204 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
OL. Savin.— 
Stimulant and emmenagogue, used in amenorrhea. Dose : 
from 4, 6, or 10 drops. Ten drops given three times daily on. 
sugar is said to produce abortion. 
Ou. JuNIPER.— 
Excellent in mucous discharges of the urethra and vagina ; 
also in dropsy and obstruction of the urine. Dose: from 5 to- 
15 or 20 drops. 
Ou. LAvENDER.— 
Highly useful in nervous debility, headache, hysteria, 
chorea, &c. Dose: 1 to 6 drops. 
Ox, CuBEBs,— 
Highly useful, used in the same cases as Ol. J uniper. 
OL. SassaFRAs,— 
Excellent in obstruction of the urine, glandular enlarge- 
ments, and diseases of the skin. Dose: from 3 or 4 to 10: 
drops on sugar. Good as an external application to wens. 
and painful swelling of the joints. 
Ox. Ditt,.— 
The plant from which this oil is derived is the Ancthum 
Graveolens. Itis a native of Spain, but cultivated in our 
gardens. It is most excellent in griping of the stomach and 
bowels, flatulency, convulsions, hooping-cough, and diseases 
of the chest. Dose: from one, two, or three drops on a little 
Sugar, or a half dozen drops to a drachm of any of the 
tinctures indicated in the treatment for the diseases of 
children, afford immediate relief. 
Ot. Ruz.— 
Excellent in pertussis, hooping-cough, hysteria, amen- 
orrhoea, and dysmenorrhea. Dose: from one to five drops 
three times a day, 
Ox. Valerian.— 
Highly useful in chorea, sleeplessness, and hysteria. 
Dose: from two to six drops. 
