Apple Tea

The following are two good recipes for apple tea:

(1) Take 2 sound apples, wash, but do not peel, and cut into thin slices. Add some strips of lemon rind.
Pour on 1 pint of boiling water (distilled). Strain when cold.

(2) Bake 2 apples. Pour over them 1 pint boiling water. Strain when cold.

FOOD REMEDIES
FACTS ABOUT FOODS AND THEIR MEDICINAL USES BY FLORENCE DANIEL - 1908

Chemical constituents

The species has been implicated in several poisoning cases of humans and animals who consumed the rhizomes, which have been found to contain a glycoside, iridin. The sap can cause dermatitis in susceptible individuals.