Oil of peppermint is stimulating and carminative,
and is much used in flatulence, nausea and spas-
modic pains of the stomach and bowels and as a
corrigent or adjuvant of other medicines. The
dose is from I to 3 drops, and is most convenient-
ly given rubbed up with sugar, and then dissolved
in water.
OIL OF HORSEMINT.
Applied to the skin it is powerfully rubefacient,
quickly producing heat, pain, redness and even
vesication. It has been employed externally in
low forms of fever, cholera infantum, chronic
rheumatism and other affections in which rubefa-
cient and counter irritants are indicated. In ordinary
cases it should be diluted with sweet oil or some-
thing of the kind, before being applied. It may be
given internally as .1 stimulant or carminative, in
the dose of 2 or 3 drops mixed with sugar and
water.
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RECTIFIED OIL OF AMBER.
Rectified oil of amber is stimulant and anti-
spasmotic, and promotes the secretions, particular-
ly that of urine. It has been employed with ad-
vantage in amenorrhoea and various spasmotic
and convulsive affections, as tetanus, epilepsy, hys-
teria, whooping cough and infantile convulsions
from intestinal irritation. The dose is from 5 to
15 drops, diffused in some aromatic water by
means of sugar and gum arabic. Externally the
oil is rubefacient, and is considerably employed as
a liniment in chronic rheumatism and palsy and
certain spasmotic disorders, as whooping cough
and infantile convulsions. In the latter affection it
should be rubbed along the spine, and was highly
recommended by the late Dr. Joseph Parrish,
mixed with an equal portion of laudanum and di-
luted with 3 or 4 parts of olive oil and brandy.
PILLS OF BARBADOES ALOES.
Barbadoes aloes 2 ounces.
Hard soap i ounce.
Oil of caraway i dram.
Confection of roses i ounce✪ Pills of Barbadoes Aloes.
• Beat all together until thoroughly mixed.
The soap in this formula not only serves to im-
part a consistence to the aloes, but it is thought to
qualify its action and to diminish its liability to ir-
ritate the rectum. Five of these pills are consid-
ered enough for a cathartic dose, but the prepara-
tion is usually employed as a laxative in habitual
138 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
costiveness, in the quantity of 1,2 or 3 pills, taken
before breakfast or dinner or at bed-time. The
above mass should be made or divided into 240
pills.
OIL OF VALERIAN.
This oil exercises the same effect on the system
as the other preparations of valerian, and may be
employed in all diseases of the nervous system
with advantage. The dose of the oil is 4 or 5
drops, repeated 3 or 4 hours apart.
PILLS OF ALOES AND ASSAFETIDA.
Socotrine aloes in fine powder one-half ounce.
Assafetida one-half ounce.
Soap in fine powder one-half ounce✪ Pills of Aloes and Assafetida.
Beat them together with a little water, so as to
form a pilular mass, to be divided into 180 pills.
These pills are peculiarly adapted by the stimu-
lant and carminative properties of the assafetida to
cases of costiveness attended with flatulence and
debility of the digestive organs. From 2 to 5 may
be, given at a dose. [
PILLS OF ALOES AND IRON.
Sulphate of iron i ^ ounces.
Barbadoes aloes in powder 2 ounces.
Compound powder of cinnamon 3 ounces.
Confection of roses 4 ounces✪ Pills of Aloes and Iron.
Rub the whole together, forming a pilular mass,
and make into 3-grain pills. The dose is from i
to 3 pills.
It is said that the laxative power of the aloes is
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Oil of peppermint is stimulating and carminative, and is much used in flatulence, nausea and spasmodic pains of the stomach and bowels and as a corrigent or adjuvant of other medicines. The dose is from I to 3 drops, and is most conveniently given rubbed up with sugar, and then dissolved in water.
OIL OF HORSEMINT.
Applied to the skin it is powerfully rubefacient, quickly producing heat, pain, redness and even vesication. It has been employed externally in low forms of fever, cholera infantum, chronic rheumatism and other affections in which rubefacient and counter irritants are indicated. In ordinary cases it should be diluted with sweet oil or something of the kind, before being applied. It may be given internally as .1 stimulant or carminative, in the dose of 2 or 3 drops mixed with sugar and water.
RECTIFIED OIL OF AMBER.
Rectified oil of amber is stimulant and antispasmotic, and promotes the secretions, particularly that of urine. It has been employed with advantage in amenorrhoea and various spasmotic and convulsive affections, as tetanus, epilepsy, hysteria, whooping cough and infantile convulsions from intestinal irritation. The dose is from 5 to 15 drops, diffused in some aromatic water by means of sugar and gum arabic. Externally the oil is rubefacient, and is considerably employed as a liniment in chronic rheumatism and palsy and certain spasmotic disorders, as whooping cough and infantile convulsions. In the latter affection it should be rubbed along the spine, and was highly recommended by the late Dr. Joseph Parrish, mixed with an equal portion of laudanum and diluted with 3 or 4 parts of olive oil and brandy.
PILLS OF BARBADOES ALOES.
Barbadoes aloes 2 ounces.
Hard soap i ounce.
Oil of caraway i dram.
Confection of roses i ounce. • Beat all together until thoroughly mixed.
The soap in this formula not only serves to impart a consistence to the aloes, but it is thought to qualify its action and to diminish its liability to irritate the rectum. Five of these pills are considered enough for a cathartic dose, but the preparation is usually employed as a laxative in habitual
costiveness, in the quantity of 1,2 or 3 pills, taken
before breakfast or dinner or at bed-time. The
above mass should be made or divided into 240
pills.
OIL OF VALERIAN.
This oil exercises the same effect on the system as the other preparations of valerian, and may be employed in all diseases of the nervous system with advantage. The dose of the oil is 4 or 5 drops, repeated 3 or 4 hours apart.
PILLS OF ALOES AND ASSAFETIDA.
Socotrine aloes in fine powder one-half ounce.
Assafetida one-half ounce.
Soap in fine powder one-half ounce.
Beat them together with a little water, so as to form a pilular mass, to be divided into 180 pills. These pills are peculiarly adapted by the stimulant and carminative properties of the assafetida to cases of costiveness attended with flatulence and debility of the digestive organs. From 2 to 5 may be given at a dose.
PILLS OF ALOES AND IRON.
Sulphate of iron i ^ ounces.
Barbadoes aloes in powder 2 ounces.
Compound powder of cinnamon 3 ounces.
Confection of roses 4 ounces.
Rub the whole together, forming a pilular mass, and make into 3-grain pills. The dose is from i to 3 pills.
It is said that the laxative power of the aloes is
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