Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India: With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.Waring, Edward John
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Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India: With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.
Waring, Edward John
Botany, Medical -- India; Materia medica, Vegetable -- India; Medicinal plants -- India; Traditional medicine -- India
Boil one table-spoonful of ground Rice with a pint and a half of Milk,
or equal parts of milk and water; stir it smooth, and boil for two
minutes; flavour with sugar and nutmeg. A very nourishing food for
children.
423. +Arrowroot.+
Take a table-spoonful of the best Arrowroot, and make it into a thin
paste with a little water; then add gradually half a pint of boiling
water, stirring it the whole time. Put it on the fire for two or three
minutes, still continuing to stir it till the whole is uniformly mixed;
then remove it from the fire and add grated nutmeg, sugar, &c., to
taste. If made with milk instead of water, it is more nourishing, but
when the stomach is weak it sometimes disagrees, and then water is
preferable. It should be prepared fresh when required.
424. +Sago.+
Add a table-spoonful of the best Sago to a pint of Water, and let it
stand for two hours, then boil for a quarter of an hour, stirring the
whole time, till it forms a clear uniform jelly. Remove from the fire,
and flavour with sugar, nutmeg, &c.
425. +Pish-Pash+ (_Puss-Pass_).
This is a regular Indian dish for invalids, and consists of fresh meat
cooked amongst rice. Usually a chicken is cut up into small pieces, put
into the bottom of a small pan, to which are added three table-spoonfuls
of rice, well cleaned, and over the whole is poured two breakfast-cupfuls
of cold water. This is now allowed to cook over a slow fire for three or
four hours. Spices and salt, of course, can be added during the cooking
process. If the patient is extremely ill the rice part alone is used,
which has absorbed nearly the whole of the strength of the meat. Besides
being given to invalids, this is a common diet amongst European children
in India (Dr. Aitchison).
426. +Brandy Mixture.+
Take of Brandy and of Water each four table-spoonfuls, the yolks of two
eggs, and half an ounce of powdered white sugar. Beat the yolks and
sugar well together, then add the spirit and water, and flavour with
grated cinnamon or nutmeg.
This is a valuable stimulant and restorative in the low forms and
advanced stages of _Fever_, _Smallpox_, _Measles_, _Exhausting
Hæmorrhages_, _Cholera_, and other cases where the vital powers are
greatly depressed. The dose for adults is from one to three
table-spoonfuls repeated according to circumstances; for children from a
teaspoonful to a table-spoonful according to age or the urgency of the
symptoms.
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