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Mother's Remedies Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Mother's Remedies novel. A total of 227 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Mother's Remedies.by T. J. Ritter.PHYSICIAN'S INTRODUCTION [x]"Of the thi
Mother's Remedies.by T. J. Ritter.PHYSICIAN'S INTRODUCTION [x]"Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call Books."--CARLYLE."A good book may be among
- 1 Mother's Remedies.by T. J. Ritter.PHYSICIAN'S INTRODUCTION [x]"Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call Books."--CARLYLE."A good book may be among
- 2 Sometimes the upper posterior wall of the pharynx, called the vault of the pharynx, especially the part behind each eustachian tube, is filled almost full with adenoids. These are overgrowths or thickenings of the glandular tissue in the upper posterior w
- 3 Menthol 5 grains Camphor 5 grains Compound tincture benzoin 1 dram Liquid Alboline 1 ounce Mix and make solution and use frequently in a nebulizer.Never snuff a solution into the nose, and do not blow the nose hard after using. Some of the solution or nas
- 4 Mix and make a solution, spray into the nose after douching.[RESPIRATORY DISEASES 17]2. The following ointment can be used if there is no atomizer or nebulizer at hand: Iodol 5 grains Boric Acid 10 grains Cold cream 2 ounces Mix and make into an ointment,
- 5 Prevention of chronic kind.--Ascertain the cause and remove it. Too hot food or too much spiced food cause the chronic kind. Rest the voice.Remove any existing catarrh.Prevention of acute kind.--Avoid undue exposure to cold and wet, wear warm comfortable
- 6 There is little or no danger in these attacks if proper care is taken. The attack generally lasts two to four days.MOTHERS' REMEDIES. Hoa.r.s.eness, Borax for.--"For hoa.r.s.eness dissolve a piece of borax the size of a pea in the mouth and don&
- 7 6. Croup, Coal Oil (kerosene) and Sugar for.--"Coal oil and sugar; put a few drops on a teaspoonful of sugar." The coal oil produces vomiting, relieving the trouble. If the first dose does not have this effect upon the child, repeat it.[RESPIRAT
- 8 4. Rub the chest with a camphor liniment and give the following: Tincture of Aconite 10 drops Sweet Spirits of Nitre 2 drams Distilled water to make 4 ounces Mix--One-half teaspoonful to a child, or dessert spoonful to an adult in water every hour.[34 MOT
- 9 Mix. Teaspoonful every three hours until cough is better.5. Many other combinations could be given. h.o.a.rhound tea. Sugar enough to sweeten makes a good cough remedy.6. Onion syrup is good for children. The bowels should always be kept open.BRONCHIAL AS
- 10 3. Pneumonia, Hot Vinegar Applications for.--Congestion of Lungs.--"Over the lungs lay cloths wet in clear hot vinegar. They should be five or six inches square and several thicknesses. Over the cloths lay a hot plate or hot water bottle; change as o
- 11 4. The following is from Professor Stille: Spigelia 1/2 ounce Senna 2 drams Fennel seed 2 drams Manna 1 ounce Boiling water 1 pint Mix and make into an infusion (tea). Dose for a child, one or two teaspoonfuls. For an adult, one or two winegla.s.sfuls.THR
- 12 When the flesh containing the trichinae is eaten by man or by any animal in which the development can take place, the capsules are digested and the trichinae are set free. They pa.s.s into the small intestine and about the third day attain their full grow
- 13 [SKIN DISEASES 55]3. Dr. Duhring's Lotion, following: Precipitated Sulphur 2 drams Glycerin 2 drams Alcohol 1 ounce Lime water 1 ounce Rose water 2 ounces Mix and shake before using and apply.4. k.u.mmerfield's Lotion. "Oriental Lotion.&quo
- 14 FOUL SWEATING. (Bromidrosis). Symptoms.--The odor may be very disagreeable, or resemble the odor of certain flavors or fruits. It is generally found in the arm-pit and genital organs.MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Offensive Sweating, Alum Water for.--"A
- 15 6. Carbuncle, Snap Bean Poultice for.--"Apply snap bean leaves beat up fine. Bruise the leaves until they are real fine, then apply as a poultice."PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Carbuncles.--Keep up the strength by a nouris.h.i.+ng diet and in s
