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 THE OLD

mid irt Ijaciar,

OR THE

INDIAN METHOD 0! HEALING.

BY

DR. JOHN GOODALE BRIANTE,

For many years with the St. Francis Tribe of Indi-
ans, at Green Bay; also, for several years with
the Pottawattamies and. other Tribes.

CONTAINING

Directions for preparing and using their most valuable

Remedies, as used by him, in his extensive practice
throughout the Eastern and Middle States.

CLAREMONT, N. H.
GRANITE BOOK COMPANY.
1870.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, by the
book: company,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Stereotyped, Printed and Bound

at the Book Manufactory of
The Claremont Manupaoitieinq Co,
 PREFACE.

In preparing this little volume, the Author has

labored more to produce something which shall be
useful, than he has to issue an elaborate work, which
will bear criticism.
The Remedies given may be relied upon, and are
the result of a long and careful study of the system
followed by the natives of this country, whose sin-
gular success in the treatment of disease is well
known and are the same used by the Doctor, dur-
;

ing a successful practice of thirty years.

If the directions here laid down are carefully fol-
lowed it will, in many cases, save the expense and
trouble of calling upon the family physician and
prove of the greatest value at times when his atten-
dance cannot be procured.
The Doctor has been assisted in the preparation of
this work by several friends whose labors have
added materially to the value of the work.
 CONTENTS.

Alterative Syrup, 18
Anti-Bilious Bitters ; 27, 28
Asthma, 27, 53
Astringent Pills, 58
Astringent Injection, 58
Balsam, 43, 49
Blackberry Cordial, 52
Bleeding Piles 32
Boils, 38
Broken Breast...... 36
Burns and Scalds .21, 29
Canadian Liniment v 40
Cancer Cure, 30
Canker, .
31
Catarrh, 39
Chilblains ....37, 47. 65
Cholera Cordial 51
Cholera Morbus,.... 46
Cold in the Head, 31, 42
Cologne Wator, ...88
Composition, 48
Consumption, 33
Corns, 28, 45, 52
 CONTENTS,

Cosmetic, 54
Costiveness 87
Cough, 31
Cough Mixture, 26, 47
Cough Remedy, 22
Deafness, 38
Diabetes 35
Diarrhoea, 25
Directions, 17
Dropsy, 29
Dysentery, 19, 43, 45, 49
Dyspepsia, 34
Dyspeptic Bitters 21
Eyes, 31
Felon, 44
Fever Sores, 36
Freckle Wash, 53
Gall Ointment, 62
Gravel ; 41
Green Bay Salve, 35
Headache Lotion, 52
Hemorrhoids, 59
Hiccough, 24
infusions, 89
Itch Ointment 51
Jaundice, •• ..23, 50
Kidneys 43, 40
Leucorrhoea, 54
Liniment, 42, 50
Liniment for Neuralgia, 87
Lip Salve 53
VI CONTENTS.

Liver Complaint, .29

Materia Medina,.. 90
Measles 22
Metea’s Healing Salve, 42
Mothers Cordial, 20
Mucilages, ..88
Mustard Emetic, ...87
Old Sores, 86
Piles, 22, 21
Pills, for Neuralgia, 87
Poisons, 63
Roots and Herbs, 17
Rheumatism, 28, 34
Rules of Health, 11
Salve, 44
Scarlet Fever, 38
Sore Stomach, 44
Species of Oil, 28
Spirits of Lavender, 48
Stiff Joints, 39
Swelling, 49
Strengthening Mixture, 57
Table, 14
Tape Worm, 31,
Tinctures, 89
Tonic Bitters 33, 89
Toothache 47
Tooth Powder, 88
Whooping Cough, 32, 39, 53, 45
Wind Colic ,33
Worms 37
 CONTENTS. VII

Yellow Dock Ointment, 22

POISONS AND THEIE ANTIDOTES.
Alcohol, 63
Ammonia .. 64
Aquafortis, .-.64
Arsenic, 65
Bismuth, 65
Blistering Flies, 66
Blue Vitriol, ; 66
Carbonic Acid Gas 67
Cohalt, 67
Corrosive Sublimate, 68
Deadly Nightshade, 68
Fools Parsley 69
Fox Glove, 69
Funguses, 70
Hellebore, 70
Hemlock, 71
Henbane, 71
Lime, 72
Lunar Caustic, 72
Meadow Saffron, 72
Monks Hood 73
Mountain Laurel, 73
Muriatic Acid 74
Muriate of Barytes, ..74
Muriate of Tin, 75
Nitre, 75
Nitrate of Silver, 76
Nitric Acid, 76
Nuz Vomica, 76
VIII CONTENTS.

Oilof Cedar, 76
Oilof Rue 77
Oil of Savin 77
Oilof Tansy 78
Oilof Tar 78
Oilof Vitriol, 78
Opium . ...79
Oxalic Acid, .....80
Phosphorus 80
Poppies, 81
Potash, 81
Poison Ivy 41
Poison Dogwood, 41
Prussic Acid,.... 81
Salt of Sorrel, *
82
Stramonium, 82
Strychnia 82
Sulphate of Copper, 82
Sulphate of Zinc 82
SulphuricAcid, 82
Sugar of Lead, 82
Tartar Emetic, 83
Thorn Apple, 83
Tobacco, 84
Verdigris 84
White Vitriol, 84
White Lead, ,...84
Wolf’s Bane, .....86
 THE OLD

ROOT AND HERB DOCTOR.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

All men ought to be acquainted with the medicinal

qualities of Roots and Herbs; for a knowledge of
medicine is the companion of wisdom.
Whoever breaks away from the unchanging laws
of nature, and uses those medicines never designed
by nature to cure the sick, will find, in the end, that
the laws which govern the natural, as well as those
which govern the moral world, never change.
“
Nature’s wants, both in sickness and health, are
few and easily supplied. The vegetable remedies
which the God of nature has spread out with such
richness and profusion over every hill and dale, and
10 INDIAN REMEDIES.

field and forest will supersede tlie use of minerals.

The voice of nature speaks everywhere, in language
that must be understood by all who hearken to
her instructions.” The whole surface of the earth,
wherever designed for the abode of man, is but one
continued apothecary shop. Notwithstanding this,
people will shut their eyes, and take upon trust
everything that is administered to them by any
pretender to medicine, without asking him a reason
for any part of his conduct.
Any man can tell when a medicine gives him
relief, as well as a physician, and if he only knows
the name and dose of the medicine, and the name of
the disease he is enabled in many cases to defend
himself from imposition.
At the present day, people have become so accus-
tomed to patronizing Quack Doctors and Patent
Medicines, that it has become proverbial that it is
easier to cheat a man out of his life, than out of
a dollar. This book is designed to meet the wants
of the class referred to above, and is not the produc-
tion of one who has a new system to introduce, ora
remedy for all aches and pains to sell, but gives
 THE METHOD OE USING. 11

advice, founded on common sense, and Nature

furnishes the remedy.
GENERAL RULES OF HEALTH.
There is no doubt that more people are injured
by eating too ranch, than by any other cause ; in
fact, there are but few persons who do not, at times,
indulge their appetites beyond what is good for them
and overload their stomachs. If this is allowed to
become a habit, it will soon produce a derangement
of the whole system.
When a person feels uncomfortable by reason of
overeating, let him abstain from one or two meals
and he will find relief, and his system will be in a
much better condition than it would be if he should
dose himself with medicine. “Nature has resourc-
es within herself to restore the body to healthy
action if the stomach is permitted to remain in a
state of rest.
There are various opinions in regard to eating
meat, but it is well known that the Indians used
but little vegetable food, and the small amount
which they made use of, was very different from that
used by us, and was prepared in the simplest manner.
12 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Food taken between meals, in any quantity, is

but a source of irritation to the stomach, and be-
comes the object of a wearing, unnatural effort on the
part of this organ, to effect its digestion. Now it
is not the quantity of material that is productive of
injury but it is the continual unrelaxing labor that
is exacted of the stomach, keeping it constantly at
work digesting these morsels, without proper inter-
vals of rest and recuperation.
It is obvious that articles of food repugnant to
the stomach, and consequently to the mind, will
retard digestion, and induce disease.
Articles of diet, in themselves,whether vegetable or
animal, have no part in causing sickness, unless they
disagree with the stomach, provided they are prop-
erly cooked and eaten, in reasonable quantities, at
proper hours. It is from their abuse that evils
*

arise, and to decide what one should eat to promote

health, we would say, choose those kinds of food
that best suit your taste, and digestion, but do no£
hasten your death by dieting improperly or eating
at improper hours.
Persons should never drink excessively during
 GENERAL RULES OF HEALTH. 13

meals; it is better not to drink at all, for it is a

fact that the Indians seldom, if ever, partook of any
liquid at that time. It is very important, also, what
we drink, for in the days of adulteration, we never
know what we buy—Tea and Coffee are both diffi-
cult to procure in a state of purity; we mean, of
course, ground coffee—and our advice is, if it is to
be used, buy it in the raw state. In regard to the
article of Tea, we would say, there is a perfect sub-
stitute for it. Sage tea is excellent to correct the
deranged secretions, and to promote health, and
its use is urged frequently in the family in prefer-
ence to some of the black adulterated teas purchased
at our stores. Experience teaches that the stom-
ach requires some gentle bitter to keep the bile in
a healty condition, and in sage tea, if people would

only drink it occasionally, as a substitute for the

various kinds of teas, they would find that it would
go far towards restoring the nerves and the mind to
a healthful condition.
It is very important that a person should be reg-
ular at meals—have them at stated times and not
eat between them; eat slowly and masticate the
14 INDIAN REMEDIES.

food properly, avoid a variety of kinds—make his

meal principally of one kind of food, and that pre-
pared in a simple manner; and not eat highly sea-
soned food nor any greasy substances.
If you feel a little unwell, do not take medicine,
but abstain from hearty food and allow the system
to rest for a day or two.
Never sit down in a perspiration, without putting
on more clothing, and never sit in a draft under any
circumstances. Keep the feet warm and dry, at all
times, if possible, and never go to bed with cold
feet; if there is no fire at hand, rub them till they
are warm.
TABLE SHOWING THE MEAN TIME OF
DIGESTION OF THE DIFFERENT
ARTICLES OF FOOD.
n. m.
Rice. Boiled, 1.00
Sago, u 1.45
Tapioca, u 200
Tripe, u 1.00
Turkey, Roasted, 2.30
u 2.30
Goose,
 Ti’Jb! vjF DIGESTION. 15

r>g. Boasted, 2.30

Liver, Broiled, 2.00
Lamb, U
2.30
Chicken, U
2.45
Eggs, Hard boiled, 3.30
Eggs, Soft boiled, 3.00
Custard, Baked, 2.45
Codfish, dry, Boiled, 2.00
Trout, fresh, u 1.30
Oysters, Raw, 2.55
Oysters, Stewed, 3.30
Beef, Roasted, 3.30
Beef Steak, Broiled, 3.00
Pork Steak, U
3.15
Pork, Roasted, 5.15
Mutton,
u 3.15
Mutton, Broiled, 3.00
Yeal,
it
4.00
Fowls, Roasted, 4.00
Soup, beef, Boiled, 4.00
Corn & Beans,
“
3.45
Sausage, Fried, 3.20
Apples, Raw, 2.50
16 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Potatoes, Boiled, 3.30

Potatoes, Boasted, 2.30
Cabbage, Boiled, .4,30
Bread, wheat, 3.30
Bread, corn, 3.15

The following table shows the amount of nour-

ishment in different articles of food, as ascertained
by experiment:
100 parts of Bread contain 80 of nourishment
U a a Beans a
00CO a
U a a
Rice a
90 “
a
a a a
Wheat a
00 to a
a a a
Rye a CO o a
a a a a
Meat, average., 35
“

U a a
Potatoes a 25 “ a

a a a
Carrots a
14 “ a

a a a Beets a
14 “ a
a a “
Turnips a 8
“ a
a a a
Cabbage a
7
“ a
u u a Greens a 6« a
 THE METHOD OF USING. 17

TIME FOR COLLECTING ROOTS AND

HERBS.
The best time to collect roots is late in the Fall,
after the tops have died, or else in the Spring before
they have started up.
Herbs should be gathered when in full blossom,
and should be dried in the shade. After they are
well dried, they should be pack* d in something tight,
as they will lose strength if exposed to the air.

