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American Root Drugs · Alice Henkel — chapter 31 of 37 · ~186 words · public domain

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Masterwort. See Angelica, American, 51

May-apple, description, 39–40

Meadow-cabbage. See Skunk-cabbage, 15 pride. See Colombo, American, 53–54 turnip. See Turnip, wild, 13–14

Medicinal uses of root drugs, 9

Menispermum and M. canadense. See Moonseed, Canada, 40

Methods of cleaning and drying root drugs, 10

Milkweed, common, orange, swamp, and yellow. See Pleurisy-root, 56–57 marsh. See Queen-of-the-meadow, 61–62 See also Indian hemp, black.

Moccasin-flower, yellow. See Lady’s-slipper, 23–24

Mock-gilliflower. See Soapwort, 31

Monkey-flower. See Lady’s-slipper, 23–24

Moonseed, Canada, description, 40

Motherwort. See Queen-of-the-meadow, 61–62

Mountain-flax. See Snakeroot, Seneca, 45–47 holly. See Oregon grape, 36–37

Mouthroot. See Goldthread, 34

Myrtle-flag, myrtle-grass, and myrtle-sedge. See Sweet-flag, 16 sweet. See Sweet-flag, 16

Names of plants, confusion, 10

Nerve-root. See Lady’s-slipper, 23–24

Nervine, male. See Lady’s-slipper, 23–24

Nettle-potato. See Stillingia, 47–48

Niggerhead. See Echinacea, 63 weed. See Queen-of-the-meadow, 61–62

Nightshade, American. See Pokeweed, 29–30

Noah’s-ark, yellow. See Lady’s-slipper, 23–24

Nosebleed. See Bethroot, 20–21

Old-maid’s-nightcap. See Crane’s-bill, 44–45 pink. See Soapwort, 31 man’s-root. See Sarsaparilla, wild, 48–49

One-o’clock. See Dandelion, 60–61

Onion, bog. See Turnip, wild, 13–14

Orange-blossom. See Bethroot, 20–21 root. See Goldenseal and Pleurisy-root, 31, 56–57

Oregon grape, description, 36–37

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