- 16 MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Eczema, Lemon or Vinegar for.--"Rub the spots with sliced lemon. This will sometimes relieve the itching. Bathing with vinegar water is better for some as it destroys the germs." The bowels should be kept open, and the
- 17 Eczema of Children.--This is generally acute of the vesicular (watery) or vesicular pustular (pus forming) variety. The parts commonly affected are the scalp and the face.PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Eczema.--Remove the causes, watch the feeding.Keep th
- 18 PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Superficial Felons.--Such may be averted perhaps. I have heard of that but have never seen it done. They are not the genuine, true blue, terrible felons, but even these can give much pain. They do not need such a deep openin
- 19 White oak bark tea is good as anything. It should not be used so strong as to stop sweating entirely. Then follow it with dusting powders of starch or boric acid, containing salicylic acid (two to five per cent). When it occurs upon the feet use the Diach
- 20 PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Lice.--1. Ointment of mercury, blue ointment.This is to be used frequently. It is rather unclean and may create a severe inflammation so be careful of it.2. Solution of corrosive sublimate, from one to four grains to one oun
- 21 Rub lac-sulphur into fine powder. Sift it into the melted cosmoline and stir until nearly cool, then add napthaline and oil bergamot. Stir until cool."PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Itch.--If the skin is much inflamed or irritable, soothing baths and
- 22 4. Carbolic Acid 20 drops to 1 dram Oil of Almonds 4 drams Oil of Lemon 1 dram Distilled Water, enough to make 2 ounces Apply after was.h.i.+ng.The oily type is best treated with lotions and powders. The disease is very obstinate, but generally gets well.
- 23 Mix and apply to the wart.Tincture of thuja is very good in some cases when applied daily.HIVES, Nettle Rash (Urticaria). Causes.--Foods such as sh.e.l.l fish, strawberries, cheese, pickles, pork and sausages.Medicines that may cause it.--Quinine, copaiba
- 24 "Bromine 10 to 20 drops Olive Oil 1 ounce Mix. Rub the mixture gently into the affected parts three or four times a day. The bromine being volatile the solution should be freshly made."This remedy is frequently used by physicians, and is very ef
- 25 "Tincture of Iodine 2 drams Tincture of Belladonna 2 drams Apply twice a day with camel's hair brush."This mixture when applied will have a drawing effect, and care should be taken not to leave it on too long, as it will irritate the parts
- 26 1. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Canker Sore Mouth.--If from the diseases mentioned treat them. In the meantime to relieve the local conditions keep the mouth clean and use as a mouth wash boric acid, one teaspoonful to a cup of warm water.2. Burnt alum
- 27 May take-- Soups--Clear thin soups of beef, mutton or oysters.Fish--Oysters raw, shad, cod, perch, ba.s.s, fresh mackerel.Meats--Beef, mutton, chicken, lamb, tripe, tongue, calf's head, broiled chopped meat, sweetbread, game, tender steak.Eggs--Boile
- 28 PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT of Cancer of the Stomach and Bowels.--There is no cure for this trouble except by an operation. This must be done early; even this may not cure but it, at least, prolongs life and makes the patient more comfortable while life does l
- 29 5. Another for infants.--For infantile diarrhea the root of geranium maculation or cranesbill, boiled in milk in the proportion of one or two roots to the pint, will be found of great service and is tasteless.6. Ginger tea is frequently of good service, e
- 30 5. Cholera Infantum, Spice and Whisky Poultice for.--"Take all kinds of ground spices, make a poultice. Heat whisky and wet the poultice. Apply to the stomach and bowels."[114 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]6. Cholera Infantum, Cabbage Leaf Poultice for.--"Take a
- 31 [118 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Caution.--Keep the bowels regular, especially if you have ever had appendicitis before, also be careful of your eating. This disease will attack high livers, hearty eaters and those with constipated bowels more quickly than others.
