The American Reformed Cattle Doctor / Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management

by George H. Dadd

Cedar Buds. An infusion of the buds makes a good vermifuge for sheep and pigs.

Charcoal. This is a valuable remedy as an antiseptic for foul ulcers, foot rot, &c.

Cleavers, (galium aparine.) The expressed juice of the herb acts on the skin and kidneys, increasing their secretions. One tea-spoonful of the juice, given night and morning in a thin mucilage of poplar bark, is an excellent remedy for dropsy, and diseases of the urinary organs. An infusion of the herb, made by steeping one ounce of the leaves and seeds in a quart of boiling water, may be substituted for the expressed juice.

Cohosh, Black, (macrotrys racemosa.) Useful in dropsy.

Coltsfoot, (tussilago farfara.) An excellent remedy for cough.

Cranesbill, (geranium maculatum.) Useful in scours, dysentery, and diarrhœa.

Dill Seed, (anethum graveolens.) Its properties are the same as caraways.

Dock, Yellow, (rumex crispus.) Good for diseases of the liver and of the skin.

Elecampane, (inula helenium.) An excellent remedy for cough and asthma, and diseases of the skin.