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258 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
Let names of all disorders be 
Like to the hmbs joined on a tree; 
Work on the root and that subdue, 
Then all the limbs will bow to you. 
So as the body is the tree, 
The limbs are colic, pleurisy ; 
Worms and gravel, gout and stone: 
Remove the cause and they are gone. 
My system's founded on this truth— 
Man's air and water, fire and earth; 
That death is cold and life is heat, 
Their temporal weal your health’s complete, 
Note.—The steam bath is not mentioned as a part of the 
above treatment, the hot brick or stone taking its place. This 
may be done when the patient cannot sit over the steam, but a 
good steaming is best when it can be given. To sum up the 
botanic course in a few words, wedirect: 1. A purge to cleanse 
the bowels. 2. Composition to raise the inward heat and clear 
offcanker. 38. A vapour bath, to open the pores of and cleanse 
the skin. 4. An emetic, to cleanse the stomach. 5. A dose of 
bitters and some gruel, slippery elm preferred. Tho purge 
may be taken at morning or noon, and the other at night. 
When there is no time to wait for the bowels to move, use 
an injection suited to the case. 
