Flowers (when).—From June to September.
Grows (where).—Common in the United States, growing on cultivated grounds, moist thickets, and along fences and hedges.
Prepared (how).—Infusion. Use one and one-half ounces of the herb in a pint of warm water and allow it to steep for two hours.
Diseases, Dose, etc.—Take two to four ounces of the infusion three or four times a day, when it is cold. The dose can be lessened and taken oftener. It may be sweetened with sugar when taken for the diseases named above. Also equal parts of cleavers, maidenhair, and elder blows, steeped in warm water for two or three hours and drank freely when cold forms an excellent drink in erysipelas, scarlet fever and measles. An infusion made with cold water is good to remove freckles; wash the parts several times daily for two or three months.
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CLOVES. Caryophyllus.
Internally, used for.—Flatulent colic, diarrhea, cholera morbus, toothache, (oil of cloves).
Gather.—Collect flowers in October and November, before they are fully developed and dry quickly.
Grows (where).—In tropical climate.
Prepared (how).—Boil two or three teaspoonfuls of the ground cloves in a half pint of milk.