- 32 3. Toothache in an ulcerated or hollow tooth, caused from wet feet, etc.Take a hot foot bath and drink a hot lemonade, hot ginger, or hot pennyroyal tea, and go to bed and take a good sweat. Aching tooth needs the care of a dentist. It pays to retain your
- 33 Diet.--Do not over-eat. Avoid alcohol in any form. Stimulating foods such as spices, mustard salads, concentrated meat extracts and meat broths, pepper, horseradish are not to be used. Do not use too much salt; strong coffee and tea are harmful. In severe
- 34 [130 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]2. Gall Stones, Tried and Approved Remedy for.--"Drink about a winegla.s.s of olive oil at bedtime followed in the morning by a cathartic, as seidlitz powder, or cream of tartar and phosphate of soda; teaspoonful each morning in w
- 35 The turpentine should be stopped when the skin shows red from it. The cloths should not be heavy or they will cause pain by their weight. Ice water can be used when cold cloths are needed.For vomiting.--Stop all food and drink for the time and give cracke
- 36 Mix."Adults may take a teaspoonful of this mixture before retiring, this will be found very effective in the most stubborn cases of constipation.11. Constipation, Remedy from a Mother at Lee, Ma.s.sachusetts.-- "Senna Leaves 1/2 pound English Currants 1
- 37 7. For one dose, or one capsule, the proportions would be: ONE AMOUNT FOR CAPSULE ONE DOZEN Aloin 1/4 grain 3 grains Extract of Belladonna 1/8 grain 10 grains Extract Nux Vomica 1/4 grain 3 grains Powdered Gentian 3 grains 36 grains Mix and put up in twel
- 38 6. Piles, Simple Application and Relief from.--"Mix together one tablespoonful plain vaselin and one dram flower of sulphur. Apply three times daily and you will get relief."7. Piles, Steaming with Chamomile Tea for.--"A tea made of chamomile blossoms
- 39 Foods Allowed.--Potatoes, carrots, spinach, asparagus, and even salads, since they stimulate intestinal action and thus aid in keeping the stool soft. Stewed fruits, including grapes, oranges, pears, and apples. Water is the best to drink. Meats: tender b
- 40 Recovery.--The result in your children when it comes with scarlet fever is not so good. It may run into chronic nephritis. In adults when it is due to exposure the rule is recovery.Treatment.--The patient must be kept in bed until there is complete recove
- 41 Treatment.--Remove cause if possible. Fomentations of hops, smartweed, wormwood are good, even hot water over the bladder. Hot hip bath is good, and also the warm foot bath. The bowels should be kept open with saline laxatives. Buchu tea is very good. Use
- 42 How Often?--As a rule, it attacks a person only once; yet there are recorded cases of well observed second and third attacks, but fortunately these are very rare. I once attended a family where they had it and claimed to have had it before, but very light
- 43 Diet and Nursing.--Food should be given every two to four hours. Only water can be given as long as there is nausea and vomiting, and sometimes not even that. After they have stopped you can give milk and water and then milk. You should give it to a child
- 44 GERMAN MEASLES.--This is an acute self-limited disease and contagious. It has a mild fever, watery eyes, cough, sore throat and enlargement of the glands of the neck, not seen in the common measles. It has an eruption that may come the first day to the fo
- 45 [Ill.u.s.tration: Diphtheria (view of infected throat)]LARYNGEAL DIPHTHERIA, Formerly Called Membranous Croup.--Diphtheria in the larynx may occur alone or with the pharyngeal kind, and was formerly called "Membranous Croup." After several days of hoa.r
- 46 2. Quinsy, Liveforever Root Good Poultice for.--"Get the root of liveforever, pound it up and bind on throat as you would a poultice." We have tried this, and it has always given relief, if done in time.3. Quinsy, Plaster of Lard and Salt for.--"Take o
- 47 Bronchitis is often present. The spleen becomes enlarged between the seventh and tenth day and the eruption usually appears during this period on the stomach and abdomen.Second week.--All the symptoms are intensified in the second week, the fever is alway
