coughs, consumption and all affections of the lungs. In“ Natures Healing Agents” S. Clymer( 1963) tell us:“ Numerous uncontradicted reports of lung cancer cured where all other means have failed and in which the sole treatment consisted of infusion made from the whole green plant and, even in some instances, of infusion made from the powder of entire plant.”
COMFREY Symphytum officinale, L.( Dr. A. J. Thut, Guelph, Canada)
For the purpose of cleansing the entire system of impurities and establishing a normal condition, Comfrey is useful in Arthritis, Gallstones, Stomach conditions, Asthma, Ulcerated tonsils, in some cases of various forms of Cancer, Ulceration of the kidney, Scrofula, Anaemia, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Leucorrhoea and Female debility. Dose: The entire fresh or powdered plant. 1 teaspoonful to 1 cup of boiling water, steeped for ½ hr., taken four times daily, 1 cup a day. Of the tincture, 5 – 20 drops fours times daily, by prescription. Externally: A poultice of the fresh or dried leaves or powder for ruptures, sore breasts, fresh wounds, ulcers, swellings, burns or bruises. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh root-stock collected before flowering and in autumn. Tincture of fresh plant. Dr. Dorothy Shepherd, J. H. Clark, M. D., and other homoeopaths highly appraised Symphytum and used it in many cases. Abscess, Backache( from sexual excess), Bone( cancer of)( injuries of), Breast( sore), Eye( pains in)( injuries of), Fractures( non-union of)( nervous), Glands( enlarged), Gunshots wounds, Hernia, Menses( arrested). Peritonium( sensitive, painful), Psoas abscess, Sexual excess( effect of), Sprains, Wounds. Russian Experience: Russian Comfrey is known as Okopnik, which is used less in Russia than abroad. In medicine they consider an excess to be poisonous. However they do admit scientific and clinical analysis is not complete. Folk Medicine: Has a wide and varied reputation. They use the fresh or dried roots and rhizomes in decoctions and teas as an astringent. In cases of internal and external bleeding, broken bones, female complaints, ulcers, wounds and many of the above mentioned.
CORN
SILK Stigmata maydis, L.( N. O.: Gramineae)
Common Names: Sea Mays, Indian Corn, Maize, Jugnog, Turkey Corn. Features: Corn is a member of the grass family, the genus Zea, and the species Mays. Its scientific name is Zea Mays. The common Indian corn is generally believed to have originated in the New World, where it was cultivated before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Columbus took it to Spain and many thought it was brought from Asia and it was frequently known as Turkey corn, or Turkey wheat. The silk should be taken when the corn will shed its pollen. The active principle is