70 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
four times a day, will relieve chronic constipation. This last 
fact was discovered by an eclectic doctor in America, who was 
at his wits’ end in treating a very bad case; heaffirms that the 
cilin the seeds seemed to lubricate the bowels in a better way 
than the usual remedy, castor oil. 
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DIURETICS. 
The action of this class of remedies is upon the kidneys, 
stimulating and assisting them to secrete impurities from the 
blood. They alleviate and ure useful in all dropsical 
affections, &e. 
We desire, however, to inform our readers that diuretics are 
not to be given during an acute attack of inflammation of the 
kidneys or bladder, or if given it must be the mildest kind, as 
inflamed organs ought not to be stimulated. The reason of 
this must be apparent, as inflammation is the highest form of 
stimulation. ‘The first essential is rest to the part inflamed 
till the acute condition has been overcome. 
We will head this list of Diuretics with a medicine which 
we regard as not one of the best, but the very best medicinal 
gift which comes from the Father of Mercies We wish to 
impress this fact on the minds of our readers, as it must be 
admitted that we are all too ready to forget the source of all 
good gifts. As some doctors in writing their prescriptions 
put down the names of the makers .of particular drugs, a 
Yankee M.D. takes such off in a prescription in one of the 
medical journals thus :— 
Take Tincture delised iron -« lL ounce, Werth’s 
;, fluid extract Sarsa Co. 2 ounces, P. D. and Co.’s 
»,  calamba ., sh drachms, Squire’s 
ounces, P. D. and Co.’s 
syrup trifoliumCo. ., 
2 ounces, God Almighty’s 
»» waterad ., oe 
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