Make a tincture out of the leaves. It is one of the most powerful stimulants to the skin known to the medical world. It will produce sweating inside of two hours. Best given in the form of hot tea. Take the hot tea, 8 ounces, made from one drachm of the pulverized leaves, and give hot every twenty minutes until all taken. In cases of oedema, or dropsy, it is a specific, relieving the patient in one day's time.