bleeding, diminishes tumours, whether of a recent or long-standing nature. The properties when administered seem to seek the ailment most in distress, be it of the throat, lungs, intestines or renal tract, reproductive organs. You name it. Sanicle will find it. Its qualifications are many as a cleansing and healing herb, both of man or animal.
For throat discomforts, gargle a strong tea with honey as often as necessary. The fresh juice can be given in tablespoonful doses in treatment of dysentery, and strong decoction of the leaves made by boiling 1 oz. of the leaves in 1½ pints of water, reduced to l pint, can be taken constantly in wineglass doses till haemorrhage ceases.
SANICLE Snakeroot, Sanicula marilandica, L.( Wild Plants, Canadian Agricultural Department, Ottawa, 1964)
Dose: 1 teaspoonful of the root or leaves, cut small or crushed, to 1 cupful of boiling water. Take 1 cupful ½ hr. before meals. If haemorrhaging, it is best to refrain from food until bleeding stops. Of the tincture, I5 – 30 drops. Of the powder, 1 dram. Externally: For cutaneous or subcutaneous skin conditions, chapped hands or bleeding skin ulcerations use a fresh preparation daily for chronic conditions until they improve. Internally and externally, can be combined with other supporting herbs. Homoeopathic Clinical: Amenorrhoea, Asthma, Bee stings, Boils( blind), Borborygmus, Coccyx( soreness of), Condylomata, Conjunctivitis, Constipation( of children), Cornea( ulceration of), Coryza, Cough, Dandruff, Debility, Diabetes, Diarrhoea, Digestion( slow), Dropsy( during pregnancy), Eczema, Emaciation, Enuresis, Excoriations, Foot sweat, Gastritis, Gum( suppressed), Itching, Leucorrhoea, Liver( soreness of), Lumbago, Melancholy, Milk( thin), Mouth( sore), Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, Night terrors, Nose( crusts in), Ophthalmia( tarsi), Os utteri( dilated), Ossification( too early), Ozaena, Perspiration( excessive), Potbellied children, Pregnancy( sickness af; dropsy of), Rectum( cramp in), Rheumatism, Rickets, Scurvy, Sea sickness, Shoulders( rheumatism of), Throat( sore), Tongue( ringworm of; burning), Toothache, Uterus( prolapse of; soreness of; tumour of), Vomiting( of milk; of water), Wrist( boils on).
SARSAPARILLA Aralia nudicaulis, L.( N. O.: Araliaceae)
Common Names: Red Sarsaparilla, Small Spikenard, Spignet, Quay, Quill. Features: There are several species of Sarsaparilla, which are indigenous to Central America, southern Mexico, northern South America, and such West Indian islands as Jamaica. The name Sarsaparilla is derived from the Spanish zara( shrub) and parrilla( little vine), known in the south as