boneset

/bohn-set/US // ˈboʊnˌsɛt //UK // (ˈbəʊnˌsɛt) //

骨骼网,骨头网,骨架,骨骼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.

Quinine was scarce and boneset tea and flannel bandages saturated with turpentine were used as substitutes.
Boneset tea and black stockings with garters for Alexander the Great!
So he got an old bottle, looked as if some tipsy Indian had thrown it away, and filled it with a dose of boneset tea.
It tastes like the boneset—everything is going to taste like boneset for the next six weeks.
Violet, pennyroyal or boneset tea, is excellent to promote perspiration in case of sudden chill.