DIRECTIONS.
It is not possible to lay down any rule that will
be a guide, in regard to doses of medicine in all
cases. We can only show what is an ordinary
portion in common cases, and the person who admin-
isters the medicine should exercise judgment as to
the proper quantity to be given.
Always ascertain how medicine operates with the
sick person, whether easy or not, and make the
dose accordingly.
For a general rule, persons require a full dose at
twenty, though women a little less than men. It is
very important that there be a competent nurse, but
18 INDIAN REMEDIES.

no matter how well qualified that person may he,

some friend or relative should always he in
attendance.
The following household implements are frequent-
ly used for the sake of convenience, and for want of
accurate measures. Custom has attached to each
the following proportions:
A Pint contains sixteen ounces.
A Tea-cup contains a gill or four fluid ounces.
A Wine-glass contains two ounces.
A Table-spoon contains one half an ounce.
A Dessert-spoon contains one quarter of an ounce.
A Tea-spoon contains sixty drops.
Four Tea-spoonfuls equal one Table-spoonful.
In Dry Measure, where a spoon or spoonful is
mentioned, the design is, that the spoon should be
taken up moderately rounding, unless otherwise
mentioned.

ALTERATIVE SYRUP,
Take three pounds of Sarsaparilla, two pounds of
Guaiacutn shavings, half a pound of Sassafras root,
one pound Elder flowers, one pound Black Alder
 THE METHOD OF USING. 19

buds, onepound Burdock seeds. Boil these together

for three hours, turn off the liquor, and fill up again
with water: boil again for the same length of time,
put it together and boll down to ten or twelve quarts,
or thereabouts. Add eight pounds of loaf sugar,

put in a few eggs, beat them up, and boil till no

scum rises.
1 This makes a very excellent medicine which, should
he prepared and kept in every family.
It is good in cases of Rheumatism, Inflammation
of the Liver, Scrofula, Ulcers, Cutaneous Diseases,
and White Swellings. If this syrup is made when
the weather is warm, you must add a quart of
Alcohol, that it may not sour. The dose is two--
thirds of a wineglass, three times a day.

DYSENTERY.
This disease is distinguished from diarrhoea by an
acute pain in the bowels, and by the discharge of
bloody matter. It is most prevalent in the Spring
and Fall. It is frequently caused by night air, un-
wholesome air, bad water, taking off flannels, wet
clothes &c.
20 INDIAN REMEDIES.

The symptoms are griping pain in the bowels;

inclination to go to stool; bloody, slimy discharges,
and it is often attended with chills and quickening
of the pulse.
It may be cured, in the first stages, by giving
boiled milk, thickened with flour. If this should
check the disease too suddenly, give half a teaspoon-
ful of rhubarb, which will physic gently, and after*
two hours give half a pint of strong thoroughwort

tea.
An Indian, on the coast of Labrador, once cured
the son of a sea captain by giving him a strong
decoction, made by boiling a quantity of double
spruce tops, and afterwards giving a gentle portion
of physic.

MOTHER’S CORDIAL.
Take half a pound of Squaw Eoot x (Black Snake-
root) pour three pints of boiling water on it, steep
gently four or five hours, to about a quart, add two
teaspoonfuls of the flour of Slippery Elm, and one
pound of loaf sugar.
For Heart-burn and Sickness at the Stomach take
 THE METHOD OF USING. 21

a tumblerfull in the course of the day. Women,

who, under certain circumstances, are troubled in
this way, will generally find it a great relief. Per-
sons who are apt to vomit up their food will find it
a good preventive.
DYSPEPTIC BITTERS.
Take four ounces of Golden Seal, two ounces of
Bitter Root, four ounces of Poplar bark, four ounces
of Peach-meats: add two quarts of Gin and two
quarts of water. Take two thirds of a wine-glass ,

before eating. It is very good in cases of Dyspep-

sia, and weakness of the stomach. In cases where
food produces distress, it should be taken after
eating
BURNS AND SCALDS.
In a case of severe burn, a poultice should be
used made of the flour of Slippery Elm, and sweet
oil. This will be found a great relief. Another
very good remedy is a paste made of flour and
water, spread on a cloth, which should be changed
as often as it gets dry. Above all things, keep the
parts from the air.
22 INDIAN REMEDIES.

COUGH REMEDY.
-

Take ounce of Elecampane, half an ounce of

one

Hoarhound, an ounce and a half of Liquorice root,

two ounces of Sulphur. Pulverize them, and add
honey. Take a tea-spoonful at intervals, as needful.
,

YELLOW DOCK OINTMENT.

Take common Yellow Dock, pour cream over it
and simmer together gently. It makes a good
ointment which will be found very-cooling in cases
of humors.
PILE OINTMENT.
Take handful of Jimson leaves and the same
a

quantity of Parsley, and stew them in a pound of

lard.
MEASLES.
The first appearances of Measles are small erup-
tions upon the face and body, more particularly the
face and neck, which do not tend to produce pus.
These spots afterward run together and form red
streaks, and produce some swelling in the face.—
Measles is a contagious disease, hut persons seldom
have it a second time. In many respects it resembles
 THE METHOD OF USING. 23
Small Pox, and the general course of treatment
should be about the same. The patiejit should be
kept in the house, and the rooms warm at all times,
as sudden changes are apt to cause the measles to
strike in. A strong tea, made of Saffron and Snake-
root, Pennyroyal or Mayweed should be used freely
After the measles has fairly turned, give a good
portion of physic. In most cases, but little medi-
cine is needed, for with a little assistance, nature
will do the work.
JAUNDICE.
This disease is first observable in the eye, which
has a yellow appearance, and afterwards the whole
skin takes the same hue; the urine is also of the
same saffron hue and will dye a white cloth if wet
with it. The following has proved very successful
in many cases.
Take equal parts of Soot and Saffron; tie them
up in a cloth to the size of half a hen’s egg, let it
lie in a glass of water over night, in the morning
put the yolk of an egg, beaten, into this water and
drink it. Do this three mornings, then skip three,
until nine doses have been taken.
24 INDIAN REMEDIES.

HICCOUGH.
When it arises from the use of food that is hard
of digestion, Wine or any spiritous liquors may be
used; sometimes a little Vinegar will answer the
purpose. If poison he the cause, take plenty of Oil
and Milk. When it proceeds from Inflammation of
the stomach, cooling driuks should be taken. Hops
and Wormwood, simmered in vinegar should be
applied to the Stomach.
PILES.
This disease is caused by a painful swelling of the
Intestinal vessels. When they discharge no blood,
they are called Blind Piles; but when they discharge
blood, they are called Bleeding Piles. The pi es
are brought on by various causes; more frequently
by much sitting, whether at work or riding. Some
constitutions are more inclined to this disease than
others, and as soon as a person finds that it is coming
on, he should change his business, if it be a seden-
tary one. He should go to stool at the same hour
every day, and keep his bowels open with gentle
purgatives, and anoint the parts with Sweet oil
 THE METHOD OF USING. 25

and flour of Hemlock bark, or take powdered Opium,

and powdered Resin, and Tallow, one ounce each,
and anoint. Another remedy is a strong tea, made
of the wild Swamp Currant root, drinking it for a
few days only. When falling of the bowels takes
place, take White Oak bark, Witch Hazel bark,
and Upland Sumac, equal parts, make a decoction,
add a tea-spoonful of pulverized Alum to eveiy pint,
and apply from time to time. Let the bowels be
kept open with Yellow Dock, and avoid high living.

DIARRHCEA.
This is not a disease in all cases, but it is nature
trying to get rid of disease. It should not be
checked unless it produces weakness.
It is said that about five hundred of the Oneida
tribe of Indians were attacked by this disease at one
time, and were all cured by the use of blackberry
root, whilst many of their white neighbors died of
the same disorder.
When this disease is brought on by ong use of
Calomel, take Boxwood, Black Cherry and Prickly
Ash barks with Dandelion root—each, two ouuces:
26 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Butternut bark, one ounce boil thoroughly, strain

:

and boil down to one quart, add two pounds loaf

sugar, one gill alcohol and take a wine-glassful
from three to five times daily.
Sumac bobs, steeped and sweetened with loaf
sugar have been very valuable in this disease, ad-
ding, in severe cases, a tea-spoonful of pulverized
alum to one pint of the tea.
Dose from a tea to a table-spoonful, according to
:

the age of the child.

COUGH MIXTURE,
Take one ounce of Blood Root, one ounce ot
Senna leaves, one ounce of Anise Seed, one ounce
of Senega Root; boil these together in one quart
of water until half evaporated, then strain it and
add four ounces of loaf sugar. Dose : one tea-spoon-
ful, three times a day. This is one of the best
remedies ever used by any one, and should be kept
in every family where there are children.
COUGH MIXTURE.
Take two ounces Tincture of Blood Root, one
ounce Elixir Asthmatic, two ounces Hive Syrup;
 TaE METHOD OF USING. 27

mix thoroughly and give one tea-spoonful two or three

times a clay. The above ingredients can be obtained
at any Drug Store.

REMEDY FOR ASTHMA.

Take one half ounce Elecampane root, pulverized,
one half ounce of Flos Sulphur, four scruples ofBella-
donna leaves, pulverized, one Drachm of Senega
root; Mix them well and divide into ninety powders,
one of which is to be taken three times a day.

RHE UMATIO LINIMENT.

Take one ounce Tincture of Camphor, two ounces
Tincture of Aconite, one half ounce Cayenne, two
and one half Drachms Aqua Ammonia, mix thor-
oughly and apply to the part affected.

ANTI-BILIOUS BITTERS,
Take one and one half ounce of Mandrake, one
ounce of Gentian, one ounce of Yellow Dock root, one
ounce of Wild Cherry bark and four pints of diluted
Alcohol; "put the whole into a large bottle and let
it stand forty-eight hours, then take one table-spoon-
ful of the mixture three times a day.
28 INDIAN KEMEDIES.

ANTI-BILIOUS BITTEES.
Take one ounce of Yellow Dock root, one ounce
of Dandelion root, one ounce of Mandrake, one
ounce of Gentian, one ounce of Serpentaria, one
ounce of Sassafras bark, and put the whole into
four pints of diluted Alcohol, and let it stand forty-
eight hours. Dose. Give one or two table-spoonfuls,
according to the patient, and the stage of the
disease.
EHEUMATISM.
SPECIES OF OIL.

Take 1 pint Skunk’s oil, 1 pint Spirits of Turpen-

tine, 1 pint Oil of Spike, 2 ounces Oil of Vitriol.

