Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-29
In NATURES LABORATORY.

Buried deep in our American forests,
many years ago, DR.. Pierce found a
beautiful, blooming plant the root OF
which possesses wonderfully efiicacious
properties as stomach and general
tonic, also as an Alternative or blood
purifier and liver invigorator, having an
especial affinity for all mucous surfaces
upon which IL eXerts a most salutary,
soothing and healing influence
This sturdy little plant is known to
botanists ms Hydrastis Canadensis, but
has several local English names, being
generally known as Golden Seal, DR..
Pierce found the root of this common
forest plant 30 possess medicinal prin-
ciples of great potency, especially when
combined, in Just the right proportions,
with Queens root, Black CherrybarS,
Stone root, Mandrake root and Blood
root, the properties of each being eX.
tracted and preserved in chemically
pure glycorine Of proper strength.
This compound Dir. Pierce named
his Golden Medical Discovery" in
honor OF the sturdy little Golden Seal
plant. SO little used was the root OF
this plant by the medical profession at
that time, that it could be purchased
IN the open markets for from fifteen
cents to twenty cents n pound. The
use OF many tons OF this root every
year in DR.. Pierce's two leading medi-
cines-for it enters into both oGolden
Medical Discovery and also into DR..
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription as one of
their most important ingredients
caused the price OF the root 10 advance
until to-day it commands upwards OF
a dollar and half a pound.
DIR. PIERcE's FAITH.
DR.. Pierce believes that in our native
forests are to be found an abundance Of
most valuable medicinal plants for the
cure of many distressing and most
fatal maladies. if we would only seek
them out, test them and learn how
and for what diseases TO use them.
Furthermore, he believes that the veg
etable kingdom is the one TO resort to
for the most harmless remedial agents.
They act most kindly upon the hu.
man system and are eliminated or car
ried out Of the body by the natural
functions without injury, even in cases
where II Is necessary TO make protracted
use OF them in order TO experience per.
manent cures. DR.. Pierces medicines
being purely vegetable, are perfectly
harmless. In other words, while they
are potent to cure, being purely vege-
table in composition and containing no
alcohol, they leave no bad effects be-
hind. This is not generally true when
mineral medicines and those containing
large percentages Of alcohol are taken
into the system and their use protracted
over considerable periods OF time.
Many years ago, DR.. Pierce discoy-
cred that chemically pure glycerine, Of
proper strength is q better solvent and
preseryatlve of the medicinal principles
residing in our indigenous, or native,
medicinal plants than is alcohol; and
furthermore, that it possesses intrinsic
medicinal properties OF its own, being
demulcent, nutritiye, antiseptic and
most efficient anti-ierment.
THEY STAND ALONE,
The fact that neither DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, the great
stomach tonic, liver inygorator, heart
regulator and blood purifier, nor his
'Favorite Prescription for weak, merry.