WORMSEED. Goose Foot. Stinking Weed. Chenopodium Anthelmintic.u.m.
Internally, used for.--Worms, round worms.
Part used.--Seeds and herb.
Gather.--In late autumn.
Flowers (when).--July to September.
Grows (where).--United States, in waste places.
Prepared (how).--Oil.
Diseases, Dose, etc.--Four to eight drops of oil to be given night and morning, for four or five days, and then followed by a purgative.
Combination: Oil of wormseed one ounce, oil of tansy one ounce, spirits of turpentine one and one-half ounce, castor oil one pint. Dose for a child, a teaspoonful every hour until it operates; for an adult one tablespoonful. Powdered herb: Dose, half to one teaspoonful.
YARROW. Milfoil. Thousand Leaf. Achillea Millefolium.
Internally, used for.--Bleeding from the lungs, kidneys, piles, dysentery, menorrhagia.
Part used.--The herb.
Flowers (when).--Nearly whole summer.
Grows (where).--Europe and America in fields, woods, pastures.
Prepared (how).--Decoction, half ounce of plant to six ounces of water and boil down to three ounces. Juice of the herb is also used.
Diseases, Dose, etc.--In menorrhagia either can be used, as well as in other diseases. Tablespoonful of decoction every hour. The expressed juice in two or three tablespoonful doses may be taken three times a day.
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YELLOW DOCK. Rumex Crispus.
Internally, used for.--Skin disease, scrofula, syphilis, scurvy.
Externally, used for.--Fresh root bruised in cream is good applied to ulcers, tumors and itch.
Part used.--The root.
Gather.--Early autumn.
Flowers (when).--June and July.
Grows (where).--In pastures, dry fields, etc.
Prepared (how).--One ounce root to a pint of boiling water. Let steep.
Diseases, Dose, etc.--One or two ounces, three times a day; or half ounce every three hours. This is a good remedy. Some people should commence with smaller doses.
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HOMEOPATHY
THE TREATMENT OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DISEASES ACCORDING TO HOMEOPATHY
In cities and in most towns Homeopathic medicine will be found in drug stores in their special preparations. Some drug stores handle Homeopathic medicines exclusively.
MEDICINES.--Homeopathic medicines should be kept in a dry cool place. Do not leave them standing open among odors or exposed to bright lights. The following are among those common for home use:
List of Remedies.
Aconitum Colocynthis Phosphorus Antimonium crudum Cuprum metallic.u.m Pulsatilla Antimonium tartaric.u.m Gelsemium Rhus toxicodendron Apis Hepar Sulphuric.u.m Sanguinaria Arnica radix Hyoscyamus Sepia a.r.s.enic.u.m Ipecacuanha Silicea Belladonna Lycopodium Spigelia Bryonia Mercurius Spongia Chamomilla Natrum muriatic.u.m Sulphur China Nux Vomica Veratrum alb.u.m Cina Opium Cinchona (see China) Phosphoric acid
Fluid for External Use.
Arnica. Calendula.
Care of Medicine in the Sick Room.--Use a clean tumbler and when not using cover the tumbler with a small saucer or piece of cardboard. Set it in a cool place and where it is free from odors, as liquid medicines exposed are likely to take up such impurities.
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DIRECTIONS FOR USING HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES.
They are prepared in two forms, Dilutions and Triturations (powdered form). From the triturations tablets are made. When we write "3X dil."
that means 3X dilution; when we write "3X trit." that means 3X trituration. The 3X means or indicates the strength of the medicine. We have different dilutions and triturations, as IX, 2X, 3X, 4X, etc., according to the strength of the medicine used and we say dil. or trit., for dilution or trituration, depending upon the form to be used. Tablets are handier to use than the triturations or powder. In this book when I write trituration I shall always expect you to use it in the form of tablets. Instead of giving directions in every disease how to prepare the medicine, I will give it here.
When you use the medicine in the dilution (liquid) form, you put ten to fifteen drops of the dilution (say the 2X or any one) in a gla.s.s half full of water and give one to two teaspoonsful everyone-half to one to two or three hours, as the case may be, according to the age of the patient, etc.
This is for acute cases.
For chronic cases.--You give medicine three or four times a day, one to two teaspoonfuls at a time. When you use it in trituration (tablet) form, you give one to two tablets at a dose every one-half to one, two or three hours, etc. In chronic cases three or four times a day, one or two tablets.
For the beginning of a common cold.--Aconite 2X dil. Put ten drops in a gla.s.s half full of water and take two teaspoonsful every one-half hour for three doses, then every three hours for twelve hours. Tincture of camphor in drop doses is also good.
If throat feels raw and sore.--I give three tablets of Mercurius bin. 2X trit. (tablet form) in alternation with the Aconite for three doses. Then stop it.
LA GRIPPE.--Gelsemium IX dil. Put ten drops in a gla.s.s half full of water and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone-half to two hours. Feels sick, achy and bad all over; generally good at the beginning.
Belladonna 3X dil. if throat is raw and sore, throbbing, beating arteries, tickling annoying hard cough.
Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form). When throat is sore with much saliva, sticky sweat which does not relieve.
Bryonia 2X dil. Grip with cold on chest, hurts to cough.