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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
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SASSAFRAS (Invalid Cookery)
The simple infusion of sassafras is a useful preparation in some complaints, and sassafras tea is often found to be of great service in the case of aged persons suffering from chronic rheumatism. A few chips of the wood are frequently added to common tea. Sassafras is a cheap and agreeable beverage, and when ordinary tea, taken late in the evening, prevents sleep, sassafras may be substituted.