burdock-root

It the disease is attended with great debility, a chalybeate pill may be taken night and morning -- or take a decoction of burdock-root, sarsaparilla and wild cucumber once or twice a day, say a gill twice a day for an adult; by these means the morbid matter may be thrown off, the fluids corrected and a healthy and vigorous action imparted to the system.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849