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
_Throat, Dry and Irritable States of, giving rise to Cough_, inhale the
vapour of Hot Decoction of Abelmoschus (3) or of Hot Water (390). _In
Inflammatory States of, without Ulceration_, use the same inhalations,
and allow a piece of Nitre to dissolve in the mouth (266). _Relaxed or
Ulcerated Sore Throat._ Use gargles of Alum (29), Capsicum (78), Moringa
(238), Black Pepper (300), or Pomegranate Rind (313), Catechu (89),
Ginger (158), and Omum Seeds (316), used in substance, prove useful in
some cases, as do inhalations of the vapour of Hot Vinegar (377), or
simple Hot Water (390).
_Tic Douloureux._ See _Face Ache and Neuralgia_.
_Tongue, Fissures or Cracks of, in the advanced stages of Fever, &c._
Use Borax (55) or Alum (29).
_Toothache_ sometimes yields to Opium (292*) or Catechu (89) locally
applied, with or without Ginger (157), or Mustard Poultices (253)
externally. Extraction is the only certain cure in the majority of cases.
_Tumours, Painful._ Apply Datura in one of the forms advised in
Paragraph 130, and give Opium (283) or Tincture of Datura (128) at night
to procure sleep. A Tobacco leaf may often be advantageously substituted
for Datura.
_Ulcers_ may be successfully treated by the local application of
solution of Sulphate of Copper (114*). Ceromel (167*) "Oil Dressing"
(338) "Water Dressing" (394), (Dr. Aitchison states that for years he
has discarded Water Dressing in any form to ulcers, but has substituted
for cleansing and dressing them a mixture of one part of Carbolic Acid
and ten of Sweet Oil. He pronounces this a far more effectual mode of
treatment), and Rice Poultices (322), varied according to circumstances;
_if attended with fetid discharge_, Charcoal Poultices (91); _if with
much discharge_, Catechu Ointment or Lotion (90) and Myrobalans Ointment
(257). _To destroy Maggots on surface of_, Butea Seeds (65). _Sloughing,
Gangrenous, or Ill-conditioned Ulcers_ require Alum Ointment (31), Borax
(59), Camphor (75), Ním Poultices (261), Oil of Country Nutmeg (274),
Petroleum (412), _Toddy_ Poultices (355*) Turpentine Ointment (367),
Resin Ointment (372), or Sugar (408). "Irrigation" (395) is most useful
in removing the slough and stimulating to healthy action. _If the pain
and irritation are so great as to prevent sleep_, Opium (283) or
Tincture of Datura (128). _To excessive Granulations_ ("_Proud flesh_"),
apply Sulphate of Copper (114). In all cases Country Sarsaparilla (163),
Hydrocotyle (170), or Mudar (242) may advantageously be given
internally; and _for Ulcers occurring in Scrofulous subjects_, Fish
Liver Oil (137, 138) proves most useful. "Whenever in India an ulcer
looks angry and is in an _unhealthy_ and _non-healing_ condition, as is
the case with Scind boils, Multan sores, Delhi sores, &c. &c., all
applications to the ulcer itself are useless until the general health of
the patient undergoes a thorough alteration. The want of power to heal
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