410 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. | 
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Comfrey Root, crushed .........00006 One ounce. 
Simmer in three pints of water for 20 minutes; take off the 
fire and put in one ounce of sweet bugle herb; give a 
wineglassful every half hour if the bleeding is much; four 
times a day if only spitting it occasionally. Froman American 
author we see a simple remedy given—table salt. Dr. Rush 
cured a patient with two teaspoonfuls when all other means 
failed; three to six teaspoonfuls daily while it continues. 
(See page 52 for another remedy). 
Bleeding from the bowels is generally caused by piles. 
Flowever, it may come trom other parts of the intestines. If 
the means used for bleeding piles do not take effect, take 
the above medicine. All internal bleedings will be amenable 
to this treatment. 
HEART AFFECTIONS. 
Palpitation of the heart is usually a symptom of indigestion 
which, when cured, it disappears. This 1s the rule; but there 
are exceptions Ifthe means for the cure of indigestion have 
failed, take an infusion of tansy and skullcap, one ounce each 
in a quart of boiling water; half a teacupful three times a day, 
with two compound motherwort pills night and morning. 
If the trouble comes from heart disease, take tincture of lily 
of the valley, a teaspoonful three times a day. The new 
remedy—tincture strophanthus—two to ten drops three times 
a day, or cactus grandiflora, twenty drops three times a day 
