Remarks on the uses of some of the bazaar medicines and common medical plants of India : with a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites, &c / by Edward John Waring.

  • Edward John Waring
Date:
1883
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Credit: Remarks on the uses of some of the bazaar medicines and common medical plants of India : with a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites, &c / by Edward John Waring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for Diminishing or Arresting the secretion of Betel Leaves (49), or flowers of Jasminum Sambac.f Milk Abscess. In the early stages apply either Sal] Ammoniac Lotion (325), or hot Vinegar stupes (381). Should matter form, treat as Abscess. Mouth, Ulceration of. Try first Sulphate of Copper (112) or Lime Juice (231); if these fail use some of the other remedies mentioned in Art. Gums, Ulcera- tion and Sponginess of For Aphthous Ulcerations, i.e. small white specks or ulcers in the mouths of infants and young children, apply Borax (55*), or Alum (29), or Sulphate of Copper (112); Country Sarsaparilla (163) may at the same time be advantageously given •f This twining plant (Jasminum Sambac, Alton) is culti- vated throughout India for the sake of its white fragrant flowers, which are used as votive offerings. The lactifuge property of these flowers was first brought to notice by Mr. J. Wood (Ph. of India, p. 136), who speaks of the fact being well known in Madras. Two cases illustrative of their efficacy occurring in the practice of Dr. Mackenzie, C.B., are recorded by Dr. Bidie (Madras Jour. Med. Sci., Aug., 1870). In one case especially, an English lady, all ordinary means had failed to arrest the flow of milk before the flowers were applied; within a few hours they afforded complete relief, and the secretion of milk, , which had been unusually copious, was from that time entirely arrested. The results of the other trial were equally satis- factory. For this purpose two, or three handfuls of the fresh flowers bruised are to be applied unmoistened to each breast and renewed once or twice a day. The secretion is sometimes ; arrested in twenty-four hours, though this generally requires two or even three days (Wood). The native names of these flowers are Mogra ka phul (Hind., Duk.), Mogra phiil (Beng.,, Guz.), Malligraip-pu, Mallip-pu (Tam.), Mallelii (Tel.), Mullup- pu (Mai.), Pich-chi-mal (Cing.).