188 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
TINCTURE OF BLOOD-ROOT.— 
Blood-root (in powder) .....seecesneseees LWwoO 0z8. 
Dilute (proof) Spirits of Wine ........... One pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake daily, express, and filter, Dose: 
as an emetic, from one to two drachms, combined with 
tincture of lobelia. As a nauseant and expectorant it should 
be taken in less quantity. As an external application to 
inflamed mucous surface it is unsurpassed by any known 
remedy. Highly useful in inflammation of the eyes, used alone 
or diluted with an equal quantity of soft or distilled water. 
TINCTURE oF GoLDEN SEAL.— 
Golden Seal (in powder) .....ec20.0+2- Three ozs, 
Dilute (proof) Spirits of Wine ......... . One pint, 
Macerate fourteen days, shake up daily, express, and filter, 
Dose: from ten to sixty drops two or three times a day in a 
little cold water. 
This is an excellent tonic, and may be used with advantage 
in all cases of gastric debility, loss of appetite, disease of the 
1iver, chronic diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, &c. 
CompounpD Tincturz or Gotpen SEALt,— 
Golden Seal (in powder) . .....eeeeeeceee. ONG OZ. 
Lobelia Seed (in powder) ......esee00000. One oz. 
Dilute (proof) Spirits of Wine ........... One pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake daily, express, and filter. This 
may be made with equal parts of the alcoholic tinctures of 
golden seal and lobelia. 
It is used in all cases of diseased mucous surfaces. Snuffed 
up the nostrils, or applied with a camel hair brush, in 
inflammation of the Schneiderian membrane, or chronic 
catarrh, it is most efficacious. It is also highly useful in 
ophthalmic cases, 
Tincrure Bristrort,— 
Bistort Root (in powder). ........-... Three ozs. 
Dilute (proof) Spirits of Wine .,...... Pint and a half. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake daily, express, and filter. Dose : 
