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Weeds Used in Medicine

Weeds Used in Medicine

by Alice Henkel

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Author
Henkel, Alice, 1869-1916
Title
Weeds used in medicine
Original Publication
Washington: Government printing office, 1904.
Credits
A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
RS: Medicine: Pharmacy and materia medica
Subject
Weeds -- Therapeutic use -- United States
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76922
Release Date
September 24, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.WEEDS USED IN MEDICINE.
  3. 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.COLLECTION AND CURING OF DRUGS. — ROOTS. — BARKS. — LEAVES AND HERBS. — FLOWERS. — SEEDS.
  8. 8.DISPOSAL OF THE DRUGS.
  9. 9.DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS. — BURDOCK. Arctium lappa L.
  10. 10.DANDELION. Taraxacum taraxacum (L.) Karst. ( Taraxacum officinale Weber.)
  11. 11.DOCKS. Rumex species.
  12. 12.Yellow Dock. Rumex crispus L.
  13. 13.Broad-leaved Dock. Rumex obtusifolius L.
  14. 14.Yellow-rooted Water Dock. Rumex britannica L.
  15. 15.Dock Roots.
  16. 16.COUCH GRASS. Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. ( Triticum repens L.)
  17. 17.POKEWEED. Phytolacca americana L. ( Phytolacca decandra L.)
  18. 18.FOXGLOVE. Digitalis purpurea L.
  19. 19.MULLEIN. Verbascum thapsus L.
  20. 20.LOBELIA. Lobelia inflata L.
  21. 21.TANSY. Tanacetum vulgare L.
  22. 22.GUM PLANT. Grindelia robusta Nutt.
  23. 23.SCALY GRINDELIA. Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal.
  24. 24.BONESET. Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
  25. 25.CATNIP. Nepeta cataria L.
  26. 26.HOARHOUND. Marrubium vulgare L.
  27. 27.BLESSED THISTLE. Cnicus benedictus L.
  28. 28.YARROW. Achillea millefolium L.
  29. 29.CANADA FLEABANE. Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton. ( Erigeron canadensis L.)
  30. 30.JIMSON WEED. Datura stramonium L. — Purple thorn-apple.
  31. 31.POISON HEMLOCK. Conium maculatum L.
  32. 32.AMERICAN WORMSEED. Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
  33. 33.BLACK MUSTARD. Brassica nigra (L.) Koch. ( Sinapis nigra L.)
  34. 34.WHITE MUSTARD. Sinapis alba L.
  35. 35.FARMERS’ BULLETINS.
  36. 36.Untitled

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