Balsam, Canada, is a diuretic, and may be given in slippery elm, in doses of one table-spoonful for diseases of the kidneys.
Balsam of Copaiba, or Capivi, is useful in all diseases of the urinary organs, and, combined with powdered marshmallows and water, makes a good cough drink. Dose, half an ounce.
Baleam of Tolu. Used for the same purpose as the preceding.
Barley. Barley water, sweetened with honey, is a useful drink in fevers.
Bayberry Bark.. We have frequently prescribed this article in the preceding pages as an antiseptic and astringent for scouring and dysentery.
Bearberry, (uva ursi.) This is a popular diuretic, and is useful when combined with marshmallows. When the urine is thick and deficient in quantity, or voided with difficulty, it may be given in the following form:—
| Powdered bearberry, | 1 ounce. |
| Powdered marshmallows, | 2 ounces. |
| Indian meal, | 2 pounds. |
Mix. Dose, half a pound daily, in the cow's feed.
Bitter Root, (apocynum androsæmifolium.) Given in doses of half an ounce of the powdered bark, it acts as an aperient, and is good wherever an aperient is indicated.
Blackberry Root, (rubus trivialis.) A valuable remedy for scours in sheep.