date in the U. S. A. is approaching an annual 35 million lb., or five tablets a week for every man, woman and child. The contents of modern aspirin is from man’ s integrity rather than from God’ s goodness. Is highly recommended and largely used in the treatment of spermatorrhoea, nocturnal emissions, etc. Also relieves ovarian pain. Dose: Combine 3 grains Willow( S. nigra) and ½ grain Capsicum( Cayenne) when there is great prostration. Add ½ grain Golden seal( Hydrastis canadensis) when the heart as well as the nervous system needs sustaining. To be given in gelatin capsule three times daily before meals. Of the infusion, 1 oz. of bark to 1 pint of boiling water, steeped 15 min., taken in wineglassful amounts three or four times daily. Externally: A poultice made by simmering the powdered bark in cream is most effective in gangrene and indolent ulcers, etc. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh bark— Diarrhoea, Emissions, Fever, Gonorrhoea, Impotence, Masturbation, Night sweat, Nymphomania, Prostatitis, Satyriasis, spermatorrhoea. Russian Experience: There are several kinds of Willow in Russia, Eva, Salix alba, S. capra, S. fragilis and others. The Willow, especially Weeping willow, so artistically portrayed in melancholy expressions of poetry and music, is extremely popular in parks and private gardens. Folk Medicine: No preference is shown as to the species used for medical purposes. A decoction is prepared for fevers, rheumatism, worms and to stop bleeding( Bello-Russ. Academy of Science, Minsk, 1965). Commercially: The Willow is not capricious as to soil conditions and is used to control eroding soil, as it is fast growing( Moscow University, Moscow, 1963). The wood is used in many farm implements and household items. The bark is used in the leather tanning industry.
WINTERGREEN Gaultheria procumbens, L.( N. O.: Ericaceae)
Common Names: Teaberry, Boxberry, Chickerberry. Features: Wintergreen is a name applied to several plants of the family Ericaceae which retain their foliage during winter. In eastern North America the aromatic little Gaultheria procumbens is the one most often referred to. This low-growing barley, 6 in. high, has glossy, leathery, broad leaves with creeping stems from which arise erect reddish branches. They bear solitary white flowers, usually below the leaves, followed by the rather generous fruit, considering the size of the plant, which has enclosed the seed capsules and assumed the form of a bright scarlet, edible, mealy and spicy berry. The whole plant is pungent in taste the spiciness being due to the volatile oil. Collection is somewhat difficult in its scattered wild state. Cultivation requires specially constructed shade such as Golden seal and Ginseng. Wild plants may be used for propagation; divisions of these may be set in the autumn or spring, about 6 in. apart each way in permanent beds. The soil, which should be thoroughly mixed with a 4-in. depth of leaf mould, will give a fairly good growth. Collection is usually at the end of the growth season, around October. Medicinal Part: The whole plant. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Astringent, Stimulant, Anodyne.