Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

Internally, used for.—Dropsy, retention of urine, scrofulous and rheumatic troubles.

Part used.—Root. Plant gives out a milky juice when wounded.

Gather.—In autumn.

Flowers (when).—July and August.

Grows (where).—Common in United States and grows in sandy fields, on the roadsides and on bank of streams.

Prepared (how).—Powder, decoction and tincture. Decoction is made by using three ounces of the root to one quart of water, and boil.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—Take as directed four times a day. Dose of tincture, ten to thirty drops four times a day. Can be bought. Dose, of the powder, ten to twenty grains. Decoction, two to four ounces.

MOTHERWORT. Leonurus Cardiaca.

Internally, used for.—Menstrual disorders, nervousness, cramps, amenorrhea from colds, suppressed lochia, hysteria, pains peculiar to women, disturbed sleep.

Externally, used for.—Used as a fomentation over womb in dysmenorrhea.