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of the fresh rind or bark (if you can get it) or one ounce of 
the dry broken rind, in two pints of water all night, then 
simmer down to one pint. Give a wineglassful every two 
hours till the whole is taken. Sometimes the effect will be 
seen in pieces of the worm coming away in the motions; if not 
it must be repeated for several mornings. The difficulty with 
most people is to know whether they haveatape-worm. This 
matter will be fully dealt with in our treatment of worms. (See 
index). The pomagranate may also be used as a remedy for 
diarrhoea, as a gargle for sore throats, and as a wash in 
leucorrheea. 
ARECA NUT (Beret Nut). 
This nut is a valuable vermifuge medicine. It grows ona 
tree in India named Areca Catechu, one of the palm family. 
he fruit is about the size and shape of a small egg of an 
orange colour, in which the nut is found. It somewhat 
resembles a nutmeg, only it is a little larger and smooth; it is 
also much harder. The natives of India have great faith in 
it, a number of them having come to our city lately have 
bought large quantities of them from us. Besides its worm 
destroying properties it is also a valuable astrigent. It is 
largely used in America as a toothpowder and paste; being 
first burnt, then powdered, and mixed with other ingredients. 
In England and in the colonies it is principally given to dogs 
and horses for worms. ‘The dose for a horse is a tablespoonful 
of the powder with a soft mash or in a drink (given in a 
lemonade bottle); for a dog a teaspoonful for a medium sized 
one. When taken two or three times it is needful to follow it 
with a purge. It can be taken by the human family as well; 
dose, from a half to a teaspoonful in combination with or 
foluwed by a cathartic; but we would not advise it in 
preference to any of the fore-going as a vermifuge, on account 
of its strong astringency. 
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