PASSION FLOWER Passiflora incarnata, L.( U. S. Agricultural Department, Appalachia, 1971)
Dose: Best prescribed in tincture or tablets. Tincture of Passion flower alone, 15 – 60 drops in water according to age and condition, repeated as necessary. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh or dried leaves gathered in May; fluid hydroalcoholic extract; powdered inspissated juice— Burns, Cholera infantum, Convulsions, Delirium tremens, Dentition, Epilepsy, Erysipelas, Exophthalmos, Levitation, Sciatica, Sleeplessness, Tetanus neonatum.
PENNYROYAL( AMERICAN) Hedeoma pulegioides, L.( N. O.: Labiatae)
Common Names: Squaw Mint, Thickweed, Hedeoma, Stinking Balm, American Pennyroyal. Features: Our Pennyroyal( Hedeoma) should not be confused with the European Pennyroyal( Mentha pulegioides). Squaw mint is an indigenous annual plant with a fibrous, yellowish root, and an erect, branching stem, from 6 – 12 in. high. The leaves are ½ in. or more long, opposite, obscurely serrate, hairy beneath and on short petioles. The flowers are small and light blue, appearing from June to September. They thrive particularly in limestone country, in barren woods and dry fields. Is common to nearly all parts of the United States. The mint-like fragrance is felt in the air for some distance. The taste is aromatic, pungent. It is said to be very obnoxious to fleas. Medicinal Part: The herb. Solvents: Alcohol, boiling water( partially). Bodily Influence: Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Corrective, Nervine. Uses: The warm infusion, used freely, will promote perspiration. It has long been used by women to promote menstruation. Hot footbaths are taken several days before due date and two cups of Pennyroyal tea, especially before going to bed, for scanty or suppressed flow. Also for nervousness and hysteria, cramps, intestinal pains of colic and griping, colds, and as a sweating and cooling drink in fevers. The infusion may be freely taken several times a day. The tincture of the oil of Pennyroyal is often employed in whooping cough and spasms, to be taken in doses of 2 – 10 drops.