- 48 Vaccination and Re-vaccination and its Prevention of Smallpox. We quote in part from an article prepared by the State of Michigan. It is well known that smallpox can be prevented or modified by vaccination; and a widespread epidemic of the disease can be
- 49 TUBERCULOSIS. (CONSUMPTION).--Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus, tuberculosis, and characterized by the formation of nodules or diffuse ma.s.ses of new tissue. Man, fowls and cows are chiefly affected.Indians, negroes and Irish
- 50 Must Not Take.--Fried foods, salt fish, hashes, gravies, veal, pork, carrots, parsnips, cabbage, beets, turnips, cuc.u.mbers, macaroni, spaghetti, sweets, pies, pastry, sweet wines.WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS, WHETHER HE HAS THE DISEA
- 51 2. Lungs, Raspberry Tincture for Inflammation of.--"Take one-half pound of honey, one cup water; let these boil; take off the sc.u.m; pour boiling hot upon one-half ounce lobelia herb and one-half ounce cloves; mix well, then strain and add one gill of r
- 52 ASIATIC CHOLERA.--This is an acute infectious disease caused by a specific organism and characterized by profuse watery discharges from the bowels and great prostration.Causes.--Some inherit a weakness, making them more susceptible than others to this dis
- 53 Hare, of Philadelphia, recommends one two-hundredth grain of b.i.+.c.hloride of mercury every hour or two (in adults), if the stools are slimy and b.l.o.o.d.y and if much blood is present, and high rectal injections of witch-hazel water and water, half an
- 54 The spleen is swollen. Prostration is extreme and it often ends in death.(b) Charbon or Wool Sorter's disease occurs among those employed in picking over wool or hair of infected animals--the germs being inhaled or swallowed. The onset is sudden with a c
- 55 Gonorrheal septicemia may result from arthritis. This is protracted.Iritis is a most frequent complication. The urethra source of the infection must be cured.Treatment.--Keep the joint quiet and you can use an ice cap for the pain.Tonic treatment with qui
- 56 Belgium and Austria average one thousand dogs annually. There was a yearly average in Germany of four hundred dogs, dying of rabies, until the law requiring the muzzling of dogs was strictly enforced and since that time the disease is practically unknown.
- 57 Diet.--This should be good and varied to suit the special taste, and as the stomach and bowels are usually disordered such food should be chosen as will best agree. Diet plays a very important part.PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA.--This is characterized by great decre
- 58 [BLOOD AND DUCTLESS GLANDS 255]Symptoms.--It comes on gradually (insidiously). There is loss of weight, progressively developing weakness and pallor, very soon the gums are swollen and look spongy and bleed easily. The teeth may become loose and fall out.
- 59 [Ill.u.s.tration: Thyroid Gland.][BLOOD AND DUCTLESS GLANDS 259]2. Goitre, Simple Remedy for.--"Wring a cloth from cold water and bind it around the neck every night when retiring. This is a sure cure if continued for some time."3. Goitre, Inexpensive R
- 60 Mix and shake well before using."This remedy is a valuable external preparation for all nervous and neuralgia pains, rub twice a day until relieved.6. Neuralgia, Menthol Liniment for.--"One dram of menthol liniment, two ounces of alcohol. This makes a v
- 61 HEADACHE.--This term means a pain in the head, all over the head, or at one particular spot. It may be only a symptom of a general const.i.tutional derangement, some disease of some other organ, a temporary inability of some organ like the stomach, liver,
- 62 Causes.--It is frequently hereditary, and it has occurred through several generations. Women and members of nervous families are usually attacked.Many of the headaches from eye-strain are of this type, It is often inherited, and may last from p.u.b.erty t
- 63 Varieties.--These arise from differences in the nature, causes, severity and location of the disease process.Causes.--They are many. (1.) The poison that comes from infectious diseases such as typhoid fever, diphtheria, smallpox, leprosy, la grippe, etc.
