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had it — the lycopus — to arrest hemoptysis (spitting blood) in a few hours, "when it 

 was profuse and alarming. It seems to control the vascular excitement (excitet 

 ment of circulation) i^ a manner peculiar to itself. 



This, however, I do not look upon as at all singular — all remedies hav« 

 their own peculiar action, and none of us can tell why, and in but few circum- 

 stances can we tell how ; but it is enough for it to be known, they do it. 



Prof. Goss further says, that it is also a valuable remedy in the treatment of 

 diabetes insipidus (when the urine is tasteless) and sacluinna (the urine contain* 

 ing sugar), and in chronic coughs, with profuse expectoration. 



The dose of the infusion is 1 to 2 ozs. (2 to 4 table-spoonfuls), and the dos« 

 of the fl. ext. is 1 to 2 drs. (tea-spoonful). 



Where It Grows, When to be Gathered, etc. — It grows over large portions 

 of the United States. Has a small purplish flower through July and 

 August, when it should be gathered, dried in the shade and carefully kept 

 in paper sacks, for each year's use, as age injures it. It yields its strength to 

 boiling water, 1 oz. to the pint of river or rain water — giving 1 to 2 ozs., which 

 would be 2 to 4 table-spoonfuls, as a dose. None of these writers say how often 

 it should be given, hence I would say, 4 to 6 times within the day and evening, 

 as found to agree with the stomach and the action desired. It is not p>oisonou3 

 nor dangerous. See " Diabetes " for diet, etc., in that disease. 



Prof. King, of Cincinnati, in his " American Dispensatory," in his explana- 

 tion of the uses of the bugle weed Qycopus), after corroborating its uses in 

 the diseases above named, adds: " It acts somewhat like digitalis, in reducing 

 the velocity of the pulse, but it is devoid of the dangerous effects resulting from 

 the use of that drug, and hence has proved useful in som* Veart affections. It 

 is decidedly beneficial in the treatment of diabetes, having cured when all other 

 means were useless; and has been of service in chronic diarrhea and dysentery, 

 inflammatory diseases of drunkards, diseases of the heart, and intermittents 

 (agues)." 



Dose of the powder, from 1 to 2 drs. (1 to 2 small tea-spoonfuls); of the 

 infusion, 2 to 4 fl. ozs. (from 4 to 8 table-spoonfuls), and of the concentrated 

 tinct. of the recent plant (tinct. made with 8 ozs. of the bruised plant to 1 pt. of 

 diluted alcohol), from 5 to 60 minims (drops). 



Thus it is seen, the bugle weed is a very valuable remedy. Especially is it 

 worthy of a fair trial in the coughs and prostrating night sweats of consump- 

 tion, as well as in all the other diseases mentioned. 



PIIiES (Hemorrhoids) — Bleeding or Only Tumors, Some 

 Kemarkable Remedies for.— Stephen Adams, M. D., of "West Newfield, 

 Me., in answer to a call in the Medical Brief, of St. Louis, Mo., for hemorrhoids 

 (piles), says: "I use a remedy which I have used a long time, and which has 

 cured every case where it has been used. Mix citrine ointment and rosinous 

 ointment (both kept by druggists), about equal parts; put a few grs. on a piece 

 of paper, rub on and about the anus (rectum) 3 or 4 times a week, at night. It 

 will stop the hemorrhage (bleeding), and soon discus (drive away or scatter) the 

 tumor. You need no knife or caustic. Should the bowels incline to constipa- 

 tion, use, 2 or 3 times a week, }^ gr. solid ex. of belladonna, and some gentle lax* 