Mix these and let the mixture settle, and it will

he very clear. Eub it on the places where the
lameness seems to he, very thoroughly.
Keep the mixture in a bottle, well corked, and
shake it well before using. The Vitriol should
be handled with great care.
COENS.
Apply the specie of oil to the corn, once a
”
“

day.
 THE METHOD OE USING. 29

The Oil of Spike can he made by placing a

quantity of Fish Worms in a bottle, and hanging
it in the sun until they are dissolved.
LIVER COMPLAINT.
Take the root of Man of the Earth, and pulver-
ize, then to 4 spoonfuls of it add one-half pound Jalap
root; Pipsissevva herb, 2 pounds; Snake-root, 4
ounces ; Saffron, 3 ounces. For an adult, a wine-
glassful, three times a day, before eating.
SALVE FOR BURNS.
Mix rawpotato, scraped,with Flaxseed, and bind
it on the burnt part: afterward, use an ointment
made of Soot, from the stovepipe, and fresh lard,
simmered together; spread it on a cloth and lay
it on the sore.

DROPSY.
Take blue or white Vervain, steep it and drink
the decoction freely—this will carry away the water.
Then give a Syrup made of the following:
Three pounds Sweet Fern, 2 ounces Pulsely,
Yellow Dock- \ pound, Pipsissewa or Wintergreen,
 INDIAN REMEDIES.

2 pounds: white Snake-root, £ pound, or of the herb,

pounds; Bitter Sweet, £ pound. Steep together,
and, for an adult, give a wine-glassful sweetened, 8
,

times a day or 5 times if it is a severe- case. The

above quantities are for one gallon, and it should
be kept in a cool place.

CANCER CURE.
Take “King of all Poison,” pound up, and pul-
verize it, bind it on the Cancer, and it will take out
the inflammation. Then use a wash made as follows:
take hard-wood ashes, leach them, and boil down
the liquor till it is yery strong.
Apply this twice a day with a swab, to kill the
Cancer, A Syrup should be taken, made of the
following articles, —it is called Was-a-mo-s medi-
cine.
One-pound Spikenard Root, 8 pounds Sweet Fern
Root; \ pound Yellow Dock Root: J pound
Elecampane root, pound White Vervain
herb, T| pounds Pigeon Cherry bark, 1J pounds
White Pine bark, \ pound Sweet Sicily,
pound Blood Root. Dose, a wine-glassful, three
times a day, using' reason about giving, according
 THE METHOD OE USING. 31

to health, age, &e. This Syrup is an excellent

medicine in all cases of Slow Fever, Bilious com-
plaints, Costivencss, &c., decreasing the dose as
may he thought necessary.
INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.

■ Take King of all Poison,”—which may he

“

found on white oak land—pound it up and pulver-

ize it and bind it on the eyes, over night.

COLD IN THE HEAD.

Take either Pipsissewa or Hoarhound, steep it
and drink freely before going to bed.

CANKER IN THE MOUTH.

Take Balmonia, or Snake’s Head, steep it strong
and wash the mouth thoroughly with the liquor.

TAPE-WORMS.
Take “Man of the Earth” root, steep it and
give very strong. This has proved very effectual.
COUGH.
Take 1 pound of Cumfrey, 1 pound of Spikenard,
1 pound Motherwort, pound Oak of Jerusalem, £
32 INDIAN REMEDIES.

pound Balmonia, steep them together and give a

wine-glassful, 8 times a day before eating. A half
pound Hoarhound may be used in place of the Oak
of Jerusalem.

BLEEDING PILES.
Take 1 pound of Polly Flowers, steep them and
strain the ‘ decoction; give 3 tea-spoonfuls, three
times a day, before eating.

WORMS IN CHILDREN.
Take the bark of Spotted Alder, or Witch Hazel
and steep it in water, over a slow fire, till the liquid
is very strong.
Dose, a table-spoonful, three times a day, for a
child a year old.
To prevent worms, let children eat Onions freely,
either raw or cooked.

REMEDY FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

Take a quarter of a pound of Elecampane root,
ground fine, mix with half a pint of strained Honey
and half a pint of water—put them in a stone jar
and place it in the oven with half the heat required
 THE METHOD OE USING. 33

to bake bread, let it remain till as thick as Honey.

Dose for a child; one tea-spoonful before eating, for
an adult, double that quantity.

BRIANTE’S TONIC BITTERS.

Take one pound of Wild Cherry bark, and boil
in a quart of water till reduced to a pint, sweeten
and add one gill of Spirit to. preserve it.
Dose, a wine-glassful three times a day, on an
empty stomach.

HOARSENESS AND SORE THROAT.

Take a quantity of Spikenard root, bruise it and
steep in a teapot, using water and two thirds as
much spirits, let it cool a little, then inhale the
steam through the nose. It wall give great relief
and take away the soreness.

CONSUMPTION.
Take Tamarack bark, without rossing, 1 peck;
Spikenard root, \ pound, Dandelion root, \ pound;
Hops 2 ounces. Boil these together long enough to
extract the strength, in two or three gallons of water
—w'hen it is lukewarm, put in 3 pounds of Honey, and
 INDIAN REMEDIES.

3 pints of good Brandy. Dose a wine-glass three

:

times a day before eating. It is not expected that

all cases of Consumption can be cured, but many
cases, called Consumption, have been cured by the
use of this Syrup, and it is certainly worth a trial,
and if the disease is not inherited there is great
hope.
DYSPEPSIA.
Take Chamomile flowers, Scullcap, Thorough-
wort—each, 2 poundsl pound each of Hops, Spear-
mint, bark of Sassafras root, Juniper berries, Gen-
tian root, Yellow Dock root and Mandrake | pound
;

Anise seed; 1 oz. Cayenne. Steep and strain and

to five parts of the liquor add one of Spirit.
Dose, one great spoonful, three times a day, before
eating. This is an excellent remedy for nervous
and is very strengthening.
RHEUMATISM.
The following is used with great success by the
Green Bay Indians :
Wahoo, bark of the root, 1 ounce; Blood root,
1 ounce, Black Cohosh 2 ounces, Swamp Hellebore
 THE METHOD OF USING.

ounce, Prickly Ash bark 1 ounce, Poke root cut

fine 1 ounce, Rye Whisky 1 quart. Let it stand
a few days before using.

Dose one tea-spoonful every 3 or 4 hours, increas-

:

ing the dose as the stomach will bear it.

DIABETIS.
Take “Queen of the Meadows” root, steep it and
drink freely before eating. Another remedy is a
Syrup made of equal parts of Yarrow and common
Plantain.

BRONCHITIS.
Take Blue or White Vervain, steep and give a
wine-glass full three times a day. Rub the neck
and stomach with “Specie of Oil.” (See Receipt.)

GREEN BAY SALVE.

Beeswax 2 pounds, Mutton Tallow 2 pounds,

White Pine Turpentine 1 pint, 1 oz. Verdigris, 1
pint old Rum, simmer these together, except the Ver-
digris, which should not be put in until the rest are
mixed. Be careful not to burn the mixture. Let
it settle and take the bottom for the Salve. This
36 INDIAN REMEDIES.

will be found very good to heal old sores, Fever

sores, fresh Cuts, Wounds and Bruises of every
kind.

FEVER SORES.
If there is inflammation put on a poultice made of
White Beans, parboiled and mashed, or of Sweet
Pumpkins stewed and sifted, then, to heal it, use the
Green Bay Salve. The system should be cleansed
by taking “Was-a-mo-s Medicine” three times a day
before eating,—if this should not operate . increase
the Dose.
If it is an old sore and refuses to heal, use the
Indian Cancer Cure to kill it.

OLD SOKES.
Take the root of the “Indian Wiekerby” and
make a poultice of it. It will be found one of the
best things for Old Sores or Inflammation.
BROKEN BREAST.
Take Pennyroyal root and Lovage root, pound
them up together, and make a poultice,—bind it on
the breast. Another remedy is green Burdock
 THE METHOD OF USING. 37

leaves, which should he placed onthe stove and

wilted, after which lay them on and cover with a
warm cloth, until it sweats the part. Perhaps the
best remedy is White Beans, which should be par-
boiled soft, and then mashed, and made into a
poultice, which should be put on cold.
PILES.
Take an old Boot and burn it to a crisp, pulver-
ize and pass it through a sieve, mix with fresh Lard.
Anoint the parts several times a day, using the
Syrup for Bleeding Piles.

WORMS.
Take Poplar bark, pulverize it and mix with
Molasses. Dose, a tea-spoonful twice a day before
eating or steep the bark and give three tea-spoonfuls
,

a day before eating.

SORE LIPS,CHAPPED HANDS,CHILBLAINS.

Take Golden Thread or Mouth root—as it is
called by the Indians—and Chamomile, and simmer
together in Hog’s Lard; apply freely, rubbing it in
well.
 INDIAN REMEDIES.

DEAFNESS,

Take a small quantity of good Ginger root, and

3 ounces fresh Butter, simmer together. Strain it
clean, and drop a small (quantity into the ear once
a day,_ say 3 drops, then put in a piece of cotton,

keep it there.
FOR BOILS
Take a good sized Onion, roast it in the ashes, —

mash it and put it on for a poultice. It will bring

it to a head very soon.
The juice of an Onion, sweetened with Sugar, is
very good for a Cold or Hoarseness.

WIND COLIC.
Take a handful of Pennyroyal, steep it, making a
strong tea, and drink every fifteen minutes.
SCARLET FEVER.
Every person sick with this disease should have
a drink made of the following; Take equal parts
of Cleavers, and Elder blows, put them in warm
water and let them stand three hours when cold : it
may he taken freely.
 THE METHOD OE USING. 39

WHOOPING COUGH.
Take two ounces Wild Snow Ball bark, and steep
it in a quart of water.
Dose, one table-spoonful three times a day.
,

CATARRH.
Take Red Clover blossoms, perhaps a double
handful, put them in a pint and a half of water and
steep very strong, strain off the liquor and boil 'it
down very thick, till it is like wax, let it cool, then
dry it in the sun or an oven till it is hard, then
pound it very fine and use it for snuff.
This has cured many persons.

OINTMENT FOR STIFF JOINTS.

Take equal parts of Bitter-Sweet bark, Purple

Archangel, Chamomile and Meadow Fern burrs.
Crowd them tightly into a vessel and cover them
with Goose Oil. Simmer together slowly for eight
hours, keeping it well covered. Strain off the mix-
ture, and, after it has stood an hour, add an ounce
of Spearmint Oil. This should be kept in a tight
bottle.
 INDIAN REMEDIES,

CANADIAN LINIMENT.

Take equal parts of Stramonium leaves, High

Mallows, and House Leeks, put them all into a
vessel with a sufficient quantity of water and boil
till quite strong, then add one quart of JSweet
Cream and simmer it down over a slow fire until
the water has all disappeared, then strain it and
keep in a bottle, closely corked.

KIDNEY COMPLAINT.
Take two handfuls of blue Vervain and steep it
in one quart of water, strain it and add one pound
of Honey. Drink a tumblerful three times a day.
It will be found a valuable remedy.

BRIANTE’S STRENGTHENING PLASTER.

Take one pound and a half of Pitch Pine, two
ounces of Beeswax, two ounces of Hemlock Gum,
two ounces of fresh Lard. Melt these and add
half a gill of Brandy and a quarter of an ounce of
Sweet Oil and the same 6f Sassafras oil and Cam-
phor. When these articles are well mixed, pour
them into a pail of cold water and work them with
 THE METHOD OE USING. 41

the hands. In the Summer, Eesin may be used in-

stead of Pitch Pine.
Spread this compound on soft leather, and apply
to the part affected.

