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
363_b_. _In "Pecnash," or Maggots in the Nose_, common amongst the
natives of Bengal and other parts of India, "the best treatment is to
inject every opening in the skin of those affected with this disease
with pure Oil of Turpentine, which is found to kill the maggots, and
then to extract any maggots that are visible by means of a pair of
forceps. Chloroform is even more efficacious, but is more expensive."
(Dr. T. E. B. Brown, _Indian Med. Gaz._, Sept. 1879, p. 263.)
364. TURPENTINE ENEMAS (one ounce of the Oil to 15 ounces of _Conjee_)
are valuable agents in many cases, as in _Apoplexy_, _Insensibility_,
_Convulsions, especially in those after Childbirth_, _Hysterical Fits_,
_Spasmodic Affections of the Bowels_, _Flatulence_, _Flatulent Colic_,
&c. They, together with turpentine stupes, have sometimes excellent
effects in stimulating the system and rousing the vital powers in
_Delirium and Exhaustion attendant on Fever_.
365. _For the removal of Thread Worms from the Rectum and Lower Bowel_,
a Turpentine Enema often proves effectual. In the treatment of _Tape
Worm_ Oil of Turpentine is a remedy of established value; it is best
given internally in a dose of three drachms with an equal quantity of
Castor Oil; the latter is considered to prevent the unpleasant head
symptoms which are apt to arise when the Turpentine is given alone. It
is best given two or three hours after a meal; if taken on an empty
stomach it is apt to produce vomiting. The patient should remain quiet
after taking it, and broths and mucilaginous drinks should be taken to
aid its operation. The Oil of Turpentine for this purpose should be
obtained from a regular chemist or other reliable source.
366. TURPENTINE LINIMENT is a valuable application in _Chronic
Rheumatism_, _Lumbago_, _Sciatica_, _and other forms of Neuralgia_, _in
Chronic Enlargement of the Joints_, _Bruises_, _Sprains_, _Muscular
Pains_, _&c._ It is formed by dissolving one ounce of Camphor in 16
ounces of Oil of Turpentine, and then adding two ounces of Soft Soap,
rubbing them together until they are thoroughly mixed. _Chronic Coughs_,
especially of the aged, are much benefited by this liniment well rubbed
into the chest at night.
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