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.—Secondary syphilis, scrofula, chronic skin diseases.

Part used.—The root.

Gather.—Autumn.

Flowers (when).—April to July.

Grows (where).—In United States, etc.

Prepared (how).—An infusion of the fresh root, or use the tincture or fluid extract. One ounce of root to pint of water for infusion.

Diseases, Dose, etc.—Dose of infusion one to two ounces. Tincture; dose, twenty to sixty drops. Extract; dose, ten to thirty drops; smaller doses given every two or three hours; larger dose three or four times daily. This is a good remedy. It can be given with other remedies like poke root, sarsaparilla, etc.

RED CLOVER. Trifolium Pratense.

Internally, used for.—Blood diseases and is often used with other remedies; good drank warm in whooping cough.

Externally, used for.—Ulcers.