A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LIVER COM-

PLAINT.
Take one ounce of Wormwood, put it in a bot-
tle containing one pint of good Gin. Let it stand
over night, and take one table-snoonful three times
a day.

IVY OR DOGWOOD POISON.

Take equal quantities of Lobelia and Elm bark
and make a poultice by adding a little weak Lye,—
bind this on the part, and renew as often as it dries.

GRAVEL.
Take Dwarf Elder bark, Queen of the Meadow
root, Marshmallow root and trailing Arbutus, half
an ounce of each, pound them up and add a pint of
hot water and three gills of Holland Gin steep it
;

in a covered kettle, then strain it and add a little

honey.
42 INDIAN REMEDIES.

BRIANTE’S LINIMENT,
Take one Gill Spirits Turpentine, two ounces
Camphor Gum, one half ounce Spirits Hartshorn,
two ounces Origanum, two ounces Wormwood, half
pint, each Sweet Oil and Alcohol. Put the whole
into a large bottle, and shake until well mixed.
This mixture is very good for Rheumatism, or
lameness of any kind.

TO BREAK UP A COLD IN THE HEAD.

Take small quantity of Wormwood, and make
a
a of it, sweeten well with sugar and take
strong tea
a tumbler full hot, after getting into bed, cover up

warm, and, if it is cold weather, hot stones should be

placed at the feet. This is a sure remedy.

METEA’S HEALING SALVE.

Take two ounces of Beeswax and two ounces of

Burgundy Pitch, or White Pine ■ Pitch, and two
ounces of Sweet Oil. Melt them well together,
stirring them well till cold.
This will be found an excellent preparation for
healing old sores, burns, cuts, &c.
 THE METHOD OP USING. 43

INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS.

Take two and a half ounces of Cleavers (the herb)
and put it in one quart of warm water,—let it
stand three hours. Take a tumbler full three times
a day.

INDIAN HEALING BALSAM.

Take white Resin, 3 pounds; melt it and add If

pints Turpentine, then put in 4 oz. Fir Balsam, 1
oz. Balsam of Tolu, 1 oz. Oil of Hemlock, 1 oz. of
Oil of Origanum, 4 oz. strained Honey, and shake
well together.
Dose, 10 drops, and, for a child, give half that
quantity or less as the stomach may hear it. This
will also be found to give relief in diseases of the
kidneys.

FOR DYSENTERY.

Take a couple of handfuls of Indian Corn and

roast it in a kettle the same as for Coffee, then
pour boiling water on it and let it stand three hours,
after which drink freely, clear, three or four times
a day.
44 INDIAN REMEDIES.

SALVE.
Take 4 pounds Resin, \ pound White Pine Pitch,
£ pound of Beeswax, £ pound Mutton Tallow, i oz.
Fir Balsam, 1 oz., Sweet Oil, £ pint Alcohol, mix
the same as for any other Salve.

CUKE FOR FELON.

Take the root of Poke and roast it in the ashes
until it is soft, then mash it and bind it on as a
poultice. It is a sure cure if taken in season.
ANOTHER CURE FOR FELON.
Take common rock Salt, such as is used for salt-
ing meat, dry it in an oven, then potmd it up fine
and mix with Spirits of Turpentine equal parts;
spread it on a cloth and hind on the sore, and as
soon as it gets dry, put on more. This will kill a
Felon in twenty-four hours.

FOR SORE STOMACH.

Take the Indian Turnip, which may'be found in
nearly all forests; dry it and pulverize fine, take
half a tea-spoonful in molasses on going to bed. The
soreness will be gone after two or three doses.
 THE METHOD OF USING. 45

DYSENTERY.
Take equal parts of the bark of Spruce root,
Strawberry leaves and Cumfrey root. Boil an
ounce of the compound, or more if dry, in a pint of
milk, take it freely with Crackers if desired.
CURE FOR CORNS.

Make one ounce of Gum Ammoniac, one ounce

Yellow Wax and three drachms of Verdigris;—
melt them together and spread the composition on
soft leather. Cut away the corn as much as you
can and apply the Plaster, and renew, every week,
until cured.

CEPHxVLIC SNUFF,

Take three parts of Asarbacca leaves dried one

;

part of Marjoram; one part Lavender flowers; and

reduce them to a fine powder;—use if for a Snuff.

FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

Take three ounces of Chesnut leaves, and boil in
apint of water for a short time only, then pour the
whole into a teapot, without straining, and drink
46 INDIAN REMEDIES.

often, especially at bed-time, either cold or warm,

with or without sugar.

FOR LIVER COMPLAINT.

Take “Snake’s Head,” and fill a quart bottle J full
with the leaves, and then fill up with good Cider,—

let it stand over night, then drink two or three

times a day freely. The leaves will be strong
enough to fill up a second time.
CHOLERA MORBUS.
Take two ounces of the leaves of the Bean plant
and put them in a pint of cold water and let them
stand an hour.
Give two table each hour until relief is
experienced.
INDIAN REMEDY FOR TAPE-WORM.
Take quantity of Sweet Fern ; put it in three
a

pints water, and boil it down, making a strong

of
decoction.
Dose two thirds of a tumblerfod, three times a
:

day, and on the fifth day take a dose of some kind

of physic.
 THE METHOD OE USING. 47

OINTMENT FOR CHILBLAINS.

*

Take equal parts of Yellow Root, or Gold-thread

and common Elder bark, —simmer them together
in fresh Lard. No family should be without this
ointment.

COUGH MIXTURE.

Take six drachms Tine. Bloodroot, six drachms

Wine of Antimony, six drachms Wine of Ipecac,
eight ounces Syrup Tolu, six ounces Mucilage of
Gum Arabic, ten grains Sulph. Morphine. Mix
these and give one tea-spoonful three times a day.

CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.

Wash the mouth thoroughly with a solution of

Bi Carbonate of Soda in warm water. Let the
gum around the tooth be scarified with a fine
lancet, and put a small piece of cotton, moistened
with the following preparation, into the cavity of
the tooth.
One scruple Tannic Acid, five grains Gum Mastic
and two drachms Sulphuric Ether.
This will relieve, in nearly every case.
48 INDIAN REMEDIES.

COMPOSITION,

Take two pounds of Bayberry bark, one pound

Hemlock bark, one pound of good Ginger, two
ounces of Cayenne, two ounces of Cloves. The
whole should be powdered and thoroughly mixed.
Dose Put a tea-spoonful in a cup aud pour on boil-
:

ing water, and drink it as hot as can be borne.

It is of great value in cases of colds and coughs.
COMPOUND SPIEITS OF LAVENDER.
Take seven scruples Oil of Lavender, three and
one half scruples Oil Rosemary, one ounce Cinnamon
bark, bruised, one ounce Nutmeg, six drachms
Red Sanders, six drachms Cloves, one gallon
diluted Alcohol. Let the mixture stand ten days
and then filter.
This is a very fine compound of Spices and the
recipe is given on account of its general use. It is
a remedy for gastric uneasiness, nausea, flatulence,

and general languor or faintness.

The dose is from thirty drops to a tea-spoonful,
and is most conveniently administered on a lump
of sugar.
 THE METHOD OP USING. 49

BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.

Take two pounds Wild Cherry bark; one ounce
Barhadoes Tar; one ounce Ext. Liquorice; two
ounces Anise Seed. Boil these in four quarts of
water until half evaporated, express and filter it,
after which add one ounce of Tinct. Opium.
Dose One tea-spoonful once or twice a day.
;
,

FOR COMMON SWELLING.

Take Tony Weed and pound it so as to mash
thoroughly, and hind it upon the part, and it will
soon reduce it to its natural size.
It is very valuable in all cases of Rheumatic
swelling.
REMEDY FOR DYSENTERY.

Take sixteen grains of Rhubarb; thirty-two

grains Sal Tartar, forty-eight grains Prepared Chalk,
four drops Oil Spearmint, twenty di-ops Tinct.
Opium, and two fluid ounces of distilled Water.
For a child, the dose is one tea-spoonful; for an
adult give one table-spoonful sweetened with refined
,

sugar, three or four times a day.

50 INDIAN REMEDIES.

RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.
Take four ounces of Castile Soap, four ounces
Oil Origanum, four ounces Tinct. Camphor, four
ounces Spirits Ammonia, and two pints Alcohol.
Mix these and rub the part affected, thoroughly,
and then cover with flannel.
STRENGTHENING LINIMENT.
Take one ounce Barbadoes Tar, one ounce Bal-
sam of Fir, one ounce Tincture of Opium, three
ounces Oil Origanum, four ounces Alcohol.
This should be thoroughly rubbed in, and is a
valuable Liniment in cases of lameness or weakness.

JAUNDICE BITTERS.
Take two drachms Myrrh, two drachms Aloes,
two drachms Gentian, two drachms Chamomile
Flowers, two drachms Galangal, two drachms
Orange-peel, one drachm Cardamom Seeds, and
two pints diluted Alcohol. Mix the whole and let
it stand fourteen days, and then filter.
Dose One or two table-spoonfuls twice a day.
:
,

These Bitters excite the appetite, and invigorate

 the method oe using. 51

the powers of digestion, and may be used in all

cases of disease, dependent on pure debility of the
digestive organs, or requiring a general tonic
impression.
CHOLERA CORDIAL.
Take four ounces Tinct. Cayenne; two ounces
Myrrh ; six fluid drachms Tinct. Opium ; three fluid
drachms Tinct. Camphor; two and a half fluid
drachms Spirits Ammonia.
Dose One tea-spoonful,in a wine-glass of sweetened
:

water, repeated as occasion requires.

The above remedy has long been successfully
used in cases of Cholera, Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
ITCH OINTMENT.
Take twelve ounces of fresh Lard, two ounces
Red Precipitate, two ounces Burgundy Pitch and
two ounces Spirits Turpentine; mix these thoroughly
and apply to the affected surface. Another very
good Ointment is made of one ounce of powdered
White Hellebore root, four ounces of fresh Lard
and twelve drops Oil of Lemon, rubbed well
together.
 52 INDIAN REMEDIES.

TO CURE CORNS,
Take oneounce Nitric Acid, two drachms
Dragon’s Blood, three drachms Gnm Assafoetida,
one drachm Lunar Caustic. Apply this with a
camel’s hair brush, and never afterwards w ear tight
T

boots. *

HEADACHE LOTION.
Take one ounce Aqua Ammonia, nine ounces
Distilled Water, two drachms Chlo. Soda, one
half a fluid drachm Spirits Camphor, and a few
drops Oil of Roses. In ordinary cases of headache
this will relieve.

BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.

Put a large jar of Blackberries into a pot of

water, boil them till the juice is out, then strain
through a flannel cloth and add Spices, Sugar, Cin-
namon and Cloves to the taste. Put it on again

and boil fifteen or twenty minutes; then skim and

let it cool, and to three quarts of the juice add one
quart of the best French Brandy. This makes a
splendid cordial for family use.
 THE METROS OE USING. 53

DAMASK LIP SALVE.

Take eighteen ounces Olive Oil, one pound
White Wax, one and a half ounces Spermaceti,
one half drachm Oil Rhodium. Mix the whole to-

gether over a slow fire, or water bath, and color

slightly with a small quantity of Alkanet.

DROPS FOR ASTHMA.

