buboes, carbuncles, stings of insects.

Part used.--The root. This contains volatile oil, tannic acid, etc.

Gather.--In autumn.

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

Grows (where).--In middle western and southern states.

Prepared (how).--As a poultice, powder and infusion. Use one to one and
one-half ounce of root to a pint of boiling water for infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--For female weakness, bleeding, leucorrhea, and
bearing down particularly, bloody urine, two to four ounces, of the strong
tea, four times daily, and also used as an injection in leucorrhea, once
daily. For bleeding from the lungs, one ounce every hour for a few doses.
For dysentery and diarrhea boil one ounce in a pint of milk and use two
ounces every two to four hours. Powdered root, given in hot water, may be
used in doses of one-half to one teaspoonful three times a day, instead of
infusion. Taken after confinement, use the infusion four times a day,
smell of the red bethroots.

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BLACKBERRY. Dewberry or low blackberry. Red Raspberry.

Internally, used for.--Tonic and astringent, diarrhea, bleeding from the
bowels and womb, injection for leucorrhea.

Externally, used for.--Gonorrhea, gleet.

Part used.--Leaves of the raspberr