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This shrub-like plant attaining at times 3 feet in height, with yellow blossoms, grows in logged off places, in berry-patches, at the edge of roads. It fully deserves its name of Golden Rod. |
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| Taken internally as a tea in cases of croup, dyphtheria, inflammation of the throat, and larynx, diseases of the bladder, inflammation of the kidneys, diarrhea, blood-spitting, sleeplessness, it does great good, but if taken internally always add the same quantity of juniper-berries or Centaury. Drink half a cup three to five times daily. |
| For external use dry and soak this herb and use as a compress for the same diseases. |
| The two alpine relatives of this herb, Senecio cordatus and Senecio Fuchail, have equal or even stronger healing qualities. |
| Four parts of Golden Rod and one part of juniper-berries (or centaury) make a good and quite harmless sleeping potion (taken half an hour before bed time). |
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