NAT. ORD., Rubiaceae.
COMMON NAMES, Button Bush, Crane Willow.
PREPARATION.--The fresh bark of branches and roots is pounded to a pulp
and macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol.
(The item given below was contributed to the _American
Observer_, 1875, by Dr. E. D. Wright.)
Proving--one-half ounce in a day.
First day--raw, sore throat; nervous, excited; felt light and easy,
happy; bowels constipated.
Second day--the same dose. Hard dreams about fighting, quarreling;
restless and tossing over; joints of the fingers lame; griping pains in
the lungs(?); in body and limbs, especially in the joints; toothache;
bowels loose, stool offensive; almost affected by the piles.
CURES.--Intermittent fever, quotidian and tertian fever; sore throat,
quinsy--had very good effect.
Rheumatic fevers, with soreness of the flesh.
A teamster fell in the river. Cold, and inflammatory fever was cured
quickly.