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.

by Edward John Waring

176. Long-continued or repeated attacks of Intermittent Fever are often accompanied by a swelling or hardness under the ribs of the left side; this constitutes the affection termed Enlargement of the Spleen or Ague Cake. In these cases the treatment advised in the last paragraph may be resorted to with benefit, with the addition of a good active purgative once or twice a week. Local pain may be relieved by Turpentine stupes or mustard poultices over the affected part.

177. In Neuralgic or Rheumatic Faceache, recurring periodically, especially when occurring in the weak and anæmic (174), Sulphate of Iron, in 2 or 3 grain doses thrice daily, produces excellent effects; it may be given in the form of pill, with a little Cinnamon powder and Honey, or in solution with Infusion of Chiretta (98), or Gulancha (352). Chorea and other Nervous Affections occurring in anæmic females are often greatly benefited by the Sulphate, conjoined with Aloes (18). Paralysis and Rickets, associated with anæmia, are likewise benefited by it.

178. In Dropsy attended with Anæmia (174) and Debility, two grains of the Sulphate of Iron in a quart of water sweetened to taste, and taken in divided doses as an ordinary drink during the day, is a useful adjunct to other treatment.

179. In Bleeding Piles, especially when the patient is much debilitated by the discharge, daily enemas of the Sulphate, of the strength of 3 grains to 1 ounce of water, often prove of great service. The same treatment is well adapted for Prolapsus (Descent) of the Rectum.

180. Obstinate Hooping Cough, which resists Alum (28) and other remedies, sometimes yields to Sulphate of Iron in small and continued doses.

181. In Chronic Diarrhœa and Dysentery of Childhood in weak anæmic children the following mixture has been used with great advantage; Sulphate of Iron, 4 grains; Laudanum, 6 drops; Omum water, 10 drachms. Of this the dose is two teaspoonfuls every six hours for a child of one year of age, and so on in proportion.

182.

Jatamansi or Indian Spikenard.

The root of Nardostachys Jatamansi, D.C.