COMPOUND POWDERS, 223 
CATHARTIC PowpER.— 
Jalap, in powder ....... hagas a tpavite Cette One ounce. 
PONIA AT PROMO. es oh eS ee aE es Two ounces. 
Ginger Ve powders a264 Pes Co Meee nen Half ounce. 
Mix well and take from a half to a small teaspoonful in a 
teacupful of hot water sweetened. 
This is a good opening medicine. If taken in the morning, 
fasting, it will cleanse out the bowelsin a few hours. If taken 
-after meals it will be slower in its action. 
A favourite aperient powder, and one often prescribed by 
the doctors is the— 
CompounD Liquorice PowpEr.— 
Liquorice Root, in powder ...... One and a half ounces. 
Powdered Senna ...... Sete honed bs One and a half ounces, 
SPRSTREA Ao Fs 2h ASE Ladies de feed Three quarter ounce. 
Fennel Seeds, in powder........ Three quarter ounce. 
raat Bg oe bt nc bac el =r eye nares Fourand ahalf ounces. 
Dose: from half to one or two teaspoonfuls in water when 
required, 
Emetic PowpErR.— 
Lobelia Herb and Seed in powder mixed One ounce. 
TOCA CATT Ryko ae teres 2 tee wh One ounce. 
SHO ERODES B57 oe ore ee ye cond x8 an cats Half ounce. 
Mix well, and give as a dose half a teaspoonful in Com- 
position (half usual strength), Chamomile or Boneset infusion 
every 15 to 20 minutes tillit operates. If the first dose acts too 
soon, that is within ten minutes, give another when it is 
desired to get the stomach well cleansed and the chest relieved 
_ of phlegm. 
Emuertic Powprer, No. 2.— 
Boneset Herb, in powder ............ One ounce, 
Lobelia Herb and Seed ..... seeeveess One ounce, 
AO ath eet eae hls, »+«++. One drachm. 
Mix two teaspoonfuls in a pint and a , halt of hot water 
sweetened, take in teacupful doses every ten minutes till the 