Take two ounces Syrup of Orange Pee , one

half ounce Wine of Ipecac, one half drachm Tr,
Stramonium, one drachm Tr. Opium.
In severe attacks, give one tea-spoonful every hour.

FRECKLE WASH.
Take two ounces Lemon-juice, one half drachm
Borate of &oda, powdered, one drachm refined
Sugar: mix and let it stand seven days.

FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

Take one drachm Carb. Potass., ten grains of
powdered Cochineal, one half pint boiling water, and
refined sugar sufficient to form a syrup.
Dose For an infant, one tea-spoonful, three times
:
54 INDIAN REMEDIES'.

a day. In violent cases, the following Liniment

should be well rubbed, morning and night, over the
whole course of the Spine. One half ounce Aqua
Ammonia and one half ounce Oil Amber, mixed.

COSMETIC, MILK OF ROSES.

Take one ounce Oil of Almonds, six grains Sub.
Garb. Potass., two drachms Ess. Bergamot, three
ounces Rose Water, two drachms Orange-flower
water.
This is given for the reason that the use of some
such article has become quite common. It is not
used by the Indians!

LEUCORRHCEA.

This is the most prevalent of all derangements of

the female economy, connected witfl the uterine
system; and from its debilitating effects, induces a
train of maladies that tend to embitter personal
comfort more than any other human ill. Leucor-
rhoea consists of a discharge of acid or bland, but
variously colored mucus, from the vagina, differing
in intensity according to the cause or duration.
 THE METHOD OF USING. 55

It exists with the married and single, with the chaste

as well as the unchaste; and therefore the cause of
it should be cautiously divined, it being evident
that other than sexual indulgences establish this
most annoying and distressing affliction.
It may be fairly conceded to be a vitiated secre-
tion, depending upon a weakened state of the local
vessels; and, moreover, in particular habits, to a sal-
utary evacuation. On the other hand, it must not
be denied that it is oftentimes, the result of sexual
intemperance or disease springing from an indiscrim-
inate indulgence in the same. The following may
be received as a summary of what occurs, and what
should be done for the removal of this disease.
In addition to the discharge, which at one time is
scanty, at another profuse, there are usually sevei'e
pains in the loins, and the lower part of the abdo-
men ; there is a sense of bearing down, as though
the womb were descending, and even protruding.
The general health of the patient is disturbed, which
is variously apparent, as in loss of appetite, excess-
ive languor, a pale and emaciated look, sleepless
nights, dark areola around the eyes, various hyster-
56 INDIAN REMEDIES.

ical and other nervous affections, and numerous dis-

turbances, indicating a weakened and impaired state
of mind and body. Among other causes of the dis-
ease beside those alluded to, may be enumerated,

irregular living, late hours, mental and bodily fa-

tigue, deficient exercise, impure air, and neglect of
personal ablution.
Treatment. In leucorrhoea depending on loss of
tone of the secretive vessels of the internal ergans
of generation, the chief indication is to impart vig-
or and restore strength, which it is evident depends
much upon an avoidance* of those causes which orig-
inated the disease.
Although leucorrhoea bears a strong resemblance
to gonorrhoea, there are points by which to distin-
guish the one from the other. In gonorrhoea, the
discharge is unceasing, but small in quantity, and is
usually accompanied by inflammatory symptoms,
whereas in leucorrhoea, the discharge is irregular
and copious, often coming away in large lumps.
The treatment of leucorrhoea is indicated by the
degree of severity present. Where the prominent
feature is the discharge, the indication is to increase
 THE METHOD OF USING, 57

the action of the absorbents, by restoring the tone

of the diseased surface, and at the same time to
strengthen the system.
Where the disease is complicated with weakness,
and relaxation, astringents should be given by the
mouth, and also administered in the form of inject-
ions, The alkaline solution of copaiba is very val-
uable and may be taken twice or thrice daily. It
may also be employed as an injection by adding one
or two ounces to a pint of water, and a tea-cupful
thrown up several times during the day. There are
many domestic remedies, which, from their harmless
properties, can at least do no injury, if they are not
productive of good; as for instance a strong decoc-
tion of green Tea, an infusion of white oak bark, or
alum water, or diluted Port Wine, all to be used as
injections, if it so pleases the patient, may be tried
prior to the annexed formulas. The first is a

STRENGTHENING MIXTURE.

Take seven and a half ounces, Infusion of bark,

one half drachm diluted Sulp. Acid, two drachms
syrup of Orange peel.
58 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Dose : Three table-spoonfuls , two or three times a

day.

ASTRINGENT PILLS FOR LEUOORRHCEA

Take one drachm Ext. Peruvian bark, one drachm

Gum Kino, one half drachm Alum, one scruple of
Nutmeg, Simple syrup sufficient to form the mass.
Divide into thirty-six pills.
Dose : Three pills , three times a day, to he fol-
lowed by a tea-cup of lime water.
Another.—Take thirty grains Alum, one drachm
Catechu, five grains Opium, of which make thirty
pills.
Dose Take three twice a day.
:

ASTRINGENT INJECTION.

Take one half ounce compound solution of Alum,

and two pints water. This may be used two or
three times a day. If it irritates, dilute with water.
The following may be used, if desired. One drachm
Catechu, one drachm Myrrh, and one half pint Lime-
water mixed.
 TIIE METHOD OE USING. 59

HEMORRHOIDS OR PILES.

As this disease is generally considered to be of a

delicate nature, and one about which the afflicted
are unwilling to speak, we shall say a few words in
regard to them. Piles constitute a disease that may
be very slow, or very rapid in its progress. The
patient complains of an occasional itching, or sore-
ness at the rectum, after an evacuation—more par-
ticularly if subject to constipation, or if he be an
irregular liver; when, after a while, he will be sur-
prised on discovering, subsequent to some straining
effort, a knot of elastic, but irregularly formed tu-
mors, of about the size of a hazel nut, springing ap-
parently from the rectum, which, in a few days, if
they continue, will become sore, and probably be at-
tended with a discharge of blood. Another patient
will experience similar symptoms, as regards the
pain, swelling, and discharge of blood, except that
they will be increased in severity, and be more
transitory in their appearance and stay. Upon ex-
amination a perceptible difference will be discovered.
In the former instance the tumors will be seen to
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proceed from the outer edge of the rectum, and will

he found to he covered with the common skin. This
form of the disease is designated, External Piles.”
“

In the latter, the tumors are, as it were, pressed out

of the rectum, and swell in a very short time to an
enormous size. They are of a much more vivid

hlood-red color, and will he found to he covered on-

ly hy the lining membrane of the lower intestine.
These are called “Internal Piles,” The causes as-
signed for Hemorrhoids are many. People cf se-
dentary hahits are the subjects o.f them costiveness,
:

hy the pressure of the hardened foeces on the veins,

will produce them, and any thing that may irritate
the rectum —for instance, a drastic purge, contain-
ing Aloes, Scammony. &c. Persons who never had
Piles before taking Aloes and Scammony, have of-
ten been in such a state that they could hardly walk
for them. Piles, no doubt, are, in some, constitu-
tional, and hereditary, and, in such cases, the rec-
tum is naturally weak. Persons annoyed with con-
stipation, are the most likely to he afflicted with
Piles; hence, free and intemperate livers, wine bib-
bers, feeble and relaxed constitutions, and those who
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take little exercise, pregnant women, and women

who have borne many children, are exceedingly sub-
ject to them.
The treatment of Piles is very simple if rightly
proceeded with at the commencement of the com-
plaint —the grand object being to prevent constipa-
tion, When they are external and there is no in-
flammation, laxatives, such as Castor Oil, Senna, and
Manna, and Epsom Salts combined, taken internally,
and astringents applied externally, as Gall Ointment,
or a decoction of White-Oak bark. The warm
bath is an excellent adjunct to the cure of incipient
Plies. In some cases it has been recommended to
puncture the pile with the point of a lancet, and
press out its contents, but this should he done very
cautiously for fear of hemorrhage. In chronic piles,
,

the confection of Black Pepper has been of great

service, if continued for some time. It appears to
stimulate and give a new action to the parts. If
there is considerable inflammation apply leeches up-
on them, or to the verge of the anus, using an evap-

orating lotion, a poultice, an opium injection, or an

Opium Ointment, as the case may require, repeating
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these remedies as often as they may be njcessarjL

The diet is of very great importance; it should he
bland-—Gruel, Mush and Molasses, Arrowroot & Rye
soft cake with Molasses are the best articles of food.
Fruits should be eaten freely—wine and exhilarat-
ing stimulants should be avoided, and as much out-
door exercise taken as possible.
An excellent plan is, also, to inject half a pint or
more of cold water up the rectum every morning

and suffer it to remain if possible twenty or thirty

minutes. The following is useful as an Ointment;
Take one ounce of finely powdered Galls and
seven ounces fresh Lard, and mix well together.

COMPOUND GALL OINTMENT,

FOR IRRITABLE PILES.

Take two drachms, finely powdered Galls, two

ounces fresh Lard, one half drachm Solid Opium,'

powdered, one half a drachm British Oil; mix

thoroughly and apply.
FOR CHILBLAINS.
Take one drachm rectified Spirits Turpentine,
fifteen grains Sulp. Acid, two and a half drachms
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Olive Oil; mix together and rub the chilblains night

and morning, if they are unbroken.

POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES.

This article is mainly taken, by permission, from

a very valuable and comprehensive “Chart of Poi-
sons and their Antidotes,” by Dr. Thos. R. Crosby,
of Hanover, N. H.
The following are some of the more common
articles of poison by, which human life is endan-
gered or destroyed, either by accident or design,
together with the symptoms attending their use, and
the articles and measures which may be used to
destroy their effects, and save life.

ALCOHOL.

Symptoms —Confusion of thought, inability to

walk or stand, dizziness, stupor, highly flushed or
pale face, noisy breathing.
Treatment—Excite vomiting by large draughts of
warm water, by tickling the throat and by emetics;
use stomach pump, pour cold water on head and

back of the neck, keep up motion; whip the skin,

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palms of the hands, and soles of the feet with small

cords or rods; give strong stimulants, as ammonia.

AMMONIA.
Symptoms—Strong acrid and burning taste in the
month, heat in the throat and stomach, nausea, vom-
iting, great prostration, cold, clammy skin, small,
frequent pulse.
Treatment —Antidote, Vinegar and Water, or any
dilute, vegetable acid. Excite vomiting; give
mucilages, emetics, cathartics, clysters, opiates.

AQUAFORTIS.
a Symptoms—Lips, mouth and throat of yellow
color; pain, burning and strangulation in swallow-
ing; retching, vomiting of dark colored fluids, with
shreds of mucous membrane, swelling of the throat;
difficulty of swallowing and breathing, skin cold and
clammy, pulse quick and small.
Treatment—Calcined Magnesia, Carbonate of
Magnesia, chalk or whiting in water, soap and water,
ashes and water, milk, white of eggs, oil and mu-
cilages, Perhaps use a stomach pump. If suffo-
cation is threatened, open the windpipe.
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ARSENIC.
Symptoms—Sickness, faintness, burning pain in
the stomach, vomiting, excessive thirst, dryness,
heat and tightness of the throat, diarrhoea, slow and
intermitting pulse, palsy, lethargy, insensibility,
convulsions, &c.
Treatment—Hydrated, sesqui-oxide of iron, emet-
ics of three to five grains,* of sulphate of copper,
ten to fifteen grains of sulphate of zinc; ipecac,
mustard-seed; tickle the throat with the finger or
feather; whites of eggs, milk gruel,flax-seed tea,
warm water largely, oil and lime-water, calcined

magnesia; stomach-pump.

