Show blossoms leaves bark roots used as medicine since ancient times man has had a high regard for flowers leaves tree bark and roots of all kinds as curatives tor for human ills medieval doctors were firmly convinced as some camese doctors still are that if any section of a plant resembled a part of the human body it had a medicinal value for that part any heart shaped leaf therefore ws part of a brew for heart trouble and liverwort became a standard part of the treatment for diseases of the liver notes a writer in path finder magazine america americas s herb boom started al most with the first settlers those who lived near indian tribes found them using various plants for a va biety of diseases and they adopted the native usage until about 50 years ago for instance catnip was regarded as an aid to treat female disorders and to treat fevers of al most any description many americans chew it for toothaches A con from larkspur seed was thought to cure asthma later it was yas recognized merely as an insecticide sect icide between 1860 and 1880 the peak of the boom the new england mem bert bers of a religious sect known as aiho Shak ets sets had hati a oty wy on afe icar drug fu business siness shipping their products all over america and to foreign countries at about the same time shrewd promotion led ignorant chinese to believe that ginseng a common plant in the eastern united states and canada was a remarkable healer and ginseng seeds literally became worth their weight in gold in northern china some herbs are fragrant and sweet and preparations of them are commonly used to coat pills oth ers are mildly laxative in their effect although herbs are not as widely used for diuretics as they once ere many of them provide oils necessary to the preparation of liquid medicine further the leaves end and roots of many plants are poisonous and with a doctors advice a few of them may be used as emetics emetic si J L yi tom kano who lived in delta a number ot of years ago and as a civil engineer built the lawrence feed mill Is visiting in delta he spent six years in russia and is 1 now how located in washington barclay and emory john transacted la in delta dalta saturday |