72 BISTORT. 



liave frequently employed it, and particularly in intermittent 

 fevers, in the quantity of three drachms daily."* The powdered 

 root, in doses of a drachm, has also been given in hemorrhage, 

 diarrhoea, and chronic dysentery. 



Geoffroy-j- recommends it in incontinence of urine, gonor- 

 rhoea, excessive menstruation, spitting of blood, and bilious 

 vomitings ; but it is not employed in these complaints by modern 

 physicians. The inhabitants of the Alps, according to Chomel^ 

 consider it a specific in fluor albus. 



Ratier directs a decoction to be made thus — 



Take of Root of Bistort One ounce. 



Water Two pints. 



After sufficient boiling, strain. Dose, from one to three ounces. 



The decoction forms an excellent gargle for scorbutic gums 

 and ulcerated sore throat. 



• Materia JMedica, Vol. II. p. 40. 

 t 3Iateria I\Iedica, Vol. III. p. 195. 



