--Mixtures.
--Bad Cold and Cough,-
--Solution of acetate of ammonia, 2 oz; ipecacuanha wine, 2 tea spn; antimony wine, 2 tea spn; solution of muriate of morphine, half a tea spn; treacle, 4 tea spn; water, add 8 oz. 2 table spn to be taken 3 times a day.
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--Cough (for children),-
--Mix 3 tea spn of ipecacuanha wine with half an oz of oxymel of squills, the same quantity of balsam of tolu, 1 oz of mucilage, and 2 oz of water. ~ Dose, 1 tea spn for children under 1 year, 2 tea spn from 1 to 5 years, and a table spn from 5 years, every time the cough is troublesome.
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--Antispasmodic,-
--Dissolve 50 grains if camphor in 2 tea spn of chloroform, and then add 2 tea of compound tincture of lavender, 6 tea spn of mucilage of gum arabic, 8 oz of aniseed, cinnamon, or some other aromatic water, and 2 oz of distilled water; mix well. ~ Dose, 1 table spn every half-hour if necessary. ~ Use in cholera in the cold stage, when cramps are severe, or exhaustion is very great; and as a general antispasmodic in doses of 1 desert spn when the spasm are severe.
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--Tonic and Stimulant,-
--Dissolve 1 tea spn of extract of bark, and half a tea spn of powdered gum arabic, in 6 oz of water, and then add one oz of syrup of marsh-mallow, and the same quantity of syrup of tolu. ~ Dose, 1 table spn every 3 hours. Use after fevers and catarrhs.
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--Stomachic,-
--Take 20 grains of powdered rhubarb, and rub them down in 3 oz and a half of peppermint water, then add sal volatile and compound tincture of gentian, of each 1 tea spn and a half; mix. ~ Dose, from 1 to 1 oz and a half. ~ Use this mixture as a tonic, stimulant, and stomachic.
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--Indigestion,-
--Infusion of calumba, 6 oz; carbonate of potash, 1 tea spn; compound tincture of gentian, 3 tea spn. ~ Dose, 2 or 3 table spn daily at noon.
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--Drinks.
--Tamarind, 1. --Boil 2 oz of the pulp of tamarinds in 2 pints of milk, then strain. ~ Use as cooling drink.
--Tamarind, 2. --Boil 2 oz of the pulp in 2 pints of warm water, and allow it to get cold, then strain. ~ Use as cooling drink.
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--Powders.
--Compound Soda,-
--Mix 6 grains of calomel, 36 grains of sesquicarbonate of soda, and one tea spn of compound chalk powder, together. Divide into 12 powders. 1 of the powders to be given for a dose when required. ~ Use as a mild purgative for children during teething.
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--Tonic,-
--Mix 1 tea spn of powdered rhubarb with the sane quantity of dried bicarbonate of soda, then add 2 tea spn of powdered calumba root. ~ Dose, from 10 to 20 grains as a tonic, after fevers, in all cases of debility and dyspepsia attended with acidity.
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--Rhubarb and Magnesia,-
--Mix 1 tea spn of powdered rhubarb with 2 tea spn of carbonate of magnesia, and half a tea spn of ginger ~ Dose, from 15 grains to 1 tea spn. ~ Use as a purgative for children.
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--Sulphur and Potash,-
--Mix 1 tea spn of sulphur with 4 scruples of bicarbonate of potash, and 2 scruples of nitre. ~ Dose, from half a tea spn to 1 tea spn. Use as a purgative, diuretic, and refrigerant.
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--Anti-Diarrhoeal,-
--Mix 1 grain of powdered ipecacuanha, and half a grain of powdered opium, with the same quantity of camphor. ~ Dose, 1 of these powders to be given in jam, treacle, &c., once or twice a day; but to adults only. Another remedy is a half-tea spn of grated nutmeg in a cup of tea or coffee.
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--Antispasmodic,-
--Mix 4 grains of subnitrate of bismuth, 48 grains of carbonate of magnesia, and the same quantity of white sugar, and then divide into 4 equal parts. ~ Dose, 1 fourth part. ~ Use in obstinate pain in the stomach with cramps, unattended by inflammation.
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--Antipertussal, or against Whooping-Cough,-
--Mix 1 tea spn of powdered belladonna root and 2 oz of white sugar together. ~ Dose, 6 grains morning and evening for children under 1 year; 9 grains for those under 2 to 3 years of age; 15 grains for those between 5 and 10; and 30 grains for adults.
--Caution.--This should be prepared by a chemist, as the belladonna is a poison, and occasional doses of castor oil should be given while it is taken.
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--Purgative (Common),-
--Mix 6 grains of calomel with 1 tea spn of powdered jalap and 20 grains of sugar. ~ Dose, 1 half of the whole for adults.
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--Sudorific,-
--Mix 6 grains of compound antimonial powder, 2 grains of ipecacuanha, and 2 grains of sugar together. ~ Dose, as mixed, to be taken at bedtime. ~ Use in catarrh and fever.
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-- < EWUE 118th Ed. HJLtd Pub. 1933 >
--[Warning Note : these excerts of home remedies are not advisory, and are from 85 years ago. The responsibility of use is the reader's.]
--{weights and measures : refer to #0246 & 0249}
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