The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-16
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A valuable Medicinal Herb.

Smart Weed, sometimes called Water Pepper
but. known to botanists AZ POiyJo"un5lH and
MlTU, is u well known, very .rin bitches,
modest little plant fongdlgh and about brooks
low grounds, amR, lowering in August and
aud water r'fn many rcctIOns Of this country
SepifdcScrycdly highly esteemed family rem
cdv. The Indians also make great use OF this
plant for tho cure Of various diseases. Bnt
neither the Indians nor the whites learned
ouc-tcuth Of the value OF this modest little
weed. ~ they had no method Of extracting itH
virtues without the Application of heat, which
destroys most OF it, properties, and usually
made Il tea from the dried herb, that had been
kept on hand for a long time until it had lost
most Of its medical properties. No educated
chemist had ever tried to make an analysis OF
the plant and produce an extract from it upon
scientific principles, by a cold process, until ],
having become convinced OF the wonderful
mcdi.a al virtues of this little weed, inyestiga-
ted ita properties and made an extract from
the fresh herb, by q cold process - using nc
heat ut all, but bringing ont its juices, oils
and volatile properties complete and unimpair-
cd. II this remedy had heretofore been yalu-
able. when prepared IN the most crude man
ucr, from the long dried herb aud hy the APP
pllratlOu of heat, that destroys 70 much Of lts
virtues, | reasoned that it mus, when proper
~ prepared, by u cold process and from the
freshly dried herb, prove Il wonderfully ciil3i-
ciouH and potent remedy for human suffering.
And ] can assure the people, upOn my honor,
as Il professional man that in its lsc, since
thus preparing it, my most ranEulno eXpcCta-
tiour have been more than realized. ! have
found it to contain medicinal properties which
-teeping in water cUuli not bring ont at all. ~
they are rcslnuus principles. With my EX-
tract. containing all these medical properties
uuimpaired, | have been enabled to produce
most astonishing remedial effects. BY much
study, Il large experience in prescribing this
and other medicines, and very closc Obserya-
ton, | have been enabled to compound and
combine with the simple Extract of Smart.
Weed extracts Of other medicinal herbs and
roots, that greatly improve its lower and use
lulncss, both ~ an internal and external rem
cdv-bc-IdCs they SO flavor and modify it ~
to remove it's pungcut, smarty taste, and rem
der 1t Il pleasant remedy for both adults and
children. The greatest difficulty that | cXpe-
Tlenco in the way Of introducing this most
valuable remedy to he pubic il that Smart
Weed is such II common and mpretcnding
looking lIttlo herb that people are apt b think
tlGLiJ cannot possess any great or valuable
medical properties. Had | prepared my EX-
tract Of Smart-Weed, put it up and labelled it
with some great name, and told the people
llat the herbs Of which II waS composed were
collected in Africa by the Arabs, carried across
the Sahara Desert ON the backs of Camcls,
and brought across the Atlantic ocean for my
special Ilsc, and that its ingredients were
therefore very expensive, | have 10 doubt that
some would have been thereby inspired with
glcatcr confidence in it. But | prefer to deal
honestly with the people and toll them that
the chief ingredient Of my Compound Extract
tx the modes. little plant seen growing by the
road side, in all parts Of North America, and
known ~ Smart-Wccd. | believe that God
has caused to grow IN each climate and region,
those medicinal plants best calculated for tho
cure of the diseases that prevail in the section
of the country whore those plants are found
that 1.-THE leaves were for he healing Of the
]naJOus,' and that the fewer far-fcLched rene
dies we employ the better, if we would thor
oughly investigate and understand those we
have at home. So far a. Smart-Wcod has
been employed by the medical profession it
has won golden opinions, Notwithstanding the
fat that heretofore they have had only Il very
imperfect preparation Of it to use. owing TO
heat being always employed in eXtra,tiug its
properties. A celebrated medical author saws
"A friend Of ours had an only child danger
Ol-Iy III with summer complaint. He had em-
plOycd IL great variety of the usual means for
relief but all appeared uuayaiIing. The child
was finally given Smart-Wecd and it was en-
tIreIy successful. 1t arrested the vomiting
and purglng IN Il short time AMI without the
and Of other medicine entirely restored the lit
tie patient. As n remedy for dysentcrv Tor
bloody iluNJ | have never seen my Extract Of
smart Weed equalcd, yet | have used all the
most modern aud approved medicines usually
employed in that disease, Tho Smart Weed
l- rendered still more CfliCariOrN in all bowel
complaints, cramps and pains in the stomach,
10y reason Of the Jamaica ginger, which, with
o,hcr valuable ingredients, is compounded
with the Smart Weed in making my Extract
hence thc nam Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, The ginger add other ingredients not
only add greatly to the value of the Smart
Weed rs Il remedy for internal administration
and render 1t more pleasant to take by Impart-
lnG an agreeable flavor to 1t, but also enhance
ir value lH an external application. In all
cases Of ,diarrhua, whether acute or chronic,
IN young or old, as we'll ar in cholera and
cholera Iufantum, the symptoms Of which are
severe vomiting and purglng, feeble pulse,
with cold or clammy skin, my Extract of Smart
Weed Will give almost immediate relief and
speedily effect a cure. All authors writing
upon Smart Weed speak particularly about a
dose of it producing II warmth and peculiar
tlnGIlug sensation throughout the system.
rms ~ especially tho case when my Extract il
gwen and indicates n perfect arouslng of tho
whole ~ystcm, ~ If from ]iHaCtiOu and sleep.
and II shock Of electricity only that
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form their normal functions by lts electrical
elect upon the nervous system. Hence, too,
,7 5,y". "Ilu MYSTERY colIro' over ileu "atIc
"i'i no,i"iHlc ILlocIl3llT, Tor Hhlch 1t Is paItIc'
.'I,l "nSiscl ny lno'IG"I authors anal Whlcli
1t haH performed remarkable cures. 1t should
be used in these caae4 both externally and in.
teruallv. Being a great dnpLnrriir or s,aat
ing medicine, ada greatly IN rcliryino n,in
but. independently of tLat il uosscssca dsrr,,
uuodyuo or soothing rroprriirs thnt rcrTori ~
far ahead Of any Stain Killer " |s, raIIcIi
Instant Roicf" "Goldeu Eelief e mr. INV
othcr plain remedy that has ever Lccu ofrerndj
to tine public HcsiIrs if i. ,,orro,,Ir h nw
Ices, which TX not the case wish many nr tLo
preparations patented and mt nm for saio hy
QuackS, Indian DOCTOR. and thnse knoyinG%
nothing of the delicate and iutricnte strnrtnrSe
Of the human system. nor The action If meal.
cine upun it. NV Extract If smart Vol i.