Weeds used in medicine by Alice Henkel
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Weeds used in medicine by Alice Henkel is a practical scientific publication (a USDA Farmers’ Bulletin) written in the early 20th century. It outlines how common weeds can be identified, harvested, and prepared for medicinal use, emphasizing proper collection, curing, and basic marketing. The bulletin opens with clear instructions on timing harvests, cleaning and shade-drying roots, leaves, flowers, and seeds, and packing samples for sale. It then profiles a wide range of
weeds—from burdock, dandelion, docks, couch grass, and pokeweed to foxglove, mullein, lobelia, tansy, grindelia, boneset, catnip, hoarhound, blessed thistle, yarrow, Canada fleabane, jimson weed, poison hemlock, wormseed, and black and white mustards. Each entry notes common names, habitat and range, plant description, the parts used, when and how to collect and cure them, principal medicinal uses, and typical market prices, with warnings for poisonous species (e.g., foxglove, jimson weed, poison hemlock, lobelia, pokeweed). Throughout, the book encourages farmers to turn weed eradication into modest profit by supplying clean, well-dried crude drugs that meet dealers’ standards. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Henkel, Alice, 1869-1916 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Galloway, B. T. (Beverly Thomas), 1863-1938 |
| Title | Weeds used in medicine |
| Original Publication | Washington: Government printing office, 1904. |
| Series Title | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture), no. 188. |
| Contents | Collection and curing of drugs -- Disposal of the drugs -- Descriptions of the plants. |
| Credits | A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QK: Science: Botany |
| LoC Class | RS: Medicine: Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Subject | Medicinal plants -- United States |
| Subject | Weeds -- Therapeutic use -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76922 |
| Release Date | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 491 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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