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
_Gall Stones._ _To allay the severe pain attendant on passing_, give
Opium (284) and a Hip Bath (392).
_Genital Organs, Great Irritation of._ Try Camphor (72) internally (in
these cases Bromide of Potassium, in doses of eight to ten grains
dissolved in water, twice or thrice daily, is well worthy of a trial,
especially in females) and use Borax (57) and Lime Water (224) locally.
Sitting over the steam of hot water, or a tepid hip-bath, often affords
great relief. When the irritation arises, as it often does, from worms
in the intestines, give some of the remedies for _Worms_. Crab-lice,
which are very difficult to distinguish on a dark skin, are also a
frequent cause; if present, use Kerosene Oil (413), or other remedy
named in Art. _Lice_.
_Glands, Enlarged._ Apply externally, in the early stages, Sal Ammoniac
Lotion (332), Betel Leaves (48), Camphor Liniment (68), or Opium
Liniment (291). If matter forms, treat as abscess, and give Fish Liver
Oil internally.
_Gleet_ may be treated with Cubebs (125), Galls (149), Gurjun Balsam
(160), or Sandal Wood Oil (334) internally, and Alum Injections (30);
these last named, however, _require great caution_, and should not
generally be used except under medical supervision.
_Goitre._ Give Sal Ammoniac (324), in ten-grain doses, thrice daily,
persevering in its use for weeks or months if necessary. Dr. Stevens
(_London Med. Record_, June 15, 1880) obtained signal benefits from it
in six cases. Biniodide of Mercury, in the form of Ointment (16 grains
of the Biniodide to one ounce of Simple Ointment), is the best local
application we possess. Its effects are best produced by exposing the
surface on which it has been rubbed to the direct rays of the sun. If
this cannot be done, then to the heat of a fire; this, however, is not
nearly so efficacious as the solar heat. (Dr. Aitchison.)
_Gonorrhœa._ After a purgative of Kaladana (187), Myrobalans (256), or
Castor Oil (83), give Nitre (269) with Decoction of Abelmoschus (2),
Ispaghúl (305), or Rice _Conjee_ (322), for the purpose of allaying the
pain and heat in passing urine. Pedalium (297) is said to be very
effectual for this purpose, and should be tried if procurable.
Injections of a solution of Sugar (407) are recommended by Dr.
Aitchison. When the inflammatory symptoms begin to abate, one of the
following should be given: Cubebs (125*), Gurjun Balsam (160), Sandal
Wood Oil (334), or Galls (149), Alum (30*), locally, is of great use in
certain cases. _To relieve Chordee_ (painful erection at night), Camphor
(72) is one of our best remedies. Bromide of Potassium, in doses of 20
to 30 grains, in a wineglassful of water at bedtime, is highly spoken
of, as preventing the occurrence of this symptom.
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