Chamomile Tea as a Strengthener. — Use one pint of boiling water to about
thirty chamomile flowers. Steep, strain, sweeten with honey or sugar, and drink a
cupful half an hour before breakfast, to promote digestion and restore the action of
the liver. A teacupful of the tea, in which has' been stirred a full dessert-spoonful of
sugar and a very little ginger, is an excellent tonic and stimulant for an old person,
taken two hours before dinner.
White- Wine Whey.— Let a pint of milk come to a boil ; add half a gill of
white-wine; allow the whole to come to a boil, and pour into a basin to cool. When
the curd has settled, the whey is excellent for coughs and colds.
Hop Tea.— This is considered good as an appetizer and strengthener of the
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digestive organs. Take one-lialf ounce of hops, upon which is poured a quart of
boiling water; let it stand fifteen ujinutcs; strain, and give a small teacupful half an
hour before breakfast.
Effervescent Drink. — Put the juice of a lemon, strained, in a tumbler of
water, with sugar enough to sweeten it. Add half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of
soda, and drink while effervescino;.
Sherbet. — Take one pound of best powdered sugar, two ounces of carbonate of
soda and three ounces of tartaric acid. Mix all thoroughly and keep in a bottle
corked tight. When wanted for use, put a teasi)oonful of the powder in a tumbler,
add a drop of essence of lemon, till with ice-water, stir and drink.
XVII. Simple Remedies for the Sick.
Every family should know something of simple remedies, especially those who
live far from physicians. Often some simj^le remedy given in time will cure, or, at
least, carry the patient until permanent relief can be obtained. For this reason M'e
give a variety of recipes collected from the best authorities, with appropriate doses,
the doses given being for adults. For children's doses, see table of j)roportionate
doses in the next section. The most of them are simple and easily' procured. Castor
oil is now much less used than foi-merly, but is too valuable in certain cases to omit.
Acid, Acetic. — Vinegar distilled from wood and purified, used as a lotion for its
cooling properties, removing warts. It is not given internally, except in combination
with other remedies.
Acid, Benzoic. — Used in chronic bronchitis. Dose : 5 grains to ^ drachm, twice
a day.
Acid, Sulphuric. — (Diluted.) Sulphuric acid mixed with 11 times its bulk of
water. Used in dyspepsia, also to check sweatings, salivation and diarrhoea; also as
a gargle.
Acid, Tartaric. — Used in fevers with some soda of potassa, as an effervescing
draught, instead of citric acid; the acid is dissolved in water as a substitute for lemon,
juice, and added to soda. Dose: 1-5 to 25 grains.
Aloes, Barbadoes. — Used in dyspepsia and head affections ; also as a common
purirative. Dose J^ grain to -5 grains, well powdered or dissolved in hot water.
Alum. — Used internally in hemorrhages and mucous discharges ; externally as a
wash in ophthalmia, or as a gargle in relaxed uvula. Dose: 10 to 20 grains.
Amjionia , Liquor of. — Ammonia condensed in water. Used, when largelj^ diluted,
in fainting, asphyxia, hysteria, spasms, acidities of the stomach; and externally as an
irritant of the skin. Dose: f) to 1.5 minims.
AssAFfETiDA, GuM. — Uscd in hvsteria, flatulence, colic, etc. Dose: .5 to 10 grains.
Borax, Bihorate of Soda. — Used in intestinal irritation of infants. Externally
applied to thrush, and to cutaneous diseases. Dose: 5 to. 30 grains. Externally
applied, dissolved in 8 times its weight of honey or mucilage.
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Camphok. — Used in hysteria, asthma, chorea, and generally in spasmodic diseases.
Externally, in muscular pains, bruises, etc. Dose: 3 to 5 grains, in pills. When
dissolved in water, as camphor mixture, the quantity is scarcely appreciable.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Chamomile Tea as a Strengthener. — Use one pint of boiling water to about thirty chamomile flowers. Steep, strain, sweeten with honey or sugar, and drink a cupful half an hour before breakfast, to promote digestion and restore the action of the liver. A teacupful of the tea, in which has been stirred a full dessert-spoonful of sugar and a very little ginger, is an excellent tonic and stimulant for an old person, taken two hours before dinner.
White- Wine Whey.— Let a pint of milk come to a boil ; add half a gill of white-wine; allow the whole to come to a boil, and pour into a basin to cool. When the curd has settled, the whey is excellent for coughs and colds.
Hop Tea.— This is considered good as an appetizer and strengthener of the
digestive organs. Take one-half ounce of hops, upon which is poured a quart of boiling water; let it stand fifteen minutes; strain, and give a small teacupful half an hour before breakfast.
Effervescent Drink. — Put the juice of a lemon, strained, in a tumbler of water, with sugar enough to sweeten it. Add half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, and drink while effervescing.
Sherbet. — Take one pound of best powdered sugar, two ounces of carbonate of soda and three ounces of tartaric acid. Mix all thoroughly and keep in a bottle corked tight. When wanted for use, put a teaspoonful of the powder in a tumbler, add a drop of essence of lemon, till with ice-water, stir and drink.
XVII. Simple Remedies for the Sick.
Every family should know something of simple remedies, especially those who live far from physicians. Often some simple remedy given in time will cure, or, at least, carry the patient until permanent relief can be obtained. For this reason we give a variety of recipes collected from the best authorities, with appropriate doses, the doses given being for adults. For children's doses, see table of proportionate doses in the next section. The most of them are simple and easily' procured. Castor oil is now much less used than formerly, but is too valuable in certain cases to omit.
Acid, Acetic. — Vinegar distilled from wood and purified, used as a lotion for its cooling properties, removing warts. It is not given internally, except in combination with other remedies.
Acid, Benzoic. — Used in chronic bronchitis. Dose : 5 grains to ^ drachm, twice a day.
Acid, Sulphuric. — (Diluted.) Sulphuric acid mixed with 11 times its bulk of water. Used in dyspepsia, also to check sweatings, salivation and diarrhoea; also as a gargle.
Acid, Tartaric. — Used in fevers with some soda of potassa, as an effervescing draught, instead of citric acid; the acid is dissolved in water as a substitute for lemon, juice, and added to soda. Dose: 1-5 to 25 grains.
Aloes, Barbadoes. — Used in dyspepsia and head affections ; also as a common purirative. Dose J^ grain to -5 grains, well powdered or dissolved in hot water.
Alum. — Used internally in hemorrhages and mucous discharges ; externally as a wash in ophthalmia, or as a gargle in relaxed uvula. Dose: 10 to 20 grains.
Ammonia , Liquor of. — Ammonia condensed in water. Used, when largely diluted, in fainting, asphyxia, hysteria, spasms, acidities of the stomach; and externally as an irritant of the skin. Dose: f) to 1.5 minims.
Assafetida, GuM. — Uscd in hysteria, flatulence, colic, etc. Dose: .5 to 10 grains.
Borax, Bihorate of Soda. — Used in intestinal irritation of infants. Externally applied to thrush, and to cutaneous diseases. Dose: 5 to 30 grains. Externally applied, dissolved in 8 times its weight of honey or mucilage.
Camphok. — Used in hysteria, asthma, chorea, and generally in spasmodic diseases. Externally, in muscular pains, bruises, etc. Dose: 3 to 5 grains, in pills. When dissolved in water, as camphor mixture, the quantity is scarcely appreciable.