372 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
night, and in order to induce them to Start, six more in the 
morning. A gentleman came into our shop one evening, 
and said, ‘Well, Mr. Neil, these dandelion pills have had 
a wonderful effect on me. Not long since I was so costive 
that I could take a whole box of Holloway’s pills at one time 
with only a motion cr two, then I would be as bad as ever. 
I have taken one box of your pills; it has lasted me some time, 
and now I only need a dose now and then.” Very good, but 
we are sorry to confess that our pills are not always so 
successful; no, it is better to try other means first. Asa diet 
use the whole meal bread, a plate of porridge in the marning 
or at bedtime, the dandelion coffee instead of the ordinary 
coffee or tea, stewed fruit, roasted apples, the yolks of two eggs 
with milk. Try to get an evacuation regularly every morn- 
ing. Massage or rubbing over the bowels from left to 
right in a circle has been found helpful. If you know of 
any cause, such as smoking, want of exercise, &c., it must 
be given up; the Joss of whatever pleasure may come from 
it will be fully and more than fully made up by a return to 
health. Medicine: Several of the botanic authors recommend 
bullocks’ gall made into pills with lobelia, valerian, and cayenne. 
Get the fresh ox gall, evaporate to the consistency of tar, put 
two parts of lobelia and one of cayenne, make into a proper 
consistency, roll into ordinary sized pills, and take two or three 
three times a day, as many as will keep open the bowels. The 
latest remedy, cascarasegrada(see index), is highly commended. 
The bilious powder is good and does not bind up after. The 
liver tonic and liver pills are effectual with some. Among the 
cathartics some suit one, some another. Try again till you 
find the right one. 
DIARRHGA OR SUMMER COMPLAINT 
Is another common ailment which is not hard to remedy if it 
is taken in time. The cholera drops, the recipe for which we 
now give, is almost specific. 
