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
_Vaginal Discharges._ Cubebs (125), and Gurjun Balsam (160) internally
(_given by the mouth_) and vaginal injections of Lime Water (224), Alum
(30) and Decoctions of Babúl Bark (9), Galls (149), or Pomegranate Rind
(313) are indicated. [Employ at first simply cold or warm water
injections, regulating the temperature according to the feelings of the
patient; if these do not benefit, try Solution of Sugar (one part),
Water (four parts). Add Alum or other astringents, if necessary, but do
not commence with them until a fair trial has been given to the simpler
means.—_Aitchison._] For the _Vaginal Discharges of Young Children_, the
local application of Lime Water (224), with Fish Liver Oil (138)
internally offer the best chance of success.
_Vaginal Irritation_ is often removed, like a charm, by the application
to the parts of a very weak solution of Carbolic Acid (one to twenty of
Sweet Oil); if used stronger it is apt to cause pain, this pain is at
once removed by a free application of sweet oil alone (_Aitchison_).
_Voice, Loss of._ Catechu (89), or any of the other measures directed
for _Hoarseness_.
_Vomiting._ Amongst the remedies to allay this, are Infusion of Cloves
(105), Infusion of Ginger, (155), Lemon Grass Oil (216*), and Omum Water
(318), with or without the addition of a little Opium (290). Apply
Mustard Poultices (251), or Turpentine Stupes (362). In obstinate cases
try Leeches (213). Lime Water (223*), though especially adapted for
_Vomiting arising from Acidity of the Stomach_, is well worthy of a
trial in all obstinate cases, especially in the _Vomiting of Infants and
Young Children_. It is best given in milk. _Vomiting in Fevers._ Hot
Water (358).
_Warts_ seldom resist the persevering application for a week or two of
Sulphate of Copper (108); a piece of it moistened should be rubbed
lightly over the wart, avoiding the surrounding skin. It may be applied
once every day, or every other day.
_Wasps Stings of._ See _Bites, Venomous_.
_Water on the Brain._ See _Hydrocephalus_.
_Water-brash (Pyrosis)._ Butea Gum (62), and Lime Water (223) may often
be used with advantage.
_Whites._ See _Leucorrhœa, and Vaginal Discharges_.
_Womb, Affections of._ See _Uterus, Affections of_.
_Worms._ _For Tænia, or Tape Worm_, give Kamala (189), Pomegranate Root
Bark (314), or Turpentine (365). When one fails another will often
succeed. _For Lumbricus or Common Round Worm_, try Butea Seeds (64),
Vernonia Seeds (373_b_), or Papaw Juice (295).
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