Tonic for loss of appetite.
MONTIA PERFOLIATA
(Ind. Lah-chu-meek)
American Miner’s Lettuce. This plant inhabits the coastal regions where it thrives only in deep, decomposed beds of oak-tree mulch at suitable points in the shady woodlands, where the circulation of water is present under a deposit of mulch.
The juice of the plant is an excellent appetite-restorer.
ALLIUM BISCEPTRUM
(Ind. Ye-sil-ta-usa)
American Wild Onion. It is an inhabitant of the lower mid-coast ranges, and the extract obtained from it is compounded with the powdered berries of Rhus trilobata.
RHUS TRILOBATA
(Ind. Sa-lat)
American Squaw-weed. An inhabitant of Southern California’s higher ranges, it makes an excellent restorative for an inactive stomach which refuses food. The Indians also obtained the fiber from the vines of the shrub by stripping it off with the thumbnail and using it for basket making.