- 64 The affected muscles do not waste. The feet are usually extended and turn inward. Sudden loss of voice occurs in many cases. The paralysis is generally paroxysmal, and is frequently a.s.sociated with contractures, shortening of the muscle. The contracture
- 65 APHASIA.--A partial or total inability to express thoughts in words or to interpret perceptions.Varieties.--Motor and sensory aphasia.Causes.--Softening of the brain, tumors of the brain, lesions in syphilis especially, hemorrhage in the brain, blows on t
- 66 Treatment for active congestion.--Keep the patient absolutely quiet in a dark, well aired room, with the head and shoulders raised, an ice bag or cold cloths to the head and warm applications to the hands and feet. A warm foot bath will aid in drawing the
- 67 4. Sleeplessness, Milk Will Stop.--"Sip a gla.s.s of hot milk just before retiring. This is very soothing to the nerves, and a good stimulant for the stomach,"PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT.--Remove the cause and be careful in using drugs. In the organic kind t
- 68 Symptoms.--They usually occur on the return to the surface of the water, or after a few hours have pa.s.sed. There are pains in the ears and joints and nose-bleed. The pulse is slow and strong. Neuralgia of the stomach and vomiting often occur. Paralysis
- 69 Causes of Insanity.--There are many and various causes. One author states: "Mental abnormality is always due to either imperfect or eccentric physical development, or to the effects of inborn or acquired physical disease, or to injurious impressions, eit
- 70 CONSt.i.tUTIONAL DISEASES.RHEUMATIC GOUT. (Rheumatic Arthritis. Arthritis Deformans).--Cause.--It occurs most often from thirty to fifty-five, usually in women, generally at or after the change of life, and most frequently in those who have not had childr
- 71 Veronica Water.--Dose:--Gla.s.sful every two and one-half hours till bowels are free, then one dose a day.Also Salicylate of Soda 1 ounce Water 6 ounces Large teaspoonful every two hours with a quinine pill every other dose."2. Rheumatism, Cotton Excelle
- 72 Symptoms.--Local pain in the muscles, sharp or dull, aching constant, or caused by certain movements and is usually relieved by pressure. It lasts from a few days to several weeks and frequently recurs. The common forms are: Lumbago. This affects the musc
- 73 Dose for adults, one and one-half or two tablespoonfuls night and morning." In severe cases take three times a day. This is a thoroughly tried remedy and is a very successful one.[ CONSt.i.tUTIONAL DISEASES 327]11. Rheumatism, Good Liniment for.-- "Alco
- 74 [CONSt.i.tUTIONAL DISEASES 331]Treatment.--Must be in regulating the diet. The person must avoid all excess in food and drink, and avoid especially foods that contain starch and sugar. There must be regular and systematic exercise, hot baths and ma.s.sage
- 75 A benign tumor is usually composed of tissues, resembling those in which it originates.A malignant tumor usually consists of tissues widely different from those in which it originates; its growth is rapid and therefore often painful; it infiltrates all th
- 76 Primary or First Causes.--They refer in this disease to a peculiar const.i.tution. Children that have a tuberculous const.i.tution are more liable to this disease. Acute rheumatism or tonsilitis are the causes and this trouble follows or goes with them. I
- 77 Symptoms.--The heart is weak. The pulse is rapid, small and irregular, palpitation and fainty sensations come on suddenly during the course of diseases mentioned. The outlook is serious and life may end suddenly.Treatment.--The same as that given for endo
- 78 Alum 3 grains Sulphate of Zinc 2 grains Distilled Water 1 ounce Mix and drop one drop into the eye two or three times daily. A weak solution of tea can be used also as a wash. Anoint the lids at night with white (tube) vaselin.[350 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]INFL
- 79 The operation is very frequently done and it is very successful. The patient should be ready and willing to place himself in the charge of the operator and do as he says.SYMPATHETIC INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE.--(Sympathetic Ophthalmia.)--A condition in which
- 80 The external ear is called auricle or pinna. It is an oval funnel-shaped organ. The ca.n.a.l leading in to the membrane (drum) is called the external auditory meatus. It extends inward about one and one-quarter inches and terminates in a membrane.Membrane
- 81 Symptoms.--Pain in the ear is the most striking symptom noticed by the patient. In infants and young children of two or three years of age it may appear and not be recognized until a slight discharge appears at the opening of the external ear. The child i
- 82 8. Earache, Steaming With Hot Water for.--"Steam the ear and side of the head with cloths wrung out of hot water; put feet in hot mustard water; do not put anything in the ear but keep steaming it and you will find relief in a few hours, even if it is a
