CHAPTER II.
LIST OF PLANTS HAVING MEDICINAL VALUE.
The list of American Weeds and Plants as published under above heading having medicinal value and the parts used will be of especial value to the beginner, whether as a grower, collector or dealer.
The supply and demand of medicinal plants changes, but the following have been in constant demand for years. The name or names in parenthesis are also applied to the root, bark, berry, plant, vines, etc., as mentioned:
- Balm Gilead (Balsam Poplar) — The Buds.
- Bayberry (Wax-Myrtle) — The Bark of Root.
- Black Cohosh (Black Snake Root) — The Root with Rootlets.
- Black Haw (Viburnum. Sloe.) — The Bark of Root. The Bark of Tree.
- Black Indian Hemp (Canadian Hemp) — The Root.
- Blood Root — The Root with Fibre. The Root with no Fibre.
- Blue Cohosh (Papoose Root. Squaw Root) — The Root.
- Blue Flag (Larger Blue Flag) — The Root.
- Burdock — The Root. The Seed.
- Cascara Sagrada (Chittem Bark) — Bark of Tree.
- Clover, Red — The Blossoms.
- Corn Silk
- Cotton Root — The Bark of Root.
- Cramp Root (Cranberry Tree. High Bush Cranberry) — The Bark of Tree.
- Culver's Root (Black Root) — The Root.
- Dandelion — The Root.
- Deer Tongue — The Leaves.
- Elder — The Dried Ripe Berries. The Flowers.
- Elecampane — The Root, cut into slices.
- Elm (Slippery Elm) — The Bark, deprived of the brown, outside layer.
- Fringe Tree — The Bark of Root.
- Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine) (Carolina Jasmine) — The Root.
- Ginseng — The Root.
- Golden Seal (Yellow Root. Yellow Puccoon. Orange Root. Indian Dye. Indian Turmeric) — The Root.
- Gold Thread (Three-leaved Gold Thread) — The Herb.
- Hops — These should be collected and packed in such a manner as to retain all of the yellow powder (lupulin.)
- Hydrangea — The Root.
- Indian Hemp, Black (See Black Indian Hemp)
- Lady Slipper (Moccasin-Flower. Large Yellow Lady Slipper. American Valerian) — The Root, with Rootlets.
- Lobelia (Indian Tobacco) — The Herb. The Seed.
- Mandrake (May-apple) — The Root.
- Nettle — The Herb.
- Passion Flower — The Herb.
- Pipsissewa (Prince's Pine) — The Vine.
- Poke — The Berries. The Root.
- Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree. Angelica Tree. Suterberry. Pepper Wood. Tea Ash) — The Bark. The Berry.
- Sassafras — The Bark of the Root. The Pith.
- Saw Palmetto — The Berries.
- Scullcap — The Herb.
Senega Snake Root (Cultivated) in Blossom.
- Snake Root, Virginia (Birthwort-Serpentaria) — The Root.
- Snake Root, Canada (Asarabacca. Wild Ginger. So-called Coltfoot Root) — The Root.
- Spruce Gum — Clean Gum only.
- Squaw Vine (Partridge Berry) — The Herb.
- Star Root (See Unicorn False)
- Star Grass (See Unicorn True)
- Stillingia (Queen's Delight) — The Root.
- Stramonium (Jamestown-weed. Jimson-weed. Thorn-apple) — The Leaves. The Seed.
- Unicorn True (Star Grass. Blazing Star. Mealy Starwort. Colic Root) — The Root.
- Unicorn False (Star Root. Starwort) — The Root.
- Wahoo (Strawberry Tree. Indian Arrow. Burning Bush. Spindle Tree. Pegwood. Bitter Ash) — The Bark of Root. The Bark of Tree.
- White Pine (Deal Pine. Soft Deal Pine) — The Bark of Tree, Rossed.
- Wild Cherry — The thin Green Bark, and thick Bark Rossed. The dried Cherries.
- Wild Indigo (Horsefly Weed. Rattle-bush. Indigo Weed. Yellow Indigo. Clover Broom) — The Root.
- Wormseed, American (Stinking Weed. Jesuit Tea. Jerusalem Tea. Jerusalem Oak) — The Seed.
- Wild Yam (Colic Root. China Root. Devil's Bones) — The Root.
- Yellow Dock (Sour Dock. Narrow Dock. Curled Dock) — The Root.
The following are used in limited quantities only: