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are macerated for 24 hours in 500 parts of cold dis- 

 tilled water; then add 500 parts boiling water. Filter 

 when cold. Don't use this unless you are a skilled 

 ophthalmologist, and then follow the technic of 

 Ramsey, Swanzy, or Ball. 



JU6LANS 



WALNUT LEAVES, Juglans regia. Official in 

 Austria, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Spain, and 

 Switzerland. This is the English or European 

 walnut, and the leaves possess astringent properties 

 availed of in the treatment of various external con- 

 ditions. 



BUTTERNUT, Juglans cinerea, is an American 

 species not official. A good fl. made from the bark 

 of the root is one of the most satisfactory laxatives 

 for use in chronic constipation. The action is similar 

 to that of rhubarb. Give 5- to 20-minim doses. I 

 have found Juglans one of the least objectionable 

 of laxatives, gentle in action but prolonged in influ- 

 ence. 



In doses short of actual purgation, Juglans is an 

 eliminative agent of value as a "system cleanser" in 

 autointoxication and the "dirty skin" so commonly 

 incident thereto. Juglans is a native remedy which 

 should be more extensively used. 



JUNIPER 



Juniperus communis. The berries are official ex- 

 cept in Great Britain and the U. S., but OIL OF 

 JUNIPER is official in both of these countries. 



Juniper is a diuretic which acts by a slight irritant 

 and stimulating influence on the renal epithelium. 

 Diuretics of this class are losing in professional 



