Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-05
..Tbe ieaoes acre for the healing of he
nations
A Valuable Medicinal Herb.
By D. Y. PIERCE, M. D., of the
Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, n. Y.


tim, is a we'll known, very common and modest
little plant found growing in bitches, low
grounds, among rubbish and about brooks and
water-courses, Towering in August and Sep
TENDER. In many sections Of this country it is
deservedly highly esteemed family remedy.
The indians also make great use of this plant
for the cure of various dieases. But neither
the Indians nor the whites learned one-tenth
OF the value OF this modest little weed, as they
had no method of extracting its virtues with
out the application Of heat, which destroys
most OF It's properties and usually made a tea
from the dried herb, that had been kept on
had for long time until it had lost most of
Its medical properties. No educated Chemist
had ever tried to make an anal ysls OF the plant
and produce an extract from 1t upon scientific
principles, by cold process, until l. having
become convinced of the wonderful medical
virtues of this little weed investigated its
properties and made an extract from the fresh
herb. by a cold process using no heat at all,
but bringing out it's juices oils and volatile
properties complete and unlmpaired. If this
remedy had heretofore been valuable, when
prepared in the most crude manner. from the
long dried herb and by the application of heat,
that destroyed so much Of it's virtues, reas-
oned that it nlust, when properly prepared, by
cold process and from the freshly dried herb,
prove a wonderfully efficacious and potent
remedy for human suffering. And can as
sure the people, upon my honor, as d profess
sional mali, that iii its use, since thus prepar-
ing it, my most sangrlne expectations have
been more than realized. | have found it to
contain medicinal properties which sleeping in
water could not bring out at all. as they are
resinous principles. With my Extract, contain
ing all these medical properties unlmpaired,
have been enabled to produce most astonish-
ing remedial effects BY much study, large
experience in prescribing this and other medi-
cines and very close observation, have been
enabled to compound and combine with the
simple Extract of Smart-Weed extracts of
other medicinal herbs and roots, that greatly
improve it's power and usefulness, both as an
internal and external remedy,-besides they so
flavor and modify it as to remove its pungent.
smarty taste, and render it a pleasant remedy
for both adults and children. The greatest
difficulty that [ experience in the way of intro
ducing this most valuable remedy to the pub
lie is the fact that Smart Weed is such COM
mon and unpretending looking little herb that
people are apt to think that it cannot possess
any great or valuable medical properties. Had
[ prepared my Extract of Snlart-N eed put it
up and labelled it with some great name, and
told the people that the herbs with which it
was composed were collected in Africa by the
Arabs, carried across the Saharah Desert on
the backs of camels, and brought across the
Atlantic Ocean for my special use. and that its
ingredients were therefore very expensive. I
have no doubt that some would have been
thereby inspired with greater confidence IN it.
But prefer to deal honestly with the people
and tell them that the chief ingredient of my
Compound Extract is the modest little plant
seen growing by the roadside. in all parts of
North America, aud known as Snart-Weed. I
believe that God has caused to grow, in each
climate aud region, those medical plauts best
calculated for the cure of the diseases that pre-
vail in the section of country where the
plants are found-that 1.-THE leaves were for
the healing of the nations, and that the fewer
far-tetched remedies we employ the better, if
We would thoroughly investigate and under
stand those we have at home. So far as Swart-
Weed has been employed by the medical pro.
fession it has won golden opinions, notwith-
standing the fact that heretofore they have had
only very imperfect preparation of it to use,
owing to heat being always employed in ex-
tracing its properties. A celebrated medical
author says: . 4 friend Of ours had an only
child dangerously i'll with Summer Complaint
He had employed great variety Of the usual
means for relief but all appeared unavailing
The child was finally given Smart-Weed and it
was entirely successful. 1t arrested the vomit-
ing and purglng III a short time and without
the aid of other medicine entirely restored tie
little patient As remedy for Dvsentary Cor
Bloody EIuX) | have never seen my Extract of
Swart-Weed equaled, yet I have used all the
most modern and approved medicines usually
employed i'll that disease. The Swart- Weed is
rendered still more efficacious in all Bowel
Complaints Cramps and Pains in the Stomach
by reason Of the Jamaica Ginger which, with
other valuable ingredients.i is compounded with
the SmartWeed in making my Extraet-hence
the name Compound Extract Of Smart-Ne ed.
The Ginger and other ingredients hot ONLY add
greatly to the value of the Smart-Weed as a,
remedy for internal administration and render
1t more pleasant to take by irnpartng an agree
able flavor TO 1t, but also enhance its value as
an external application. In all cases of Diar-
rhoa, whether acute or chronic, in young or
DID, as We'll as III Cholera and Cholera Infan-
tun, the symptoms OF which are severe vouit-
ing and purglag, 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 dose of it producing
a warmth and peculiar tingling sensation
throughout the system. This is especially the
case when my Extract is given and indicates q.
perfect arousing OF the whole system. as if
from inaction and sleep, and resembles a shock
of electricity only that it is more lasting in eff
feet. The Whole system and its various func-
tons are aroused to perform their no,n7s1
functions by It's electrical effect upon the ner-
yous system. Hence. too, its great and mas
terly control over Rheumatic and Nenra1,T;o
Affections, for which it is particularly advised
by medical authors and in which it has ner-
formed remarkable cures. It should be used
III these cases both externally and internally
Being great Biaphoretic or .Seyeatinq Med;-
cine, aids greatly in relieving pain, but, indie
pendently of that, it possesses great anoGIyne
or soothing properties, that render it far ahead
of any Pain Killer" $50 calIed), Instant
Relief" 6 olden Relief or any other pain
remedy that has ever been offered to the pub
lie, Besides, it is perfectly harmless, which is
not the case with many Of the preparations
patented and put up for sale by Quacks. I'm
dian Doctors, and those knowing nothing of
the delicate and intricate structure of the hu
man system, nor the action Of medicines mon
It. My Extract OF Smart-Weed is not a secret
Patent Medicine, no patent having been asked
for or obtained upon it, and it's ingredients are
no secret-an that claim is that, as an edu-
Gated and skilled analytical and practical
Chemist have devised superior process for
bringing out and obtaining the most valuable
properties OF the plants from which my Com
pound Extract IS made This have done only
after great expense in erecting machinery for
grinding, pressing aud percolating I wish
particularly to call public attention to nv Ex-
tract OF Smart WEED as a remedy for ali Colds.
febrile and Infammatory Attacks. Nor can I
TOO mighty eztol it as a remedy for Inflamma-
~ aoh h ol the klndeys and Bladder, Gravel, and
or Chllls and Fever