- 83 [INTOXICANTS AND SUN STROKES 373]Chronic Alcoholism.--This is different; withdraw the alcohol and subst.i.tute strychnine, one-thirtieth of a grain three or four times a day, nouris.h.i.+ng food, confinement in a sanitarium if necessary. Give the bromides
- 84 Medicine.--Glonoin, 1/100 to 1/200 grain is of help in severe cases.ACCIDENTS, EMERGENCIES AND POISONS COLLAPSE.--1. Place the patient flat on his back.2. Raise the feet and lower his head, unless blueness of the face occurs.3. Make the patient warm by ap
- 85 DISLOCATION OF THE JAW.--It is not possible to close the mouth. The chin is too far forward. The jaw may turn toward the other side in one-sided dislocation.[380 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Treatment.--Hold something hard between the teeth in front so that when th
- 86 [Ill.u.s.tration: Method of applying Bandage to the Arm.][Ill.u.s.tration: Spiral Bandage of the Finger.][Ill.u.s.tration: Simple Method of applying Bandage for Sprained Ankle.]Bandaging and Photographs by DR. W. E. ZIEGENFUSS, of Detroit.Done expressly f
- 87 MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Scalds, Elder Berries Soothing for.--"The flowers of the black elder berries and the bark all possess valuable medicinal properties. An ointment made by stirring the fresh flowers into melted lard or vaselin and occasionally stirri
- 88 Burns from Acid.--Soda, chalk, whiting, sprinkled over the surface of the skin and covered with moist coverings of gauze. Egg alb.u.men is also good applied, on the part.b.u.ms from Alkali (like potash or strong ammonia).--Vinegar poured over the part, or
- 89 Treatment.--Fresh pure air. Open all windows in the house and remove patient from a house filled with coal gas. Artificial respiration: Inject salt enemas; teaspoonful of salt to one pint of warm water.FITS. (Convulsions).--Loosen all clothing. Put someth
- 90 Mustard.--One-half ounce or four teaspoonfuls for an adult, one to two teaspoonfuls for a child, of mustard to a cup of warm water may be given and repeated every ten or fifteen minutes until free vomiting is produced.Salt and warm water may be used in th
- 91 CARBOLIC ACID. Symptoms.--Immediately burning pain from mouth to stomach; giddiness, loss of consciousness, collapse, partial suppression of the urine; characteristic odor and white color of lips, etc.Antidotes. Epsom salts or glaubers salts, and water ve
- 92 Treatment.--Cause vomiting after the antidote has been given, then give soothing drinks and dose of castor oil.MORPHINE. Symptoms.--Excitement at first, soon weariness, weighty limbs, sleepiness, pin-point pupils, pulse and breathing slow and strong; pati
- 93 SPOILED FOODS. Symptoms.--Vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, weakness, cold hands and feet.Treatment.--Emetics such as warm salt water until patient vomits freely; or mustard water, lard, goose grease, vaselin, tickle throat with feather, etc.SULPHURIC ACID. Sym
- 94 [410 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Poultices, to make.--Poultices are used to apply heat (moist heat), to soothe or to draw. Usually a soft substance is used, such as soap and sugar, bread and milk, mustard, etc. Some cause a counter-irritation, some draw the blood
- 95 BETHROOT. Birth Root. Ground Lily. Lambs Quarter. Wake Robin. Indian Balm.Three-Leaved Night-Shade. Trillium Purpureum.Internally used for.--Astringent, tonic, antiseptic. For bleeding from lungs, kidneys and womb, for leucorrhea and for confinement. Also
- 96 Externally, used for.--A fomentation.Part used.--The top and leaves.Gather.--When at its best in early autumn.Flowers (when).--In August and September.Grows (where).--All over the United States.[HERB DEPARTMENT 415]Prepared (how).--Powder. Infusion, one a
- 97 Flowers (when).--June to September.Grows (where).--Grows in dry neglected places, about old buildings and fences.Prepared (how).--The infusion should be prepared by adding one ounce of the plant to a pint of boiling water, Do not let it boil, but only ste
- 98 BLACK COHOSH. Rattle Root. Black Snake Root. Squaw Root. Rich Weed.Cimicifuga Racemosa.Internally, used for.--Ch.o.r.ea, dependent upon rheumatism; rheumatism, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, afterpains.Part used.--Root.Gather.--Early in the autumn
- 99 Prepared (how).--Powder. Use one and one-half ounces of the root and boil it in a pint of water or milk.Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose: one to two tablespoonfuls. Use the watery decoction as a gargle for sore mouth and throat. For piles:--Inject a strong deco
- 100 Diseases, Dose, etc.--For bronchitis, dyspepsia and dysmenorrhea, take half ounce doses four times daily. For sweating and painful menses take two teaspoonfuls of the hot decoction every two hours until relieved.FLEABANE. Pridewood. Blood Staunch. Mare's