MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



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Asthma. 



This disease has often been cured by 

 the use of chestnut-leaves. The dry 

 leaves are used after they have become 

 ripe in Autumn, and a teacupful of the 

 tea made from these is to be drunk at 

 breakfast each morning. 



ANOTHER-Dr. Earth olow, of Philadel- 

 phia, gives the following as one of the 

 best prescriptions for asthma. It is to 

 be taken between attacks: Potassia 

 bromide, one ounce ; potassia iodide y z 

 ounce; water, four ounces. A tea- 

 spoonful three times a day. 



Bed Sores. 



Beat up the white of an egg and 

 cover the surface. This will allay in- 

 flammation and promote recovery. 



Bleeding at the Nose. 



A good remedy for bleeding at the 

 nose, as given by Dr. Gleasou, is a vig- 

 orous motion of the jaws, as if in the 

 act of mastication. In the case of a 

 child, a wad of paper should be placed 

 in the mouth and the child instructed 

 to chew it hard. It is the motion of 

 the jaws that stops the flow of blood. 



Bilious Colic. 



A teaspoonful of common baking- 

 soda dissolved in half a teacupful of 

 water, taken at the commencement of 

 an attack, will generally afford relief. 



Bruises and Sprains. 



Bathe the affected parts with hot 

 milk and arnica, in the proportion of 

 nine parts of the former to one of the 

 latter, and in severe cases immerse the 

 whole limb in the solution. This is a 

 new combination, but a very effective 

 remedy. 



Burns and Scalds. 



Apply immediately a thick covering 

 of wool to the burnt part ; in the course 

 of half an hour very little pain will be 

 felt and scarcely any blister will re- 

 main. As this remedy is so simple, no 

 housekeeper should be without loose 

 wool at hand, in case of an accident. 

 This remedy was discovered by the 

 child of a wool-comber having been 

 dreadfully scalded; its mother laid it 

 in a basket of newly carded wool, 



while she ran for a doctor; when she 

 returned she found the child fast 

 asleep among the wool and when it 

 awoke the excessive pain had subsided. 

 We have frequently tried it and invari- 

 ably with success. Hall. 



ANOTHEK Apply to a burn, bruise 

 or cut, the moist surface of the inside 

 coating of the shell of a raw egg; it 

 will adhere of itself and heal without 

 pain. 



Cholera. 



An efficient remedy for the cure cl 

 cholera, cholera-morbus, diarrhea, dys- 

 entery and summer complaint, is 

 Tinct. Cayenne, ... one-half oz. 



" Opium, - - - - 



" Rhubarb, ... 

 Essence peppermint, ... 

 Tinct. camphorated spirits, - 

 Soda, 



Thirty drops for an adult ; five to ten 

 drops for a child. This remedy 

 should always be kept on hand during 

 the summer. One dose is often suf- 

 ficient. 



Chilblains. 



Put on a pair of cotton socks, dip 

 your feet in cold water, and draw on 

 your woolen stockings outside. The tor- 

 ment will be assuaged in a few minutes 

 and a cure for the season often effected 

 in a few days. 



ANOTHER Bathe the parts affected 

 in the liquor in which potatoes have 

 been boiled, at as high a temperature 

 as can be borne. On the first appear- 

 ance of the ailment, indicated by in- 

 flammation and irritation, this affords 

 almost immediate relief. In the more 

 advanced stages, repetition prevents 

 breaking out, followed by a certain 

 cure; an occasional application will 

 operate against a return, even during 

 the severest frost. 



Onions are reputed a cure for chil- 

 blains. They are to be bruised and 

 bound on the affected part for several 

 nights in succession. 



Cancers. 



When cancer of the breast is sus- 

 pected, the patient should at once com 

 mence the use of the tincture of poke- 

 root in five drop doses three times a 



