MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES 



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and those who have employed it praise 

 it highly. 



COLD HEADACHE. When the head 

 is cold to the touch, accompanied by 

 aching, lager beer has generally been 

 found to afford relief." One glass is 

 often sufficient. 



Heart-Burn. 



The juice of lemon, diluted with a 

 little water, will often give prompt 

 relief. 



Hemorrhage of the Lungs. 



To one-half teacupful of simple 

 sirup add one tablespoonful of spirits 

 of turpentine. Mix. Take a teaspoon- 

 ful of this mixture in the mouth, and 

 as soon as it has to be ejected take 

 another. This has arrested hemorrhage 

 of the lungs when all other means had 

 failed. 



Hives. 



Coemoline applied to the surface of 

 the skin two or three times a day will 

 cure all scaly eruptions of the skin 

 characterized by itching or burning. 



Hot Water Cure. 



The following is the "hot water 

 treatment " in popular use for Con- 

 sumption, Diarrhea and Dyspepsia. 

 Dr. Ephraim Cutter, an eminent physi- 

 cian of New York city, says that the 

 first use made of hot water as a medi- 

 cine, or " health regulator," was made 

 by Dr. James H. Salisbury, of New 

 York, who by a series of experiments 

 demonstrated its efficacy. It must be 

 hot, i. e., not less than one hundred and 

 ten degrees nor more than one hundred 

 and fifty degrees Fahrenheit. For diar- 

 rhea the hotter the water the better. 

 For hemorrhages it should be at blood 

 heat. The quantity of hot water drunk 

 varies from one-half pint to a pint and 

 one-half, according to the condition of 

 the patient and the disease treated. 

 The hot water should be taken one or 

 two hours before each meal, and half 

 an hour before retiring. This gives the 

 water time to operate before food 

 enters the stomach or sleep comes. 

 The water should be sipped slowly, 

 and the swallowing of half a pint 

 should take half an hour. A teacher 

 in New York city, who was dying with 

 consumption, was cured by the use of 

 hot water and tender beef. He began 

 by taking one cup of hot water, as hot 

 as it -could be borne, an hour before 



each meal, and gradually increased the 

 dose to three cups. He gained four- 

 teen pounds in two months. 



Kidney-Disease. 



Use asparagus as a diet This is said 

 to be very effective for the removal of 

 this affection. 



ANOTHER. Fifteen drops of turpen- 

 tine in a glass of flax-seed tea three 

 times a day is used with excellent 

 results. A Canada Pitch Plaster, 4x6, 

 worn over the kidneys is an indispensa- 

 ble aid to the above excellent of itself. 



Menses, Cure for Suppressed. 



Make a strong tea of smart- weed and 

 let the patient drink freely of it. Put 

 the feet in hot mustard-water, for 

 fifteen to thirty minutes, before going 

 to bed. 



ANOTHER. A strong tea of the hair- 

 capped moss (known as birds' wheat) 

 will nearly always accomplish the same 

 purpose and that speedily. It should 

 be drunk while hot and used freely, 

 using a vaginal injection of hot water 

 at the same time. 



Milk, to Check Plow of. 



Take of powdered camphor-gum and 

 powdered skunk-cabbage root, each 

 one ounce; fresh lard, two ounces. 

 Mix and spread on thick, brown paper 

 and keep applied to the breast. 



Melancholy. 



Roll up some asafetida into pills the 

 size of a common white bean, and take 

 thrice daily after meals. This is excel- 

 lent for relieving this difficulty. 



Neuralgia. 



Horse-radish root, bruised and bound 

 upon the face or other parts where the 

 pain is located, has been found very 

 valuable and will give relief in a great 

 many cases. 



ANOTHER. The application to the 

 affected part of flannel cloths wrung 

 out of hot water, will often relieve the 

 worst cases. 



ANOTHER. Mullein leaves dipped 

 in boiling milk and spread hot on the 

 affected surface will relieve this dis- 

 ease, and will relieve inflammatory 

 rheumatism also. 



GERMAN REMEDY. The following 

 is the celebrated German remedy for 

 neuralgia ; it can scarcely be extolled 



