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haemorrhage it should be given with caution. The best effects 

 have been obtained from it in the low sinking stage of malignant 

 fevers, and it is an excellent adjunct to bark and sulphate of 

 quinine, in the cure of intermittents. Agues have been cured by 

 a free use of the tincture, and it proves very beneficial in that 

 distressing complaint to which sailors are liable, well known 

 by the name of wind colic ; given in hot decoction in the man- 

 ner of ginger tea, it quickly relieves the distressing swelling of 

 the abdomen *. 



It may be advantageously given in substance, in the dose of a 

 scruple to a drachm. It is usefully combined with magnesia 

 and chalk in the flatulent colic of infants f . An infusion of two 

 to three drachms of the root in a pint of water or white wine is 

 an excellent stomachic : a wine-glassful to be taken at a time. 

 The volatile oil may be given in combination with sulphate of 

 quinine in the dose of two to six drops. The fresh root candied^ 

 is used in Turkey and India by dyspeptic patients, and is mas- 

 ticated as a preservative against epidemic diseases. 



* Barton, Veg. Mat. Med. vol. ii. p. 66. 



f Thomson, Elements of Mat. Med., p. 147. 



