A new guide to health; or, botanic family physician. Containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan enitrely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of ... to cure disease. To which is added a description of several cases ... attended by the author ... / [Samuel Thomson].

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843
Date:
1849
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Credit: A new guide to health; or, botanic family physician. Containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan enitrely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of ... to cure disease. To which is added a description of several cases ... attended by the author ... / [Samuel Thomson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    since been in the constant use of them; having found them a good article both for canker and in many other complaints, par¬ ticularly the relax and the usual bowel complaints in children. This tea, when administered as such, or as a component part of injections, never fails to give immediate relief. It is the best thing for women in travail, of any article I know of. Give a strong tea of it, with a little No. 2, sweetened, and it will regulate every thing as nature requires. If the pains are untimely, it will make all quiet; if timely and lingering, give more No. 2, and umbil in the tea. When the child is bom, give it some of the tea with sugar and milk in it; this prevents sore mouth, and the tea is good to wash sore nipples with. A poul¬ tice made with this tea and cracker, or slippery elm bark, is very good for burns or fscalds; if the skin is off, by applying this poultice or washing with the tea, it will harden and stop smarting. It may be used in No. 3, as a substitute for other articles, or alone, with good effect. SQUAW WEED.—INDIAN NAME, COCASH. This is known in the country by the name of frost weed, or meadow scabbish; it is a wild weed and grows in wet land by the side of brooks ; it has a stalk that grows four or five feet high, which is rough or woolly, with a narrow leaf, and bears a blue blossom late in the fall, which remains till the frost kills it. The root lives through the winter, and in the spring puts forth a new stalk; the leaves at the bottom remaining green during winter. The roots and top are used for medicine ; it has a fra¬ grant taste, and smells like lovage. It is the first thing I ever knew used for canker, and was given to me when I had the can¬ ker-rash, being considered then the best article known for can¬ ker. I have frequently used it for that complaint, and found it very good. Take the green roots and leaves, bruise them, pour on hot water, and give this tea sweetened. It may be kept by adding a little spirit, and is good for rheumatism, or for nervous affection. It is perfectly harmless, and may be used freely. It makes a very good bitter if tinctured with hot water and spirit; and when thus prepared, is good for dizziness, cold hands and feet. NUMBEE FOUE. Bitters to correct the bile, and restore digestion. BITTEE HEEB, OR BALMONY. This herb grows in wet land by the side of brooks; the stalk is four square, the leaves somewhat larger than mint, of a dark green color, and sweetish bitter taste. It bears a white blossom of singular form, resembling a snake’s head with the mouth open. This herb is very good to correct the bile and create an appetite. A tea of it may be used alone, or may be added to the other articles described under this number, which are calculated to restore the digestive powers. POPLAR BARK. There are several species of the poplar tree that grow com-