The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-17
the Iedces acre for the healing Of The nations. ~
A Valuable Medical Herb.


Smart-Weed, sometimes called Water Pep
| per, but known by Botanists as P0Lyg0nltnt
Punctdt,Vr,, is a well-known, very common and
modest lrtle plant found growing in bitches,
| low grounds, among rubbish and about brooks
and water-courses, Towering III August and
| September. In many sections Of this country
it Is a deservety highly esteemed family
remedy. The Indians also make great use Of
this plant for the cure of various diseases.
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 without the application of heat,
which destroys most of its properties, and usu-
ahy made tea from the dried herb. that had
been kept on hand for long time until it had
lost most Of its medical properties No educated
chemist had ever tried to make all analysis Of
the plant and produce an extract from it upon
scientific principles by cold process. until |,
having become convinced of the wonderful
medical virtues OF this little weed lnyesti-
gated its properties and made an extract from
the fresh herb, by cold procees-using no
heat at ALL but bringing out its juices, oils
and volatile properties complete and unim-
paired. II 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 30 much Of
it's virtues, l reasoned that it must, when
properly prepared, by cold process and from
the freshly dried herb, prove wonderfully
eficacious and potent remedy for human suf-
fering. And l can assure the people, upon
my honor as a professional man, that m it's
use, since thus preparing it, my most sanguine
expectations have been more than realized.
! have found 1t to contain medicinal proper
ties which sleeping in water could not bring
| out at all as they are resinous principles.
| With my Extract, containing all these medical
properties unimpaired, have been enabled to
produce most astonishing remedial effects.
by much study large experience in prescrib-
ing this and other medicines, and very close
OH / haua hoa h1a1t IN and
and combine with the simple Extract OF Smart
Weed extracts Of other medicinal herbs and
roots, that greatly improve its power and
usefulness both as al internal and external
carbohydrates they so flavor and modify it
as TO remove its pungent, smarty taste, and
render 1t q pLedsg'1 remedy for both adults and
citaLdreaa The greatest difficulty that / ex-
perience in the way Of introducing this most
valuable remedy to the public is the fact that
Smart-Weed Is such common and unpre-
tending looking little herb that people are apt
to think that 1t cannot possess any great or
valuable medicinal properties. Had l pre-
pared my Extract OF Smart-Weed put it up
and labeled 1t with some great name, ana told
the people that the herbs of which it was COM
posed we're collected III Africa by the Arabs
carried across the Sahara Desert on the backs
| of camels, and brought across the Atlantic
ocean for my special use, aud that its ingredi-
ents were therefore very expensive, have no
doubt that some would have been thereby in
spred with greater confidence in it. But l
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. and known az Smart-Weed.
believe that God has caused TO grow, III each
climate and region, those medicinal plants
best calculated for the cure of the diseases
that prevail in the section Of country where
those plants are found-that the leaves were
for the healing of the nations, aud that the
fewer far-fetched remedies We employ the
better. if we would thoroughly investigate
aud understand those we have at home. So
far as Smart-Weed has been employed by the
medical profession lt has won golden opinions,
notwithstanding the fact that heretofore they
have had only very imperfect preparation OF
it to use. owing to heat being always en-
ployed ia extracting its properties. cele-
brated medical author says: "A friend Of
ours had an only child dangerously Ill with
Summer Complaint. He had employed
great variety OF the usual means for relief,
but ~ appeared unavalling. The child was
fnsly given Smar-Weed. and it was entirely
successful. 1t arrested the vomiting and
purging in a short time aud without the aid
Of other med<cine entirely restored the htse
patient AS q remedy FOR LNsenteTy COR
Bloody Flux) have never seen my Extract OF
Smart-Woed cqualed, yet have used all the
most modern and approved medicines usually
employed IN that disease. The Smart-Weed
il rendered still more eificaciOus isl all Bowel
Complaints Cramps and PANS in the stomach.
by reason of the Jamaica Ginger. which, with
other valuable ingredients. Is compounded
with the Smart-We ed in making my Extract
hence the name Compound Extract of Smart
Weed. The Ginger and other ingredients not
only add greatly to the value OF the Smalt-
Weed az a remedy for internal ADMINISTRATION
and render il more pleasant TO take 10y impart-
ing an agreeable flavor to It, but also enhance
it's value as an external application. In all
cases Of Dlarrhea, whether acute or chronic.
in young old, as well as Ia Cholera and
Cholera Infantum, the symptoms of which
are severe vomiting and purging, feeble
pulse, with cold or clammy skin, my Extract
of Smart-Weed will give almost immediate
relief and edily effect cure. All authors
writing upon Smart-Weed speak particularly
about dose of it producing warmth aud
peculiar tingling sensation throughout the
system. THIS is especially the case when my
Extract is given aud indicates perfect arous-
ing OF the whole system, as If from nacton
and sleep, and resembles shock of electricity,
only that il is more lasting in effect. The
whole system and its various functions are
aroused to perform their nominal functions
by it's electrical effect upon the nervous sys-
TEN. Hence, too, it's great and mastery con-
, troll over Rheumatic and Neuralgia Affections,
for which it is particularly advised by medical
authors and in which it has performed re-
marksble cures. 1t should be used IN these