BISMUTH.

Symptoms—Metallic taste in the mouth, heat and

dryness of the throat, severe burning heat in the
stomach and bowels, violent vomiting, sometimes of
bloody matter, profuse diarrhoea, pulse small, fre-
quent and irregular, skin cold and clammy, respira-
tion difficult, fainting, convulsions, &c.
Treatment—Large portions of milk, whites of
eggs, oil; promote vomiting, by large draughts of
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sickening drinks, and by tickling the throat with

the finger or a feather; use stomach pump.

BLISTERING FLIES.
Symptoms —Burning in the throat and difficulty
of swallowing, violent pains in the stomach and
bowels, nausea, vomiting of bloody mucus, pain in
the loins, desire to void urine, and passage of bloody
water with great pain.
Treatment—Emetics; copious draughts of warm
water, milk, mucilaginous drinks, tickling the
throat with the finger or a feather.

BLUE VITRIOL.

Symptoms—Strong metallic taste in the mouth,

belching, violent vomiting, and purging, griping
pains, cramps in the thighs and legs, frothing at
the mouth, headache, giddiness, convulsions, insen-
sibility, &c.
Treatment—Early vomiting, by large draughts of
warm water, and by tickling the throat, strong cof-
fee, milk, white of eggs, wheat-flour and water,
mucilages; stomach-pump.
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CARBONIC ACID GAS.

Found in wells, cellars, mines, &c., and largely
given off in the burning of charcoal in close rooms.
Symptoms—Drowsiness, difficulty of respiration,
suffocation, face swelled and more or less discolored,
sensation of great weight in the head, vertigo, loss
of muscular power and insensibility.
Treatment —Admission of fresh air, friction, espe-
cially over the artificial respiration, by inflat-
ing the lungs by the mouth or bellows, application
of strong stimulants to the mouth and nose, cold
water poured upon the head and back of the neck.
If the body he cold, a warm bath.

COBALT.

Of importance from its extensive use as a Fly-

poison, children having eaten it and thereby been
poisoned.
Symptoms—Heat and pain in the throat and
stomach, violent retching and vomiting, cold and
clammy skin, small and frequent pulse, respiration
hurried, anxious and difficult; diarrhoea.
Treatment—Give freely milk, whites of eggs,
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wheat-flour and water, nauseating teas, mucilages,

emetics, clysters.

CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE
Carelessly made use of in many families, as a bed-
bug poison.
Symptoms—Strong metallic or coppery taste in
the mouth; burning heat and constriction of the
throat; severe pain in the stomach and bowels;
violent vomiting and purging; countenance swollen
and flushed, or anxious and pale; pulse small, fre-
quent and irregular skin cold and clammy ; tongue
;

whke and shriveled, respiration difficult; fainting,

convulsions and insensibility.
Treatment —Albumen, which is contained in the
whites of eggs abundantly: wheat-flour in water
liquid starch, milk, iron filings; excite vomiting
early by large draughts of warm water; mustard
seed, tickling the throat, and emetics; use stomach
pump.
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE.
Children are sometimes poisoned by eating the
berries, which have a sweetish taste.
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Symptoms —Dryness and stricture of the throat,

nausea, vertigo, dilated pupils, dimness of sight
laughter, delirium, redness and swelling of the face,
convulsions, general paralysis and insensibility.
Treatment—Emetics of sulphate of zinc (ten to
fifteen grains), or copper (three to five grains);
large purgatives and clysters; take vinegar and
water or other vegetable acids, freely; bitter infu-
sions, lime water; stomach-pump; cold water
poured on the head, and strong stimulants.
FOOL’S Px\RSLEY.
Taken by mistake for common parsley.
Symptoms—Heat of throat, and thirst; oppres-
sion at the stomach; nausea, vomiting and occa-
sionally purging; cold and moist skin ; small and
frequent pulse; headache, vertigo and delirium.
Treatment Emetics of zinc or copper; warm
water, milk, flax-seed or chamomile tea, &c.; .pur-
gatives, clysters, warm bath, stimulants and opiates.
FOX GLOVE.
Symptoms—lntermitting pulse, vertigo, indistinct
vision, nausea, vomiting, hiccough, cold sweats,
delirium, syncope and convulsion.
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Treatment—Emetics followed by strong stimu-

lants (brandy, ether, ammonia), opiates, counter irri-
tation, mustarcbseed poultices or blisters to the pit
of the stomach, cold affusions.
FUNGUSES.
Or poisonous Mushrooms (Fungi), taken by mis-
take for eatable mushrooms.
Symptoms—Pain in the stomach; nausea, vomit-
ing and purging, great thirst, colic pains, cramp,
convulsions, vertigo, delirium.
Treatment—Emetics, purgatives, mucilages, acid
drinks, stimulants (Ether, Brandy, Ammonia),
opiates, bitters.
HELLEBORE.

Indian Poke, sometimes used in a poisonous

quantity as a dressing for a sore.
Symptoms—Violent vomiting and purging; bloody
stools; great anxiety, tremors, vertigo, fainting,
sinking of the pulse, cold sweats and convulsions.
Treatment Excite speedy vomiting by large
draughts of warm water, molasses and water, tick-
ling the throatby the finger or a feather, and emetics
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give oily and mucilaginous drinks, oily purgatives

and clysters, acids strong coffee, camphor and
opium.

HEMLOCK, (poison.)
Symptoms—Dimness of sight, vertigo, delirium,
swelling of the abdomen with pain, vomiting and
purging.
Treatment—Emetics of sulphate of zinc or cop-
per, assisted by copious draughts of warm water,
milk, flax-seed, tea, chamomile, &c.; stomach pump,
pouring cold water on the head and back; stimu-
lants and acids.

HENBANE.

Symptoms —Appearance of intoxication, sickness,

stupor, dimness of sight, delirium, great dilation
of the pupils, insensibility.
Treatment—Emetics, with strong stimulants, as
sulphate of zinc or copper, tartar emetic or ipecac,
with mustard-seed or cayenne; acid drinks, am-
monia, brandy, ether, strong coffee, cold affusion;
stomach-pump and stimulating the skin.
72 INDIAN REMEDIES.

LIME.

Symptoms—Heat in throat and stomach, nausea,

vomiting, pain in the stomach, violent colic pains,
diarrhoea, sometimes constipation.
Treatment —Vinegar, lemon juice, or any vegetable
acid freely demulcent drinks, opiates, warm hath,
*

&c.

LENAR CAUSTIC.
Symptoms—Burning pain in the stomach, nausea,
retching, vomiting; sometimes extreme purging,
cold and clammy skin; small, frequent, and irregular
pulse, respiration difficult fainting, convulsions.
;

Treatment—Common Salt in solution, abundantly ;

warm water; irritation to the throat, emetics, warm

bath, purgatives, opiates.

MEADOW SAFFRON.
Symptoms —Nausea, vomiting, pain in the stomach,
griping pains in the bowels, with violent purging;
cold sweats; small, frequent, and irregnlar pulse.
Treatment —Excite vomiting (if not already free
enough) by the use of nauseating drinks, tickling
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the throat, and emetics, mucilages, opiates, with

stimulants.

MONK’S HOOD.
SEE OPIUM.

Symptoms—Nausea,violent vomiting and purging;

vertigo; cold sweats, delirium, convulsions.
Treatment—Excite vomiting (if not already free
enough) by emetics, large quantities of warm water,
molasses and water, milk, flax-seed and chamomile
teas, &c., acid drinks, stimulants, brandy, ether,
ammonia, opiates.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
Of great importance, as honey made from its
flowers is poisonous, and birds which feed upon its
buds in winter are likewise poisonous.
Symptoms—Giddiness, violent flushings of heat
and cold; sickness at the stomach, with repeated
vomiting and purging; delirium, frequent and weak
pulse, extreme debility, profuse perspiration, con-
vulsions.
Treatment—Emetics, mucilaginous and nauseating
drinks, warm water or molasses and water, tickling
74 IXDIAN" REMEDIES'.

the throat, purgatives, clysters, strong stimulants,

ammonia, coffee, cold affusion; stomach-pump.
MURIATIC ACID.
Symptoms—Extreme irritation; burning and sense
of stangulation in the swallowing; discharge of shreds
of mucous membrane, swelling of the throat, diffi-
culty of swallowing and breathing; skin cold and
covered with clammy sweat; pulse quick and'small;
lining membrane of the mouth and throat partially
destroyed.
Treatment—Carbonate of magnesia, calcined
magnesia, chalk or whiting in water, soap and
water, ashes and water, whites of eggs, milk, oil,
&c. Plaster from the wall may be beaten down to
a paste with water and given ;carbonate of soda
with barley-water, slippery elm. If suffocation is
threatened, open the wind-pipe.
MURIATE OF BARYTES.
Symptoms—Pain, burning and weight in the
stomach, vertigo, dimness of vision, ringing in the
ears, pain in the head, throbbing in the temples,
paralysis, convulsions.
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Treatment —Epsom or Glauber’s salts in solution,

emetics, large draughts of warm water, ticlding the
throat, flax-seed tea, stomach-pump; opiates in large
doses

MURIATE OF TIN

Symptoms—Strong metallic (coppery) taste, sense

of tightness in the throat, difficult respiration, vio-
lent vomiting, with cramp in the stomach, severe
colic pains, with purging, cold, clammy skin, small
frequent pulse, paralysis, convulsions.
Treatment —Milk, largely administered, emetics,
large draughts of warm water, tickling the throat,
hot cloths to the stomach and bowels, soothing and
opiate clysters.

NITRE.

Sometimes taken by mistake for some other salt.

Symptoms—’lntense pain in the stomach, nausea,
vomiting, profuse purging, bloody stools, severe
colic pains in the lower part of the bowels, difficult
breathing, great prostration, fainting, convulsions.
Treatment—Flax-seed tea, barley-water, molasses
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and water, tickling the throat, emetics, opiates,

stimulants, brandy, ether, &c.
NITRATE OF SILVER.
(see lunar caustic.)
NITRIC ACID.
(SEE AQUAFORTIS.)

NUX VOMICA.
Symptoms—An extiemely persistent bitter taste
in the mouth, muscular spasms, great rigidity,
limbs fixed and stretched out, jaws spasmodically
shut, drowsiness. If the symptoms are prolonged,
nausea, vomiting, difficulty of respiration, asphyxia.
Treatment—The Cannabis Indica (a variety of the
Hemp plant) has been recommended as an antidote;
emetics, to produce immediate vomiting; stomach
pump; vinegar and other vegetable acids in water.

OIL OF CEDAR.
Symptoms—Heat in the stomach, followed imme-
diately by convulsions, with frothing at the mouth,
pulsation ceases early. The body is warm a long
time after death.
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Treatment—Vomiting to be excited early as pos-

sible by large draughts of warm water, and other
nauseating drinks, by a large dose of ground mus-
tard-seed, and tickling the throat; use the stomach
pump as early as possible.

OIL OF HUE.

Symptoms—Dryness of month and throat, thirst,

heat and pain in the stomach and bowels, headache
and delirium.
Treatment —Vomiting to be excited as quickly
as possible, by large draughts of warm water, and
other nauseating drinks; by ground mustard-seed,
tickling the throat, emetics, acids; stomach pump.

