408 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOOTOR. 
BLEEDINGS. 
External are usually the result of cuts or wounds. If a 
clean cut, and not severing any of the arteries or large veins, 
the simplest treatment for them is to draw the edges together 
and keep them in position by a strip of adhesive plaster. If 
it is only a small cut a rag with a little wound salve or 
Friar’s balsam will be sufficient. If an artery is cut it will 
be needful to put on a ligature above the cut, holding the 
finger, thumb, or hand over the wound while this is being 
done. As a blood stauncher Dr. Chase gives a mixture, 
claiming that it will stop bleeding from any, even large blood- 
vessels. Mix: 
WISE 2S eee te 9 oleate ally AL ORO eee 
Castille Soap.....sseceesecceeesees Two drachms. 
Carbonate of Potash........e0- e».e.e One drachm. 
Scrape the soap fine, dissolve in the spirit, and add the potash ; 
keep corked. Warm it and soak pledgets of lint and apply 
them. They will need to be repeated if the wounds are deep 
or limbs torn off. A strong solution of alum is also good, 
or tannic acid. 
INTERNAL BLEEDINGS 
From the nose, if caused by falls or blows, are as a rule easier 
stopped than those which are spontaneous. Simple bathing 
in cold water with alum or vinegar added, if not severe, will be 
sufficient. A cup of composition to equalise the circulation 
will be beneficial. If the bleeding continues after simple 
means have failed, prepare a strong decoction of— 
DISLOML QOL. <a inla yy ad Wa bates oe OE ounce, 
Comfrey Root..... ay js Pw mseel One ounce, 
To a quart of water; take a cup three parts full of it and fill up 
with tincture of marigolds ; inject some up the nostrils with a 
syringe ; put a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and sugar in the 
rest of the decoction, and take a wineglassful every hour 
till bleeding stops. If it does not stop when this is done, try 
some of the first styptic mixture; dilute it with an equal part 
