506 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
TAPE WORM. 
Eat the whole of the inside of an ordinary sized cocoanut, 
grated fine, at bed time. If the bowels don’t move early a 
dose of castor oil or the bilious powder may be taken, 
when the worm will soon be expelled. 
2. One drop of croton dissolved in 30 drops of chloroform, 
and one ounce of glycerine given at night on an empty 
stomach, followed in the morning by a bilious powder. 
SCIATICA. 
Chloroform and menthol. A strip of cloth saturated in 
above solution and laid along the line of pain, covered with 
oiled silk or rubber cloth, will soon give relief. 
SPRAINS. 
Immerse part in hot salt water. Keep up the heat for 
half an hour by putting the basin or bucket on hot bricks. 
Wipe dry, and put on a plaster bandage, which is prepared. 
Then get a 3 in. strip of cheese-cloth from 6 to 9 ft. long, rub 
into it dry plaster of Paris, roll it up, put a piece of flannel 
next the skin, keep out creases ; now dip your rolled bandage 
in warm water and roll it round the part. In a short time it 
will form a splint which may be kept on till all pain and 
swelling are removed. 
VOMITING. 
This is often an indication of early pregnancy, in some 
cases continuing till the patient is exhausted. Nothing will 
he on the stomach. The cause is that the womb, which, so to 
speak, is drawing the chief forces of life to itself is in its first 
position. The pelvis or lowest part of the abdomen or belly, 
after quickening, rises out of this position, when the vomiting 
usually ceases, as the sickness is caused by pressure or 
dragging on the nerves. The simplest way to obtain relief 
is to elevate the lower part of the body. This may be done 
by putting one, two, or three pillows under the hips, or 
assuming the knee-chest position, that is, lying on the knees 
