Gather.—When in bloom.
Flowers (when).—Summer.
Grows (where).—Native of Europe. It grows wild in the United States.
Prepared (how).—As an infusion use a half ounce to a pint of boiling water, steep and take freely.
Diseases, Dose, etc.—Use cold infusion in dyspepsia; warm infusion for colic and cramps, and for diarrhea in children, especially of the green kind of stools. Dose:—One teaspoonful every two or three hours. Good for nervousness in teething children. An oil also is used, two to five drops on sugar. This is given for colic, cramps, and in painful dysmenorrhea.
CLEAVERS. Goose Grass. Catch Weed. Clivers. Bed Straw. Galium Aparine.
Internally, used for.—Suppression of the urine, gravel, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, and for scalding urine in gonorrhea.
Externally, used for.—Freckles.
Part used.—The plant.
Gather.—Early autumn.