OIL OF SAVIN

Symptoms —Headache, delirium, strong general

excitement, acute pain in the stomach and bowels,
nausea, vomiting and purging convulsions.
Treatment —Vomiting to be excited by copious
draughts of warm water; mustard-seed; tickling the
throat, and emetics of Sulphate of Zinc or Copper;
acid drinks, mucilages; stomach pump.
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OIL OF TANSY.
Symptoms—Heat in the stomach, followed imme-
diately by convulsions, and frothing at the mouth:
pulsation feeble and soon lost.
Treatment—Vomiting to be instantly excited by
copious draughts of warm water and other nauseat-
ing drinks; mustard-seed; tickling the throat, Sul-
phate of Zinc or Copper, acid drinks, mucilages,
stomach pump.
The body will remain warm for-a long time
strong odor of the oil.

OIL OF TAR.
Symptoms—Speedy insensibility, laborious, rat-
tling breathing, coldness of the extremities, con-
traction of the pupils, suffusion of the eye, feeble
pulse.
Treatment —Vomiting to be instantly excited by
copious draughts of warm water, &c.

OIL OF VITRIOL.
Symptoms—Extreme irritation, pain, burning,
and sense of strangulation in the swallowing; retch-
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ing, vomiting, discharge of dark colored fluids and

shreds of membrane from the stomach; swelling of
the throat; difficulty of swallowing and breathing;
cold, clammy skin; quick and small pulse. The
lining membrane of the mouth and throat are par-
tially destroyed, and of a white color.
Treatment—Carbonate of magnesia, calcined
magnesia, chalk or whiting, mixed with water,
soap or ashes and vrater, lime from the plastered wall
beat into a paste with water, whites of eggs, milk,
oil; perhaps the stomach-pump, but with great
care. If suffocation is threatened, open the wind-
pipe. m
OPIUM

Symptoms—Giddiness, drowsiness, stupor, insens-

ibility ; pulse at first quick and irregular aud breath-
ing hurried; afterwards breathing is slow and noisy,
and the pulse slow and full. In favorable cases
there is early nausea and vomiting.
Treatment—Excite instant vomiting by mustard-
seed, copious draughts of warm water, and tickling
the throat; give sulphate of zinc (ten to fifteen
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grains), or copper (three to five}; rise the stomach-

pump earty. Give strong stimulants ether, brandy,
ammonia, strong coffee and tea. Pour cold water
on the head and back of the neck and whip the
skin, the palms of the hands, and soles of the feet
with small'cords or rods.

OXALIC ACID.

Generally taken accidently from its resemblance

to Epsom Salts.
Symptoms —Hot, burning taste in the swallowing,
immediate and constant vomiting, the matter thrown
upjjeing of a greenish or brownish color, and
extremely acid; sometimes severe pain; collapse;
pulse small, irregular and scarcely perceptible;
numbness and spasms.
Treatment—carbonate of magnesia, calcined
magnesia, chalk or whiting made into a cream
with water and administered freely; lime-water
with oil; emetics, mucilages; stomach-pump.

PHOSPHORUS.

Symptoms—Hot taste of garlic or onions in the

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mouth; violent pains in the stomach; nausea, and

vomiting, followed by great excitement of the
arterial vessels; convulsions.
Treatment—Fill up the stomach with magnesia
and water; give emetics and nauseating drinks to
keep up the vomiting.

POPPIES,
(see opium.)
POTASH.
Symptoms—Strong acid taste in the month;
burning heat in the throat and stomach; sometimes
vomiting and purging, with colic pains; cold,
clammy skin; small, frequent pulse.
Treatment—Vegetable acids, vinegar, lemon
juice or tartaric acid in water; emetics, clysters,
opiates.
PRUSSIC ACID.

Symptoms—lnstant sensation of weight and

pain in the head; nausea, quick pulse. In large
doses, instant insensibility, stupor, convulsions ;
loss of pulsation, slow and convulsive breathing.
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Treatment—Application of strong ammonia to

the nostrils; stimulating liniments to the chest;
cold water poured upon the head and spine; chlorine
Gas; a dilute solution of chloride of soda or
lime.

POISON IVY

A running vine which is found covering walls,

shrubs, trees, and in meadows.
This plant, by contact, and upon many without
contact, produces violent erysipelatous inflamma-
tion, particularly with the face and hands. The
symptoms are itching, redness, burning, swelling,
watery blisters, and subsequently peeling of the
skin. These effects are experienced soon after ex-
posure, and usually begin to decline within a week.
Treatment—A light, cooling diet, an occasional
purgative dose of Salts, and the application to the
eruption of a weak solution of Sugar of Lead, or
Green Vitriol. If the inflammation is severe, ap-
ply a soft poultice of cracker and milk, or of Slip-
pery-elm bark, or still better, a decoction of Witch
Hazel hark.
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POISON DOGWOOD.
A small but beautiful shrub or tree, from ten to
fifteen feet high, having a dark gray bark; its small"
er branches of a lighter color, and its extreme twigs
red. Its effects are similar to those of Poison Ivy,
but more powerful.
The poisonous principle is most energetic during
the burning of the wood. Symptoms and treat-
ment the same as for the Ivy.

POISONOUS BITES.

Apply a ligature between the wound and the

heart, to check the circulation, and then suck the
wound thoroughly, taking care that there is no sore
or broken skin in the mouth. A better plan is to
cut out the bitten part freely, bathe it in warm wa-
ter, and suck the wound, a ligature being applied as
before. Apply a cupping-glass over the wound for
a few minutes; remove it, cut out the wound, and

apply again.
The system should be supported by administering
the strongest stimulants, such as hot brandy and
water, ammonia or ether. If no vomiting should
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occur, give a mustard emetic. If there be too much

vomiting, give opium, and apply a mustard poul-
tice to the pit of the stomach.

SALT OF SORREL,
(see OXALIC ACID.)
STRAMONIUM,
(see thorn apple.)

STRYCHNIA,
(see nux vomica.)

SULPHATE OF COPPER,
(see blue vitriol.)

SULPHATE OF ZINC,
(see white vitriol.)
SULPHURIC ACID,
(see oil oe vitriol.)
SUGAR OF LEAD
Symptoms —A burning, prickling sensation in the
throat, with dryness and thirst; uneasiness at the
pit of the stomach; nausea, vomiting; colic pains,
constipation of the bowels, cold skin, feeble and
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Irregular pulse, great prostration of the strength,

cramps, numbness, paralysis, giddiness, torpor, in-
sensibility.
Treatment—Epsom or glauber salts, (sulphates of
magnesia and soda,) mucilages, milk, whites of eggs,
wheat-flour with water, emetics; stomach-ppmp.
TARTAR EMETIC.
Symptoms—Nausea, severe vomiting, hiccough,
burning heat and pain in the stomach; colic pains,
violent purging, small, frequent and hard pulse!
cramps, vertigo, fainting, and great prostration.
Treatment—Tea made of Oak hark, or Peruvian
bark, strong green tea, mucilages, warm drinks, opi-
um, opiate clysters.
THORN APPLE.
Symptoms—Vertigo, delirium, stupor, convulsions,
paralysis, cold sweats, feeble and irregular pulse.
Treatment —Emetics of Sulphate of Zinc or Cop-
per,. mustard-seed, tickling the throat; stomach-
pump.
TOBACCO.
Symptoms—Severe nausea, vomiting, headache,
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sudden sinking of the strength, cold sweats, con-

vulsions.
Treatment —Emetics, copious draughts of water,
tickling the throat with the linger or a feather; purg-
atives, acid drinks, stimulants, brandy, camphor, &c.

VERDIGRIS,
(see blue vitriol.)

WHITE VITRIOL.
Symptoms —Bitter taste in the mouth, with sens-
ation of choking; nausea and severe vomiting; pain
in the stomach and bowels, purging, difficult breath-
ing, quick and small, pulse ; coldness of the extrem-
ities.
Treatvient —Albumen, whites of eggs, wheat-
flour and water, milk abundantly, infusions of tea,
oak bark, &c.; emetics, purgatives, and opiate clys-
ters.

WHITE LEAD,
(see sugar of lead.)

WOLF’S-BANE,
(see monk’s-hood.)
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MUSTARD EMETIC.
For an Adult, take one large tea-spoonful of
ground mustard; put it in a little water. If it does
not operate in fifteen minutes, tlie dose should be
repeated.

LINIMENT FOR NEURALGIA.

Take two ounces Olive Oil, one half once Tinct.
Opium, one half ounce Tinct. Aconite, one half ounce
Aqua Ammonia. Mix well and apply to the part
affected.

PILLS FOR NEURALGIA.

Take eighteen grains Ext. Conium, nine grains
Ext. Belladona, twelve grains pulv. Ipecac, eighteen
grains Aloes. Mix and make twenty-four Pills.
Dose ; One Pill two or three times a day.

FOR COSTIYENESS.

Take 4 ounces of Figs, 2 ounces of Senna; chop

them fine, and add Molasses; stir the mixture
thoroughly; take a lump the size of a walnut at
bed-time.
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MUCILAGES.
The best and most common mucilages are Gum
Arabic, Slippery-Elm bark, Cumfrey-root, with wa-
ter, and flax-seed tea.

AN EXCELLENT TOOTH POWDER.

Take two ounces of Gum Myrrh, four ounces of
Marsh Rosemary, one ounfce Bole Ammonia, two
ounces Orris root, four ounces Peruvian bark, two
ounces refined Sugar, one ounce Castile Soap. Pul-
verise these very fine and mix.

COLOGNE WATER.

Take one half ounce Oil of Lavender, one half

ounce Oil of Lemon, one ounce Oil of Rosemary,
one ounce Oil of Bergamot, thirty drops Oil of Cin-
namon, thirty drops Oil of Cloves, and one drachm
Tincture Musk. Mix the whole in four pints of
Alcohol.

COLOGNE WATER.

Take one and three fourths ounces Oil of Lemon,

one and one eighth ounces Oil of Lavender, one and
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one eighth ounces Oil of Bergamot, one drachm

Neroli. Mix the whole in one Gallon Alcohol, and
keep in a cool place.
TONIC BITTERS.
Take one drachm Angustura bark, one half ounce
Cinchona, two drachms Cardamon seeds, one drachm
Elixir Vitriol, and twenty ounces pure water.
Dose; One tMe-spoonful -two or three times a
—

day.
TINCTURES.
Tinctures are prepared by grinding or bruising
the roots, leaves, or barks used, to a coarse powder,
placing it in a proper quantity of clear or diluted
Alcohol, letting it stand from seven to fourteen days,
shaking each day.
INFUSIONS.
Infusions aregenerally obtained by pouring boil-
ing water upon the substance, and letting it stand
till it cools. When a more prolonged application
of heat is desired, the vessel may stand for a while
by the fire, but must not be permitted to boil. The
vessel should usually be covered.
90 INDIAN REMEDIES.

MATERIA MEDICA.
We give here a tolerably full list of the medical
articles used iu every family, together with their
properties and usual effects upon the system.

Golden Thread—Tonic, promotes digestion,

good in Dyspepsia.
Horse Radish —Highly stimulant, promotes se-
cretion of urine.
Oeladine—Good in Jaundice, and for Ring-
worms and Warts.

Marshmallows—Emolient and soothing.

Indian Turnip, or Dragon Root—Good for Colic,
Coughs, Pain in the Breast, and Asthma.
Burdock —Alterative, excellent to purify the
hlood.
Archangel—A powerful stimulant, good for

nervous Headache and trembling of the limbs. -

Mayweed—Good for Spasms, and to remove

pain, and for derangement of the digestive organs.

