Tincture of lobelia

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Source: Botanic guide to health, and the natural pathology of disease [electronic resource] by Coffin, A. I. (Albert Isaiah) (1866), narrative-offset-334427.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• lobelia: vervain, hore- hound, red raspberry-leaves, poplar bark, and valerian-root, half-an-ounce of each

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: The remedies that may be used are the following : — Take vervain, hore- hound, red raspberry-leaves, poplar bark, and valerian-root, half-an-ounce of each ; infuse in a pint of boiling water, strain it and add one tablespoonful of honey, and two tablespoonfuls of the acid tincture of lobelia ; for a dose, give a teaspoonful each day, and from a tea to a tablespoonful every two hours while the symp- toms are violent. Give enough of lobelia to pro- duce vomiting, and follow it up with astringent medicines. Also give cayenne at intervals, as follows: — For young children, steep half-a-tea- spoonful of cayenne, and half-an-ounce of cloves, in eight ounces of boiling water, to which add half-an-ounce of the best Spanish juice, and one ounce of treacle ; give a teaspoonful of this every three hours, or when the- fit comes on, taking care that the patient does not take cold.

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