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
_Leucorrhœa_ ("_Whites_"). Cubebs (125), Nitre (269), Gurjun Balsam
(160), or Sulphate of Iron (174*), internally; with vaginal injections
containing Babúl Bark (9), Alum (30*), Galls (149), or Lime Water (224),
are indicated.
_Lice infesting the hair on various parts of the body, especially the
pubes_, may be destroyed by Cocculus Indicus Ointment (107), Vernonia
Seeds (373_b_), or Kerosene Oil (416). Carbolised Oil (1 Acid to 20 of
Sweet Oil), applied night and morning, is said to be an effectual remedy.
_Lime, Particles of, in the Eye_, may be dissolved and removed by dilute
Vinegar (382).
_Liver, various Affections of_, are often greatly benefited by Sal
Ammoniac (331). _Enlargement of_, Sal Ammoniac (331*), Papaw Juice
(296). _Congestion of this organ, especially if arising from
over-feeding_, often subsides under a dose of Calomel (three or four
grains) at night, followed, in the morning, by an active aperient of
Kaladana (187), or Castor Oil (83). Further relief may be obtained by
Hot Water Fomentations (393), Turpentine Stupes (362), or Betel Leaves
(48) over the region of the liver; if these fail, Leeches to the same
site, or to the verge of the anus (211), may afford manifest relief.
All, however, will be useless without strict attention to diet, and
careful avoidance of all stimulating articles of food and drink.
_Lock-jaw._ See _Tetanus_.
_Loins, pain in the._ See _Lumbago_.
_Lumbago._ Sal Ammoniac (326) internally, with Liniments of Camphor
(68), Lemon Grass Oil (217), Opium (291*), Datura Liniment or Poultices
(130), or Turpentine (366) externally, often succeed in affording
relief. Turpentine Stupes (362) may be tried in severe or obstinate
cases.
_Lungs, Affections of._ See _Coughs_, _Consumption_, _and Bronchitis_.
_Bleeding from._ See _Hæmorrhage_.
_Maggots on surface of Ulcers, to destroy._ Butea Seeds (65).
_Maggots in the Nose_ (_Pecnash_). Injections of Oil of Turpentine
(363_b_).
_Measles._ An occasional mild aperient, just sufficient to keep the
bowels gently open, the plentiful use of Lemonade (232), or Rice
_Conjee_ (322), with or without Nitre (264), together with confinement
to bed in a cool, well-aired apartment, and farinaceous diet for a few
days, will generally suffice for recovery in mild, uncomplicated cases.
_To allay irritation of the surface_, sponge with diluted Vinegar (376)
or Water (385), and dust the surface well over with Rice Flour (322).
_Should Cough occur_, use some of those means enumerated under Coughs.
_The advanced stages, in bad cases, characterised by great exhaustion_,
call for the use of Camphor (74), Brandy Mixture (426), and plentiful
nourishment.
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