Pleurisy Root—Promotes perspiration, removes

wind, anti-spasmodic.
Red Raspberry —Good for Dysentery, Diarrhoea*
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and to remove Canker from the mouth and throat.

Owen’s Root—Good for Consumption, in first
stages, general debility, Asthma and Sore Throat.
Thoroughwort—Valuable sudorific. Tonic, Al-

terative, Antiseptic, Cathartic, Emetic, Febrifuge,

Diuretic, and Stimulant, one of the best of all
Indian remedies.
Hardback—Tonic and Astringent, good for
weak state of the Stomach.
Catnip —Useful to produce perspiration.
Peppermint— Good to prevent vomiting, and for
spasmodic pains in the Stomach.
Hoariiodnd—Very good in Coughs, Colds and
all consumptive complaints.
Bayberry —Good to produce sleep, and remove

pain.
Dandelion—Good in morbid state of the Liver.
Poplar Bark —Valuable in Dyspepsia, Asthma,
and night Sweats.
Skunk Cabbage —Expectorant, good to allay
spasms and to produce sleep.
Elecampane —Good for diseases of the Chest,

and weakness of the digestive organs.

92 INDIAN REMEDIES'.

Butternut—A mild cathartic, good in Costive-

ness.
Liverwort—Used in Fevers, Liver Complaint,
and Bleeding at the Lungs.
Hops—Tonic, good for nervous tremors, and to
produce quietness or sleep.
Golden Seal—Tonic, Bracing, Cathartic, and
used by the Indians in cases of Inflammation of the
eyes.
Blood Root—-Good for cleansing Ulcers, and
Sores, excellent in (Soughs and Croup, and in
Catarrh,
Bitter Sweet—-Good for chronic Rheumatism,
and for Liver Complaint.
Mandrake A sure and certain carthartic, also
—

good for chronic affections of the Liver,

Hemlock—-A powerful astringent, good for fall-
ing of the bowels.
Pitch Pine —Stimulant, good for suppression of
the urine, and also good to expel worms.
Jerusalem Oak —One of the best Indian reme-
dies for expelling worms.
Black Alder—Goo for bleeding at the lungs.
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Fir Balsam—Healing, good for fresh wounds

and for weak stomach.
Gentian—Valuable Tonic; invigorating; good
for general Debility and Gout.
Solomon’s Seal—Good in female difficulties.
Saffron— Stimulant, and good to produce per-
spiration, and for Measles.
Spikenard—The Indians make great use of it in
cases of sores, and ulcers—good for colds and coughs.
Yellow Dock—This is physical and bracing, and
will evacuate the bowels without weakening the
system.
Wild Cherry—Tonic and invigorating, good in
nervous debility.
Wormwood—Useful to correct the stomach, to
give an appetite, and to break up a cold.
Scull Cap— Tonic, Nervine, and Anti-Spasmodic.
Mullen Good in Dysentery and Piles, and for
—

poultices.
Pennyroyal—Stimulant and produces perspira-

tion.
Elder Berries—A gentle laxative, and tend to
purify the blood.
 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Prickly Asn—Stimulant, Tonic and Energetic.

Slippery Elm —Good for inflammations, external
or internal.
Sage—Good for Worms, and also for a gargle.
Sarsaparilla—For purifying the blood—for
chronic diseases of the liver or skin.
Mustard—Stimulant, good for emetics, and for
Poultices.
i White Oak Bark—Strengthening, and valuable
as a wash.
Spearmint—Diuretic, good in cases of Gravel.
Coltsfoot—Emollient, and slightly Tonic, used
in Coughs, and Asthma.
Caraway—Good in cases of wind colic.

Buckthorn Brake —Used in Coughs, Diarrhoea

and Dysentery, and as a Tonic.
Black Coiiosii—Slightly narcotic, sedative and
acts upon the nervous system, and is useful in palpi*
tation of the heart.
Bethroot—Astringent, Tonic, and useful in
cases of bleeding from the lungs and kidneys.
Balm —Moderately Stimulant, and is useful to pro-
duce perspiration.
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Balm of Gilead—Useful in affections of the kid-

neys, and for Rheumatism.
Pipsissewa, or Prince’s Pine—Tonic, Diuretic,
'

and Astringent, useful in Dropsy, and diseases of

the kidneys and bladder.
Queen of the Meadow, or Trumpet Weed —

Diuretic, Tonic, and Stimulant, good in diseases of

the urinary organs, s
Red Root, or Wild Snow Ball —Sedative, As-
tringent and Expectorant.
Y arrow —Tonic, Astringent, and Alterative, good
in bleeding from the lungs, and chronic Dysentery.
Lovage or Man of the Earth—Good to expel
humors of the blood.
Vervain—Good for Scrofula, Gravel, Coughs,
and to expel worms.
Mugwort—Valuable to expel worms.

Valerian—Useful in nervous complaints.

Golden Rod—Gently laxative.
Motherwort—Nervine, useful in Liver com-
plaints.
Canker Root—A sovereign remedy for Canker,
Plantain— Good for expelling poisons.
96 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Indian Wickerby—Good as a poultice for in-

flammation.
Life Root, or Ragwort —Diuretic and Tonic,
valuable as a remedy in Gravel.
Indian Hemp—Powerfully emetic, and is also
Diuretic, and Diaphoretic.
Ginseng A mild Tonic, and Stimulant—good
—

for nervous debility, and weak stomach.

Rock Rose, or Frostweed— Tonic, Astringent and
Alterative, and good in Scrofula.
Culver’s Root, or Blackroot—Tonic and lax-
ative, a valuable remedy in affections of the liver.
CRAWLEY--Good in inflammatory diseases, Cramps
and night sweats.
Sumach.—A good drink, good to .wash and gargle
the throat in ulceration.
Rhubarb —A thorough Cathartic.
Snakeroot—Good in Asthma, Coughs and
Catarrh,
Blackberry—Good for Dysentery, and all bowel
complaints.
Poke —Emetic, Purgative and produces sleep,
good for nervous difficulties.
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EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THIS

WORK.
Alterative—That which will restore healthy
action gradually.
Astringent —Medicines which will draw up surfaces
with which they come in contact.
Antidote —An opposing medicine..
Anodgue —A medicine which produces sleep and
so'othes pain.
Antiseptic —That which will prevent putrefaction.
Aromatic —Fragrant and spicy drugs, used to
prevent griping of drastic purgatives.
Abdomen—Lower front part of the body.
Acrid —lrritating or biting.
Adult—A person of full growth.
Alkaline—Having the properties of an alkali.
Aqua. Ammonia—Water of Ammonia.
Balm—Aromatic and fragrant medicine.
Balsam —Resinous substances possessing healing
properties.
Bilious—An undue amount of bile.
Bowels—The intestines.
98 INDIAN REMEDIES,

Capsicum —Cayenne Pepper.

Catarrh—Plow of mucus.
Cathartic—An active purgative.
Caustic—A corroding or destroying substance.
Chronic—Of long standing.
Constipation—Costiveness.
Contagious—That which may be given to another
by contact.
Congestion—Accumulation of blood in a certain
part.
Decoction —That which is prepared by boiling.
Diarrhoea—Looseness of the bowels.
Digest —To convert food into chyme; to prepare
medicine with gentle heat.
Diuretic—That which increases the amount of
urine.
Diluted—Reduced with water.
Drachm-—Sixty grains, or a tea-spoonful.
Dyspepsia— cult, or bad digestion.
Elixir —A tincture prepared with more than one
article.
Emetic—A. medicine which produces vomiting.
Emollients —Softening and screening medicines,.
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Extremity—Applied to the Limbs.

Eruption —Pimple or blotch on the skin.
Evacuation —To discharge by stool, to haste
away.

Evaporation —The act or process of escaping in

the form of vapor.
Excretion—That which is thrown off—become
useless.
Expectorants —That which produces or aids a
discharge of mucus.
Extract —To take out an active principle from
vegetables.
Express —To press out juices.
Excresence —An unnatural growth,
Felon —An abscess on the finger.
Filter —To strain through paper made for that
purpose.
Flally —Loose and soft to the touch.
Flatulence—Gas in the stomach.
Friction—Rubbing with the dry hand.
Formula—Medical prescription.
Function—The particular action of an organ.
Fistula —An ulcer.
100 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Febrifuge —Medicine to drive away fever.

Fibre—A small thread-like substance.
Gallic Acid —An acid from the nut-gall.
Gastric —Belonging to the stomach.
Gentian—A root possessing tonic properties.
Gout—lnflammation of the joints of the toes.
Gravel—Crystaline particles in the urine.
Griping—A grinding pain in the stomach.
Gutta Percha —Dried juice of a certain tree.
Gutteral—Relating to the throat.
Gelatine—lsinglass.
Gaseous —Having the nature of gas.
Humors—The fluids of the body.
Hemorrhoids —Piles, bleeding piles.
Hygiene —Preserving the health by diet.
Immerse—To plunge under water.
Imbecile—One of weak mind.
Imbibe—To absorb—to drink.
Incontinence—Not being able to hold.
Indication —That which shows what ought to be
done.
Indigenous —Produced naturally in a country.
Indigestion —Dyspepsia.
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Indolent—Slow in progress, applied to ulcers, &c.

Infirmary —Where medicines are distributed.
Inflammation—Attended with heat and redness.
Infectious—Communicable from one to another.
Influenza—A disease of the nostrils and throat.
Infusion—Prepared by sleeping in water, not
hailing.
Ingredient—Each article of a compound mixture.
Inhalation—Drawing in the breath.
Injection—A preparation to be introduced by the
rectum.
Internal—Upon the inside.
Ja/undice—A disease caused by the inactivity of
the liver.
Laxative —A very gentle cathartic.
Liniment—A fluid preparation, to be applied by
friction.
Lotion—A preparation for a wash.
Macerate—To steep, to soften by soaking.
Malaria—Bad gases, supposed to arise from de-
caying matter.
Malignant —Pestilential and generally dangerous.
Mastication —The act of chewing.
102 INDIAN REMEDIES.

Medical—Eclating to medicine.
Membrane—A thin lining or covering—skin-like
Morbid—lnactive and unhealthy,
Mucilage —A watery solution of gum.
Mijrrh—A resinous gum.
Narcotic—Stupefying medicines, producing sleep,
Nausea—Sickness of the stomach, vomiting.
Nervous —Easily excited.
Nervine—That which will soothe nervous excite
ment.
Neuralgia —-Pain in the nerves.
Nitre—Saltpetre.
Normal—In a natural and healthy condition.
Nostrum—A secret medical preparation.
Nutritious—No urishing.
Organic—Pertaining to an organ or member.
Oxygen—One of the elements of the air.
Palliative —Affording relief.
Palpitation —Unnatural heating of the heart.
Paralysis—A loss of motion.
Pulmonary—Relating to the lungs.
Purgative —A gentle cathartic.
Regimen —Regulation of diet and habits.
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Rash—A redness of the skin in patches.

Sanative —A curative medicine.
Sedative—The opposite of stimulation.
Specific —A remedy having uniform action.
Stitch —A spasmodic pain.
Symptom—A sign of disease.
Sudorific—Sweat-producing.
Tumor—An enlargement of a certain part.
Tonsils—The glands on each side of the throat.
Translation—Disease going to some other organ.
Vermifuge—Having the property to destroy
worms.
Yeast—The principal offermentation.