Chronic diseases and their remedies, or, Pathogenetic practice of medicine : embracing chemico-pathology and the symptoms and treatment of chronic diseases by pathogenetic remedies : designed for the use of patients / by E.W. Tucker.

  • Tucker, E. W.
Date:
1860
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    NUMBER 44. Compound Cathartic Pill. In tlie treatment of some forms of chronic, and gener- ally in acute diseases, an active anti-bilious physic be- comes necessary. In cases of liver complaint, with fre- quent headache, a furred tongue, and feverishness, a cathartic which acts especially upon the liver, but is not drastic, is productive of great benefit. The above pill is just such a medicine. I have prescribed it for twelve years, and fully believe it the most efiective cathartic pill that has ever been prepared. It operates without griping, and does not leave the bowels costive. For a general family medicine it is superior to any in use. These pills may be used at any time during the treatment, when the symptoms require a physic; but all other medicine should be omitted at night, when these are taken, and also the next day after, nor should a full meal be taken for one or two days. The curative effects of a cathartic are often utter- ly defeated by eating hearty food, or taking &full meal too soon after a passage. Either let medicine alone or give it a chance to help you. The food, on the day of the physic, should never exceed a bit of plain toast and a cup of tea, and very plain and spare diet only should be used for two or three days. The observance of this rule once will estab- lish confidence in their usefulness. These pills are safe, proper, and always indicated in threatened attacks of bilious fever, ague and fever, and