Enema of Albu′men. Syn. Enema albuminis, L. Prep. (Ricord) Infusion of linseed, 12 oz.; whites of 2 or 3 eggs; mix. In chronic diarrhœa, and as a nutritient clyster in debility from stomach diseases. The reason for rejecting the yolks of the eggs is not very obvious, as the preparation is much more effective with them.
Enema of Al′oes. Syn. Enema aloës (B. P.), L. Prep. From aloes, 2 scrup.; carbonate of potassa, 15 gr.; mucilage of starch, 1⁄2 pint. In ascarides, atonic amenorrhœa, &c. It should not be employed when irritability of the rectum, bladder, or genitals, exists; nor in piles, or when there is a tendency to prolapsus ani or prolapsus uteri.
Enema, An′odyne. See Enema of Opium.
Enema, Antispasmod′ic. Syn. Enema antispasmodicum, L. Prep. From tincture of assafœtida, 3 fl. dr.; laudanum, 30 to 60 drops; water gruel or barley water, 1⁄2 pint. In spasmodic affections of the bowels. (See below.)
Enema of Assafœt′ida. Syn. Fetid clyster, Antispasmodic c.; Enema assafœtida (B. P.), E. fœtidum (Ph. E. & D.), L. Prep. 1. (B. P.) Assafœtida, 30 gr.; water, 4 oz.; rub together until mixed.
2. (Ph. E.) To cathartic enema (Ph. E.), add of tincture of assafœtida, 2 fl. dr.
3. (Ph. D.) Warm water, 12 fl. oz.; tincture of assafœtida, 2 fl. dr.
4. (St. B. Hosp.) Assafœtida, 2 dr.; yolk of an egg; barley water, 7 fl. oz. Stimulant, antispasmodic, and carminative. An excellent remedy in hysteria, flatulent colic, hooping-cough, infantile convulsions, worms in the lower bowels, &c. See Enema Hooping-cough.
Enema, Astrin′′gent. Syn. Enema astringens, L. Prep. 1. Tincture of catechu, 1 fl. oz.; barley water, 9 fl. oz.
2. Extract of rhatany, 2 dr.; syrup, or made starch, 2 oz.; water, 7 fl. oz.