Secondly, to impart healthy action to the digestive organs, and lubricate their surfaces.
Having removed the cause, take
| Powdered snakeroot, | 1 ounce. |
| Powdered slippery elm, | 2 ounces. |
| Powdered fennel seed, | half an ounce. |
Mix. Half a table-spoonful may be given daily in warm water, or it may be mixed in the food.
Another.
| Powdered gentian, | 1 ounce. |
| Powdered poplar bark, | 2 ounces. |
| Powdered aniseed, | half an ounce. |
Mix, and give as above.
If the bowels are inactive, give a wine-glass of linseed oil.
The animal should be kept free from all annoyance by dogs, &c.; for fear indirectly influences the stomach through the pneumogastric nerves, by which the secretion of the gastric juice is arrested, and an immediate check is thus given to the process of digestion. For the same reason, medicine should always be given in the food, if possible. In cases of great prostration, accompanied with loss of appetite, much valuable time would be lost. In such cases, we must have recourse to the bottle.