190 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
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TINCTURE OF CANTHARIDES.— 
Spanish Flies (in coarse powder). ..seeeessss Half oz, 
Dilute (Proof) Spirits of Wine ............ One pint, 
Macerate fourteen days, express, and filter. Dose: from ten 
to fifteen drops three times a day. 
Highly useful in old gleets, chronic gonorrhma, 
amenorrhoea, and incontinence of urine. 
TincTuRE oF ASSAF@TIDA,— 
Assafoetida (in small pieces)........e Twoand half ozs. 
Pure Spirits of Wine (Alcohol) ...... One pinot, 
Macerate fourteen days and filter. Dose: from thirty tosixty 
drops. Excellent in hysteria, chorea, nervous excitement, cou- 
vulsions, and epilepsy, 
Tincture or Prickty Asp BEerrrEs,— 
Bruised Prickly Ash Berries ..... SS AT nit Four 02s 
Dilute (Proof) Spirits of Wine ............ One pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake up daily, express, and filter 
Dose : from one to two drachms every three hours. 
Highly useful in cases of debility, particularly in typhus 
and low fever cases generally. It is especially indicated in 
flatulency of the bowels, cholera, and rheumatism. 
Tincture or GenTIAN.— 
Gentian Root (crushed) ..... reese Lwo ounces, 
Dilute (Proof) Spirits of Wine ..., One and a half pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake up daily, express, and filter. 
Dose: from thirty to sixty drops. Excellent tonic, useful in 
cases of debility, loss of appetite, &c. 
Tincture or CampHor.— 
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Pure Spirits of Wine (Alcohol) ..,..-.,.. One pint. 
Dose: from five to twenty or thirty drops. 
_ Highly useful in all cases where a stimulant is indicated ; 
in flatulency, nausea, griping pains, spasms, &c. 
