Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-06-23

BLOOD ROoT.-lhe root Is the part used IN
medicine. 1t should be gathered late in the
fall or very early in the spring. Few plants
have been held in as general estimation as
Bloodroot, and il is certainly n most valuable
remedy in various diseases. II may be admins
tered either in the form Of powder or iincture.
The latter is the most used, and is made by
pouring half pint Of alcohol and half a pint
OF water on an ounce Of the root, allowing
them to remain fourteen days and filiering
through paper. Its dose is from ten to thirty
drops, given two or three times day. The
powder is given in doses Of from one to eight
grains The taste is acrid and bitter, burning
the mouth and throat, and when powdering IL,
care should be taken to keep cloth over both
peste and mortar, TO prevent the dust flying
round, as it will bring on inordinaie sneezine
and irritation in both mouth and throat Large
doses Of from eight to twenty grains, are some
times given; but these are dangerous, causing
heartburn, sickness at stomach, general weak
ness, iainting, dimness Of sight. and often Sc
we're and pro,racied vomiting. In doses oftwo
grains il excies sickness at stomach without
being emetic, and in this way proves useful in
inhammations Of various organs. In doses of
half grain it lowers the pulse and gives tone
TO the system. Ten drops Of the tineture acts
as a siimulani, and induces profuse sweating
A few drops of the iinciure taken in water ey-
cry morning will strengthen the system by Civ
ing tone TO the stomach. Boodroot is used in
the cure Of long standing diseases Of the chest
and liver, asthma, dysentery and infammatory
rheumatism. Applied externally, in powder
or wash, il cures foul ulcers, polypus of the
nose, heshy excrescenses in vaious parts, and
ill-condiiioned tumors To cure tumors in the
nose, II must be snuiied up. Some rely on /,
10 cure me Group, ny giving II IN ten giaiu nus
rs, so as to produce an immediate vomiting
Though the dry roots keep very we'll, it soon
loses its power after powdering or mixing with
other substances. Farriers use the leaves Of
Bloodroot in diseases Of horses, to make them
sweat and change their coats The seeds should
never be given
The DANDELIoS has long been a successful
and favorite household remedy in diseases Of
the liver, whether eaten as salad in early
spring, or the more mcdicine-like form of de.
coction is made by taking Of the bruised root
two ounces, water two pints; boiling down to
one pint, and straining. The dose is wine
glassiul three times day The extract is pre-
pared by adding pound of the root, eoarsely
cut up, to one gallon of water. and boiling down
to four pints, strainine while hot, and then evap-
Grating to such a thick consistence that il will
be hard when cold. As it loses its powers by
keeping, ii should be freshly prepared every
year. The dose Of the extract is from twenty
to forty grains, given three times day, and is
most conveniently given in any of the mint wa
tiers.
The Yellow Dock may be usefllly added to
this, in the proportion Of an ounce to pint of
the decoction recommended above 1t NAV be
given at any time when there is not much irr-
tation about the stomach and bowels The
juice of the leaves is highly esteemed in Ger
many, in gravel, itch, and most diseases of the
skin Cases of dyspepsia have been much
benefited by wine glass full of the decoc,on
taken every morning. When there is pecu-
liar bueness about the whites of the eyes, de-
noting, according to some medical writers, dis
ease OF the spleen, Dandelion will be found al
most uniformly beneficial Taken in regular
doses, it keeps the bowels gently open, induces
free, but not too copious Precipitation, and the
ladies will also find something in the plant good
for them, as the milky juice of the stems re-
moves freckles.