Opodeldoc (soap liniment): excellent applied to bruises, stops swelling and discoloration.
Paregoric: 30-60 m., checks coughing.
Prepared chalk: 15-30 gr. repeated, with cinnamon and tincture of catechu, antacid and astringent for diarrhœa and cholera; made into a cream with water, cooling shield for burns.
Rhubarb: 1-5 gr., tonic to bowels; 10-20 gr., aperient followed by astringent.
Sal volatile: 30-60 m. in wineglassful camphor julep; antacid, antispasmodic, and exhilarating.
Santonine: 2-3 gr. on 3 alternate nights, followed by castor oil in the morning, expels threadworms from children.
Spirit of minderus: 15-20 m. in gruel at bedtime, excellent diaphoretic and cure for coryza (cold in the head); 20 m. in wineglassful water, eyewash; 1 table. in tumbler water, cooling lotion.
Spirit of nitre: 20-30 drops in wineglassful water, or 1 tea. in hot gruel at bedtime, diuretic and diaphoretic, for colds.
Sulphate of copper: 10-15 gr. in wineglassful water, rapid emetic in poisoning.
Sulphate of potash: 10-20 gr. with 10 gr. rhubarb and 15 gr. sugar in peppermint-water, mild aperient.